Story of the Charleston Earthquake Told by E P Roe
Chapter XI forwards a tangled tale of Mara Wallingford and Clancy amid Northern loyalties and a wary Auntie Hunter. Mara faces pressure from family, vows to learn truth from Clancy, while social circles and a revival meeting at Aunt Sheba's reveal community tensions and personal loyalties.
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Mara
Hee
Pat
Sheba
New York
Fither Clancy
Prine
Tess Chi
Clancy
Tose
Lara
Wwe
Nut Ba
Chace
Rome
Ourae
Allingford
Pak
Pata
Hymns and spirits in Aunt Sheba's home gathering
An uncle Sheba and Aunt Sheba host a hymn filled meeting with church songs and plantation memories. Kern Watson and wife are featured as audience and participants. Women gossip and men discuss politics while treats are shared. the scene ends with Sheba's improved health as the gathering departs, to be continued next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern
Sheba
Missy
de Ory
Pely
Jes
Kase
Kern Watson
Petore Kern
Uut Sheba
Issy
Serae
Leavig Aznheba
Chinese Barbers at War in New York Over Rates
New York on July 6 reports a wage dispute among Mott Street barbers led by Lee Ah Chong and Wong Chung. The monopoly of Chinese barbering sparked a rate war from 6 cents to 25 cents per shave with ear tickling and nail pulling offered as add ons, amid sensational street scenes and changing shop dynamics.
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New York
Wong Chin Foo
Lee Ah Chong
Wong Chung
Mott Street
China
Hoe
Golden Gate
Knights of the Razor
Gotham
Wong Shung
Kronprinz Rudolph Launches as Austro Hungarian Cruiser
The Kronprinz Rudolph, Austro Hungarian turret ship, launched at Vianxa with Emperor and Archduchess Marie Therese witnessing. The vessel, named for the heir to the throne, is expected to reach about 4500 horsepower with heavy guns and high speed.
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Vianxa
Kronprinz Rudolph
Adriatic
Marie Therese
Emperor
Svett
Sorewra
Prince in a blouse fools Paris cafe guards
A foreign prince staying in Paris dressed in rags to test whether he could be arrested without offense. He dined at a prestigious cafe, paid with banknotes, and was promptly reported to police, causing a swift arrival of a sergeant.
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Hage
Manchester
Eng
Guardian
Paris
Imperial Club
Sea Dy Dimgeel
Tural
Jon An
Peter
Olice
Inspector Byrnes and the New York Detective Bureau
The article profiles Inspector Byrnes, head of New York’s detective bureau since 1880, detailing his career from patrolman to inspector, his keen face recognition, and a famed approach to cracking cases. It recounts incidents highlighting his method, fearlessness, and leadership in pursuing thieves and hidden clues in Wall Street's dangerous precincts.
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New York
Inter Byrnes
James Ussell Lowell
Julian Hawthorne
Spa
Thor
Ngunizat
Iim Im
Wall Street
Aeauch
Uch
Cybo
Millicene
Sui
Ran Tate
Crawford
Iit
E Law
Immortal Bird Charm: A Poem by Juliet C Marsh
Ideals presents a verse by Juliet C. Marsh describing a diviner immortal bird whose elusive song outshines the nightingale and lark. The speaker laments that no one can locate its nest though all seek it, claiming the world’s delight lies beyond mortal reach in dawns and distant stars.
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Juliet C. Marsh
Paradise
President Cleve land declines G A R encampment visit
Washington July 6 1887 President Cleveland will not attend the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in St Louis as conveyed in a July 4 1887 letter to Mayor Francis of that city Executive Mayston Washington D C The letter notes the President’s pleasure at meeting veterans and the people of the West while declining due to public duties and prior engagements.
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Washngton
Cleveland
St. Louis
Francis
Mayston
Washinoton
D. C
David Ri. Francis
Daan Fry
Rand
Villani
Grand Army
Toelin
East Monace
Odd Items From Everywhere In Iowa And Beyond
A collage of strange notes from public life and commerce. Items mention 65 empty Iowa county jails, 375000 miles of U.S. mail routes, and a rattlesnake poison claim tied to Irish potatoes. A Keokuk man advertises wages and a Dubuque grocer offers a strike incentive. A rector at Trinity Church in New York earns a vast salary while assistants’ pay appears modest.
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Iowa
Tron
United States
Ni Besgaber
Crawford Ga
Aroun
Tlanta
Keokuk
Sage
Mt Abe
Pal
Gare
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AR Barth
E. P. Roe
E.P. Roe
Osnia Vely
Falm
Alt
Cinpasti
Chang
Mrs. Hunter
Pasaivi
Pola
Fhfe
Yeni
Sobaine
Ann' Sheba
Masmanen
Rae
Idsall
Kernon
Hull
Tiemonong Opineh
Steve
Howe
Nate
Chile
Mr. Birdsall
Paul
Stes
Travellin
Austria
Prince
Howard
Inspector Byrnes
Love
the Globe
Elis
Byrnes
Broadway
Sam
Ayer
Bones
Gail Teco
Louis Hanier
McGloin
Hanier
Specter Byrnes
Beving
Ce Spector Byrnes
Eno
Nesuch
Abor Ng
Ocr Wwe
Ieee
Kennedy
Ghee
President Cleveland
Kind
Grocer
Scott
Mahone
Richmond Dispatch
David Goyer
Denver
Taitanonglis
Chacel
Macon
Spain
Humbert
Italy
Pittsby
Will Fox
Rochester
Nws
Pey
Aed
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