Dora Maxwell and the village marriage choice
In Dacre a village beauty Dora Maxwell arouses attention from suitors including James Van Buskirk. She resists a marriage proposal, pride and tradition clash with romance, and she eventually marries James after a dramatic chase and ankle injury. The tale ends with their measured happiness and the village gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora
James van Buskirk
Maxwell
van Bushkirk
Schenck Drive
James
Oysters and Odd Speech Echo a Mackin-like Menu
A scene in a restaurant shows two colored patrons debating drink and price while the narrator muses on language and beauty. The piece shifts from dialogue to a poetic meditation on loveliness, nature, and adjectives draining meaning.
Ingersoll Criticism and Nearby Encounters in Peoria
An article fragment recounts a meeting between Ingersoll and Pope in Peoria, with a joke about billiards and a test of recollection. It also touches on socialist street demonstrations, a picnic, and a farmer’s tale, concluding with a note about an Agriculture Department suggestion for growing ready-made succoush by planting beans and corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colman
Agricultural Department
Old man weeps as children seek him out in yard
Detroit referee describes a scene on John R. Street where an elderly man, worn and tired, sits under a tree as children watch. A little girl asks if he is grandpa and offers bread, while the man recalls lost years and the crowd learns the tale of his loneliness and implied adoption.
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Dora
Maxwell
Tex
Sdora
Tomi
Dora Red
Basil Alph Schenck Waty
Ted Thired
Technieh
Hithers Farm
Tentner
Ius
Eph Selenck
Davi
James
James van Bushkirk
Anim
Dera
Pyrmier
Eph Schenck
Eph
Ty Tree
Dori
Fies
Sax
Joxego
Evangelist
Tishman
Pan
Wien
Pye
Will
Detroit
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Mass St., Cranbury, &. J
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Jamesburg
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J. D. Barclay
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Walter A. Wood
Syracuse
Jay Rakes
Granbury
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Orig
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C. Holmes
Cranseny, N. J
Orrick
Wocms
Cranury, N. J
RC. J. Wazard
Storktson St
Forman St
Highestown
N. J
Aitass. Appelget
Hightstown
U.S
W. Hoagland
Aess
Juan I. Bergen
Paints& Des
Ted
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J. J. Goodwin
J. S. Appelget’s
Dreps
Jom
Lucas
Justice OF the Phack
Commissioner of
Deeps
Na Agest Ror Tig Watertown Fine Ensona Sc. Company
Prosperains
Coos IN
Crasneny
Harvest
J. Hie Goodwins
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Coonan
Heerening
General Insurance
Xpuny, NJ
Germania
Amerie
Continent
Ree Leto
Giese
fPailadelphi
MAPES
D. C. Lewis
Furusrsucp
Wm. D.perrine
Cranbury Station N. 2
Ellison’ Petty
Ola
Cransury, NJ
P.R. Berger
Rught
Monroe and
Dey Streets
Granbury N. J
J. G. Grover
Cranbury, NJ
Cretees
L Bragdon
Kempen
Eloculion
Geo, Lockwood
Cranbury Station, N.J
Council Ridge
Buck Mountain
Tolligh
Itv
J. Murphy
Granburytn
Steck i
Dora Maxwell
Dacre
Se Cously
Llere
Dorn
Senator van Bushkirk
Tunverance
Gabe Leceents
Pete
Lake
Mount Bane
Jespefathe
Bey Wo
Ingersoll
Ingergell J
Pope
Creterion
Peoria
New York
Branewich
Bob
Oman
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Charley
Hiss
Igor Entels
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