An Escapade By TOP GALLON
Rich young Dick Lyddon arrives in Dawlish with Captain Boxer and meets Bertha Tamlyn posing as a boy to earn money. He helps her after learning her story and discovers their bond as he uncovers a fraud that affected her. Dick proposes aid and companionship as they unite to face their shared loneliness and start a new life together aboard the Amerrican Queen.
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Richard Lyddon
Dawlish
Capt
Boxer
Bag
Tam
Capt. Boxer
Tamlyn
Bertha Tamlyn
Dick Lyddon
Buffice
Dawileh
Traim
Tory
Bertha
Perilous Picket Duty During Gaines Mill Retreat
John A. Brooks recounts seven days near Mechanicsville and Gaines Mill, detailing ammunition hauling, early musket use, and a night near two artillery batteries. He recalls crossing to the bridge, whisky ration tempers, a sentry alarm, and nearly entering the Confederate lines before safely retreating.
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Mechanicsville
John A. Brooks
Ribune
Gaines’ Mill
Chickahominy
Gaines’ Mia
Alwas
Bottoms Bridge
Easton
Tansom
Pennsylvania
Abe Lincoln Chair Recounted by War Dept Doorkeeper
James Etter, a war department doorkeeper, recalls sitting in a chair once used by Abraham Lincoln. A tall man identifying as Lincoln exchanged roles with him, took the badge, and warned he would keep watch. Etter values the chair and remembers Lincoln’s courtesy in the corridor meeting.
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James Etter
War Department
Lincoln
Etter
New York Tribune
Seceretary
Gen- Heman
Mr. Lincoln
Abe Lincoln
Prayerbook on Civil War battlefield offered to rightful owner
Col. Robert J. Breckinridge of Danville Kentucky says a Confederate monument ceremony led to an elderly woman delivering a preserved Episcopal prayerbook found on the battlefield near Perryville on October 8, 1862. The inscription hints it may have belonged to a Union soldier, possibly B F Wiggings from Lancaster Pennsylvania.
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Perryville
Robert J. Breckinridge
Danville
Louisville
Breckinridge
Col. Breckinridge
Lancaster
J. J
I. J
B. F. Wiggings
B.F. Wiggings
Invitation mix up ends in businessman's distress
A Baltimore woman receives a theater invitation written by a dating firm partner who signs the firm's name. The recipient replies personally, accepting the order and turning the error into a comical mishap. The tale delights readers as the young man endures teasing about his letters and business life.
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Baltimore
New York Times
Blank
Misa Dash
Messrs. Blank & Co
Pasaled Housewife Candy Mix Up Sparks Inspector Laughs
A Baltimore American quip chronicles a puzzled housewife who mistook a cake of patent plum pudding for imitation coal. She asks for help to explain the mix up as she debates whether the aroma comes from the fire or the pudding. A Manila American joke follows about a writer reverting to a fountain pen due to excessive ringing.
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Baltimore American
Stray Stories and Ads Mixed in Quick Read
A fragmentary newspaper page blends stray stories with short ad blurbs and testimonials. It includes dialogue snippets about engagements and marriages, medical cure claims for Burdock Blood Bitters and Piso’s Cure, and scattered quotations from various papers. The text also notes a personal anecdote about borrowing money and a claim of relief after a threat, reflecting a heterogeneous, collage-like historical page.
Rural Free Delivery Routes and Considered Petitions
The Washington Star notes that 10 000 rural free delivery routes operate today and 10 193 petitions are under consideration.
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Wawbeington Star
Catarrh Woes Halted by Peruna Pledge From Congressman Meekison
Ohio Congressman David Meekison, a rising party leader elected to the Fifty-fifth Congress, credits long battle with catarrh to Peruna. He reports thirty years of symptoms eased after using several bottles and urges others to seek Dr. Hartman’s advice if results aren’t prompt.
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Congressman Meekison
Ohio
David Meekison
America
Perum
Congress
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Tbe
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
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Gaines
David Witte
Mattlefield
Arnold
John P. Suratt
Funnyman
Manila
Symyram
Mr. Goodheart
Tom
Philadelphia Press
Burdock
Cincinnati
Ocean Grove
N. J
Chicago Daily News
Anziet
Eas Rata Mee
Indanis
Fac Stvals Signature
New York
Gastoria
Bears
Meekison
Peruna
Tdien CO Bao
Ciaans
Sam
AM. Ko
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