Priscilla at Cape Cod in a Snowbound New England House
Mary Alden, daughter of Captain Alden, tends a warm fire in a Cape Cod home as a minister and suitor, John Endicotte, engage in a Puritan love triangle. A ship in distress drives the plot to a dramatic shore rescue.
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New England
Mary Alden
John
Priscilla
John Alden
Pris
Mary
Priscila
Pricila
Cape Cod
Miles Standish
Captain Alden
Rachel
Alden
Jacob Browne
Joli Alden
Miles
Endicotte
John Endicotte
Ozen
Mentlea
Acqui Ince
Priscilla and John Alden in a sea storm romance
A dramatic storm at sea yields a lifeboat rescue and a shy romance between Priscilla Endicotte and John Alden. As seven men are saved, Priscilla braces the mother ship’s danger, then hosts a quiet, intense reunion in a fireside room where forgiveness and love finally break through restraint.
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Husconan
Rene
Love
John
Priscilla
Mary
Rachel
John Alden
Endicotte
Debate Over Public Title Ethics Raised by Letter
A letter argues against applying the honorific Honorable to all public office holders. It contends only judges and legislators deserve the title, calling postmaster Honorable inappropriate and urging clearer standards for official address.
Oh what is home a poem on the value of home
A reflective verse extols home as the beloved, indispensable companion of life. It contrasts palace walls with a loving home and asserts that the concept of home spans far and wide, binding human fate to a divine wider love.
Annie's Room and a Hidden Stocking Deception
Annie Velga is suspected of theft after a jewelry store break in at Dart's factory. Detective searches reveal a mix up when red stockings hidden in John Dart's pocket expose his deception and lead to Annie's release and an unexpected engagement.
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Dart
Annie Velga
John Dart
Miss Velga
John
Annie
William Dart
Dingus
Joly
Norious
Mr. Dart
Joan
No. 32
Chicago
inter-Ocean
Work and Wages in the Industrial Era
The piece argues that railroads and population spread intensified wage disparities by widening farmer availability. It notes Americans once could move to homesteads, forcing higher mill wages, but migration to independent farming has reduced the wage worker’s share. Transition between wage work and farming has become harder.
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Watt
Chinese Americans and a 1887 livestock banquet in Chicago
A New York police captain discusses Chinese in the city and fan tan gambling, noting tapers to banish spirits. He mentions a San Franciscan with casino secrets, then a cattle dealers’ invitation to a Chicago livestock breeders’ banquet on November 18, 1887, and a hematite ore display from Knapp area.
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New York
California
United States
Chicago
West
Grain and commodity prices sweep across city markets
The report lists multiple grain prices for spring wheat No 2 and No 2 red, corn No 2 and ungraded, oats, rye, barley, flax seed, timothy seed, and dairy items in several cities including New York Minneapolis St Paul and Milwaukee with ranges and averages. It also notes prices for pork lard butter eggs and potatoes. A separate section mentions a wire of barbed wire plants planning to close to raise prices, and includes brief items on public figures and a landslide near Santa Carla impacting railroad routes.
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New York
Inneapolis
Sr. Paul
Watkee
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Chippewa Falls
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Ohio
House of Representatives
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Aiken
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J. P. Roach
New York Sleeping Car Company
Santa Carla
Cannes
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Monte Carlo
George Skidmore
Lamare
London
England
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Canada
Grand Trunk Road
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Allen
J. P. Allen
St. Paul
Hazanap
Hazanp & Co
Caarrry Hanor
Jace
Hazanp, HazAup & CO
Hood
Lowell
C. I. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Mass
J. C. Bryant's College
Buffalo, N.Y
J. A. Sherman
Roadway
Joseph Cillotts
Columbus
Eester
G.& C. Merriam & CO
Springfeld
Hastetter
Mrs
Richard Marvin
L.C. Cummins
Father Keller
Cloyne
Manning
Pierce
Queen Victoria
Aix Les Baines
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo
Charles Dilke
E. B. Ball
Haittsville
Kan
William Lashell
Minneapolis
M. Sites & Co
Washington,* C
A. P. Lacey
Piruere
Washington
Dd. C
Louis Bagger & CO
Washington, D.C
A. W. McCormick & Son
Anna
Halebik
Minn
M. Weedbury
N.pear St
Albany
Univertiser
Tansill
G. B. Corwis & Co
San Francisco
Cal
R. W. Tansill & CO
Boston
Isaac Thompson
Nilsson
Peter B
West St. Paul
A. H. Hornsby
St. Paul, Minn
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
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ANNY
France
Erchead
Bonheur
Dunham
Wayne, DuPage Co
Illinois
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Tutt
M. A. Dauphin
Philadelphia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Parbees
Celerpater
Pirie Price
DR. Pardee
Parder
Pardee Medicine CO
Rochester
N. Y
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E. T. Hazeltine
Warren, Pa
N.U
Vith
Pience
John E. Segar
Millenbeck
Sopara F. Boswein
White Cottage,c
Tam
Woouders
May Gieasox
Nunica
Ottawa Co. Mich
BE. F. Morgan
Lexington St
G. F. Spracue
Crystal,Mich
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Dr. Pierce
Nsary Medical Association
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