A Fishing Excursion Ends In Humorous Debacle
Mr Spoopendyke invites Mrs Spoopendyke on a Brooklyn fishing outing. mishaps abound as they struggle with worms, an eel, a rattlesnake boat, and a chaotic cast of misadventures, ending with a muddy return home and playful quips about the day’s comic failures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Spoopendyke
Mrs. Spoopendyke
Brooklyn
State Street
Oly
Snoopendyke
Mr. Spoop
Mr. Sp
Mr Spoopendyke
Spoopend
Shakes and Arkansas Ague Tale at a Little Rock Grill
An Arkansas ague tale unfolds as a brassy old entertainer riffs on life in Arkansas from Tennessee to St. Louis and back, boasting of a party past and misfortune from ague. He teases the crowd with exaggerated feats and wagers a whiskey break before a moral about enduring misfortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas Ague
Little Rock Gazette
Arkansan Ager
Arkansaw
Tennessee
Danem
Hall
Evie
Ager
St. Louis
Kentry
Illinoi
Missouri
Allus
Kyneen
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Formed for Congress
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee lists one representative per state to be chosen, names several congressmen from across the states and territories, and notes that after each state is heard from Gen. Rosecrans, chairman, will convene to select an executive committee and chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Z Mesers
Verndon
Alabama
Jones
Arkansas
Rosecrans
California
Phelps
Connecticut
Martin
Delaware
Clements
Georgia
Townsend
Ilinois
Cobb
Indiana
Phil. Thompson
Kentucky
King
Lousiana
McLain
Maryland
Massachusetts
Singeton
Ippi
Clark
Missouri
Flower
N. C
Cox
N. C. Randall
Pennsylvania
Taxes under the tariff system debate on protection
A reader presents a dialogue criticizing tariffs as oppressive taxes on food raw materials machinery and clothing. The piece uses a farmer hatter and shoemaker to illustrate a protection plan where all consumers pay, but the farmer bears the higher burden while hatter and shoemaker balance each other. It asks who ultimately pays for protection.
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Mr. Eviror
Claudx
Salvator
Poussin
Paussia
Fisher’s Peak
Skal Cap
Round Top
Fish River
Cora M
Curious Bible Facts and a New York Estate Bequest
A collection notes Bible statistics such as the middle verse and longest entries, plus a Moore estate in New York near city hall slated to revert next June. The estate, once leased for 99 years, prompted city authorities to bid for a title, with several heirs in Person County, North Carolina, including Col. B. R. Moore of Wilmington holding one fifteenth.
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Ester
St. John
Lord
Penknife
Eter
Moore
New York
Person County
Col
B. R. Moore
Wilmington
Child asks if christening gives him hind legs and baa
A mother explains to her five year old that at christening he would be one of God’s little lambs. The boy eagerly asks if he will have hind legs and baa, showing innocent curiosity about the ritual and its imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
England
South
Southern
Republic
North
South Carolina
Sumter
Jones
Senate
Pacific Coast
Republican Party
Niagara
George
Mississippi
Jonea
Nevada
What is Love Question From Everyone and Answer
A reader asks what love is and another replies that it is a feeling you don’t want another person to fool around with. The exchange reflects a playful, informal debate on love’s meaning.
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He Winston Sentinel
Geo. M. Mathes
W. Durham
Winston N
WN. J. Terry
Liberty St
First Nat, Bank
Winston
N.C Jaynoélm
I. Gestor
Manslow
B.C
Depot Street
Winston Br
Preston Roan
PF Brug- Lts
Tone Services
S. J Montague
Church Sl
Winston, N. C
Robah F. Gray
Offic
Merchants’ Hotel
ESLEY
W. C. Thompson
Crutchfield & McArthur
F. G. Craterfield Winston N.C
Robert D. Johnston
Verchant
Kerers
Constastly
Tlsin State
JAS
Gray
Porst Classics Repre
Fine Courage
United States
Holden
Judge Reade
Jenkins
Congress
House
Bayard
Friends of Temperance
Maine
Kaneas
The
Colored People
Miller
Toller
New England
Aia
Surry Co
N.C
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