A Broken Vow In The Old Farm House Love And Treachery
Cliffe Stanhope, a widower at twenty five, returns to his childhood home where his wife’s ghostly past collides with a fresh passion. Isadora, a beauty with murder in mind, schemes to seize wealth by destroying the child and binding Stanhope with a new vow. A brutal confrontation and a near fatal misstep threaten to ruin him.
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Cliffe Stanhope
Cliffe
Siljermog
Jendora Clements
Cliffe Stanho
Ty Boy
Isadora
Cliffey
O Abriek
Haj
Wes
Landers
Fifty Years Ago and the Simpler Times
A nostalgic verse recalls taxes, sermons, circuses, and daily life long past. It paints images of cheap beef, eggs, and matches, log houses, pew rents, and tallow dips, with rustic scenes like coon dogs, rifles, calico dresses, and watermelon picnics.
Vast clam bed near Astoria yields largest US deposit
About a quarter mile from the aide House and sixteen miles from Astoria Oregon lies a vast deposit of calm shells covering over four acres and up to ten feet deep. More than one thousand loads have been removed to form ponds, with little decline in the deposit. Relics of old clam eating tribes appear periodically. A whale tooth clam opener found among artifacts is eight inches long and sharpened. Sixteen feet of soil atop the beds support fig trees some four centuries old.
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Aide
Astoria
Oregon
The Curious Rant of a Star Hunter in 19th Century
An eccentric speaker muses on the astronomy business, noting no real growth or decay in stars, and humorously recounting misidentified novae and the long delays in light reaching Earth. He laments lack of salary, asks how to verify truly new stars, and imagines quitting science to rest.
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Mantegen
Iheyan
Tne
Satronomers
Waas
Argelander
Uncle Tom's Catin” Company
Simon Newcomb
Boston
Thurman Named as Democratic Standard Bearer for Governor
The Toledo Post urges the Democratic State Convention to nominate Allen G. Thurman for governor. It praises his anti monopoly record, integrity, and potential to elevate Ohio, arguing delegates should unite behind him even if he initially resists.
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Allen G. Thurman
Jefferson
Jackson
Thurman
Ohio
Union
Joledo
Work to Women and Dainty Dishes From a Bygone Kitchen
A fragmented recipe collection offers directions for parallel potato puree with olive oil and parsley, a simple asparagus dish with oil and vinegar dressing, almond cake with lemon and eggs, a sprigot cream mold with canned apricots and white wine, and a cucumber and chicken dish with white sauce.
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Pricsa
Arran
Toma
The Force and Evil of Habit Loudly Warns on Swearing
The article warns that habits form and reinforce themselves from small acts into inescapable patterns. It laments how many men excuse foul speech as manliness and urges young men to avoid the terrible habit. It appeals to self control during youth, urging decisive effort to keep a clean mouth.
Elevation figures for Ohio towns and rivers listed
The towns named range from Unrey at 45 feet above Lake Erie to Upper Sanctuaky at 287 feet. They show elevations above both Lake Erie and the ocean, with Bellefontaine at 643 feet above Lake Erie and 1118 above the ocean. The Blanchard river records 489 feet above Lake Erie and 1064 above the ocean, Forest at 365 above Lake Erie and 10 above the ocean, and State Hill near Bellefontaine as the ocean-level peak in Ohio.
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Unrey
Lake Erie
Tiffin
Kenton
van Wert
Bellefontaine
Upper Sanctuaky
Forest
Ohio
State Hill
Hogue
Smile, Cand
Hosa Trade and a Drowning in Nebraska
The Chicago Ledger notes a dialogue on horse trading and skepticism about promises. It reports a Nebraska flood around May 16 drowning two Scott boys aged 9 and 12 after sheltering in a draw, washing away horses and wagon. Mrs. Scott, née Terry, drowned and money lost. Information requested from W. OC Masters, Dearney, Nebraska.
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Chicago Ledger
Jeremiah
Scott
Ohio
Nebraska
W. OC
Masters
Dearney
Pennsylvania
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