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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1897
Page
6
A lyrical fragment describes Fair Agnes on a window seat as a skein and bell fall at her feet. The narrator scripts a tense, intimate scene weaving the skein while Agnes guides the motion with deft hands and a hidden, shifting mood.
A rain soaked Quebec express carries Janet Angell who befriends a malnourished boy Jamie Pine awaiting his father. On arrival the two bond, Jamie’s father remains missing, and the judge and Mrs Adams take the child in, while Janet finds purpose and a new family role.
The article notes Miss Fanny Hayes, daughter of the late President Hayes, is to marry Ensign Smith and mentions her seven brothers. It also recounts her life from birth in Cincinnati, schooling in Cleveland and Farmington, and travels abroad after her father’s presidency. A scattered medical column and assorted random notes follow.
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