Attrocious murder report and varied notices in Sumter Banner
The Sumter Banner reports an atrocious murder by runaway enslaved people on M. J. Ervin of Fairfield District and notes Judge Staples declining a commission on old state debt. It also recounts a Boston broker Edmund Monroe loss, temperance tales, a spontaneous ignition case, travelers debates, and moral reflections on quarrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muaper
Sumter
S. C
M. J. Ervin
Fairfield District
The Wandering Minstrel Concludes with a Revealing Tale
Newton shelters Wilhelm a foundling minstrel who is really a girl. The rescued youth shown kindness discovers a hidden romance from Florence, a grievous past of Inez and Col. The captain recalls a marriage, a daughter Wilhelmina, and a long search for a missing child now twelve years old with a unique arm mark. The tale folds into a possible reunion with a wife’s memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Jon
Gofa
Florence
Col
Inez
Evlen
Inex
Wilhelmina
Mystery of Wilhelmina Restored by Father Reunion
Pritchard discovers Wilhelmina on a sofa as Newton reveals she is his long lost daughter. The tale recounts her troubled past with the strolling player Julio, her escape in boy’s clothes, a perilous voyage to Boston, and her restoration to wealth and affection with Newton and the Pritchard family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hman
Guamdiana
Hanover
Toion
Markhall Street
Newton
Mr. Pritchard
Sud
Ines
Prichard
Pritchard
Newon
Inez
Wilhelmina
Julio
America
New York
Kia
Boston
Weaton
In Twilight Cottage A Dismissive Dragonfly Scene
A twilight scene shows a girl catching fireflies that prove elusive as they glow in the night. Her mother consoles with a parable on earthly pleasures while a parliamentary scene unfolds with a member angrily rushing out, a cabinet barrel of papers, and a blunt fable about a lion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Home Love and Wisdom to Warm the Humble Heart
A collection of scattered observations on love of home and a maxim about marrying well. Also a long excerpt on torpidity and hibernation in animals describing respiration, torpor triggers, and behavior in hamsters, all noting how different species enter and recover from torpor. Boston Joram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. A. Brown
Philadelphia
France
Santa Crus
Proflescer Agassiz
Boston Joram
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bristol Phents
W. M.S. Bayley
Bradford Street
Beth Ah
Ooe Boller
Nel
Staples
Providence Journal
Edmund Monroe
Astern
Emerald Isle
Tehes Glass
Tempernene Society
Cork
Ireland
Pat
Dausxano
Hell
J. H Robotson
Wilhelm
Watch-House
Wilhelmeit
Department of Newton
Speakier
George Selwin
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