31 Jan 1872
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1872
Page
1
A man recalls marrying a widow whose husband died at Malvern Hill and raising a child. A one armed stranger, later revealed as her husband, returns alive, sparking a tragic verdict on loyalties. Mary’s plea to forgive tests the couple and child. The tale ends with a bitter farewell and a harsh moral.
Frank, returning from college, is pressured by his uncle Reinhold to marry one of Counsellor Frager’s three rich daughters. On a visit to Wiesenthal he meets Nimrod Louisa Dieffenbach and Oken Ernestine, each with strange talents, including Louisa’s sharpshooting that nearly shoots his hat. He confronts a web of family plans, love, and danger amid a countryside full of eccentric heiresses.
The piece notes British insistence on harsher terror for East Indian subjects post Sepoy rebellion. It discusses a Mahometan convicted of murdering Chief Justice Norman and sentenced to death with body burning to deny the soul a path to the angels Nakir and Monkir. The condemned reportedly faced the sentence in despair as his salvation would be denied.
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