The Castle on Malvernon Ridge Love Tragedy
A tale from Malvernon Ridge follows Sir Harry de Lancie and his love for peasant Hermonie versus betrothed Lady Alice. Four years apart end in betrayal as Harry wed Alice, leaving Hermonie to wait by the bridge until a ghostly memory lingers in moonlight. Reported from Marissa, Illinois, December 28, 1860.
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Malvernon Tidge
Castle de Lancle
Altendorf
Malvernon Ridge
Henry de Lancie
Alice the Fair
Hermante Allendorf
Alice
Harry
Sir Harry
Hermonie
Ancy
Sir Harry de Lancie
Hermonne
de Lancie
Allendorf
Holy Land
Carl Allendorf
Nermanie
Judicial salaries and seven judge Supreme Court proposal
Guiney Whig argues in favor of a seven member Supreme Court elected for fourteen years with vacancies by appointment. He urges lot-based long terms, high salaries to attract top talent, and relative independence from political influence, condemning low judicial pay as weakening the bench and the profession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Marshall
Jay
Guiney Whig
Irrevereity ad echoes Oregon contemporary lines
An advertisement in the White Pine Paper titled irrevereity cites a biblical quote about Joseph and references a contemporary Oregon figure. It notes that the person boards at the Cosmopolitan and frames the line as a caption or literary nod within the ad.
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Oregon
Joseph
Cosmopolitan
A Marvelous Unpartaking Bridge Across Dover Straits
A discussion of a proposed Dover Strait bridge by Boutet, comparing it with Niagara and Cincinnati suspensions. Two design options are a single span or ten spans of two miles each, forming X-braced trestles with four rail tracks and roadways. The piece extols American bridge feats and imagines rapid future cross-Channel rail travel.
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Niagara
Cincinnati
Straits of Dover
England
France
America
Dover
Napoleon
Boutet
de Lessepps
Dominion
United States
Charlotte
Cobourg
Bones found in Elizabeth shaft reveal ancient fossils
The Galena Gazette notes bones found 153 feet deep in Henry Green’s Elizabeth ground. A huge tooth and a near complete skull were recovered among rock and mineral layers, suggesting great antiquity. The find prompts geologists to consider long-ago deposits and non-surface origins.
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Galena Gazette
Henry Green
Elizabeth
Spinster nurses orphans and finds purpose in care
The tale follows Miss Hale, a spinster with a brisk temper who embraces a life of nursing. After aiding a dying child with quick action and a doctor’s praise, she becomes matron at a child’s hospital, vowing to care for Mrs. Appleton and her baby Willy. Her work brings fulfillment among the “forlorn little chicks” she tenderly tends, with the hospital named as her cheerful home.
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Mra. Appleton
Heriot
Miss Hale
Thaye
Willy
Dame Jones
Charley
Squire Mason
Toby
Quiet Freeport land market sees more sellers than buyers
The Freeport Land Office reports a quiet real estate market with more sellers than purchasers. Listings include numerous parcel trades in Freeport and surrounding towns, with prices ranging from 800 to 7,600 dollars. The office touts its complete abstract books, title abstracts, and loan services.
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Freeport Land Office
Chas. J. Petro
C. Buckman
Pedro
Freeport
Michael Meinzer
Wm. A. Woodring
Davis
Marshall Bailey
Ezra T. Perry
Kent
Wm. C. Best
Margaret McKee
Knowlton
Geo. Devore
Deo
Kleckner
Sn Cor
Loran
A. B Snyder
J. R. Lemon
Christian Volker
Nicholas Loos
Nebraska
Eusebus Schadle
Buckeye
David de Graff
Oliver Bashaw
Waddams
Andrew Hind
John Rayhorne
Whawq
Winslow
Daniel P. Babb
Ira Lowry
Jefferson
P.B. Ring
A. H. Stahl
Lena
Jos. W. Murdaugh
Jos. Hukmacher
Wm. D. Gemmill
Joy
TE. Pierce
Saml. J. Dod
Lds
Elizabeth A. Smith
West Point
A.J. Garner
Gregorius Kraus
Jacob Klein
Henry Weishar
John Finatra
T. Harlem
M. Daughenbaugh
Wm. Corning
Lota
Lyman Bartholomew
Samuel Diemer
Ordway
Gregorhis Kraus
Elizah Avey
Elisabeth L. Mann
Sweet
Harpers Monthly February issue highlights and contents
Harpers Monthly, the people’s magazine, presents its February number with seven illustrations of Frederick the Great, features on Beast Bird and Fish, Andes and the Amazon, South Coast Saunterings, Saunter V., and complete stories including A Brave Lady. It also includes Mary Russell Milford, Paraguay and her Enemies, The Game Waterfowl of America, Walpole or Every Man has his Price by Lord Lytton, A Chiaton Heirs, and sections on Editor's Usual Chair, Literary, Historical and Scientific Record, and Editor's Drawer.
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Harpers Monthly
People
Frederick the Great
Andes
Amazon
South Coast Saunterings
Saunter V
Mary Russell Milford
Paraguay
America
Walpole
Lord Lytton
Chiaton
Living Age Adds Serial Novels and Free Trial Offer
The Living Age introduces two new serials by Mrs Oliphant and Charles Lever with a special 1869 sample for new subscribers paying 8 dollars for 1870. Hearth and Home highlights town and country topics for all ages. Next week reveals a new tale Della by J W D Forrest et al.
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Mrp. Oliphant
Chas. Lever
Mrs. Oliphant
Charles Lever
Della
J. W. D. Forrest
Bag. Pettengill and Mates
New York
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Young Hormonte
Emily
Coulter
Hermonte
Marissa, Ill
Pomeroy
Kansas
Christendom
Chicago
Congress
Republican Valley Railroad
Wowan
Riawrr
Coates
Mrs. Coates
Salt Lake
Blaine
Ken Sherman
Mindis
New Yorker
Layfayette J. Bigelow
Watertown Times
Assembly
Portsmouth
N. IL
Benjamine J. Powell
Gresshopper Falls
Julia Ward Howe
Seward
Havana
Spain
Mr. Milburn
Quiggins
John McArthur
W. H. Reeves
Murry Nelson
Turkey
Edson
Lowell
Mass
Boston “Commercial Bulletin
Roxbury
Bulleting
Atlantic Monthly
Parton
Louis Prang & Co
Boston
Prang
Boston & Providence Railroad
Bavaria
Corliss
Steptype Plates
Prang & Cots
Dauber
Butcher
Germany
Tait
Prang Hay
Correggio
Bierstadt
California
Lincoln
Whittier
Avan
Rang
The
Freeport News
Taylor & Aspinwall
Joyp
D. Atkins
Propriety
Bill Heads
Gutter Snipes
Dodger
Tam
Direc
ITC
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