The Hard Bargain Postoffice Tale in Hardbargain
In 1876 Hardbargain, a devolved inland village, bears grief as Miss Linda Ladislas returns to Lotty Hand's deathbed. Betsy Bijou the postmistress and village gossip recount Lotty's troubled life, Levi Hand's drunkenness, and a town fixated on a post office amid political tides.
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Linda Ladislas
Hardbargain
Belle-meadows
Miss Ladislas
Ladislas
Trcad
Laura
Lotty Mason
Levi Hand
Linda
Lotty
Lotty Magon
Huardbargin
Betsy Bijou
Bijou
Grant
Mas. Bijou
Iardbargain
Lolly
Levis
Sover
America
Betsy
Mrs. Bijou
Mrs. Hand
Levi
Miss. Ladislis
Christopher Catlap
Price
Bellemeadows
Sammerly
Christopher Catlip
Noty
Christopher
Mr. Catlap
Hannah Jane
Ianhan Jane
Cain
Mrs. McClachin
Hell
Orthydocks
Tilden
Hayes
Arson and corruption taint urban sporting circles
New York special reports a culture of wagering manipulation in city races at Jerome and Fleetwood parks. A drugged favored horse and Rudy Courtney scandal highlight endemic betting rings. Health and heat crises, tenement misery, and rising temperance activism frame a city awakening to reform.
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New York
Jerome and
Fleetwood Parks
Riley
Courtney
Board of Health
Central Park
Coneyland
Ne York
Mother Stewart
West
Effec Murphy
Gen. Gibson
Ohio
Furber
Charter Oak of
Hartford
Universal
Cmsar
Sabbath Glory In Song And Solemnity
Fragmentary note quotes Dr. Hamilton praising the Sabbath as sacred on its coronation day. Mentions church observance, morning and evening worship, and reverent remembrance of the holy day within the Church of God.
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Church of God
Dr. Hamilton
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L. G. Patterson
The
Cincinnati Times