The toothache tale of Bill and the dentist
William Whiffletree endures a bungled dental experience in a village, paying three dollars for a new system. The dentist, an Irish assistant, and rival practitioners inflict pain with drilling, fire, and remedies until Bill’s jaw swells, then a barber ends the ordeal with a decisive tooth extraction.
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Bill
Europe
London
Washington City
William Whiffletree
William
Old Firelock
Firelock
Samup
Bat Bill
Kreosote
Squills
Whiffletree
Wangbanger
Why Jewesses Are Beautiful in Chateaubriand’s View
The piece argues Jewish women appear more handsome than Jewish men, attributing this to their faith and mercy shown to Jesus. It recounts biblical women who aided and comforted Christ, including Mary Magdalene and the Bethany anointing, framing beauty as a moral or spiritual reflection.
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Peri
Enn
Soutinus Ty Bond
Aesteat
Seeoften
Paradize
Chateaubriand
Judea
Bethany
Chriat
Nii
Martha
Lasarus
Simon
Jerusalem
Calvary
Mary Magdalene
Mary
Weel
Wooster
A. Marchand
W. C
Democrat Foreman & Johnson
Wooster Republicar
A Recipe For An Ostrich Egg Omelet
A hole is made at the end of the egg and salt and pepper added. The egg is shaken to mix white and yolk with ingredients, then baked in hot ashes until done. One ostrich egg is said to contain as much as twenty four regular eggs and may feed a hungry person.
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Wellsburgh
Oale River
Pittsburgh Commercial Journal
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Miscissippi
W. Milner Roberts
Ellet
Pennsylvania
Ohio River
Wheeling
Cincinnati
Oregon cattle age noted with long horn poles
A letter from an Oregon resident to a city friend describes cattle living to old ages and mentions owners attaching four long poles to the ends of the cattle horns to reach outward.
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Oregon
Dogs and buyers clash in a chaotic New York hotel scene
A country sportsman visiting the Irving House in New York advertises for a dog and endures a comic procession of bidders and breeds. Dogs, men, and surprising scuffles erupt as canine fanciers swarm the room, forcing officials to eject all for a calmer stay.
Garden misinvestment blamed on dahlias gone to pigs
Tapehorn recalls spring purchase of two-dollar dahlia roots that failed to bloom and proved inedible, with his son Patrick and wife discovering stray tubers mistaken for vegetables. He laments thirty-two dollars wasted on the finest dahlias now misused as pig feed.
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Tapehorn
Dublin
A Wire's Prayer for Ruth and Ruth's Path to Naomi
A devotional plea asks for blessing on a future husband and a long, blessed life. The speaker requests mutual love, humility, obedience, and usefulness, seeking harmony, steadfastness, and divine guidance in marriage and shared faith.
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Ruth
Naomi
Wison
Statue of General Warren Inaugurated on Bunker Hill
A statue of General Warren is to be inaugurated on Bunker Hill on June 17. The life size figure stands erect with chest out, right hand gripping a sword, left arm raised and hand open, head raised toward the heavens.
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Warren
Bunker Hill
Gentle Actions Treasured In Life’s Quiet Path
A reflective meditation on kindness and gentle deeds shaping life. The text praises loving words and smiling souls as flowers that brighten days and make the earth greener. It echoes a religious call to love one another and blesses the meek.
Proverbial Wit and a Bumptious Exchange
A jumbled fragment mocks prudence and truth telling with aphorisms on silence and folly. Dialect dialogue relays Jenny’s pocketed bread and a mother’s remark, framed around a Bible reference about the right hand and left hand.
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Jenny
Rich man and dog scene echoes moral rebuke on hunger
The piece recalls a strong rebuke to human meanness as a rich man ignores a poor neighbor while a dog pities him by licking his wounds. It notes a shortage of silver coins in Belgium and Brussels minting gold to meet circulation, with gold previously withdrawn from circulation leaving silver as currency.
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Charleston
Willem B Astor
Stephan Whitney
W.H. Aspinwall
James Lennox
Peter Harmony
Lomilards
France
Aneon G. Poeips
Erinist D. Sette
Ines
George Law
Lfe
Cornelius Vanderbilt
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Joseph Bonaparte
James Chesterman
Peter Cooper
George Bancreit
Henry James
Professor Anthon
Thomas McKilrath
Dr. Francis
Bill
Paddy
Pat
Michael
Wal
Belgium
Brussels
Bilvér
A Captain Delivers Hope on a Canal Boat Voyage
A Blair County correspondent recalls a humane episode on a canal boat during a state improvement era. A dying painter, refused passage by an initial passenger committee, is carried aboard by the captain who shares his bed and care. Passengers repent, forgiveness follows, and a charitable purse is raised for the man to reach his mother in Burlington.
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Blair County
Burlington
Louder Man Recites Name After Postal Mixup
A Washington Star item recounts a man at a post office who kept shouting Louder as a clerk asked for the name on his letter. The man finally reveals his name is Louder, and the clerk hands over the letter. The gag hinges on the mistaken assumption that the man was deaf.
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Diden
Washington Star
Family’s Burden Grows as Sons Outgrow Work
A man laments supporting a large family as his sons grow too big to work yet not old enough to earn. A friend notes they are “big enough to earn” but the difficulty remains the sons’ inability to contribute financially.
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