Mrs Perkins Story Interview With Fathers Spirit At Camp Meeting
Dear Melvins I write of my visit to the Spiritualists camp meeting at Unset Bay and my interview with the spirit of Mr Perkins former Massachusetts legislator. The account covers a long day among mediums rough talk loud crowds and a finding of his wife amidst the scenes. He speaks of politics, past vows, and a grave request to ease the family’s burden.
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Sun View House
Oak Bierrs
Melyvins
Unset Bay
David
Lisa
Tor
Abe Onnet Bay
Mr. Perkins
Massachusetts
Secord
Father
Bome
Blu
Eli Barker
Adrick
Ike
Melvins
Judgin
Love and Mystery at Newport Ocean House
Two mysterious New York women arrive at the Ocean House in Newport, drawing curiosity for their wealth and secrecy. Roger Campbell, a Baltimorean heir, becomes intrigued by Madeline Harnden as she quietly travels with Mrs Fawcett, while troubling hints about Madeline’s past and her evasive guardian-like companion emerge during a grand ball and seaside conversations.
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Newport
Ocean House
Lowl
Hey
Howard Fawcett
Mise Made
Ab & Bunimer Resort
York City
Gilliog
Dipper
Tovey
Thore
Ai Luis
Ady
Howard Pawcett
Govan House
Roger Campbell
Far West
Roger Ampbell
Keyerampbell
Beime
Bubb Ho
Roger
Ampbell
Tie
Bee
Madeline
Elias
al Olae
Roger Cawpwell
Madeine
Selamayne
Roger Ampbeil
Sue Head
Fred
Rover
Halt
Woo
Alwas
Newpor
Harndee
Tueb
New York
Madeline Hamoiten
Theerson
Madehoe
Wirs
Frank Carter
Uso
Ae Carter
bin Bie
Mandeline Harnéen
Howard Fawcets
Fawcett
Carter
Fawcett Tense Reunion Casts Pale Shade Over Walk
In a tense moment Mrs Fawcett blocked him as they returned to the passage. Roger sensed anger that she allowed Madeline to promenade with him. A courteous greeting broke the silence and two who might have been close grew distant as they moved on apart.
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Frank Carter
Mrs. Fawcett
Carver
Madeline
CR. J. Burdette
Burlington
Hawkeye
Niagara
Falls
Toronto
Iheneverc
New Arrival Sparks Jealous Plot at Newport
Mrs. Howard Fawcett and Frank Carter speed Madeline Hamoiten toward an arranged match as Roger Campbell's secret affection deepens. A mystery man, identified as Frank Carter, arrives at the hotel and sparks tension in the high society seaside town.
Young Lady Rescued From Log Becomes Indignant At Rescue
A chaotic river rescue scene unfolds as a young woman slips from a rotted log, splashing into the water. After she is saved by a man who pulls her by the feet, she scolds him for the method. The man mutters an apology, while onlookers react with indignation at the upside down rescue. A side note argues beer may replace stronger liquor, citing internal revenue figures.
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St. Louie
Internal Revenue Bureau
United States
Revenue Bureau
Ubee
Laifa
Ahe
Eit
Yshen
Attersle
The City’s Health and Clean Streets Mission
A column lauds Boston board of health for its aggressive, year‑round efforts in cleaning streets, inspecting tenements, and managing nuisances. It notes fewer deaths than last year, strict quarantine for yellow fever, and extensive staff and equipment across four yards. It details drainage checks, disinfecting work, public urinals, and waste handling with figures for 1878–74.
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Board of Health
Troe
Ccsee
Toth
Cseccesseesesen
Board of Wealth
City Hall
Washington Street
Cornhill
Boylston Street
Franklin Square
Eustis Street
Tremont Street
Park Street
Shawmut Avenue
Hutland Bridge
Montgomery Street
Remont Street
Cabou Street
Harrison Avenue
Railroad Bridge
City Hospital
North Street
North Square
Merrimac Street
New York
Boston
lHeston
HER NEW NEIGHBORS A DIARY OF A WESTERN CITY LIFE
A dense diary style narrative recounts a woman’s troubled months in a western city. Neighbors pry into marriage status and finances while servants fuel gossip about a supposed divorced past and a planned, later aborted baby. Police visits, odor complaints, and social tensions escalate as a claustrophobic domestic world unfolds.
