Murder in the Maple household shadows the will
In a storm haunted autumn tale Squire Emerson lies dying and bequeaths all to his wife Ardelia, while Edna, his daughter, and Dr. Gooding plot to seize the estate. After murder, trial, and prison, Edna dies by poison while confessing a double plot to frame Ardelia, revealing a web of deceit and a grim inheritance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire Emerson
Quill
Mrs. Emerson
Ardelia
Edna
John
Dr. Gooding
Morris
Edna Emerson
Edna Gooding
Dr. Curtin
Adelia Emerson
Eating a Sermon and a Miracle in an Egg
The essay muses on why a simple egg yields a miracle beyond science. Professor Bokorny explains composition and reactions inside the shell, yet cannot answer why one egg yields a “little rich hin” while another does not. The writer cites evolution, chemistry, and the shell’s dissolution to build a vision of nature’s mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Adam
Bokorny
Professor Matthew Williams
Dr King’s New Discovery Promoted Amidst Varied Claims
A block of mixed content cites Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption and other illnesses with an offer for free trials at Henderson and Minear’s Drug Store. It also recounts a Senate speech by Isaac Hill, a Restorations of a church in Stafford-on-Avon, a note on the Ballarat nugget of 1858, a gold mass calculation, a Barnum quip, and Dr Pierce’s Pellets with various ailments listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Henderson & Minear’s
United States Senate
Isaac Hill
New Hampshire
Jackson
Senate
Hill
Pierce
Lincoln's mercy and a father's desperate plea
Recalling Lincoln's kindness the President reprieved a deserter at a court martial after a grieving father asked help. A telegram from a general prompted Lincoln to act, writing not to shoot until further orders, while warning the old man that life would outlast Methuselah if the order came. The tale contrasts mercy with military discipline and ends with the father's blessing. The page also reports scientific tidbits, odd notices, and anecdotal quotes from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna
Lincoln
Department of War
President Lincoln
White House
Army of Virginia
Jingo
Job Smith
Abraham Lincoln
Mr. Lincoln
Methuselah
Harlem Court Laughs and Loosens with a Pevered Prisoner
In Harlem police court Michel Lonagan quipped through the bars as the judge jests on confinement. The misfit says he can endure a year’s labor on the island and begs for a brief prior to going to war. The alderman may grant a discharge but the court instead commits him for a month with a hopeful request to be allowed out for the war. A comical exit follows as Lonagan departs for the jail. A Mayence wine cask carved from Roman bridge wood, containing six hundred litres, is shown and larger casks planned for the United States. Nearby a Fort Keogh cloud burst drowns 800 sheep, while a Yellow stone Valley hailstorm strips fields bare, 14 inches deep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Gooding
Mrs. Emerson
John
Ardelia Emerson
Steele Craft
Chicago
Goodin
Edna
Emerson
Islan
Harlem
Michel Lonagan
Wansht
Michael
Phin
Aisy Lave
New York Telegram
Mayence
Trajan
Maximilian
Rhine
United States
Hay Fever Remedies and Miscellany From a Newspaper
A collection of brief items and advertisements noting Ely's Cream Balm and Dream Balm for hay fever, a quip about a murder indictment misspelling, a West Virginia spring that gushes for a short season, and various notes on health, town-building in Texas, and a garbled reference to Garfield’s White House room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Syracuse
N. Y
W. H. Haskins
Arshfield
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King Emerson
Papa
Edwin
Staford-on-Avon
George
Esther Hart
Shakespeare
Ballaret Diggings
Victoria
Australia
P. T. Barnum
Barnum
Mery
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
St. Lawrence
la Plata
Amazon
American
Atlantic
America
Africa
Europe
Asia
Mechernich
Germany
St. Rollox Chemical Works
Glasgow
Scotland
Des Moines
Richter
Mary Hinson
Montrose
Kansas
Dr. R. V. Pierce
Sam
Taylorsville
Nebraska
W. BK. Huestis
Emporia
Fort Keogh
Montana
Yellowstone Valley
Babster
Spock
Massachusetts
Moorefield
W. Va
Texas
Barry
Ballinger
Runnels County
White Hown
Garfield
Keswett
Sao
Capitaliet
Mille Ae
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