A Lunatic Kiss in a Thunderstorm at Bessing on Sea
A narrator recounts a storm bound folly at Aunt Esther’s home. He climbs over a wall into a hidden garden and kisses a sleeping young woman in a summer house thinking her a romance heroine. She later turns out to be Mrs Portingdale, married six months, causing a public scare and a swift escape.
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Iressing-On-Sea
Bessing
Indy
Aunt Esther
Sarah
Harold
Esther
Summer House
Tennyson
Arthur
Harold Arthur Simpson
Prince
Police
Mrs. Portingdale
Mary
Bessing Asylum
General Post Office
Bessing-on-Sea
What the British Soldier Is Fighting For
A London Chronicle letter from Modder River details a Black Watch corporal lamenting wages of 7 shillings weekly. He must deduct 1 shilling for jam, 1 shilling for biscuits, and more for milk and tobacco, leaving fear that the workhouse looms for him and his family.
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Modder River
Black Watch
London Chronicle
Tenner Bros Introduced Penny Change in Kansas
Tenner Bros arrived in Kansas soon after the Civil War and opened a Humboldt store. They amassed great wealth and were the first to introduce pennies in making change in the state, replacing the nickel as the smallest unit. The firm brought in 20,000 pennies and established the practice of giving exact change to the penny, a custom that spread statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenner Bros
Kansas
Humboldt
Notion of marriage sparks conflict in a domestic scene
Fannie questions why Harry does not propose if she is loved, while Jane explains he has not asked. The exchange reveals doubt about commitment and readiness to marry.
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Renson
Fannie
Harry
Jane
A Brave Little Ant Hero Wins Quiet Rescue
A naturalist narrates a sunset scene where ants trapped by rising water are saved by two workers. One ant repeatedly risks itself, guiding others to safety via a stick to dry land, culminating in a lone hero choosing death to spare his group. The tale questions true heroism and brotherly devotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ant
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Bighorn myths of horned falls debunked by explorers
The piece discusses stories that bighorns throw themselves from precipices to break their falls. It cites Freemont’s 1842 travels and Dietro Cranco’s Corsican chronicling as early, mistaken claims about horns protecting the head in such leaps, noting how history repeats similar legends.
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Fremont
Dietro Clrnco
Corsica
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Baltimore, MD
Hartford
United States
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Mammoth Hardware Store
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Baltimore, Maryland
John K. Calloway
Parmers
Binder Twine
Boaesed
Auburn
George A. McDaniel
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Easton, MD
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Gerts
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Columbis
Easton
Wheeler & Wilson
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Prudential Insurance Company OF America
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New Jersey
Tess
Cashin Company
Kents
Ordnary
State OF Maryland
Insurance Department
Annapolis
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Albert Kurtz
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Prescilla Bloch
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Morales
Vermont
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Creres
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National Insurance Company of
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F. Albert Kurtz
Burrnnutt & S Autsuury
Equitable Building
Wilmington
Del
Blackiston
Stinger D. F1
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William J. Blackiston
T. H. Evans & Company
Light Street
Baltimore
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