Mystery at Sedge Hill unfolds in a haunted house
Tom Eastbell confronts fear and deceit as Mary Holland and Reuben Culwick clash over a hidden past. Captain Peterson is hinted in a tangled web of letters and secrets while Grandmother Eastbell dies amid a charged family confrontation, leaving Sally and Sally’s whereabouts unresolved.
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Mary Holland
Afary Holland
Sarah Eastbell
Mary
Reuben
Logan
Min
Hoist
Thomas Lastbell
Sarah Bosbell
Miss Holland
Berry
Hun
Agai
Hartley
Sarah
Eastbell
Hartey
Thomas
Peterson
Sedge Hill
Simon Calwick
Grandmother Easthell
Reuben Culwick
Nolseless
Tom Eastbell
Tere
Tom
Sally
Riche Mendes
Simon
Tozelier
Thomas Eastbell
Tim the
Hig
Mrs Easthell
Petcy
Ford
le Walling
Saly
Jana
Reuven Colwick
Grandmother Eastbell
Desolate Sedge Hal Mystery Beloved Holland Leaves
In a somber scene at Sedge Hall, Miss Holland departs after tensions rise. Thomas Eastbell disputes the quiet while Willz delivers lunch and rumors swirl. The vanished heiress's whereabouts spark talk among the staff and gentry.
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Sedge
Desolatwg
Marx Holland
Holland
Reed
Miss Holland
Sedge Efill
Thomas Eastbell
Crows Learn to Fish Taught by Gulls
A Santa Fe railroad conductor near Joliet describes crows learning to fish from gulls along the Desplaines River. He claims the crows now rival gulls and even drive them away, watching from trees and catching fish as gulls skim the water.
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Santa Fe
Desplaines River
Joliet
Lake Michigan
Crane
Illinois Senate Fights Over Voting Machines and Reform Measures
Legislative items noted include Parker and Brundage introducing voting machine bills, others proposing jury trials, tax and insurance law amendments, prohibitionist measures, and new committees. The Senate debated majority versus two thirds vote rules, while a consolidated Chicago resolution urged constitutional amendments on local government and taxation.
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Parker
Senate
Brundage
Tego
Jandus
Mueller
Que
State Board of Equalization
Clettenberg
Hardin
Farish
Momence
Illinois Association of Music Teachers
Gardner
Illnola
United States
Congress
Putnam
Wheeler
Representative Hunt
Bowles
Representative Stewart
Ilinois
Yullon
Turner
Cook
Northcott
Humphrey
Chicago
Neenater Parker
Cook County
General Assembly
Roasting Coffee Traditions in Norway and France
The article describes adding butter to coffee beans during roasting in Norway using a covered shovel, and in France adding a walnut-sized piece of butter plus a dessert spoon of sugar. These methods are said to enhance flavor and scent, producing a caramel note. It also briefly mentions soothing headaches with lemon slices rubbed on the temple.
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Norway
France
Bright Side of Death and the Lord's Return Sermon
A Brooklyn cemetery scene contrasts death’s gloom with a resurrection hope. Rev A C Dikon discusses faith, Pauls finish, and the Christian peace won through Christ, then notes church work is to bring all to Jesus submission based on the resurrection.
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A. C Dikon
D. A
Bréoklyn
Basrellef
Jis
Fugland
Liverpool
Jesus
Gordon
Pau
Horace Bushnell
Paul
Lee
NeoAppomattox
Napoleon
Waterloo
Grant
Appomattox
Wellington
Jesus Christ
God
Hilm
Christ Jesus
Christ
Stephen
Campbell Morgar
Jesus of Nazareth
Fretting Does No Good By L A Crandall
The author argues fretting over the wicked’s prosperity wastes energy and yields no benefit. True faith shows in active good works, not idle worry. A trusting life seeks to help others, brings happiness, and leaves no time for fretful thoughts.
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Rev
L. A. Crandall
David
God
The Saloon and Its Work
Dr Cleland argues saloons breed intemperance and cannot exist without alcohol abuse. The text cites a drunk husband beating a child, a wife in a hospital, and a broken heart of a mother to illustrate societal harms attributed to whisky. It frames whisky as the causal thread in personal and national ruin.
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Cleland B.M
Afec
Jseloon
Ign
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