Tessie Rivers and the mortgage of a hopeful heart
Tessie Rivers, a twenty year old Vassar-educated woman from a financially ruined family, faces arranged prospects and true love as she weighs marriage to Monreith Carrington against a deeper longing for John Eustis. When truth comes to light, Carrington sacrifices for Tessie’s happiness, while Tessie discovers her real love and wedding fate is sealed by honor and generosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tessie Rivers
Rivers
Mrs. Rivers
Mamma
Tessie
Lucille Carrington
Miss Carrington
Monreith Carrington
Monreith
Mr. Carrington
Lucille
Monteith
Menreith Carrington
Teasie
Carrington
Eustis
John Eustis
Little One
Tam
Heaven
John
Hanged man recalls cruel ascent to death and escapes
A Paducah reporter recounts Magee being hanged by a mob and cut down before life ended, describing the excruciating pain and the irony of revival as the rope tightened and breath strained, followed by a Chicago robbery scene where Henson and guard Wilson are attacked with cayenne pepper and a bag of money stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Magee
Paducah
Curiaco
Chicago
Wabash Avenue
Washington Street
Henry Henson
Illnois Central
Merchant's Loan and Trust Company
Cool Wilson
Henson
Wilson
State Street
Murders and Misdeeds Reported in Small Town Rows
A trove of recent items from Shelbyville Crawromrpsvie and Boonevi.E note a cow mutilation, a saloon brawl with a hatchet, and a murder in Newburg. Pruitt, a married farm laborer, was shot after leaving a saloon, with suspects guarded as police investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boonevi
Newburg
Wm. J. Pruitt
Pruitt
John McNeady
McNeady
Local Notes From Oakalla And Fern Station
Farmers plow despite poor corn prospects while wheat looks healthy if no further trouble. Oakalla youths enjoyed a Saturday picnic at John son’s grove. Henry Helton reportedly seeks county treasurer post at the Democratic convention. Ben Bruner remains in the slave business. Ask Pete Stonar and Cap. Wimmer about a Walnut fishing party. Health fair, goods scarce. John and Harvey Wright shipped hogs to Indianapolis. Fern Station residents discuss an upcoming picnic with notice to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakalla
Johnson’s Grove
Henry Helton
Ben Bruner
Pete Stonar
Cap. Wimmer
Walnut
John
Harvey Wright
Indianapolis
Fern Station
Fern
Mill Creek Items
Rev Mr Hadley will preach at Beech Grove on the second Sunday in June. Haltom will arrive home from school today. James Leonard talks of laying his corn by next week. The basket meeting was a success at the Modoc school house on fast Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hadley
Beech Grove
Haltom
James Leonard
Jim
Modoc
Horror Star Promises Hope Amid Drought and Growth
Grorce Allen writes from a Kansas area township praising soil, weather hopes, and rising families. He notes a recent hailstorm damaged gardens, lists local prices for flour corn bacon butter and eggs, and mentions Robert Fulton of Bainbridge farming nearby as he reflects on settlement and crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Fulton
Bainbridge
Rush Centre
Grorce Allen
Boy's Rescue Saga At Hudson Ends In Hospital Admission
Seven year old Alexander Dupont fell from Piers 43 and 44 into the Hudson River. A bystander Thomas Berry dove in, retrieved the body, and aided by Roundsman Mc Laughlin and an ambulance surgeon, Dupont was revived after twenty minutes and removed to hospital. The feat is praised as a remarkable resuscitation by waterfront officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Dupont
Wooster Street
Hudson River
Thomas Berry
Macdougal Street
Berry
Young Dupont
Roundsman McLaughlin
Dupont
Dilks
New York Times
Saloon keeper drinks his own blood after knife wound
A Carr street saloon keeper, John Kline, ended a three week spree by threatening his daughter and injuring himself with two breast slashes. He drank his own blood, claiming his daughter cut him. He was taken to hospital. Other notes include a Bakersfield riot, a Chicago cashier sentenced, diphtheria linked to potato eating, a theft ring in Vermont, and a Georgia murder confession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No. 132
Carr Street
John Kline
Fourth Police District
Cleveland
Kline
Cincinnati
Bakersburg
Nev
Edwin B. Harris
Chicago
Harris
Wholsate Boot
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Detehon
Ense
Jerome Allen
Conrad Cook
Greencastle
Ind
Fulton, N. F
J. A. Edison
Parkersburg
Galvin
Andrews
Moyers
Lyman
Dalton
Mass
James D. Barnes
San Francisco
Moe
Anaheim
Los Angeles Co
Cal
Gazette
The
Societas Fraternia
Schlesinger
Toombs
Pucasset
Freeman
Cyeorge Bricknell
WWA
Genila
Deere & Co
Molino
Ganr
Scott Co
Excelsior Reaper
Tybiama and
Columbia Streets
Cook's Drug Store
Co. W. Talburt
Mulholn
Willliam
Mullony
Putnam County
East
Washington St
Mulholn & Hanna
HANNA
Apam Harwa
EIR
Cc Cc CC
Cooe
Cook
B. G. Burkett
Provisans
Phillip Albaugh
Felands
Ig Hess
Cc. Lueteke
Hamburg
Scott
Greencastle Foundry
Culver
South Depot
I. Hawkins
Greencastle, Ind
North Side Public Square
Jyde
James Gillespy
New York
Southwest Corner
Public Square
Soleagen
West Side Public Square
Greencatle
Levi Kahn
J.T. Craig & Bro
Howe & Vermilion’s
Vandalis Depot
Kelly
Snider
Thein
Lunas Cavers
Caeenerot Ieces
Antt
Maine
Nevada
Indiana News
Shelbyville
Ephraim Fouty
Crawromrpsvie
Peter Moran
New Albany
al. Champion
Moran
Champion
Floyd County
Mill Creek
Brookdale
Kansas
Avalanch
Mina
James Hains
Lebanon
Mary Bonner
Clarence
William Ferguson
J. P. Ferguson
Ferguson
J. A. Carson
Hahnemann Medical College
Sweet
Hubbell
Mechanicsville
Anderson
Robinson
Carson
Hahneman
Olin
Tipton
Iowa
Keith
Illinois
South Royalston
Jame Burns
Gainsburg
Sanitary Record
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