Scarlet Letter Plot Highlights through Hawthorns Chapters
The overview traces Hester Prynne in Boston with her scarlet A and infant, Dimmesdale’s coercive sermon and secret guilt, Chillingworth’s pursuit, and the couple's plan to flee England. Dimmesdale’s public confession on the scaffold ends with his death.
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Hester Prynne
Boston
Arthur Dimmesdale
Roger Chillingworth
Hester
England
Dimmesdale
Chilingworth
Chillingsworth
Little Pearl
The Scarlet Letter Revelation in Dimmesdale’s Final Act
In a New England town, Reverend Dimmesdale admits guilt before all as he confesses on the scaffold with Hester Prynne and Pearl. Chillingworth’s plot collapses as Dimmesdale dies, forgiven by mercy and amid a crowd’s awe.
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New England
Israel
Mr. Dimmesdale
Hester Prynne
Anther
John Wilson
Hester
Bellingham
Heaven
Roger Chillingworth
Pearl
Hester Pryne
Little Pearl
Dullam’s German Medicine Promises Skin Relief and Health
Mrs. Wm. Copeland of Flint Michigan reports a four year skin eruption and constipation cured by Dullam’s Great German Blood Liver Stomach and Kidney Remedy. She endorses it as a tonic blood purifier and health restorer available through Geo. D. Clarke.
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Dullam
German Medicine Co
Wm. Copeland
Flint
Michigan
Geo. D. Clarke
The Hammock Girl Dreams In Summer Sun
The poem painted in the Summer Girl Gazette describes a warm day with fruit scent and flowers. A maiden lies in a hammock listening to the world while waking from dreams of ambition and slight annoyance at her mother washing dishes.
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Summer Girl Gazette
Mother's Friend Promises Pain Relief for Labor
An advertisement touts a remedy named Mother's Friend as a safe alternative to chloroform for labor pain. It claims to alleviate pains, horrors, and risks of childbirth when used as directed and notes sales by Geo. D. Clarke.
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Geo. D. Clarke
Moonlit Rowing Rivalry Echoes in Night Sprints
A lighthearted New York Evening Sun quip notes a couple enjoying a moonlit row until a rival spots them and surges ahead, leaving them in the wake. The playful rivalry underscores the sport's swift pace and signals in a single vivid moment.
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New York Evening Sun
Dullam's Great German Liniment Brings Quick Relief
A. B. Snell of Llamilton Michigan testifies after two years of neuralgia that Dullam's Great German Liniment gave instant and permanent relief. The bottle costs 25 cents per bottle and is offered to readers.
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Dullam
A. B. Snell
Llamilton, Mich
Geo. D. Clarke
Folklore and Potent Sale Ad Blend of Past and Patent Medicine
A quirky fragment combines a Shakespearean flourish from the Brooklyn Eagle with an advertised English Spavin Liniment for horses. It touts a cure for bloodspavin, curbs, splints and more and promises savings of 50 dollars per bottle sold by D G Higley, druggist, Fairfield Iowa.
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D.G. Higley
Fairfield
Iowa
Trunk of flannel gowns ruined by damp shore air
A verse notes a trunk of flannel gowns ruined by damp air at the seashore. An advertisement promotes Dullam's Great German Worm Lozenges at 25 cents per box by Geo. D. Clarke and Ripans Tabules as a pleasant laxative and standard remedy.
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Dullam
Geo. D. Clarke
Miss Clung to Castoria Through Life Stages
When she became Miss she clung to Castoria. When she had Children she gave them Castoria.
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Castoria
Sweetheart Eyes Endearing Then Husband’s Morning Grievance
An old Chicago News-Record verse mocks lovers eyes before marriage and the husband’s morning complaint about a shared home fire. The ad promotes De Witt's Little Early Risers as a cure for dyspepsia and related symptoms, sold by Geo. D. Clarke.
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Chicago News-Record
de Witt
Geo. D. Clarke
Cautious Druggist and Quick Cure Claims
An Indianapolis Journal item describes a cautious druggist and a soda clerk turning away locals until the boss returns. It notes sensational claims of human and animal cures in 30 minutes by Walli ford's Sanitary Lotion, sold by D. G. Higley in Fairfield Iowa, and promotes Dullam's Great German 25 cent cough cure at Clarke's pharmacy.
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Indianapolis Journal
Irey
Walliford
D. G. Higley
Fairfield
Iowa
Dullam
Clarke’s
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
Parsons College
Brooklyn Eagle
A. Tuff
Chicago News Record
Franklin Miles
New York Daily
Bradshaw & Thoma
Miles
Roger Williams
Colony
Massachusetts
Roger
New World
Hood
Fairfield, Iowa
Ambrose C, Smith
G. A. Merich
Rocer
Ciy
Huntzinger & Voorhies
H. Marich
Lockridge
Fifth North
Third West
Fred Stead
Coodban & Fulton
South Side
Round Prairie Township
Glasgow
Hiram Smith
Lowa
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