WAS Perkins Story Madeline's Desperation In Newport
Madeline Harsden is held prisoner by Mrs Fawcett in Newport as she resists an arranged marriage to Mr Carter. Roger Campbell is sought to aid her escape while Madeline plans to flee to New York to prepare her defense and reveal a dangerous secret. The excerpt follows a troubled scene with family politics and a looming confrontation.
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Madeline
Mr. Carter
Carter
Reeds
Mrs. Daweed
Mrs. Fawcett
Mr.Campbell
Agam
Fawcett
Pearly
Newport
New York
Roger Campbell
Ielsukey
At Ones
Fred
Roger
Howard Vancett
Madeling
Howard Fawcett
Exeters News Letter Report of Sarsaparilla Robbery Or Practical Joke
A Cruel Drugso s Clerk recounts a red faced youth from an excursion party who visited a drug store asking for syrup. The boy found sarsaparilla out and the party returned with friends to order drinks. The clerk drains six glasses in quick succession and the youth, furious, pays twenty seven cents and threatens the boy if he leaves town.
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Exeter News- Letter
Sarsaparilia
Embarrassed Hartford Girl Springs a Yale Toast Tale
A Hartford girl at Yale commencement regales a New Haven House parlor group with jokes and class-day gossip. She jokes about a nervous class president and a toastmaster who drinks too much, provoking a red faced student to leave. The crowd learns the speaker is Santb, planned to respond to the thirteenth toast.
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Hartford
Yale
New Haven House
Santb
Jousting, Ivanhoe and the Disinherited Knight Clash
The article surveys medieval jousting from its origins to decline, detailing knightly combat rules, pageantry, and social role. It highlights the 119 description from Sir Walter Scott in Ivanhoe of the Ashby tournament where Ivanhoe defeats challengers including the Disinherited Knight and Bois-Guilbert as spectators cheer in the lists.
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Europe
Acral
Don Quixote
America
Uallam
Ashby
England
Prince John
Richard I
Sir Walter Scott
Froiseart
Norvane
Brian de Bois Gilbert
Bois Gilbert
Ralph de Vipont
Brian de Bois-uillevert
Browner
Langer
Bois- Guilbert
Paraise
Gramercy
Sud
Turpentine Life in North Carolina Pine District
A detailed snapshot of turpentine harvesting in the North Carolina pine forests describes tapping methods, virgin turpentine quality, distillery operations, and the rough, labor intensive life of workers. It notes the ecological toll on trees, the meager margins for tappers, wage norms around $15 monthly plus rations, and the racial makeup of labor, with many workers being colored and overseen by whites. The piece also interweaves a reflective poem about church windows and closes with a startling note on a Miami County family with three overweight children and the calming myth of warm weather.
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North Carolina
Luis
Walter
Mac
Brother
Lee
Iron Industry Growth in Illinois and Pennsylvania Trade
The article outlines the rise of iron and steel production in the United States, highlighting Illinois and Pennsylvania as pivotal centers. It notes historical output, tariff effects, and the shift from imported to domestic iron, with emphasis on coal proximity, Chicago’s central role, and the Bessemer process advancing steel making amid a recovering economy. It also describes labor, wage changes, and future prospects for sustained demand and higher employment.
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Residuum
Dean Forests
England
United States
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Chicago
Springfield
Toilet
Illinois
Lake Superior
Pittsburg
Ittsbury
Bessemer
Tuyeres
Vulcan
City gal seeks colored servant amid odd questions
A New York page recounts Mrs Vandewater’s quest for a trustworthy maid. A burly applicant from Plainfield, New Jersey, answers bizarre probes about cooking styles, religion, and family, insisting she is a city gal and preferring urban life over country.
Romance of Twenty Five Years Separation Ends With Reunion
A Milwaukee woman recounts a 25 year marriage ordeal. The husband vanished day after the wedding, wandered the country, and returned at times without supporting her. She kept faith, raised a family on her own, and later learned of his prison and banishment. He now asks to live with her in Washington as she prepares to reunite in September.
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Sun
Horst
Melvina
Parson Dodge
John Barker
Dodd
Father
Little Dodd
Widder
Kinner
Doad
Lisa
Liza
Jobo Barker
Sea View Case
Ili
Reveen
Schooner
Masachusetts
Republican Party
Jene
Jett
Solomon
Keuben
Awigatl Perkins
P. S&s
Raoigan
Europe
Rome
Henry II
England
Owever
France
Cervantes
Opal
Thorv
Earth
Cincinnati
Gibson House
John T. Me
Eleanor A
John
Eleanor
Gibson
Waltezs
Milwaukee Wisconsin
Hepee
Elie
Leara
Canada
Hiis
Washington
Lim
Wall
Ine
Justice Morgan
Jefferson Market
Otficer Wall
Thirty-seventh Street
New York
Hap Wah Melican Man and Other Oddities
A Milam county man washes for a Chinaman Hap Wah. The shirts rot the garments and the tale recounts a comic tale of cultural clashes. Also included are sketches of a haying farmer misadventure and a police court scene with a Sitting Bull joke.
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Atendante
Joe
Ie Tenpiar
Jeo
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Ivanhoe
Richard
Rowena
Joanloe
Vedric
Fatty
Miami County
Kap
King Iron
Ilinois
Tron
Ile
Maline
Quincy
Jacksonville
Sis Bessemer Steel Works
Vandewater
Andewater
Sue
Euab
Axminster
Plainfield
N. J
Milam County
San Antonio Herald
Dion
Woodward Avenue
Detroit Free Press
Johnnie
Burlington Hawkeye
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