Hollow Ash Hall opens as Cowleys move in
The Cowleys take possession of Hollow Ash Hall amid fears and mock bravado. Mr Cowley vows to sleep with a revolver. Rose, Catherine, and Mrs Cowley fear the haunted house as they explore its dusty rooms and eerie quiet. The scene sets a tense mood for the house’s mysterious fate.
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Vernon
Grimes
Hollow Ash Hall
Cowley
Vesuvius
Old England
Mr. Cowley
Rose
Dragon of Wantley
Bess
Rufl
Farthingale
Rose Cowley
Mrs. Cowley
Catharine
Papa
Mamma
Brighton
Udolpho
Mrs. C
England
Catherine
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Dancer Fanny Elssler Helped Build Bunker Hill Monument
The article recalls Fanny Elssler’s fundraising dance that aided the Bunker Hill monument on Breed’s Hill in Charlestown. It notes the 1825 cornerstone by General Lafayette, Webster’s 1842 dedication orations, and the Elssler sisters as famed 19th century dancers with ties to Vienna Paris and the United States.
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Bunker Hill Monument
Fanny Elssler
General Lafayette
Daniel Webster
Elssler
Vienna
Fanny
Mlle
Paris
Taglioni
A Country Road and the Horseshoeing Rack
A memory of a rural lane with brooks and meadows and a child’s reminiscence, followed by a description of John Cea of Iowa’s horseshoeing rack that safely restrains a horse during shoeing and reduces rider risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cea
Iowa
First Ecumenical Methodist Conference Sets September Meeting
The third ecumenical conference will meet at Wesley's Chapel in London in September to discuss Methodism's role in peace promotion education and unity. It aims to foster concerted action on shared issues while avoiding divisive topics and plans reports on steps to strengthen lay and clergy cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
London
Washington, D. C
Wesley's Chapel
City Road
England's Big Loan Draws Public Complaint
The British government issues subscriptions for half of a 300 million dollar loan while the other half is already placed. The London Chronicle calls the move disastrous as taxpayers face a 3.3 million pound loss, with part of the issue floated in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
The
London Chronicle
New York
Pan American Exposition folder offers details and a joke page
A jumble of brief items including travel folder offer for the Pan American Exposition mailed from Chicago, a Dr Shoop remedy ad and a deafness cure claim, a joke about a stuttering parrot and a brand of sweet cider, plus a note that the Kaiser's bicycle corps was abandoned for lagging.
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Clark Street
Chicago
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Kaiser
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Catalore
A.J. Tower CO
Boston
Mass
Ernst Palo
DE Laval Separators
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Denver
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Carters
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Denver Directory
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Colorado
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Joy Eat
Beret
Neveland
W. L. Douglas
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