Dramatic reunion in Cripps encounter at Beckley
In this scene from a Cripps driven chapter, Luke Sharp contemplates suicide after a confrontation with Cin naminta about his dead son. Cripps seizes Grace to return her to Squire Oglander, while Grace reunites with her father in a tearful bedside moment as household tensions simmer and a plan to reveal Grace’s return unfolds.
Careless Papa
Woodby Tooke Grace asks Grayce Cooke if she is sure her father is whistling in the yard to celebrate his good humor. He worries the loud whistle will wake the dog as he nears his usual home hour.
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Beckley
Barton
Cripps
Missy
Misay
Woodby Tooke
Grace
Grayce Cooke
Cleveland Leader
Walter Kittredge and the Old Camp Ground Song
A biographical note on Walter Kittredge, rejected for Union service in 1861, who wrote the Civil War era song Waiting on the Old Camp Ground. It recounts his inspiration, the song’s publication and sales, and his reminiscences of its creation. Several humorous quotes follow about marriage and social views, reflecting era humor.
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Walter Kittredge
New Hampshire
Reed's Ferry
N. HH
W. Kittredge
Mr. Kittredge
Lynn
Mass
A Bad Bargain by W W Jacobs
A humorous tale recounts a butcher offering a shilling and a joint of meat to an old man to kill all the ies in his shop. The old man asks for the shilling first and a yardstick, then orders the ies to be turned out one at a time.
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Mr. Sharp
Abay
Cinnaminta
Luke Sharp
Cripps
Wobbin
W. W. Jacobs
Henry
Tiger Stock ings Create Fierce Striped Look
The Boston Journal notes new stockings called tiger stockings feature alternating light and dark stripes of the same color. Striped light yellow and dark yellow versions appear especially fierce in appearance.
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Boston Journal
Knew Too Much
A humorous snippet from the Cleveland Leader quotes Mr Ledger and Mr Boarder in a brief exchange about door locking, highlighting a domestic quip. The brief dialogue underscores everyday privacy habits in a city column context.
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Mr. Ledger
Mr. Boarder
Cleveland
Notable Indiana News Items From Around the State
A roundup of incidents across Indiana includes a fatal shooting in Napanee, a farmer's self harm after a hail loss near Washington, and a cow death from dynamite consumption near Shipshewana. Train incidents near Goshen and Buck Creek, storms at Bluffton and Wynn Station, and a ghost sighting near Hillsboro headline the regional report.
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Sugar Creek Oil Company
Bartey
Marion
Alfred Troyer
Napanee
Edward Smith
Washington
Adam Baker
Shipshewana
Indianapolis
Noah W. Dewey
Goshen
Dewey
Veedersburg
Abe Martin
Oscar F. Trier
Fort Wayne
Traction Company
Charles Davis
Company L
Fort Benjamin Harrivgon
Buck Creek
Delphi
Earl
Ollie Smith
Charles Reese
Elkhart
Highland Park
Syracuse Lake
Wawasee
Syracuse
Brookville
Raphael T. Thralls
John Patterson
Hymera
Sullivan
Howard Meeker
Princeton
Ranaway
Henry C.D. Frida
Coesse
Hillsboro
Fair View
West Lafayette
Mary Williams
L. D. Nordstrom
Purdue University
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R. D. Blackmore
Ana Doone
Alice Lorra
Marty Hookham
Mary
Zachary
Abingdon
Banbury
Master Cripps
Mary Hookham
Mr. Oglander
Miss Mary
Mr. Cripps
Oxford
Levi
Daddy
Darling
Indiana News
M. C. McCarty
Pennville
McCarty
H. L. Stephenson
Harry Jones
Jones
Jonea