Mrs Perkins Story Continues Amid Joyful Family News
Abigail Perkins writes from Boston May 30 1879 about Elisa having a nine to eleven pound baby girl named Shad La Grange and the household adjusting to a new auntie role while internal tensions with Jane and Dodd arise. She plans to publish her story and notes plans to sell the house to fund needs and hopes for support from friends amid family humor and concern.
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Boston
Drak Melvina
Elisa
Johnny Barker
Jane
Dodd
John Barker
Rae
Evita
Little Odd
Little Dodd
Jule Dodd
Abigail Perkins
Harry Ciaft
la Grange
Alice Wilton
Frank la Grange
Jennie
Lis
Atortice
Forlorn Hope Drives Jennie To Seek Clemency Plan
In the following morning Jennie visits the prison after learning of La Grange’s fate. She plans to appeal to the governor to grant a reprieve, hoping to save an innocent man and end their dire wait beside the jail. Her bold scheme reflects urgent, desperate calls for mercy amid looming execution.
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Clark
Bimeel
Sue
Donnie
la Grange
Jennie
Wwe
Vileo
Jonnie
Liat le
Geld Dsunie
Dennie
Leese Etters
Anet
Basie
Jeroie
Twelve Year Old Hangs Self in Philadelphia House of Refuge
A twelve year old, Harry Ackley, died by his own action in the Philadelphia House of Refuge. He had been kept in solitary confinement for a week as punishment for attempting to escape, receiving bread and water in a dark unfurnished cell. He was taken out briefly for air and exercise each day, and he pleaded for release before the cell was reopened.
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Harry Clark
Tuuth
Duis Dove
Clark
Melyina
Eliza
Dodd
Asbow
Bain
Massachusetts
Conido
Macay
Reuven
Tutver
Solomon
Abigail Perkins
P.S
Kida Walker
Philadelphia
Harry Ackley
Hoosac tunnel disputes loom over Fitchburg plan
A 1879 review details the Hoosac tunnel line as a coalition of about twenty three railroads aiming a direct east west link. Fitchburg seeks withdrawal citing losses while proponents push consolidation at actual cost to avoid ruinous rates. A committee proposes settlement with three-party cost ruling and continued through operation, but terminal limits hinder potential Erie connection.
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Tre G Lone
Hoosse
Burt
Erie
Troy and
Greenfield
Fitchburg Railroad
Thas Corporation
Muchburg
Coosac
Hoosac Tunnel
Vermont and
Massachusettes
Fitchburg
New York Central
Canada Soutero
Michigan Southern
Troy
Boston
Fitchourg
Greenfied
Troy and Grenffeld
Hoosac
Fitebourg
Wwe Fivenburg Railroad
Bitchourg
Fitchoury Railroad
Massachusetts
Kitchburg
Chicago
New York
Wilebourg
Boston and Albany Railroad
Couras
bitehDure Road
Stearns
Necticut
Boston and Albany Corporation
Agai
Massachusetts Central Road
Fitchburg Road
Mitchburg
Hursac
W. L. Burt
Tolia
Bitchburg
Board of Trade
Adams
Gar Iner
Ronner
Troy and Greenfield
Che Vosac Tunnel
Gardner
Itehburg
Cus
Ganbis
Duarces B. Crookert
John H. Foster
Jons Botume
Cyrue Durex
Railroads
Selma Borg of Finland Promotes Finnish Arts in America
Selma Borg, a Finnish-born lecturer and musician, has spent years promoting her country’s music and literature in America. She has translated Finnish writings, conducted lectures on Finnish history and culture, and led performances of Finnish songs and the Kalevala inspired works, earning praise for her passionate advocacy and expertise.
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Selma Borg
Finland
Miss Borg
America
Daraly
East Kushota
Stockbaum
Switzerland
Lerset
Sue Bus
Gulf of Pinland
Sweden
Russia
Europe
Finicud
Kalevala
Sue
Marcues
Bingmbh
Filip von Shantz
Ler
Pemmit
Misa Borg
Wien
Korg
Lelius
Confucius
Geever
Riovish
Shor- Ouguly
Uouir
Miss Berg
Tuat
Spuers
Anu Ernest
Wise Borg
City Pictures and the Crim inal Rank and File Revolt
A dramatic unnamed speaker accuses a class from which criminals are recruited of failing to kill someone then flees to demand a Tribune scoop. She tells a young woman to keep silent until presses go to print, locks the door, waits anxiously for fate, then returns to demand release after twenty minutes.
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Tribune
A Nose Study and City Loafers on the Street
A lengthy critique of city loafers in three classes and a humorous essay on noses. It describes upper middle and lower loiterers and their habits, including drinking, begging, and idle time on street corners, plus a comic yet critical taxonomy of nose shapes and their social implications.
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Lucy
Isov
Arabian horses reach General Grant by steamer voyage
The British steamer Norman Monerch arrived at New Haven from Constantinople with two horses gifted to General Grant. The pair, Djeyian the Panther and Misirll the One from Cairo, are of pure Sakian Arabian blood. They were treated as cabin passengers and will be sent to Grant’s stables in Galena, Illinois.
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Norman Monerch
Constantinope
New Haven
Conn
Nigut
Sultan of Lurkey
Grant
Boto
Aod
Bagdad
Djeyian
Cairo
Yhey
Galena
Woman sues widow for damages over husband’s affections
Caroline Breimann of Brooklyn sues Catherine Paaso b widow for 20000 dollars claiming the defendant enticed her husband Julius Breimann away. Judge Pratt granted arrest with bail set at 5000. The complaint details alleged seduction and letters urging abandonment of the marriage.
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Caroline Breimann
Dekalb Avenue
Broooklyn
Catherine Paasob
Brooklyn
Bone
Bennett
Poughkeepsie
Bric a Brac Tale of Mischief and Mockery in Two Acts
A jumble of anecdotes and playful sketches from a late nineteenth century paper. A boy pleads for candy from Jennie at a Hanover Street corner, a barber tale unfolds with a vacationing clerk and a jealous boss, and quips on married life and conundrums appear alongside a Georgia fish tale and a Nevada posting about a misbehaving husband.
Scaring His Wife A Chicago Man Fakes Suicide For Joke
A Centre avenue man staged a fake suicide to scare his wife into obedience. He poured brickdust and water around the room and harmed himself with a razor, expecting a panicked reaction, but his wife and servant remained calm and questioned the scene.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Centre Avenue
Sud
Veil
Sue
Mia
Real Romance on Warren Avenue Ends in Wealthy Bride
A young man in Chicago falls for a waiter girl of nineteen who reveals she comes from gentility but was orphaned and adopted. They marry after he vows simple love, then she quietly withdraws to a bank to access $1,662 and buys a powder puff and boots before returning home.
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Warren Avenue
Chicago Tribune
Rurn
Huwan Naure
Tor Bergeif
Givscus
Salongs
Violet
Olivne Park
Houe
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