A Ride To Independence In Williston Village
Belinda, advised by sister Sarah Bascom, learns to ride a bicycle with Margaret’s help in a secluded Williston village. She grows more confident, defies old limits, and later shares a budding romance with John Baker after a tumble and a bruised wrist, signaling a turn toward independence.
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Belinda
Ant
Nelioda
Sarah
John Baker
Uve
Silas
Margaret
Europe
Margaret Cir
Esx
Dana
Laliall
Beliita
Mike
Helinda
Kelinda
Mrs. Bascom
Bellida
Atte
Autism Woods
Nda
Dean
Deb
Belin
John
N. ¥. Ledger
Quirky Quotes and Dialects in Old Newspapers
A collage of humorous lines and phonetic speech from the Detroit Free Press Cincinnati Enquirer Indianapolis Journal Washington Star Yonkers Statesman and others. It highlights dialect jokes about taxes duty electric lights and stage performers with a glimpse of period style and social commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. N. Peck
Idianapolia Journal
Uncle Eben
Biggen
Washington Star
Pittsburgh
Yonkers Statesman
Rosebud
Rome
Tenmy Green
Harper’s Bazai
Hog Outruns Bullets In Georgia Hunter Tale
Col Taylor Jenkins near Blakely, famed for honesty, hunts a wild hog that hides in a hollow log. After repeated shots and a five shot group in a single target, he discovers the hog outruns his bullets, not his aim, leaving the hog unharmed and the hunter puzzled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia RazorBack
Col
Taylor Jenkins
Blakely
Early County Times
Mr. Jenkins
Jenkins
Unkindest Cut of Ally An Shakespeare Sly Dig
The Yonkers Statesman notes nerves from poor digestion cause nervousness and restlessness. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach as a remedy for nervousness and related ailments, claiming it aids vigor and digestion for both sexes.
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Shakespeare
Hostetter
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Williston Graphic
RH. Corhann
Williston
N. Dak
Independence
Frances B. Dillingham
THE
Detective Mirror
Paris
de la Marlelaine
Lecocq
Chicago
Albany Journal
Mackitom
Pth
Withorto Ontwertco
Geonemal Yonkers Statesman
I. N. Walker
G. A. RK
F. H. Lor
Quincy
Hogarth
ELY Brothers
Warren Street
New York
Aeichards
Washington
Woolley
Atlanta
Covent
J. Hood & Co
G &S
Iabede
H.&m.co
P.O. Box
Amotor CO
Windroli
Afaclo
Jeured, Steel
Scompiettoa “Wiss Weed Steel Towers
Sendry
Rockwell
Fillmore
An.k—G
Whiting
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