Refitting and the Skeleton in the Hut
On a desolate island a wrecked crew refits their ship in a sheltered bay while a dying castaway, Frank Davis, is saved and nursed by a devoted Jameson. Lewis Armstrong, Clara Malvin, and grim family intrigues unfold as a hidden will and a dangerous foe move toward trial and triumph.
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Elysium
Solomon
Kedar
Swain
Davy Jones
Jameson
Renee
Lewis Armstrong
Greenwood
South Pacific
Son
Watea
Craiksanion
Poe
Lone
Clara Malvin
Frank Davis
Jack Selene
Shiank
Gil
Alli
Clara
Jack Jameson
Armstrong
Lewis
Merited Pardon for Bernard Boland after Eleven Years in Concord
Bernard Boland, a fifteen year old who robbed a store and killed a man in eleven years ago, has been pardoned after a legal battle led by lawyer Charles Brainard and Governor Butler. He describes life in Concord Penitentiary under Warden Usher, detailing daily routines, diet, religious services, beard policy, and his hopes for employment in electro plating now that he is a free man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Jameson
Jameson
Frank Davis
Pane
Charles Malvin
Robert Earl
Clara
Martin
Marvin
Foster
Manu
Lewis Armstrong
Daugter
Greenwood
City of the
Robert Farr
Lillie
Robert
Mr. Karl
Lewis
Earl
Jee Ag
Illis Armstrong
Robeari
Clara Malgin
Bernard Boland
Robert Morris, Sr
Boland
Asalat Lim
New York
Boston
Copcord
Charles KR. Brainard
Brainard
Court of Pardons
Butler
Concord
Usher
Ag Ain
Bernard
Seapen
Ana
Mr. Brainard
Peck's Bad Boy Boxing Upstart at the Grocery
A humorous tale from Peck's Sun features a bad boy and chum staging a mock boxing bout with his father and a minister in the family laundry. The clash draws the minister and church members, ending with nose hits, a clothes basket scuffle, and calls for accountability, while the town buzzes.
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Peck
Sun
Muister
Sisters of the Church
Oh God my father! Man faints after exclamation
The fragment reports a dramatic moment as a speaker cries Oh God my father and falls fainting to the floor, describing a tense reaction captured in a few lines from the papers.
Washington Lawyers Dislike Governor Butler Letter
A Philadelphia Record Washington letter notes Governor Butler of Massachusetts riding in on Pennsylvania Avenue in a jaunty hansom. The writer jokes the governor looks far from a corpse and recalls a same gay air, with mentions of General Jacquemot or a Mar.
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Ernor Butler
Washington
Philadelphia
Governor Butler
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania Avenue
Jacquemot
Governor attends to lawsuits and bar tensions
The governor sits in as counsel in local suits drawing mixed reactions from the bar. He is known for extensive work in departments assisting claimants and for aiding needy individuals without direct claims, reflecting a compassionate yet controversial judge of his peers.
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Neil
Poor on £1000 a Year in London Sperteman Reconsidered
The piece quotes Mr Matthew Arnold’s views on wealth and poverty from an American interview. It notes his salary as a government school inspector at £750 a year plus a £250 grant, and questions whether Americans tire of lectures. The writer muses about experiencing £1000 a year for a year to test poverty.
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Foster
Australia
Wan
Malvin
America
Martin
Robert Karl
Loften
Lewis Armstrong
Ale
Pather
Willis Armstrong
Beneau
London
Sperteman
Matthew Arnocld
Arnold
Divorce Decree From Gentile Valley Couple 1883
Elizabeth Colwell signs a divorce settlement in Gentile Valley Idaho dated September 13 1883. The agreement confirms relinquishment of all property claims acquired during marriage in exchange for household goods four cows calves one year Ung heifer cash six dollars and a final separation as man and wife.
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Salt Lake
Gentile Valley
Idaho
Elizabeth Colwell
Arkansas justice of the peace letters Lord Coleridge
An Arkansas justice of the peace reportedly sent a brash letter to Lord Coleridge boasting of a long tenure as judge, readiness to fight, and plans for a tough court. The missive includes dialect impressions and claims of handling many cases in five years.
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Arkansan
Lord Coleridge
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William H. Bushnell
Chapter
Lius
Daily Life At
Bad Boy
California
Chicago
Weill
Gov
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