Augusta's Sister Jeannie And The Meeson's Debt
Augusta Smithers struggles to save her ailing sister Jeannie while constrained by poverty and a cruel Meeson's publishing contract. She seeks funds from a Birmingham bank after a failed book venture, hoping to avert a winter that could prove fatal for Jeannie.
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Meeson’s
Smithers
James Smithers
Jeannie
Land of Shadows
Birmingham
Jemima
Meeson
Mnan
Illness Drives Desperate Sister to Matchmaker’s Offer
In damp Birmingham, Augusta faces a crushing choice to save her frail sister Jeannie. Jeannie, dying at twelve, pleads for relief while Augusta contemplates a hasty, perilous alliance with a rich suitor to raise two hundred pounds. The scene ends with Jeannie’s sobering resolve and a cliffhanger.
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Miss Jeannie
Jeannie
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Odd ballroom tales and curious notices from 19th century press
A Paris cotillion ran from 4 to 7 a m while other items lampoon manners and curiosities include a Washington cocktail, a long list of A and B words, a one leg thief in New York, a nine foot vulture with a sheep, a Texas Mich funeral with band music, a Philadelphia teen’s two dollar weekly salary and fake check, a Delaware peach scare, Waterloo faded in England, a vest worn in the revolution, green velvet tablecloths in London, the Great Eastern vessel debates, a rusty nail scare in Manchester NH, and a classified call for help ads in The Sun with three days free publication.
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Treatment Reform Brings W R Watson Notable Recovery
Indianapolis May 12 1888 Prof McComb Co reports W R Watson at 200 West Maryland st suffering for seven to eight years from nervous dyspepsia with train of evils. After one months treatment under their hands Watson shows positive and decisive improvement. He invites inquiries.
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