Palmier Island Schoolmaster Meets Shadow Catcher Mam'selle Celestine
Wealthy young schoolmaster David Chatfield arrives on Palmier Island to teach and confronts a mysterious figure Mam'selle Celestine who claims influence over the islanders. She admits using charms to sway locals and warns of her power, while Chatfield contemplates superstition versus colonial realities.
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David Chatfield
West India
Palmier Island
Issland
Mam
Selle Celestine
Chatfield
Celestine
Andrew
Congo
Chat
Mam’nelle Celestine
Monsieur
Scotland
Paris
Mr. Chatfield
Witchcraft Trial On Saint Helena Island
Chat the schoolmaster and the magistrate accompany Mam Celestine to her house where she has foretold a ritual to absolve the pastor, the chapel’s clergyman, and the island’s authority from witchcraft charges. The preacher prays at a palm as tension rises and the scene ends with “TO BE CONCLUDED.”
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Monsieur
Mam'selle Celestine
Chat
Obi
Palmier
Mr. Sweeting
Frien
Primary education may wait on reading until later says Dewey
The essay argues against forcing early literacy, noting child senses and motor development favor broader growth first. It cites eye development, nervous strain from early writing, and the need for ample physical activity before refined handwriting. Prof. Dewey endorses delaying intensive linguistic form until about age eight.
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Chicago
John Dewey
Night Patrol Hero Foils Train Robbers at Snake River
A section man recalls stopping a rail gang at a Snake River bridge on a stormy night. After being knocked unconscious and bound, he frees himself, sabotages the oncoming train with oil on the rails, and sacrifices his arm to save passengers. He was later moved to safety at a company hospital.
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Snake River
Tom
Gathering Rubber From South American Trees
The article describes natives gathering rubber sap with long sticks dipped into vessels, then heated to solidify the film. It notes the vast number of thin, tissue-like layers forming large rubber biscuits, explaining the patience and method behind the bulky black balls seen in stores.
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South America
Brooklyn Eagle
Confusion Over Luck as Moon and Horseshoe Appear
A superstitious wife questions her silent husband. He admits being puzzled after seeing the new moon over his left shoulder and then picking up a horseshoe. The Washington Star notes his curious superstition about future luck.
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Washington Star
For Sale Farm Near Lowell With Orchard And Barn
Farm seven miles from Lowell and near steam, care, and electrics offers 100 acres with a large orchard, plenty of wood, a fine house, and a new barn. Water in house and barn, good location, small down payment. price 18850? Several smaller farms range from 700 to 1600 with two tenements and modern outbuildings. near North Chelmsford and Pawtucket bridge, easy terms, callers urged.
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Lowell
North Chelmsford
Pawtucket Bridge
Bargains Real Estate For Sale Offers
Real estate notices advertise boarding and lodging house with 12 rooms and furnace heat new furniture in a central location priced at 800. Two story two tenement house in Pawtucketville with 9 rooms and stable for 1650. A Highlands seven room house with bath cemented cellar furnace 5000 feet land and fruit at 12400. Apply to Tt He Bluliott.
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City
We. E. Dodge
Central Street
Old Ward 5
Vince 4000
Oil Moody Street
Price
Westford Street
Bridge Street
Pear Westford
Pawtucketville
Desirable Chelmsford area real estate sale listing
For sale a 6 acre small farm 21.2 miles from town near East Merrimack and Nesmith streets with good cultivation and a quick sale. Nearby options include a nearly new North Chelmsford two story house with fruit and stable on 81600. a BA two story house with stable on a corner electric line lot. and a 1-2 acre corner lot suitable for building. Agents note investor bargain as owner ill sells, asking 8800 for Highlands area property via W E Dodge.
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Chelmsford
Highlands
W.E. Dodge
Boston and Maine Timetable Revise October 4 1897
Train listings show corrected schedule for Middlesex Street Depot Lowell to Boston and various regional destinations with numerous daily and Sunday departures, including times for Lawrence Haverhill Salem Lynn Exeter Dover Portland Augusta Lewiston Bangor and more, plus special steamer connections and seasonal changes.
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Frank Jones
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