Never Too Late to Forgive in a Christmas Miracle
After a perilous vigil and a dramatic rescue, Audrey chooses Max Marsden over Wyot. Lord Scarsdale relents, approving the union as Marsden forgives, Audrey confesses love, and a Christmas Eve wedding-like approval ends with peace and a vow of happiness.
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Max
Scarsdale Manor
Audrey
Earl of Scarsdale
Lord Alfred Wyot
Angela Rivers
Larsden
Lord Marsden
Scarsdale
Wyat
Marsden
Wyet
Angela
Alfred
Hyot
Miss Rivers
Lady Audrey
Wyot
Lord Alfred
Steee
Ela
Earl
Perey
Lord Scarsdale
Rome
Beside the Bed of Death in a Dying Father’s Room
In a dim room a gravely ill Lord Marsden struggles to speak with his son Maximilian at his side. A nurse and a black dressed woman listen as Marsden whispers of his wife, his strength waning, hope fading, and a last pledge looming as Maximilian fights to stay composure.
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Max
Lady Marsden
Maximilian
Wekend
Ulster
Anane
Milian
Marsden
Lord Marsden
Reginald
Paddington
Dover
Maximillian
Maximilian Marsden
Halket
H Alket
She
Ling
Carri
Audrey
Angela
Wyat
Ays
Ead
Miss Rivers
Scarsdale
Lord Scarsdale
Wyot
Lord Alfred
Shence
Papa
Ferns
Scarsdale Manor
Wyet
Giad
Monsieur
Pecca
Poston
Surgeons and Beans Puzzle in Windsor Locks Item
A reader flags a misprint in a Standard State item claiming ninety surgeons weighing 200 to 300 pounds were taken in the river near Windsor Locks this summer. The letter notes how a tiny t could change surgeons to sturgeons, implying a harmless beans reference instead.
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Bridgeport
Windsor Locks
Bridgeport Hospital
Yankee Nations and Odd Local News Snippets
A Medway man aged 39 recalls never leaving the state before visiting Woonsocket. A Pangor wager saw a man eat a 32 pound watermelon from 126¼ pounds to 143¼ pounds. Greeneville boy James Hislop touts infant tramps as his 9 and 6 year olds travel by train to Buckland to visit grandpa, ending with a telegram to the father.
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Medway
Woonsocket
Milford
Bangor
Pangor
James Hislop
Greeneville
Conn
Buckland
Hartford
Norwich
Willimantic
A Stranger Reception Foreshadows a Boston Mystery
Elmer Howard, betrothed to Gertrude Brandon, arrives at the Brandon home to find Gertrude's reception unusual and her father Mr. Brandon withdrawn and distraught. Nellie the maid relays a chilling command that Gertrude forbids any entry tonight, prompting Howard to question a secret that threatens their upcoming wedding.
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Mr. Howard
Elmer Howard
Boston
Nellie
Mr. Brandon
Gertrude
Nellie Harty
Gertrude Brandon
Elmer
Brandon
Sylvester Brardon
Alderiman
Moi
Mystery at Brandon mansion drives Elmer toward truth
Elmer Howard receives a urgent anonymous message and learns Gertrude Brandon and her father have left town. He seeks Gertrude with detective Donald Dyke, shares fears, and faces a chilling mystery as a stranger hints the trail may have moved to a new city and a rival train.
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Elmer Howard
Clarice
Hellen
Elmer
Mrs. Herndon
Brandon Mansion
Gertrude Brandon
Hils
Tetlen
Peeselty
Lynn
Brandon
Nelle Harty
Gertrude
Cone
Boston & Albany
Nellie
Elmer Ganced
John
Donald Dyke
Tam
Ske
Povensia
Tie Tr
Kentucky's Model Young Man proves old adage a lie
Wickliffe Bushong of Summer Shade, Barren County, Kentucky, appears in the Glasgow Times as a paragon of virtue. The piece notes he has never sworn, lied, spoken unkindly, fought, or tasted tobacco, has never visited a still or whiskey shop, never seen a railroad until age 22, and remains active in church and Sunday school, living proof that the saying good die young is false.
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Kentucky
Wickliffe Bushong
Summer Shade
Barren County
Glasgow Times
Glasgow
He Forgot to Whistle Brothers Folly Shocking Hanging Tale
A New Haven Register item recounts a West Haven case where two young brothers, once residents of West Haven and now in Holyoke, Mass., were said to have hung themselves in a misfired tale. The elder brother allegedly hanged the younger in a misadventure while playing with a group of boys.
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New Haven
West Haven
Holyoke
Mass
Spose
The Philadelphia Negro Miser Joshua Eddy’s Rise and Revenge
Joshua Eddy, an 84 year old Philadelphian born a slave, became famed as a miser who used property battles to ruin a rival in love. His life intertwined evangelism, legal clashes, and strategic real estate gambits, culminating in a fortune built on parry and persistence. He leveraged court wins with notable figures like General Brewster, and his actions shaped church property matters in the African Methodist Episcopal community.
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Ihe Foundation Iia
Joshua Provinc Bond
Eddy
Philadelphia
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Camnonsville
William Paul Green
Bishop Allen
Brother Eddy
Mount Holly
Perth Amboy
New York
Angibteg
Pillar
John A. Burton
Benjamin H. Brewster
Girard Avenue
Olive Cemetery
Mr. Eddy
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Washington
Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church
Payne
A. M. FE
North
A. M. E. Church
A. M. EF
Appearances Deceive at South Norwalk Depot
In the Norwalk Hour a man claims he can read a person’s occupation by looks. He cites a country school teacher, a dry goods clerk, a bank clerk, a bartender, a Methodist minister, a Norwalk sportsman, and a wealthy New York businessman as examples, ending with the editor who had ham sandwich charges.
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Norwalk
South Norwalk Depot
Five Mile River
Nobby
Hartford
New York
South Norwalk
Ocean Belle arrives Providence after swift voyage
The British schooner Ocean Belle under Captain Alexander Cole reached Providence port after departing St John New Brunswick on the 25th of last month. It completed the St John to Beaver Tail leg in 64 hours and Beaver Tail to Providence in 103 hours despite a northeasterly storm that forced anchoring and cable wear. The vessel sought shelter at Dutch Island harbor until conditions improved.
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Providence Journal
Alexander Cole
St. John
N. B
Beaver Tail Light
Thursda
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LAW
Nax
Lennon
Langhain
Claridge’s
Scotland Yard
Alster
George
Grosvenor
Ollwidge
France
Italy
Switzerland
Jake
Fountain
Herbert
Day
Wyate
Neelit
Wyoty
Ernest A. Young
Hoytdronson
Haney
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