Vision of fate and family ties amid rural hardship
A farm family faces poverty and conflict as John Selden resents his sister Fanny and Carlos Dorr returns as an artist. Dorr settles debts after success in Yosemite Valley paintings, restoring hope, easing Fanny's illness, and mending family rifts.
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Ping
Caries Dorn
Willin
Carlos
Ae Bousehold
Selden
Gour
Mr. Selden
Carlos Dorr
Fursonage
Soldon
John
Hannah
Hal’ Sneerei Sneldon
Dorr
Fanny
Timothy
Seldon
John Seldon
John Selden
Lfe
Fan‘ny
Jol Selden
Sind
Squire Mallard
Yosemite Valley
Atul
Faony
Olin Seiden
Cartor
Dany Hannah
Massachusetts Housing Loan Bill Aims to Build Cheap Homes
A proposed Massachusetts bill would loan 2 714 000 to cities and towns to form corporations that build the cheapest houses for residents with no homes. Cities provide 5 000 each and 1 000 more per city. proceeds fund bond redemptions. The state bears interest loss as it funds the capital.
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Commonwealth
Trempere
Brass Rings and Bigamy At Southwark Court
A London World report describes a Southwark police court case where Frederick married a second woman without informing his first wife, claiming the brass ring made his first marriage illegal. The tale also recounts a Russian noblewoman’s autocratic household and a cholera era sedan chair with glass roof.
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Southwark
Tiver I
Frederick
Metropoltan
St James's Gawell
Urgueneit
Womin
Nicholas
London
Has the Earth a Ring Outer Atmosphere Theories Stir
The piece surveys claims that a ring is forming outside the earth or that extraordinary sunsets prove a planetary ring. It notes scientists dismiss the ring idea, cites moisture or volcanic dust as explanations, and ends with a remark from Demorest's Monthly about mysteries beyond science.
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Earth
Saturn
Java
Heaven
Demorest
Noisy Morning at Lafayette Avenue Homestead
A distracted scene unfolds with Spoonogle and a young man named Willie amid a household bustle on Lafayette Avenue. A sister reads the morning papers while a skating figure and a band add to the lively, if chaotic, start to the day as coffee and breakfast signals arrive.
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Spodmegle
Bowere
Elijah
Lafayette
Courcrohnnee Hierol
Abe Deyn
Willie
Nogls Bever
Ain
Akates
Reporters as Detectives and Crime Tracing
The Hamilton Spectator notes reporters’ detective role in uncovering crime. It cites reporter Nichol of the Spectator who helped arrest a Blyth man offering counterfeit money, while cautioning against presuming guilt before trial and debating the limits of press detective work.
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Blyth
Nichol
Hamilton Spectator
Disturbances At The North Pole And Possible Expedition
Congress prepares to dispatch an expedition to relieve Lieutenant Greely and his party and return them home. Early February icebergs appear off Newfoundland, an unusual midwinter phenomenon linked to fogs, rain, and possible volcanic activity. If sea captains are right, a summer route to nearer the Pole may open, while Mars polar knowledge grows with telescopic observation.
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Congress
Greely
Oh Sea Enoliing
North Pole
Newfoundland
Java
Teeland
Mars
Earth
Meeting of indignant citizens in Illinois proposes banning French imports
A town meeting in Illinois discussed petitions to Congress to prohibit landing more French goods until France recognizes American hogs. A speaker noted wine distractions and patriotism, vowing to add a mill for making or turning out wines within ninety days if French wine is included in prohibition.
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Ilinois
Congress
France
Parilua
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A. B. Phillips
Chlee Hirst
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Napoleon Planing Mills, Reiser, Shoemaker & Stockman Proprietors
Ulrich & Tropaleh
Euutorama
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O. Wutaw
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Norton
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Napoleon Planing Mills
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Geo. W. Valentine
Philip Webb
Bilzer'y Block
Perry St. Napoleon
A. C. Johnson
Washington
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Perry Street
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John Diemer
Napoleon Meat Market
Pohlmann
Thos. Burns
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Matias Hawn
Hague
Joseph Shaft
Seallandt
GE. Reynolds
Napoleon, Ohio
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R. M’casey
Farma
Wild Land
M. A. Johnson & CO & CO
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Scott Streety
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