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Noc
Polceman
Inis
Jang
Dave
Servant
Lue Lence
Bubby
Jane
Frangel
Fred
Philadelphia
Stella
Lim
Shaw
Boston Street Cleaning Leads World Standards in City Works
The department’s last year appropriation was 840000, with 18000 unspent. The superintendent earns 3300 yearly, the foreman 100 monthly, sub foreman 83 monthly, and laborers from 1550 to 62 monthly. The works run systemically with daily sub foreman reports to yard foremen and daily totals to the general office. Boston stands ahead globally in street cleaning.
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Boston
Modern Jonathan in Court Demands Facts About Crime
A strange visitor with a green umbrella and aggressive hat challenges Jefferson Market court officers, claims to be Cyrus Pease, and seeks to “piling up statistics” on crime. He surveys the scene, asks for a warrant or summons, and insists he is gathering inside details on transgressors before being led away.
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Jonathan
New York Exchange
Jefferson Market Police Court
Chebang
Cyrus Pease
Wal
Cyrus
Keerd
We Judicial Desk
Sania
Ldon
General Hancock in Hot Water in Gettysburg Row
Washington to Baltimore. Two senior army officers Hancock and Hunt clash over a Gettysburg artillery action. Hunt accuses Hancock of miscommand while Hancock criticizes Hunt’s plan. Hunt cites orders to his lieutenants Hazard and McGilvray. McGilvray followed orders, Hazard did not. A court of inquiry is anticipated.
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Hancock
Washington
Hanothe
Jetter
Kurogide
Sense Committee
Hunt
Gettysburg
Messrs
Hazard
McGilvray
Low
McGuvray
Fifth Artillery
A Munificent Reward of Honesty at Saratoga
Porter Henry Stillwell at the Continents Hotel in Saratoga recovers an envelope dropped by a westbound passenger containing a $100 banknote. The man returns the envelope and is gifted eleven cents, which Stillwell gladly offers to return should the donor claim it. A second note details a marriage ceremony in Oglethorpe Ga for elderly partners after decades together and a new union among long-term cohabitants.
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Albany Arzus
Henry
Mr. Stillwell
Vickers
Oglethorpe, Ga
Junge Raives
Horse Car Life and Those Who Make Themselves Happy
A humorous social sketch outlines horse car riders in city life. It catalogues varied behaviors from the undecided woman to the self focused passenger, the conspiratorial conductor, and the baby on a crowded car, highlighting etiquette, impatience, and comic misadventures.
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Sue
Cain
Out of the Grave and the Countess of Paris Romance
A Paris gossip item recounts the extraordinary life of Solange de Kramer from infant foundling to renowned beauty. She emerges from a grave in 1801 after a winter burial, survives, travels to Paris, and later marries Count Kramer as he returns from war. The tale blends romance and sensational rumor, highlighting social intrigue and survival against fate.
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Solange de Kramer
Paris
Foundiing
Wrest
Sue
Solange
Asso
Las
Garrigon
Kramer
Solaine
Kangaroo town bars and barbed tales cross the Atlantic
A wild collage of dialect verse and clippings sketches oddities from the New York Jefferson Market court scene to Kangaroo, South Australia, with a drunken visitor’s quips about lies down on streets and a New York Telegram report on misdirected gentleness. The mix includes travel notes from Niagara Falls to Toronto, Denver pioneer gossip, and a barber shop blue perspiration oddity from Kobis shop in Evansville.
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Kagaroo
New York
Kangaroo
South Australia
Kangurow
New York Telegram
Charlies Clark
Jefferson Market
Charles
Evansville
Koh
Swedish honors follow voyage of Captain Kramer and family
Investigators aided by the Swedish ambassador drew attention in a formal manner. Captain Kramer learned of the affair and sent a message to the ambassador. A month later the ambassador arrived to deliver formal acknowledgment from Mme Kramer’s father the former General Bernadotte and from King Charles XIV. Captain Kramer and his wife traveled to Stockholm where they were ennobled, and their son was named attache to the Swedish legation in Paris.
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Kramer
Mme. Kramer
Bernadotte
Charles XIV
Sweden
Stockholm
Paris
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Denver News
Denver
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