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Newspaper
Columbia Spy
Location
Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1857
Page
1
An old advertisement lists a Northern Central Railroad Company office goods and groceries from a Cedar and Woo Dry Goods to Fresh Fish Nuts and Molasses. It includes a long quoted Poe verse translated from the Vulgate about John’s pavilion and John built the house, with references to malt, rats, hounds, and fables.
A Norfolk cottage tale follows Catharine and William as suspicious sleep talk hints at murder. Hannah counsels caution until William confesses a childhood accident that haunted him. A lost Morpeth girl is revealed as Catharine, the wife he injured unknowingly, and happiness returns.
An אבdallah the barber of Shiraz marries a vain wife while his honest trade yields wealth through misadventure in astrology. He fakes astrologer skills to save himself from punishment, aids a distressed bath passenger, foils a theft at court, earns royal favor, and outwits robbers.
In a Newcastle suburb cottage a young woman seeks counsel from Hannah the elder spinner. Catharine confesses she has not answered William Hatton's proposal, seeking guidance on a heart near or torn by love and social duty. The tale centers on secrecy, longing, and moral guidance from a trusted elder.
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