Faith Clavering and the pursed heroism mishap
Major Clavering berates his daughter Faith for seeking danger and teaches watchdog prudence. On a city errand Faith recovers a purse from a gentleman who turns out to be Captain Bryn Merrit, her father’s respected soldier. The incident erodes her claimed heroism as the captain faces a potential romance.
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Major Clavering
Faith
Faith Ohivering
Grand Central Station
Miss Faith
Bryn Merrit
Blind stenographer Maurice J Myers reports conference notes
Maurice J Myers a blind stenographer recorded discussions at last months conference on the treatment of the blind in Exeter His notes on a narrow paper strip extended 21 miles contains about 800000 dots He can write 158 words a minute and helped formulate the Birmingham system of embossed shorthand He trained at the Birmingham Royal Institution for the Blind
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Maurice J. Myers
Exeter
Origin of Black Hand phrase coined by New York reporters
The term Black Hand grew from a New York reporter seeking a beat while covering a kidnapping case. It entered national use as a label for Italian crime, with Mono Nera or Black Hand seen in threats and letters, feared like the Camorra or Mafia, and adopted by criminals across the United States.
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New York
Black Hand
United States
Italy
Naples
Sicily
New Orleans
Mafia
Camorra
New York City
Hen mother to six pigs hatches unlikely brood in Oregon
In Pilot Rock, Oregon, a hen incubates a litter of six piglets after a sow wrecks the original nest. Though the eggs become pork, the hen adopts the piglets, guiding and sheltering them under her wings by day and night, a curious example of animal care on the Evans irrigation farm.
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Pilot Rock
Ore
William H. Evans
Longevity Runs In Family Celebrating Golden Wedding
Philadelphia reports a remarkable family immunity from death in the Bierman clan of Shenandoah. Mr Philip Biermann is 73 and Mrs Biermann 69 as they near their golden wedding. Eleven children survive, 13 grandchildren, and an elder brother, a Civil War veteran, is in his eighties. Mrs Biermann’s sister, Mrs W Schley of Easton, also recently marked a golden wedding.
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Philadelphia
Philip Bierman
Shenandoah
Biermann
W. Schley
Easton
American aristocracy clash over true gentleman
A foreign observer rails against American aristocracy while Dustin Stax counters that Americans have excelled in that regard. The debate shifts as they discuss what defines a true gentleman and the idea of a gentlemen's agreement.
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America
Dustin Stax
Dahlonega Directory listing city offices and services
The Dahlonega directory lists local government offices and officials for Lumpkin County and Dahlonega. It includes court schedules, county officers, town districts, and U.S. officers, plus entries for banks, attorneys, merchants, educational institutions, doctors, and various trades and services.
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Lawrence Alfred Clay
Philippines
Europe
Sow
Chicken
R. L. Phillips
Indian Valley
Carol
Cardui
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga, Tenn
Cris
MicGuire
J. F. Moore & CO
Pennsylvania
Nugget Office
County
Lumpkin Superior Court
Srd
J.B. Jones
Toccoa
Judge Superior Court
Robert McMillan
Clarkesville
Court of Ordinary
County Board of Education
Carl Shultz
W. D. Haney
Bosra of Education
J. F. Pruett
Ordinary
Wead
J.P
N. P
Huff
U.S
Wm. J. Worley
D. M. Grizzle
Dahlonega
C. H. Jones
KF. M. Meaders
T. S. Littlefield
B. F. Anderson
G. H. Moore
T. M. Ray
Bank OF Dahlonegas
Jackson
QO. J. Lilly
W.S. Hull
M.D. Cenningham
M. E. Postmaster
W. H. C. Tate
General Merchandise
J. M. Brooksher & Sons
G. McGuire
W. ©. Carroll
T. J. Smith
A. Head & Co
M. G. Head & Co
E. McGee
B. R. Meaders É Sons
W. H. Jones
Jno
H. Moore
G. R
G. H. McGuire
Kk. Watson
Dr. C
Shoe Shoes
W. D. P. Howell
Candies
C. J
Stephen Rice
T. W. Waters
Wmn. Anderson
W. L. Guiley
Coffin Dealers
T.S. Littlefield
Hlomer Head
Cantrell
J. H. Moore
Mountain Club House
Craig F. Arnold
Tate’s Hotel
Tate & Son
Pro
Dahlonega Hotel
J. F. Sargent
J. MM. Ricketts
Henry Underwood
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