Thorns and Orange Blossoms A Tale of Forbidden Love
Monica recalls a vanished spring when she and Paul Caerlyon, the rector’s son, fell in love despite poverty and family opposition. She describes their secret meetings by St Michael’s Well, her mother’s stern moral stance, and the moment her mother forbids their union after receiving Paul’s passionate letter seeking marriage.
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Violet
Mamma
Marguerite
Monie
Moira Leth
Vial
PLC
Monica
Mammr
Miss Rowley
London
Hari
Lester
Motoma
St. Michael's Well
Ryversdale
Caerlyons
Caerswell
Wegh Caerlyon
Brone
Msu
Regiment of the Black Lancers
Paul Caerlyon
Queenshow
Carelson
Ryversdal
St. Michael's
Pat
Earl of Lester
Tim
June Morsin
Lady Melfort
Paul
Lord Lester
Pucheon
Aorher
Treverend
Hugh Caerlyon
Mr. Cuerlyon
Adonis
Lor
aMry
Tam
Ah Fong Family Hearts Coast Soldier in Manila Match
The Manila bound Lieut Dougherty, of the Thirty-seventh infantry, fell for Martha Ah Fong of Honolulu’s famed Ah Fong sisters. Their romance blossomed during a Honolulu layover as he joined the Philippines campaign. Martha sails on the Lawton to wed in Manila, a notable union in military circles. The Ah Fong clan, long prominent in Honolulu society, traces its fortune to Wing Ah Fong who built a vast Chinese Hawaiian line, with thirteen daughters and several intermarriages with white families. The family estate in Honolulu is famed for its lush grounds and many pavilions, expanding with each marriage.
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Dowsherty
Amioynd City
Tave
Martha Ah Fong
al Fong
Honolulu
Manila
Licuk
Andrew d. Mougherty
Hawaii
Ab Fong
Lieut
Doughurty
Marrujia
Martha
C. S
Hoas- Iulu
Ab Pong
Goldier
Philippines
Elendalil
Lawton
Dougherty
America
Muss College
Oakland
Cal
Illinois
Lakestave
Young Dougherty
University of Minois
Champaign
Iis
Juan Hill
Rio de Janeiro
Helen
San Francisco
William A. Hen
Shill
Helen Ah Fong
Wing Ah Fong
China
Claus Spreckels
Ah Fong
Java
Fim
Ah Fong I
Ah Pong
Harriet Ablong
W. H. Whiting
Jessiu
How- Morton
Humphrey of
Fonoluly
Wenghall
Morton
Marriage and Seattle Money Leads to Five Chinese Maena
A fragment notes a marriage involving Miss Martha Ab Fong in Seattle and hints at money to be invested. The text implies there will be five Chinese men remaining after the wedding, suggesting a social or demographic remark tied to the couple's union.
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Seattle
Martha Ab Fong
Chinesa Maena
Soldier Finds Prefect Hit in Canteen at Shiloh
A Confederate veteran recalls prebattle superstitions and a bizarre wound at Shiloh. On the eve of battle men laughed at risk then he was struck not by a bullet but by a water-filled canteen, a sip from fate that left him with the perforated tin as a souvenir.
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Lincel Piazza
Shiloh
Que
New Orleang Times Democrat
Gutenberg's Achievement in the Century
Augustine Birrell lauds Gutenberg as the greatest of inventions moving knowledge to the many. He notes the rapid spread of ideas via movable type, comparing it to today’s telegraphy and phones, and cites St Augustine’s influence, the New Learning, and the printing press’s enduring impact on culture and revolutions.
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Gutenberg
Augustine Birrell
Paysies
Europe
New York
Herald
London “Times
Johann Geusfleisch
Choate
Add P
Royal Order to Advancement in Service Ranks
Excerpts from Sally Joy Whit and Marie Tempest notes on women in domestic service and theater. The piece argues that ambitious, attentive female workers gain advancement, higher salaries, and customer loyalty, potentially opening their own establishments. It cites salience of pleasing employers and retaining patronage.
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Sallie Joy Whit
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Sean
Montes
Reindolph Borauge
Ara Ried
Marie Tempest
Masks
Teg Wollngton
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