An Old Umbrella and a Silent Toiler
A battered umbrella hung in a hall recalls Simon Dowles a plain toiler who faced harsh years with quiet dignity. The speaker laments his private sorrows and recalls a life of work and loyalty, ending with the umbrella kept as a sheltering relic and Dowles among the saints of light.
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C. F. Cranch
Simon Dowles
Gove
Byemtow
Maude's Mistake and a Wealthy Redirection
Maude Campbell rejects a penniless romance with Justin St John, choosing a rich Mr Jameson. Lucy Mordaunt counsels virtue as Maude clings to wealth, then Jameson proposes and is spurned. St John reveals he is now wealthy and wins Lucy, leaving Maude to face loneliness and consequences of her bargain.
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Justin St. John
Maude
Lucy Moraunt
Lucy
Mise Campbell
Miss Campbell
Pine Grove
Faireet
Justin$t
John
Mr. Jameson
Lacy
John Jameson
Maude Campbell
Mr. Mordaunt
Justin
Nature
Mr. St. John
St. John
Lady Mordaunt
Lucy Mordaunt
Mande
Miss Cambell
Miss Maude
Aja
Out of the World Scotchmen Pass Through Duluth Minn
A half dozen Scotchmen recently traveled through Duluth Minnesota en route from McKensie’s river 1300 miles northwest to the Arcte ocean They left the islands north of Scotland ten years ago by ship to Hudson’s Bay and on returning had not seen a railroad until Fisher’s Landing on the St Paul Pacific railroad Their knowledge of the Franco Prussian war was non existent as they had been practically out of the world
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Duluth
Minn
McKensie’s River
Arcte Ocean
Scotland
Hudson’s Bay
Fisher's Landing
St. Paul Pacific
Oil Resources Value Estimated Across Regions
Estimates show about 20 000 barrels of oil have been dug in Pennsylvania and West Virginia with a value around 192 million dollars. It notes additional figures for Louisiana at eighty eight million and wells valued at several billions, with seaboard implications.
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Pennsylva
West Virginia
Seaboard