A Tale of the Juniata’s Indian Attack and Escape
In a Juniata Valley narrative near Waynesburg now McVeytown a settler family endures a night siege by hostile Indians. A hunter son saves his family, they flee through a cedar tunnel to river canoes, and a pursuing band is repelled by arriving allied boats, leading to eventual safety and later marriage of Rose to Frank Murrust.
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Waynesburg
McVeytown
Pecp
Happy Buning
Juniata
Alexander DePozh
DePugh
Aodberg
Coon
Drole
Robert
Frank Marrust
Rose
Redskins
Gol
Frank Murrust
Night Life and Boots in a Stirring Era Reflections
A lengthy essay contrasts nocturnal temptations in cities with moral warnings about night life’s dangers to youth. It then traces boots as a symbol of tradition and conservatism, condemning excess and praising practical footwear over antique styles. The piece closes with musings on gentleness as true manliness and the modern misuse of the term gentleman.
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Baptist Weekly
Mary Ann Declines Mom’s Cook Offer After Graduation
A school graduate Mary Ann refuses to stay and cook for her mother. The scene shows a tense exchange as the mother asks her daughter to take her place in the kitchen, while Mary Ann insists she wants her own path after finishing school.
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Lan Wana School
Irl
Aud
Mary Ann
Ae—Cook
Ansious
Mary
The Marriage of Great Men
A compilation of marital anecdotes linking famous men to partners of humble origins. It notes Robert Burns, Milton, Shakespeare, Washington, John Adams, Peter the Great, Humboldt, Andrew Jackson, and others, with varying happiness, separations, or harmony. It ends with a rustic maxim about love and life’s value.
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Robert Burne
Milton
Queen Victoria
Prince Albert
Shakespeare
Washington
John Adams
Jotn
John Howard
Peter the Great
Russia
Humboldt
Andrew Jackson
Chester A Arthur on tickets and machine politics in 19th century party debate
A Philadelphia Times editorial criticizes Chester A Arthur as a symbol of machine politics. It argues that his nomination would betray Republican principles, highlighting Conkling and Cornell as bosses who corrupted civil service reform and spoils systems. The piece contrasts Arthur with ethics in public service and mocks political loyalties. It also includes a brief domestic joke about an angel and governess.
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Republican Party
Chester A. Authur
Cornell
New York
Geo
Bosees
Conkling
Corvell
Partizan
Sherman
Author
Hamony
L’hilasadelphia Times
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Edward James
Manitoba
Europe
Atlantic
Philip Sidney
Earth
Winston Sentinel
M. Mathes
Sentinel
Gaston
New Berne, N.C
the National Hotel
State
Ilousequare
Raleigh
N. C
Street & Son, Owners and Proprietors
Preston Roan
Winston
I. W. Durham
Practical Marble Worker
Winston, N. C
T. Vogler
Main Street
Merchant’s Ictel
Beck & Moore
Ywinston
Canniac
T J.brown
J.B. Vaughn
Brown's Warchouts
Vaughn & Prather New Hardware Store
Brown & Vaugun
James D. Patton
Tobance
Cary Street
Richmond, Va
Lapr
Henry &S Foy, Proprietor
Ingre Geo Ves £ CO
Gimeinmatt
John Monigrip
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