Mina Herndon and the Miser’s Salvation
A penniless daughter Mina loves Hal Martin, while her miser father John Herndon hoards wealth and hides the family from town. Mina’s kindness and a hidden love thaw the old man, ending in reconciliation, a marriage, and a village library funded by his fortune.
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Mina
New York
Mr. Martin
Margery
Sam
God
Martin
Mr. Herndon
Mr. Shorndon
Troutle
Hal
Cross
Little Hal
Ray
Newark
Marsery
Marwery
Lam
Usido
Marery
O. Mina
Til
Herndon
Cement House Rising at Pocasset Village Novel Building Method
A unique cement mixture used by Hon. A. D. Ditmars of Brooklyn to construct a summer residence near the Pocasset depot. The two thirds Portland cement and one third Rosda le cement blend forms thick walls with pine outer casing. Granite window sills, gray exterior, and anticipated finish next year mark a bold subs titute for wood in this Bourne project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford Standard
Pocassett
Bourne
Pocasset
Al-health
Rosedale
Dudish Beverages in New York The Whims of the Moment in Drinking Fashions
In New York on November 21 fashionable uptown bars field exotic drinks for gilded youths. Clam cocktails with hot clam juice, tea cocktails to steady nerves, tea cobblers with whiskey, chom shandy atl a mix of champagne and ginger ale, and brindle a champagne porter blend headline a trend of novel libations.
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New York
Hoffman House
Upper Broadway
Sixth Avenue
She Knows How to Manage Him
A humorous exchange recalls domestic affection as Frederick Jimson asks Benderly if his wife compliments him. Benderly says never, while Jimson notes his own wife flatters him, especially in winter, imagining her praising him at home.
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Martin
NASA
Hal Martin
Garden Pier
Mina
Texas Siftings
Frederick Jimson
Fien
Benderly
Frederick
A Tale of David Matson and the Lost Sailor Bride
A Newark era reminiscence links Enoch Arden to a Massachusetts river tale. David Matson sails from Merrimac, is captured by Barbary pirates, endures years as a slave, and returns to find Anna Matson believed dead. Pelatiah Curtis reappears, revealing the family’s fate, gifting keepsakes, and the widowhood that follows.
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Enoch Arden
New England
Alfred Tennyson
David Matson
Pelatiah Curtis
Turtle
Spain
David
Ters
Anna Matson
Merrimac
Anna
Matson
Algiers
Tripoli
Mogadore
Salles
Barary
America
Africa
Joel Barlow
United States
Malaga
Boston
Mrs. Matson
Pelatiah
Sign on Broadway Lets Western Women Fit Kid Gloves
On Broadway a single sign reads Kid gloves fitted on purchasers guiding Western buyers from Cincinnati St. Louis Chicago and Detroit. The unique store fits gloves as customers sit to have their hands measured while saleswomen guess sizes with quick confident glances and hand manipulation.
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New Yor
Broadway
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago
Detroit
The Schoolmaster and His Pretty Pupil
Jeremiah Paul a celebrated village schoolmaster and later justice of the peace, is surprised by a lively pupil who mocks his cue. After a playful confrontation he pardons her gently and they marry six months later, illustrating leniency in classroom discipline.
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Jeremiah Paul
Dilworth
Pike
Paul
Jerry
Jeremiah
Durance
Marc Antony
Cleopatra
Virginia
Dominio
Wheat Crop Activity Surprises Northwest Farmers
A Minneapolis report highlights surging spring wheat movement in the Northwest. Since September 1 receipts at Minneapolis, Duluth, and Saint Paul total 24,267,065 bushels, with shipments rising 866,512 over last year. Current stocks reach about 90,000,000 bushels across Minnesota and Dakota as growers push grain toward market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
the World This
Minneapolis
Duluth
St Paul
Minnesota
Dakota
Miners March to Surrender at West Pennsylvania Depot
Eighteen miners convicted of conspiracy and sentenced to hard labor at the Monongahela strike fled the West Pennsylvania depot in Allersheny to surrender per Supreme Court order. Superintendent Warner refused admission to the workhouse, citing risk of false imprisonment. the men then returned home to await court action.
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Pittspurg
Penn
West Pennsylvania
Allersheny
Warner
Supreme Court
Warner Sked
Mr. Warner
Death of Charles Francis Adams
Charles Francis Adams former minister to England died at his winter home 57 Mount Vernon street at 2 o'clock yesterday morning. Death resulted from gradual decay due to old age after years of poor health, with symptoms becoming rapid about two weeks prior and believed not imminent until last Friday.
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Charles Francis Adams
England
Mount Vernon Street
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John Herndon
E. FP. Roe
Bacheller & Co
Mina Herndon
Erndon
Twen
Mira
Nina
Marger
Bok
Felow
Marek
Karen
Lil
Aes
Eden
Garhes
Alexander
Marti
Herndon Mansion
Mary
Liv
Dudish Beverages
ANG Bays
J. G. Whittier
Pelatian
Metropolis
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