The Missing Jewels Murder at the Prospect House
Hannah Atkins recounts a Newport summer at the Prospect House where Florence Arlynn dies in her sleep after a suspected jewel theft. Belle Maitland confesses to stabbing Florrie to marry Chauncey Bryant, while Ernest Hudson resists and the true killer Isabel Bryant is revealed. The tale ends with Atkins, now aged, planning to leave her wealth to charity.
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Prospect House
Hannah Atkins
Prospect
Newport
Florence Arlynn
Isabel Maitland
Belle
Florrie
Chauncey Bryant
Bryant
Bella
Ernest Judson
Florence
Bello
Earnest Hudson
Miss Atkins
Fate
Sasial
Tga Tae
New York
Bells Maitland
Ernest Hudson
Darling
Florence Aryon
Isabel Bryant
Ernest Sf Ludson
Hudson
Wood
Euurope
The Banker's Wife Aids Rag Picker Louise In Paris
A Paris banker's wife discovers Louise, a rag picker and seamstress who supports five siblings and a paralyzed mother. Louise reveals she hides her rag picking to earn more than sewing. The wife finances Louise's relief and arranges to employ her as a mantau-maker, changing the course of Louise's life.
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Paris
Louise
Mile. Putty
Paria
Hidden Dangers in Salted Meat Warned by Author
A writer warns that salted meat often conceals rot and disease from long stalls and tainted flesh passed off as corned meat. Dealers may sell foul meat hidden by salt, harming consumers. he urges workers to corns their own meat to avoid uncertain quality and past conditions.
Singular Spy Sue Kiteredge and the Kentucky Rebel Saga
The Detroit Post recounts Sue Kiteredge a Kentucky native and alleged guerilla spy who aided Union forces then led a rebel band after a Union raid killed her family. She served two years as a spy for Mundy’s group, joined Gen Claiborne’s staff, fought at Atlanta, and witnessed Mundy’s court martial and execution in Louisville in 1865.
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Detroit Post
The
Post
Sue Witeredge
Kentucky
Mundy
Sue
Kiv
Kiteredge
Kit
Claiborne
Atlanta
Lut
Andersonville
Cys
Sue Kiteredge
Louisville
Prixters: Printing life dulls ambition and taints fame
Jontus Henry Brown reviews a Packard's Monthly piece on Prixters noting printers feel cynicism from damp offices and illness, see past glitter of fame, know reputations arise from bold self-promotion, and deem all achievement and eminence as often unearned or deceptive.
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Jontus Henry Brown
Packard’s Monthly
Statesman
Monstrous Attempt to Steal Coburn's Money
The Indianapolis Mirror reports a Senate debate over General Coburn's $31,000 compensation claim for two hours of work resolving state government accounts. Carson and Cumback call the sum steep, while Church and Rice support payment. The piece labels Coburn a loyal yet self-serving figure from Indianapolis.
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Pierre
Coburn
Congress
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Mirror
General Coburn
Senate
Carson
Cumback
Gen. Coburn
Church
Fragmentary OCR note about a task or observation
A garbled passage describes people named Tony Annie and a greeihorn sat a chair and someone wonders about who ate and found holes and straw. The text is incomplete with many misread words and unclear meaning.
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Sata
Tony
Annie
Confederate Bones Plowed Up in Virginia Field
A Malvern Ill correspondent describes a field near a fort in Malvern Hill Virginia where thousands of Confederate soldiers lie buried. Plows have turned bones to the surface and some are said to have been bought for fertilizer in Richmond. Two locals attempted to burn bones to stop theft, while a monument to Confederate dead stands in Richmond.
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Malvern
Malvern Hill
Virginia
Farrison
Richmond
The Tyrant Fashion Brings Grief and a Martyr to Grecian Bend
A mournful account describes a young woman’s death blamed on fashionable medical practices. She is called a martyr and lies beneath the sod in fine clothes as friends recall her suffering and the haunting phrase Grecian Bend.
Coon in a Tree Triggers Carpetbagger Quip in Baton Rouge
A Northern man traveling in Baton Rouge encounters two darkey with a coon. He orders the animal to climb a tall oak, asking if it will “ask himself.” The coon climbs swiftly, prompting the freedman to remark that a carpetbagger is promising when down but useless when up.
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Baton Rogue
Darkey
Comite
Dr Evane The Calvanistic Minister In Bristol Anecdote
A Bristol tale recalls Dr Evane a Calvinistic minister who debated with a church member of impure life. The minister encounters the man drunk and questions if his idolatry fits a child. The exchange centers on whether a little ale can wash blood from a believer.
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Evane
Bristol
England
Evans
L’alwata
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Darien Directory
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