Scarlet Letter Synopsis Chapters II to XVIII Summary
A condensed outline follows Hester Pryne with Pearl in Boston. Dimmesdale urges her to name the father. she refuses and is jailed. Chillingworth travels as physician, hides his identity, and becomes close to Dimmesdale. Hester and Pearl live in retirement while authorities seek to seize the child. Chillingworth supports Dimmesdale, who suffers a mysterious ailment. Dimmesdale and Hester plot to flee to England, while he contemplates confession. He later ascends the scaffold publicly, reveals the A on his chest, and dies.
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Hester Pryone
Boston
Arthur Dimmesdale
Rover Chillingworth
Hester
England
Roger Chillingworth
Dimmesdale
Pimmesdale
Bin
Chilingworth
Chillingsworth
Little Pearl
The Scarlet Letter Concludes with Pearl and Hester's Return
After Dimmesdale's death the scarlet letter lingers as a symbol of sin and mercy. Hester Prynne returns to her cottage, aids distressed women, and contemplates a future where true equality and love transform social norms. Pearl's fate remains unresolved, while a final grave joins Hester's in a quiet New England burial ground.
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Pearl
Hester Prynne
Litte
Hester
Surveyor Pune
New England
King’s Chapel
On a field sable the letter A gules the end
A somber conclusion closes a narrative with a single bright point. The text uses heraldic color language to describe a final emblem, ending with a formal, quiet closure.
Dullam’s German Medicine Remedies Skin Eruption Rheumatic Cure
Mrs Wm Copeland of Flint Michigan reports four years of troublesome skin eruption and constipation resolved after using Dullam’s Great German Blood Liver Stomach and Kidney Remedy. She endorses it as a tonic blood purifier and health restorer and notes it is sold by Geo D Clarke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dullam
German Medicine Co
Wm. Copeland
Flint
Michigan
Geo. D. Clarke
Census shows US population 62 979 766 in 1890 report
Final tables from the census office place the 1890 US population at 62,979,766. Colored people total 7,638,360 with breakdowns for negro and mixed blood, Chinese, Japanese, and civilized Indians. Foreign born residents reach 9,249,547 and foreign parentage 11,508,675.
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United States
Bradstreet
What Makes a Beautiful Woman
A testimonial from Elkhart Indiana dated July 1 1891 describes a daughter suffering female trouble for over six years. The writer claims spending over 750 dollars without relief and credits Dullam's Great German Female Uterine Tonic with a complete cure after a fair trial. Benjamin Granger endorses the remedy.
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Elkhart
Ind
Dullam’s
Great German Medicine Co
Dullam
Benjamin Granger
Geo. D. Clarke
Extensible Checkers A New York Invention For Kings
A New York man has created an extensible checker with a body and shell that rises when a piece becomes a king. The shell is thrust upward to stay in place, preventing topside slippage during play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Miles Pils Claim New Nerve Regulated Cure
An advertisement touts Dr Miles pills as a new principle regulating the liver stomach and bowels via nerves. It claims speedily curing billiousness bad taste torpid liver piles constipation and offers 50 doses 25 cents with free samples at Bradshaw & Thoma's for men women and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Bradshaw & Thoma’s
Aged but Vigorous Baptist Preacher Traverses 71 Miles
The Rev. Elijah King aged eighty nine, an energetic Baptist preacher of the old school, walked from Parkham to Wellington seventy one miles to attend a quarterly meeting. The Augusta Journal notes this as a vivid example of old time religious vigor.
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Elijah King
Parkham
Wellington
Augusta
Local Patent Pill Ad Signals Election Metaphor
An old ad fragment claims Har rison and Cleveland won’t win unless they take DeWitt's Little Early Risers. The copy touts a “get there” quality and notes sale by Geo. D. Clarke.
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Harrison
Cleveland
DeWitt
Geo. D. Clarke
Curious South American Ants Cultivate Food and Tools
Describes ant species in South America that practice farming and civilization level behaviors. Some species cultivate grass known as ant rice and demonstrate malt control. Other ants grow mushrooms or use umbrellas, showing diverse ecological tricks.
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South America
One Minute Cough Cure Sold by Geo D Clarke
The ad notes a safe cough remedy sold by Geo D Clarke. It also reports a study of 1,000 school children finding over 800 near sighted, mostly eight to nine years old, with myopia rising by grade.
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Geo. D. Clarke
Corn Cure Ad by Bradshaw and Thoma
An old ad promotes Chryso Corn Cure for corns bunions and foot pain with a warranty on every bottle sold by Bradshaw and Thoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradshaw & Thoma
Dr Miles Nervine Claims Cures for Nervous Ailments
Advert claims Dr Miles Nervine cures nervous diseases including headache insomnia and hysteria and builds body. testimonial from Mrs L B Millard Dunkirk NY reports eight pound gain in two weeks and sleep improvement. Additional note cites customer who gained fifteen pounds. Free trial bottle and book at Bradshaw Thoma's drug store.
