Founders of a Southern family and a murder shadow
Ellen Tresdon, beloved daughter of a wealthy Southern merchant, faces a doomed romance with Edwin Mott after her brother Charles, urged to give up a weapon, fatally quashes a quarrel and murder follows. Years pass as Ellen and Charles, now abroad, live in shared grief and gentle endurance.
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Llen -Tresdon
Dame Fortune
Ellen Tresdon
Ellen
Charles
Edwin Mott
Pet
Sis
God
David Hodge
Charles Tresdon
Mott
Long Sleep On Duty A Railroad Fireman Falls Asleep
A Philadelphia Record interview reveals a locomotive engineer recalling a fireman who, after three days of no sleep, slept at the throttle while still ringing the bell. The engineer woke him after hours to find the man exhausted, with a sore arm and anger.
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Philadelphia
Round House
Monte Carlo Gambling Bank Records Fiscal Year
Franks total 14 350 000 for year ending Oct 31 down 5 000 000 from prior year. Expenses include 2 000 000 for Prince Albert of Monaco 1 500 000 for police education and public charges 1 000 000 to directors and officials 800 000 for theater music sports and charity 600 000 for advertising 100 000 to deter unlucky gamblers and another 100 000 to prevent self harm. Despite this 35 people killed themselves over gambling losses that year.
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Fron
Carlo Protite
Monte Carlo
Prince Albert
Monaco
France
Wife of ex governor relative runs Wichita saloon
The niece of an Indiana ex governor operates a Wichita saloon saying the Kansas boom ruined her. Her husband squandered all his money and died, leaving her penniless. She notes her education and musical achievement as background to the downfall.
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Indiana
Wichita
Kansas
Dexterity of Cigarette Makers
The article notes the high skill of cigarette workers with some making 2000 to 3000 cigarettes daily. Paid by piecework, they earn about six dollars weekly.
Richest mine in Ballarat opens with vast gold reserves
The article notes a Ballarat Australia mine under the ages reputed as the richest in the world with about 150 million dollars in gold since its opening thirty years ago. A garbled quote follows about a husband promising to cure his wife and take her to the theater.
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Ballarat
Australia
Fragmented Nonsense OCR Misses Coherent Story
OCR text unreadable with garbled phrases and stray words. No clear persons organizations places dates or events to summarize into a coherent news item.
Leading Star Tobacco Brand and Odd Archive Fragments
A collage of product mentions and quirky quotes including Star Tobacco as a leading brand, stray phrases about readings and events, medicines like Mrs Winslow’s Syrup and Cascaret candies, and jumbled snippets that hint at late 19th or early 20th century ads and jokes. Names and places are scattered amid odd non sequiturs and marketing blurbs.
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Hood
Grand Central
Deerer
Tim Si
Union Depot
Colorado
Star Tobacco
Bay
California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
York
O'Parrell
New York Avenue
Washington, D.C
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