Ghost Fairy Chant in the Chimney Folklore
A fragment evokes a spectral tale of forgotten fairy ghosts dwelling in an old chimney. The speaker recalls firelit evenings, talking embers, and the strange folk formed by shadows and smoke within the flue.
Williston Graphic in Williston, North Dakota
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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1897
Page
3
Walton Hall Struggles and a Deserting Son's Return
In Walton Hall, as Christmas nears, Mrs. Walton contends with poverty and illness. Floyd Walton, a deserter who has enlisted with federal troops, returns secretly with trouble and a perilous plan for escape. Esther and Floyd’s romance complicates the household as Cousin Bart and Yankee soldiers mingle with aid and danger.
Noted Browne and Jenny Lind in Victorian Science and Song
A fragmentary excerpt chronicles Thomas Browne as a pioneering naturalist and etymologist, noting his work on commensality fossils and animal mechanics. It also recounts a Stanley and Jenny Lind anecdote about music’s impact, including a Vienna tattoo performance and his later compliment.
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Great
Britain
Johnson
Browne
Mew
Adipcere
Privy Council
Popular Science Monthly
Jennie Link
Dean Stanley
Jenny Lindange
Max Muller
Stanley
Jenny Lind
Norwich
Mandel
Vienna
Palace
Chicago Chronicle
She Was Too Young And Aims At A Doctor Visit
A brief humorous note recounts two young girls visiting a physician for vaccination. One girl speaks for the other, saying the sister is too young to know her left arm from her right, and jokes that mamma wore out both of them. The retort captures a light, era-agnostic gag from an old column.
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Walton Hall
Isaac Newton Lambert
Walton
Barton Potts
Bart
Esther
Walton Scroggs
Floyd
Judge Summers
Quitman
Cavalry
Summers & Todd
Asey
Mr. Pickett
Sti W's
le Sane
Lovka
Col. Sweet
Vinton
Floyd Walton
New Orleans
Lower
Gulf
Sweet
Sanilrook
Todd
Tugaloo
Mrs. Tower
Dennie Sweet
Jenny
Virginia
Mrs. Sweet
Philadelphia
Genevieve
Hadeen
Himeef
Fourth Cavalry
Texas
Baton Rouge
Lambert
Company
Mre
Elinor
Madam Walton
Walton Scroges
Juarez
Vera Cruz
Kasmus
Tate
Kate
Eether
Niges
Cas
Claytons
Wal” Wan
Barksdale County
Parmelee
Capital
Alton
Gista
Misleading Advice From Grandma On Baseball Dangers
A playful exchange shows Henry and a cautious grandmother debating baseball risk. The grandmother insists the game is highly dangerous and cites “papers tell about men who have lied on the bases.” The fragment conveys a humorous generational clash over sports safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Baltimore
Allen's Foot Enie and Other Patent Remedies Ad 気
A jumbled OCR snippet advertises Allen's Foot-Eno powder for swollen tired feet and suggests cures for sweating blisters and bunions. It also touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for rheumatic tendencies, Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with a free trial, Piso's Cure for Consumption, and various quips from period newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
JRE
Address
Allen 8
Olmsted
Ie Koy
N.Y
Weather and cold woes spark varied wartime quips
Readers share jibes about cold meals at mountain houses and lingering chill in summer. Snippets from newspapers joke about winter woes, warmth by proximity, coal shortages, and the odd mix of opinions from multiple papers.
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Close
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Riggs
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Claute
Mabel
Piso
Newrer
Washington Democrat
Frank
Met
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F. B. Gollet
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