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L. B. Millard
Dunkirk
N. Y
Brown & Maybury
Cortland
Bradshaw & Thoma
Daughter Rebuffs Demand for Encyclopaedia Set
A dialogue from the New York Weekly shows a daughter petitioning her father for the New Universal International Una bridged Encyclopedia in ninety nine volumes. She explains Clara Wayupp already owns a set as the reason for her request.
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Universal International
Gee Whittaker
Becamse
Clara Wayupp
New York Weekly
Mother’s Friend touted as safer labor aid remedy
An 19th century advertorial claims Mother’s Friend relieves labor pain and risk, offering it as a safer alternative to chloroform. It asserts the product will alleviate pains and horror of childbirth when used as directed, and notes sales by Geo. D. Clarke.
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Geo. D. Clarke
Pony Dotes Dash Injures Child in Crude Scene
A pony frightened by a small dog in a public yard trampled a child named Dotty, who let out a single yelp before dying. Neighbors describe a sudden, tragic incident as the animal stepped on the girl and chaos followed.
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Bobby
Dotty Dimple
Dotty
Great German Liniment Relieves Neuralgia After Two Years
A. B. Snell of Hamilton Michigan reports two years of neuralgia without relief from physicians but finds instant and lasting benefit from Dullam's Great German Liniment. Bottle sold for 25 cents. Geo D Clarke advertises sale.
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Dullam
A. B. Snell
Llamilton, Mich
Geo
D. Clarke
Spavin Liniment Peddler Advertises Cure for Horses
A late 19th century advertisement touts English Spavin Liniment as a universal horse blemish cure. It claims to remove bloodspavin, curbs, splints, ring bone, and other conditions, offering a bottle with a $50 savings and noting D.G. Higley, a Fairfield Iowa druggist, as seller.
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D.G. Higley
Fairfield
Lowa
They Do Not Speak as They Pass by
A brief line notes a man who wrote up a wedding but could not describe the bride’s gown. An advertisement for De Witt's Little Early Risers claims to cure dyspepsia and heartburn, sold by Geo. D.
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New York Herald
de Witt
Geo. D. Clarke
Farmer Hans Ungman Hangs Self in Fish Lake Barbed Wire
Sixty year old Hans Ungman a prosperous farmer of Fish Lake district died by his own action using barbed wire to suspend from a tree. The report appears in SartLon's Vitalizer ad and gardening guidance on tuberous begonias notes.
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Hans Ungman
Fish Lake
St. Paul Globe
Sutton's Cure Promoted With Guarantee In London Exhibit
Sutton's Cough and Consumption Cure is sold with a guarantee claiming cure for consumption by Bradshaw and Thoma. An exhibition titled the Magic Maze of Mirrors opens in London featuring a crowded entrance scene crafted by a single stuffed image. De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve is advertised as a cure.
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Sutton
Bradshaw & Thoma
London
de Witt
Geo. D. Clarke
Castoria Advertised as Baby and Child Remedy
Nostalgic ad claims Castoria soothed infants and children through stages from baby to mother. It promotes Dullam's Great German Worm Lozenges at 25 cents per box, with Geo. D. Clarke as the seller.
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Dullam
Geo. D. Clarke
Incongruosity and the tall silk hat image mixed with fashion
The excerpt notes a theme of incongruity about men whose feelings are hurt and mocks the idea of a champion wearing a tall silk hat with a negligee outing shirt. It ends with an advertisement for Dullam's Great German cough cure at Clarke's pharmacy.
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Champ
Dullam
Clarke’s
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria Ad
Ad touts Castoria for children with repeated plea and promotes Shilohs Porous Plaster for back side or chest pain priced at 25 cents.
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Shiloh
Bradshaw & Thoma
Ripans Tabules Ad Promises Quick Digest Relief
A faded Washington Star verse mentions Ripana Tabules as a pleasant laxative. The ad copy touts Ripans Tabules as a standard remedy and claims relief from discomfort, framed in a breezy, old time newspaper tone.
Woll ford's Sanitary Lotion Promises Quick Cure
An advertisement touts Woll ford's Sanitary Lotion as a universal cure for humans, horses, and all animals, claiming relief within 30 minutes. It notes sales by D G Higley, a druggist based in Fairfield, Iowa.
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Wollford
D. G. Higley
Fairfield
Lowa
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
Mr. Dimmesdale
Uus
Parsons College
Iowa
Bradshaw
Thoma
Dusky Iamond
Han
Rand, McNally & CO
Universal Atlas
Adams St
Chicago, Ill
Peoria
Illinois
Castoria
Pitcher’s Castoria
Washington Star
Fairfield, Iowa
Ambrose C. Smith
G. A. Merich
Zrocer
Pluc
Huntzinger & Voorhies
H. Mnkrich
Lockridge
Fifth North
Third West Treets
Fred Stead
Coodban & Fulton
South Side
Round Prairie Township
Glasgow
Price
Hiram Smith
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