The Florida Mouse Trap and a rattlesnake tale
A Florida winter tale centers on Honorable Tom and Ethel Berry. A mouse trap expedition leads to a rattlesnake incident and a hotel escape. The affair exposes Tom as a black sheep and ends in a delayed marriage, with Ethel later finding happiness with a different husband.
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Ethel
Iman
Tom
Jerry
Ethel Cold
Siv
New York
Florida
Honorable Tom
Mia
Ethel Berry
Times-Democrat
A Mysterious Turn of Fate in a Young Woman’s Tale
Pauline Fresman recounts a tale where destiny seems guided by unseen powers. Ethel Berry, a fearless outdoorswoman with a fear of mice, moves through Florida’s social circles, meeting an engaging English suitor amid stories of, and suspicions about, love, luck, and the orange trade.
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Mat
Florida
Ethel Berry
Ethel
Mies
Yankee Tricks in Albany
A tale from early Albany recalls Yankee settlers clashing with Dutch residents after the revolution. A traveling peddler bribed a Dutch justice with a draft written for fifty dollars in goods, paid later, causing the magistrate to resign after realizing the trick. The anecdote highlights early frontier commerce and cross cultural tensions.
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New England
New York State
Albany
Messrs. 4. & A. Kane
Mbany Argus
Old Sol’s Ride Through Disjointed 1849 Journal Voice
A fragmentary, satirical look at 1849 newspaper prose and literary excess. It references the New York Tribune excerpt, criticizes florid style, and notes a mock exchange about summer sea serpents. It also mentions a Paris market anecdote about selling a large candle-like item.
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New York Tribune
Hays Mn
Katan
Tades
Simely
Mirany Argus
American Bridge Award Signals Faster Global Trade
A Chicago Chronicle sourced piece notes the Atbara bridge contract went to an American firm due to superior delivery speed, challenging British claims of favoritism. It links fast American supply chains to railway locomotive orders, and cites the Times approving American efficiency. The snippet then surveys varied society gags, anecdotes, and light verse from multiple papers.
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London
The
Times
Soudan
Atbara
Atbara Bridge
England
America
Gs Amerie
Chicago Chronicle
Russian peasant marriage rites draw curious contrast in taste and pace
A Cincinnati Enquirer report describes Russian peasant wedding customs centered on swift household performance by the bride. Parents evaluate the bride during a surprise supper, judging her efficiency, economy, and silence, then seal the match over vodka. The ceremony includes a church dash for the pulpit and a three day celebration with vivid dress and gifts, in autumn after harvest.
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Cincinnat! Enquirer
A Paint Man's Story From An Odd Inventor
A traveling painter recalls meeting a Mexico encounter with a would be inventor who claimed to have a fireproof paint. He described housing inside paint that withstood flames, living inside for years, and proposed selling stock in the invention. The tale blends jokes and scattered newspaper snippets.
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Tiger
Carey
Mexico
Hampeshire
Verssont
North Dakota
Michigan
Aude Good
Detroit
Go Mrs. Pinkham Veiled Lament From a Suffering Woman
A reader cites relief from female weakness after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs C Steeters of Guan Street Esoogrix writes that headaches dizziness and stomach upset vanished and her daughter also improved. She praises Mrs Pinkham and notes over eighty thousand such letters were received in 1897 as proof of the remedy's efficacy.
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Jack Smith
Jack Bmnlch
Wallander
Ipia
J. Cumberland Smythe
Esquire
Ahe
Naboba
Eas
Eerten Toms
Friesp
Lydia B. Pinkham
Mas. C. Steerers
Guan St
Esoogrix
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Trinph
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Austria
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Wis
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N. S. World
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Indianapolis Journal
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Chicago Daily News
L. A. W. Bulletin
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Mr. Fly
N. Y
Detroit Free Press
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Miss Kene
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Miss Beacon
Boston
Harper’s Bazar
Musical Conservatory
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Cleveland Leader
Chicago Daily
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Thayer
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Spotts
NLS
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