Polly's Lodger and the Hopkins Family Portrait
Polly Hopkles and Musidora, sisters in a crowded New York lodging, pursue rent relief through a mysterious lodger. The stout bachelor Dudley Warrener rents a furnished room, pays on Saturdays, and forms a complicated dynamic with Musidora the artist while Polly frets over love, money, and fate in their bookish, bustling home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe
Giro
Alee
Caen
Aimee
Sin
Musidora
Betsy
Polly
Musitora
Mystdorn
Ant Polly
Panny
Bilsley
Magidora
Mayer
Jacks
Ndger
Stephen Sadbury
Miss Pelican
Dudley Warrener
Untitled fragment hints at scandal after wedding
A damaged excerpt shows Polly confessing to Mr Warrener she blacked his tools to please Tita after an incomplete wedding scene. The text mentions poverty, reflection on Bethy, and a partial line from the New York Ledger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belty
Watt
Fittie Déentt
Bethy
Newtown prospectors and two brothers rise to wealth then seek Chicago fame
In 1869 a Newtown strike drew 20 000 to a boom era camp where brothers Jeff and Al Adakine opened a modest upstairs gaming house with George. A Stage Company accident left Jeff with 15000 dollars and Al with 9800 after court action. Soon they moved to Chicago, creating a famed establishment that defined their fortune.
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Troxawe Hill
Ula
Rhs
Arew
Hilinole
Jet
George
Nealestant
Gonthineil
iMellfiel
Chicazo
Jef
Hawkinges
Jeff
Theompany
Chicago
Famolia
Fragmented Reminiscence on Kings and Tombs in Siam and England
A garbled reminiscence discusses King of Siam and English history, mentioning the tombs of Westminster Abbey and the helmet of Henry V. It recalls Agincourt, Wellington, Queen Elizabeth, and a humorous misquote about Mary Queen of Scots, ending with confused references to Windward and sepulchral relics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siam
Aboun
Landan Wud Trowlie
Westininger Abbay
England
Ganon Wibarforce
Pitt
Hersebal
Wenave
Darwin
Henry
Knights of the Bath
Duke of Wellington
Alizabeth
Mary
Mery Mary
Fants
Jak
Wignlant
Charles the Birgts
Windia
Drainage and seed spread on prairie soils and timber
The article discusses drainage as essential for prairie lands with clay subsoil and hard pan. It explains how water movement depends on surface material, how improper drainage causes stagnation, and how tile drainage can reclaim wet land. It also analyzes how clay soils absorb and release water and how seed dispersal determines forest colonization, favoring light seeds for rapid spread and heavy seeds lagging behind.
Bareatar The life of plants weaves simple water origins
Fragmented OCR text suggests a historical note on plant origins and development in water. Names appear garbled but reference to William J. Hopkins and Chicago Record hints at era journalism. The readable parts imply early scientific observations of aquatic plant life and evolution concepts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorigin
Bareatar
Jang
Willian J. Hopkins
Chicago
Pasturing Crops for Winter Stock and Dividend: Fall Plowing
A Kansas agricultural note discusses using fall sowing of rye as pasture for calves and pigs, with weather favoring pasture growth. It notes rye fields can be grazed nearly all winter when not snowed in and may be planted to corn or other crops in spring. Fall plowing mellows land for spring crops and drainage improvements are urged to deepen soil and promote thorough pulverization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairies
Nesnigs
Fuimbetd
Agidore
Blanchard
Journal of Agriculture
Erain
Kansas
Sone
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Ivoreen
Darrel
Polly Hopkles
Evangeline
Musidore
Hopkins
Nosidora
Monrca's
Kaoy
Mysidora
Schnel
Valairs
Hareelf
Folly
Scott
Mueldora
Inhi
Bane
Wielie Kheraof— Bottiemiars
Vitlonstore
Floetonsteen
Barlawe
Hostettus Bforbach
Hostrutia
Hood
Bostany
Sanay
Accout
E. G. McCormick
Pasaitsuger
Warren ‘J. Lynch
Gen. Tonvenger
Egent
Cinginnati
An'Otiaha Company
Publica
Sauibe
Stant Ienbiea 3
Omaha
Vettighie
Ag Urbale
Cnekraeus
Gherzer Hauke
Bospaig
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