Quiet New England sisters face life after loss and love
In a village two sisters, Aurora and Adeline Field, cope with their aunt Grandaunt Miriam’s death and dwindling prospects. They plan to run a boarding house as a factory nearby draws workers, while Adeline discovers a long hidden letter from Doctor Hunt and once hopeful romance. His return is thwarted when he courts Eustacia Bent, leaving Adeline to face a lonely January ahead.
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Aurora
Miriam
Adeline
Allston
Aurora Field
Anrm
Grandaunot
Hut
Addie
Lemming
Mnen
Ade
Grandaunt
Hunt
Doctor Hunt
Rfoer
Francis Hunt
Grandunccle Fosset
Dr. Hunt
China
Patagonia
Eustaca Bent
Huot
Eustacia Bent
Adeline Field
Eustacia
Jay
Eustacia Kent
Chicago Journal
Pianos Get Sick Weather Sparks Tuning Epidemic
A Boston Post interview with a piano tuner describes pianos as having feelings and illness from temperature changes. He notes an epidemic of sick run downs, three causes including lack of exercise and overwork, and advises two to three inches of air space from walls for proper breathing. The tuner also suggests women could tune but lack the science and empathy, likening it to doctors' differing effectiveness.
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Boston
Vatican finances and Leo XIII control reforms
A Paris paper reports Vatican finances after heavy losses. A committee of prelates regulates Vatican funds, sourced from papal revenues and Peter’s Pence. Receipts vary from 5 to 8.6 million francs annually, with France the largest donor. Expenses exceed 7 million francs, prompting economies and caution under Leo XIII.
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Vatican
Paris
Rome
Peter
England
France
Paria House of Rothschild
Leo XIII
Republic
Nante
Italy
Ireland
Australia
United States
Austria
Francis II
Naples
Maria Theresa
Tuscany
Comte de Chambord
Nound
Parle
Vienna
Madrid
Lisbon
Foperas
Leo Nitl
Sixtus
Sanitarium debate and church conflict quoted remarks
A fragmentary item notes a sanitarium related remark about curing a wife and a judge’s quip on Christian proof. It also references church voting and a statement that friends of the devil oppose genuine gospel preaching. The text suggests parish conflict and religious rhetoric.
Future of the horse as streetcar power question
The Philadelphia Times contemplates the fate of the horse as streetcar power fades with cables and electric wires. It wonders if horses, once essential for transport, will become nearly extinct as mechanization advances and riders adjust to new means of moving people and goods.
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Horse
Philadelphia Times
Razor-Back Hogs Terrify Southern Rail Travelers
The razor-back hog common in Alabama and other Southern states is described as lean and fierce, with a sharp spine and long legs. They raid railroad tracks, darting ahead of engines, and resist domestication. Attempts to tame them failed. one Tennessee farmer kept two specimens a year, but they grew thinner and consumed vast corn amounts. The semi wild hogs ravage gardens, slip through cracks, and are reportedly tough to eat.
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Alabama
The
New York Herald
Thomas Booth
Pulaski
Tennessee
Mr. Booth
Moen
Snowbound Journey And The Empty Butter Jar Tale
A traveling salesman recounts a snowbound journey in Michigan between Coopersville and Nunca. After foraging bread and butter from a farmhouse, a farmer objects, but passengers insist the farmer keep the empty butter jar as payment. A separate note mentions a New York woman selling love letters for a dollar.
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Michigan
Coopersville
Nun‘ca
Watly
Ivo
Devor
Hehlad
St. Louia
New York
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Wisder
Chambere’ Journal
Leo
Friends of the Devil
Waisxy
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