Tonement Plot Unfolds in South Carolina Farmhouse
In a South Carolina village Heartsie Beckwith and her husband Uriah plot to return stolen goods to their rightful owner by using a church collection as cover. They fear ruin from a white creditor and rely on a church excursion to carry out their plan before the parish.
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Heartale Beckwith
Mr. Beckwith
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Bellum
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Riah
Uriah
Iheartsie
Gina
Emline
Dredl
Heartife
St. Jude's
New York Evening Post
Lincoln Memorial Church to honor emancipation in Springfield
The Lincoln Memorial African Church in Springfield plans a Bedford stone building with slate roof and 760 seat auditorium plus a multipurpose space for 1,000. It will feature a memorial room with relics of slavery, windows honoring abolitionists, and pulpit materials linked to Harper's Ferry and Lincoln's home. Total cost about 25 000.
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Lincoln
Frederick Douglass
John Brown
America
New Salon, II
Handy Dog A Hermit Frontiersman and His Snowbound Helper
A prospecting outfit visits Sawpit Colorado weekly from Deep Creek. Hermit Harry Wilkes and his four footed dog haul 200 pounds of tools between snowbound camps. The dog adapts to harness and drives a rough sled as Wilkes barrels grub from town on Sundays.
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San Juan
Colorado
Deep Creek
Harry Wilkes
Wilkes
St. Bernard
Painter Pontman Dies After Frightful Studio Vision
In his studio the famed painter Pontman, surrounded by death heads and skeletons, slept through a tremor. He awoke to dancing skulls and, in panic, leaped from a window. He died days later from the nervous shock, not the fall, though the cause was the fright.
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Th m
Pontman
Odd Egg Tales Spark Curiosity in Kentucky Farm
A Kentucky hen near Lewisburg laid a five inch egg shaped like a pipe bowl as the Central Park ostrich produced a five pound egg. The column ends with a witty jab about feet when shoes are off.
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Central Park
Kentucky
Lewisburg
Unclear Passage on a Dog and Owner Racing Uphill
Fragmentary text describes a dog and owner moving at pace with the dog overtaking on steep hillsides and a person named Wilkes. the scene implies a race or fast travel with occasional waiting for the owner to catch up.
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Wilkes
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