White Lamb Among Wolves Ends Double Life
Warren Hamilton discovers Evelyn’s brother Oscar blackmails her over a forged letter from Seth Arnold. Evelyn contemplates confession as Oscar pockets money and vows to live his own way. Hamilton exerts control, urging peace while exposing the fraud and protecting Evelyn from scandal.
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Warren Hamilton
Seth Arold
Mr. Hamilton
Jaie Evelyn
Evelyn
Hamilton
Seth Arnold
London
Eva
Rome
Seth
Warren
Oscar
United Kingdom
Sye
Last Slave Aunt Lois Tritton Of New Haven Story
A long historic tale from New Haven recounts Aunt Lois Tritton, the last slave sold at public auction in Connecticut, living on Shelton Avenue at ninety-one with her dog Sankey. Her life traces to Cornwallis Nova Scotia, the Tritton family, and the 1820s sale led by sheriff Elihu Thunson near Trinity church.
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Connecticut
Shelton-ave
New Haven
Old Green
Lois Tritton
Trittons
Yale
Lois
Trinity Episcopal Church
Anthony P. Sanford
Fort Sumter
English
Waller
United States
England
New York
Mortimer
Thomas R. Trowbridge
Louis
Triton
Mortimers
Tritton
Sankey
Eix
Destinies Turned by a College Dropout in Sugar, Light-Weight
Rexford, after mortgaging his college dreams to graduate, leaves art to work at Sugar Light Weight Co. He aches for the arts but accepts a cellar job and delivery duties to save on a hitching-post. In the counting-room, the temperance remark and a flirtatious moment with Mr Light-Weight’s daughter hint at fate’s pivot.
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Rexford
Sugar
Mr. Light-Weight
Editor Rejects Seedy Applicant for Feeder Expert
A tramp visits a rural journal and proposes to advertise for a feeder. The editor refuses, noting the man’s appearance is against him and reiterates that he seeks an expert rather than a dubious candidate.
Brown and Smith discuss Miss Jones amid possible proposal
In a Binghamton Republican item Brown expresses hopefulness while Smith notes their association with Miss Jones. Brown admits uncertainty but hints at a possible proposal soon, reflecting social intrigue in local affairs.
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Brown
Smith
Tramp Seeks Dime For Drink in Drake’s Magazine
A terse street vignette depicts a tramp asking a passerby for a dime to buy a drink while the pedestrian refuses. The exchange reflects urban hardship and suggestion rather than graphic detail, framed as a short radially humorous moment from Drake's Magazine.
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Drake’s
Blind man passes bar exam after hiring reader
A Hartford weekly notes Altman, a Buffalo bar applicant who is blind, learned law by hiring someone to read texts aloud. The item also mentions a jumble of oddities from markets, institutions, and historic curiosities across the United States and Europe, including a petrified loaf found near Pittsboro and a discussion of Bourbon ruby mines and Rothschilds.
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Buffalo
Altman
Hartford
Conn
Cincinnati
Maine
California
Los Angeles
Jan Sieux
Venderbilt
Melln
Ritchie County
W. Va
Paris
Acmetonia Station
Pittsboro
Henry Armstrong
Boleens
London
San Francisco
Burmah
Denver
Thuringia
Pickens County
Georgia
New York
One Hundred and Sixth-st
Saida
Alexander the Great
B. C
Babylon
Beyrout
Syria
Sidon
M. Renan
Christ
Notable Outlooks and Oddities in a Turbulent Era
A mosaic of curiosities and opinions. Maria Mitchell’s eight comets, William’s vast 300 million mark fortune, and Montreal’s saloon count parade through a public discourse flavored by politics and social commentary. Maria Mitchell’s fame, Beecher’s scandal, Kansas Governor Martin’s wording, and Marian Harland’s bankable coming woman sketch a vivid snapshot of era values and debates.
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Maria Mitchell
Maria
Montreal
Emperor Wiliam
Manley
Blaine
Congress
Mr. Beecher
Martin
Kansas
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Evening Express
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Toledo Express
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Cairo Express
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Task Mail
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