Betty's Lost Ride Ends With New Friendship
Strang helps a five year old, Betty, who is lost after a trolley ride. He takes her toward Mount Holly, hoping to reunite her with Aunt Mollie. Betty leads him to Alice Fakin, the box party girl, who agrees to host Betty and Sidney for future rides, forming a budding connection.
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Danvers
Strang
Tosted
Sidney
Aleas
Mount Holly
Btrang
Parheny
Po- Yce
Liu
Molle
Mollie
Betty
Rawlings
Jimmie Rawlings
Sim
Maybo
Mr. Hawlings
Alice Fakins
Miserable Moors and Oppressive Rule
Excerpt contrasts Moorish governance with corruption across society. It notes peasants jailed for debts they cannot owe, rich pressed for wealth, and governors and sultan deprived by extortion. It laments courtly satire as sharp as a drawn arrow in social critique.
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Blackwood's Magazine
Haunted Farmhouse Peddler Tap Creates Cash Boom
A June visit by a tin peddler to Joe Pinchly's weathered farmhouse sparks a rapid tourist rush. He sells tours of a supposed haunted house turning five shillings to a dollar per guest, with rooms, noises, and ghost tales drawing crowds from miles around over eight weeks, netting the couple sizable profits before they vanish.
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T. C. McClure
Joe Pinechly
Ife
Joe Pinchly
Joe
Pye Allus
Mrs. Pinchly
Joe. Pluckly
Pinchly
QUAD
Mobs and Soldiers in Historic Crowd Control
An excerpt recalls how crowds disperse under officers commands and contrasts ancient and modern responses. It notes a Berlin incident where shouting commands from a doorway calmed a mob opposing landlords, while open firing from houses escalates violence and horrors, including soldiers affected by civilians under distress.
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Berlin
Rshsist
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Murray Music CO
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Tempo di Valse
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Ling
Sis
Ike
Chesterfield
Young Hyson
Lewis
California Prunes
Rumford
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C. G. Schoeffel
Knox’s
Wall Peper
F. A. Schulz
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