Daring escape in a Confederate aftermath tale unfolds
In a wartime flashback a Virginian doctor Lieutenant Fairbain helps Christie Maclaire, Hope, and Hawley while a band of outlaws led by Black Burt pursues Hope and lost papers. Christie learns her true birth, falls for the doctor, and plans to aid Hope as danger and revelations ripple through their camp and town.
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Jack Keith
Dig
Meron Pon
Keith
Keith Fig
Ison Cty
Black Burt
Neb
Keiths
Joan Bibley
Willis Waite
Tharpe
Faber
Jeann
Bia
Maclais
Taea Bart
Waite
Hope
General Wisite
Hslack Bart
Christie Maclaire
Phyllis
Gale
Bart
Locior Fairbain
Christie
Hawley
Lassie
Fairbain
Population growth of Atlantic City over years
Atlantic City was incorporated in 1854. The census shows a small village with six farms growing to 1,043 residents in 1870, 5,477 in 1880, 13,055 in 1890, and 7,838 residents in 1908, reflecting rapid urban expansion.
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Atlatic City
Delaware River
Atlantic Ocean
Royalty Likes U S Dentists in Europe
Brussels hosts the annual American dentists convention drawing many European diploma holders. The article notes American dentists surpass European peers in the profession and cites anecdotes of U S doctors serving royal patrons and residing in elite circles across Europe.
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Sylvester
Detroit
William
Evans
Eugenie
Napoleon III
Alfonso
Doctor Aguilar
America
Spain
Russia
Doctor Wallison
St. Petersburg
King of
Fearful Night Drives Woman to Hide From Burglars
Mrs. Jane Diamond 70 fled from her Alton Illinois home during a wind and rain storm. She crawled from a back window, spent seven hours outdoors in darkness and went to a fence corner where neighbor J M Kennington found her at daybreak badly bruised and terrified. The storm likely caused misperception rather than actual intruders.
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St. Louis
Jane Diamond
Marshall Street
Alton
Ill
J. M. Kennington
The Proper Course and Airship Chauffeur Trial
A girl probes a young man’s airship driving skill before promising to sit with him. Dialogue raises a question about a possible powder trust and suggests someone should pursue it.
Cantor Mayor Turnbull Recounts Unclear Titanic Tale
An incoherent speech by Poor Father and Cantor Mayor Turnbull mentions a Titanic officer and a cantankerous child. The rambling text references a Canton boy and a mother asking about kindness, with stray phrases about a happy household and plans to spend next summer abroad.
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Turnbull
Cantor
Canton
Tommy
Postum touted as coffee alternative by ill farmer
An old farmer describes years of stomach trouble from coffee and tea and credits Postum with restoring his health. He stopped coffee, switched to Postum, gained weight, avoided medicines, and reports his family also adopted Postum after observing his improvement.
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Sceaux
Cloc’ Hugues
Joos
Tondon Star
Ard
Clovis Hugues
Paris
Marseilles
Clovis Hugus
Marselles
Clouis Hugues
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Lsten
Pim Square
Tan Square
Ter
Lerness
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Taleac
Hatton Gar
Duke of Gloucester
Bishon
Holborn
Shaakespeare
Richard Til
London Chronicle
Dublin
Oological Garden
Natal
South Africa
Trish
Yortegical Society
Treland
Nubia
Bhopal
London
England
Sultan Jahan Vegan
Payne
Neverthel Ss
Kastero Dos Vaboney
Earis
Peagie
Nawab Sikandar
A.C. McClurg & Co
Ima
Randall Parrish
Lady
Dramorn Meciur
Ghopal
Rovers
Atlantic City
Royalty
U. S
Afonso
Czar
King
Saxony
United States
Fence Corner
Chicago
FT. Wayne
Trey
Anan
Kaveri
Cross
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