Maine Romance of a Farm Wife and Indian Captivity
A Maine farmer Far bush endures Indian raids in ells Me life. His wife is seized and tied, the cradle saved from fire with the babies still asleep. The twins Dolly and Phoebe grow, as Polly marries Dennett and Phoebe Littlefield. After 20 years the mother reappears, changed by years of captivity, marriage to a chief’s son, and an arduous escape to the Atlantic coast.
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Ells
Farbush
Tr “Carey
Treasuries
Jrothy
Phoebe Farbush
Polly
John Dennett
Phoebe
Elisha Littlefield
J. Weary
Kettlers
Great Lakes
Rising Inn
Atian Coast
Ant
Eta
Evetide
Canada
Ohio
Zek
Declination of a Candidate Stirs Town Gossip
A joke about a political engagement turns on the word declination as a candidate’s fiancée declines. The item notes a would be fashion leader and a Jersey moss remains found, with scattered, fragmentary references to Newport and Boston Post sources.
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Mand
Chicago News
Newport
Jersey
Boston
Life and Death and Odd Weather in a Patchwork Vision
A rambling vignette blends mortality with comic misfortune as a speaker tasks the reader with exposure to death, debt, and luckless error, while a separate agricultural note extols soil cultivation. The prose juxtaposes personal calamity, market woes, and seasonal toil leading into farming guidance on soil friability and moisture retention.
Mow Campaign Dodge Turns to Banjo Seeks Sectional Edge
A political aspirant from Arkansaw visits the city to consult leaders on campaigning methods. He mutters about a banjo and a contraption that could win every district, promising to sell his boss and buy the instrument. A separate note says a gentleman claimed a newspaper ad for a girl was unnecessary after securing one.
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Arkansaw
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