Mary At School By Eleanor Porter Chronicle Core Diary
Copyright by Eleanor H Porter introduces Mary Marie in diary form set at Andersonville. The narrative spans a birth, astronomer father, Boston home, and a split family amid divorce. Mary recalls school life, cliques, and the Tony Ten becoming the Tony Two as Stella Mayhew and peers exclude her after her parents’ separation.
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Mary Marie
Andersonville
Mary
Sarah
Viola
Abigail Jane
West
Alx
Boston
Marta
True
Tony Ten
Carrie Heywood
Tie
Stella Mayhew
Carrie
Tony
Abe
Secret Society
Big Rock
Stella
Mayhew
Marie
Dr. Jekyl
Mr. Hyde
Father
Mary and
Mly Ober
Hie
Family dispute ends with father’s long awaited decision
The speaker recalls a tense moment when Mary challenges harsh talk, teases a potential misstep, and the confrontation leads to a stern command to retreat to her room until the father returns at noon. The narrator reflects on earlier advice to avoid involving their father in matters.
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Tee
Mary
Canning peas and family drama in a colonial diary
A reflective, fragmentary diary piece shifts from family tensions over Aunt Jane and a father to a detailed discussion of pea canning. It notes the need for productive, uniform pea stocks, careful seed selection, and the economics of seed production for canneries, including yields per acre and varietal considerations. The text blends personal conflict with agricultural instruction on peas.
Farmers Lose Hogs and Turkeys in Farm Hall Storm
A farm journal recounts losses after a sudden hall storm cost a breeder flock including 50 keys lost, 61 turkeys remaining, and 51 birds selling for about $12 each totaling $625. The farmer started with 145 young poults and faced hog depredations traced to one hog.
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Turkey
Lydia E Pinkham VegeTable Cure Noted in Ad Copy
An ad-like fragment praises Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for women's health. It invokes relief promises for common ailments and frames the product as a trusted domestic remedy popular in its era. The terse text centers on a medicinal claim and brand familiarity.
Chapter V Continued MaryS Diary Entry from Fractured Family Scene
A fragmented diary passage records a girl’s sense of distance from her father and longing for her mother amid school life and a recent divorce. She notes attention from her father, poor communication, and conflict with peers, expressing fatigue and yearning for comfort from her mother. The tone is intimate and unsettled.
Oldham County reinvigorates stock with purebred sires
In one day officials announced recognition for livestock owners in Oldham County as purebred sires are designated for all classes of live stock kept. The report notes eradication of crab sires from the territory, aimed at improving breeding and quality.
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Oldham
Pour KI
Phis
Fragmentary Phrase Reflects Aged Saint Portraits
A cryptic fragment hints at a man, an aged saint likeness, and a value of character. It mentions a minister and a pot, with garbled words suggesting an old text or dialogue about worth, observation, and identity.
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Babe
Gould Pot
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Eleanor H. Porter
Tebe
Jane
Ding Ae
Pea Field
Bresso
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mother
Pree
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