Mrs Perkins Story and Beginning of the End Tease
The excerpt follows Mrs Perkins writing of domestic plans and a surprising marriage proposal, then shifts to CHAPTER XX The Beginning of the End. Jennie, Harry Clark, and a detective await news on Alice Wilton’s fate as clues unfold about Frank La Grange and a prison case in turmoil with a potential revelation for an innocent clergyman.
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Melvina
Tor
Jennie
Harry Clark
Rome
Clark
Rank la Grange
Alice
Wilton
Jeunnie
la Grange
Harlem Lane
Alice Wilton
la Grenge
St Rangers
Frank la Grange
Frank
Noble Seats How Two Yankees Behaved at Versailles
Louis Blanc recounts a Troyes conference about two American visitors who visited Versailles to observe the chamber. They inspected Gambetta and Blanc seats with solemn precision, then sat and rose like gymnasts and recorded in a memorandum that they sat in the chairs of the Honorable deputies Gambetta and Louis Blanc.
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Versailles
Louis Blanc
Troyes
Ts M. Gambetta
M. Gumvetta
Chamber
Havi
Qruelly
Chamber of Deputies
M. Louis Blanc
Chamber of Depuies
Messrs. Gambetta
Prayer Controversy and Economic Woes Stir Runcorn Meeting
The Referee notes a preacher at Runcorn speaking frankly about hard times and unemployment. He echoes a controversial prayer blaming an “old Jew in London” for bread shortages, requesting divinely to slay him yet fears consequences. The remark sparks debate over blame and tolerance.
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Caponet
Runcorn
London
The Boys in Gray and Public Service Life in Boston
A retrospective on public service carriers in Boston contrasts their demanding hours and daily 15 mile walks with a popular image of easy city work. It notes rewards, honors, and grievances, compares U S and English systems, and cites pay scales, duties, and pensions.
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United States
Boston
Tun Globe
Boston Post Office
Philip Marehington
Charles F. Wes
William 8. Babcock
Gilbert F. Cass
George A. Gray
George Goode
James W. Bartholomew
James Newcomb
George E. Harrington
Thomas KE. Ballard
Henry McQuestion
William H. Sidwell
Johvn H. Williams
Otis
George L. Avery
Joseph AH. Homans
Edwin R. Jenpess
George H. Marden, Jr
H. Ei. Bridden
Baltimore
George 8. Blunt
Congress
England
Philadelphia
London
Great Britain
Put-Up Matrimony Riot In San Francisco News Letter
A San Francisco News Letter reader complains of a staged wedding plot involving Mooney and a red headed bride Morrissy. The caller claims Mooney manipulated groomsmen to kiss bridesmaids, including the bride Maria Morrisay, and later claimed a “singular accident” made them legally bound. The editor plans to expose Mooney and promote the plan in extra copies.
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San Francisco News Letter
News Letter
Leall
Mooney
Morrissy
Maria
Dr. Stone
Europa
Morrisay
Bings
Divinity
Oakland
Tout
Bingo
Hussey
Sue
Reen
Bound to Marry Gypsies Entice Young Girl
A Cazenovian Republican report details a 12-year-old girl enticed by a gypsy band living in Brander hollow near a new school. The 24-year-old suitor threatened her parents, eloped with the girl on April 24, and fled toward Norwich. Justice Stanton issued a warrant. officers searched but did not locate them. The Reed family seeks community help to reclaim the girl, as the parents are too poor to pursue further action.
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Melvina
Paree
Jane
Squire
Barker
Mr. Buerker
Abigail
Reuben
Geome
John Smithh
Washington Street
Portland
Sue Carter
Boston
Jobn Brown
William Smith
N. Y
Brander Hollow
David Reed
Wes
Mr. Reed
Norwich
Justice A. ©. Stanton
Ailen
Mount Upton
Vermont
Brunswick News
Maggie
Margaret
Typical Yankee and Irishman cartoon satire
A paired cartoon contrasts the typical Yankee selling western farm produce at nominal prices with the typical Irishman in a shop labeled with prohibitory tariffs. The moral caption reads Overweighted, while a separate dialogue lampoon references a vetoed bill and a Chinese laundry bill irony.
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York
CITY PICTURES AND PAWNSHOP DESPAIR IN POVERTY
The piece paints pawnshops as mournful windows crowded with love tokens and keepsakes from happier days. It follows women, husbands, and children whose losses drive them to pledge rings, Bibles, dresses, and keepsakes to feed hunger, recounting stories of sorrow, abuse, and resilience amid poverty.
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Lome
Ormusor
Ind
Circus Ticket Gap Sparks Curiosity at Wagon
A doorkeeper shouts tickets to a young man and his girl, who linger near the wagon without buying. The man explains he is short of funds for admission and incidentals, while a curious bystander questions the delay.
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Joho Street
Undaunted Nerve and Self Amputation Save Miner
The story chronicles Andrew Blake a ship keeper with one leg who saved his life during a 1865 mining accident. After a brutal explosion shattered his leg he amputated it with a hot bar and a knife to stop bleeding. Carried to Bannock he survived against the odds and gradually recovered aided by sheer will and strength.
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New York Mercury
Andrew Blake
San Francisco
Uregon
Nevada
Montana
Kapnock
Bitter Root Mountains
Red Canyon
Bannock
Blake
Jones
Tsoon
Separated man finds circus misread electric light tale
A Detroit Free Press report retells a morning encounter near a wharf coal shed where a wrinkled, tired man explains he is separated from his wife after an argument about an electric light at a circus. The couple laughed at the misunderstanding and agreed to part paths, with the man planning a Toledo trip.
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Detroit Free Press
Yaas
Bob
Canada
Waal
Japan
Felier
Toledo
A Floury Tale and Odd Notices From the Times
A playful, chaotic mix of humorous sketches and brief city anecdotes. Tim Muffin the baker’s boy, a comic romance, and a string of light vignettes from Detroit to Louisville. Snippets include a note handling caper, a postal card incident, and a Coney Island beach scene.
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Colwege Record
Tim Muffin
Rehearsal of Domestic Strife and Rent Cut Lesson
A brief domestic quarrel unfolds as Mr Kroeger refuses a twenty five cent request and his wife confronts him with sharp sarcasm. The boy maneuvers to collect funds then reveals a risqué joke about the cook while the scene ends with the couple avoiding scandal. The text shifts to news on Prince of Wales estates announcing a twenty percent rent reduction for tenant farmers for three years starting Michaelmas 1878 due to low farm prices.
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Great Britain
England
America
Mr. Kroeger
Prince of Wales
Royal
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