Widowly stenographer unites love and duty at law firm
Mrs Glover, a fired Lowndes & Winthrop stenographer, works at Deering & Deering. She proves discreet and capable, joins a nurse’s search for Dudley Parkham’s ailing wife, then reveals she is Parkham’s wife. She quits the firm to tend him, returns home after his illness, and resumes life with his renewed happiness.
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Hosmer Deering
Bob
Deering & Deering, Lawyers
Mr. Deering
Teame
Lowndes & Winthrop
of Deering & Deering
Deering & Deering
Benjamin Deering
Hosmer
Glover
Brandt
Dudley Parkham
Dudley
Iowa
Ile
San Francisco
New York
Deering
Brandt Andrews
Dudley Parkaian
Vera
Partridge and Blacksnake Tale From a Summer Wood
A Pennsylvania farmer encounters a hen partridge guiding him toward a nest where a black snake is swallowing eggs. He kills the snake, and the partridge resumes silence, returning to tend her nest. The episode unfolds with the bird guiding and then hiding after danger passes.
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Pennsylvania
Not the Old Racket
A young man asks the girl to marry him but is refused. She clarifies she only means becoming his sister-in-law through his brother, delivering a sharp, chilly rebuttal and a final, polite sign-off.
Diplomatic Reticence in a Penitentiary Shoe Shop
A social reformer questioned convicts in the penitentiary and asked what they were doing there. He greeted a good looking man in the shoe shop who replied, making shoes, which ended further inquiry.
Fragmented dialogue about sharing from a boy named Willie
A truncated dialogue captures a child named Willie debating sharing an apple with a playmate. The exchange ends with Willie declining to offer the larger piece, reflecting a simple moral moment. The text is partial and lacks full context or names beyond Willie and Cleveland stopword remnants.
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Willie
Cleveland Ir
Many in One Pride and a Nation’s Unity Theme
A long poem extols the motto Many in one as patriots defend the flag and nation from sea to shining shore. It blends Civil War imagery with calls for unity and loyalty, then shifts to brief nonfiction notes on scarlet fever decline, a water‑ drinking tip for infants, shoe care, cooking experiments, mushrooms, and vegetables.
Fragmentary crime exchange in a bustling street
The readable bits show a burglar question about money and a terse reply about a wife's dress pocket. Other phrases mention an expedition and a vigorous Turk, but details and context are missing from the damaged text.
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Biggsby
Pete
Expedition Press
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St. Lawrences
Earth
Alleghany
Gronos W. Curran
England
William Ogle
Ogle
Tansty Barnes
Datha
W. Mattieu Williams
Grinlen
Gertie
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