Brice Rutherford's turbulent courtship at Croylands
Brice Rutherford returns to the Rutherford home after abroad with a restless heart. Barbara Bradleigh draws close, while Miss Caroline Wentworth eyes Brice as a possible admirer. A fiery ride with the mare cements tensions as Brice navigates love, temper, and social obligations at Croylands.
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Brice
Croylands
Brice Rutherford
Mr. Rutherford
Miss Caroline Wentworth
Caroline Wentworth
Croslands
Miss Radleigh
Misa Bradleigh
Bradleigh
Mrs. Rutherford
Lbrice
Chary
Jim
Emigration, Epidemics, and Politics in Turn-of-Century News
Historical dispatch notes Scoatland alarm over emigration to America and a Paris grippe outbreak labeled Masonia disease. Reports New York ads for a middle aged Black woman with child. Lanaatt becomes Louisiana prefect in New Orleans. U.S. poised to pay 85 million national debt. Barone and Andrew Jackson figure in campaign chatter. DC proposed end of slavery for children born to enslaved parents.
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Barone
Andrew Dackoon
Gorreetio
Congress
District of Columbia
Fifty Years Ago Dark Events and Fleeing Gold
Fifty years ago reports highlighted a mass landing of two thousand enslaved Africans near Havana despite British naval efforts. Ships carried $2,700,000 in gold from new California mining regions. Irish immigration to the United States slowed while wealthy classes arrived aboard many ships. Washington saw ceremonies for a Washington monument stone donated by the Swiss Confederation. The American minister to Brazil protested U S cruisers failing to halt slave traffic between Africa and Brazil.
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Landebout
Havana
California
Lauper
Irelind
United States
Washington
Washington Monument
Brazil
State Department
United
Global headlines echo 1890s era shocks and curiosities
A mixed list of distant events spans a steam collier voyage from New York to Paris to spark a European coal market, a Cleveland rail disaster relic sale, a Maryland attorney general urging Supreme Court action, a salvage award for Cleopatra’s obelisk, and multiple political, labor, and colonial notes with presidents, sieges, and church sermons peppering the era’s memory.
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AAU
New York
Paris
Ashtabula Ohio
Maryland
United States Supreme Court
Hayes
Tandon
Montreal
Jeerson Davis
Ding
Mexico
National
Congressional
Republican Committees
Washingtono
W. B. Chandler
Logan
Javes
Pacific Railroad
Jay Gould
C. P. Stantington
Sidney Dillon
Washington
Geneo Roloff
Sitting Bull
Northwest Territory
Henry Ward Beecher
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
Salem
Harrison for a Fourth Term in Chicago Victory
Chicago re elected mayor Harrison by about seven thousand votes as the Democratic slate won across the city. The article notes strong showings in Park Ridge and nearby wards, with labor and Republican figures taking smaller shares in treasurer and clerk races. Other Illinois cities and townships also reported mixed party results.
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Chicago
Carter FL Warrison
Tas
Stewart
Wyat
Breekan
Oro
Cruoe
Dynttos Eratic
Harrison
Alderman Snamiski
F.C. Bender
Ohio and Wisconsin Elections Show Small GOP Gains
Aggregated Ohio city results show modest Republican gains with Democratic losses in several cities including Columbus and Shelby. In Wisconsin, judges and mayoral races produced Democratic gains, with Republicans taking key cities such as Kenosha and Racine while Madison and Appleton stayed Democratic.
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Ohio
Columbus
Millsfield
Zanestiohl Dellanes
Delphos
van Wert
Shelby
Youngstown
Springfield
Akron
Troy
Pindlay
Adonn
Cingintatt
Wellington
Marinet
Aound Norwood
East Liverpool
W. A. Weaver
Toledo
Jones
Cleveland
Jolnson
Lapp
Sontheimer
Schreiner
Wisconsin
Robert €. Sie Hooker
Madison
Supreme Court
Light O. TD
Wisco
Secoand
O'Neil
Silverthorn
Goodland
Janesville
A. O. Wilson
Ssc
Groves
Racine
Eeesee
B. Nelson
Oshkosh
Ees
Jon Mulya
Dem
le Crosse
John Torrance
Prairie du Chien
Leonard Cornelius
Deion Kenosha
Waukesha
West Superior
Eau Claire
Ripon
Onn
Appleton
Neenah and Sheboygan Falls
New Pennell Cloud Claims $200,000 Defaulter Incident
The Buffalo Commercial reports Arthur R. Pennell, central suspect in the Burdick murder case, is a defaulter with alleged peculations ranging from 15 000 to 200 000 dollars. It adds he contemplated suicide for two years, with the revelation tied to a dispute over five life insurance policies.
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Arthur R. Pennell
Burdick
Buffalo
Pennell
Tive Life
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