Prairie Fire and Desolate Homestead in Narrative Tale
A long excerpt describes a prairie settlement where a mother, her children, and a faithful dog escape a raging prairie fire after her husband travels to fetch supplies. The next day the father returns to find a ruined cabin and a family grief, with the mother dying in her husband’s arms and a makeshift tomb set on the scorched site.
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Mans. Fannxam
Prairie Land
Prairies
Illinois Prairies
Thesigne
Shane
London
Revered clergyman meets unknown assailant in Hamburg anecdote
A Baltimore Continent item recalls a preacher visiting Augusta and Hamburg where an unknown man with a fetter offers a letter and $500. The scene ends with the preacher accepting the odd confrontation, continuing his pastoral duties, and the tale highlighting his bold unyielding ministry.
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Hamburg
Baltimore
John Varnum’s Irish voyage to America and early fortune
An Irish traveler recounts leaving Tyrone for America at about 21, arriving in New Castle after a Cork voyage on the Queen Dido. He describes meeting Ned McClosky, choosing a motto, becoming a scrivener’s assistant, buying property with a loan, and making a thousand pounds in ninety days. He details youth, appearance, and early romantic eyes on a wealthy merchant’s daughter, guided by his “good genius.”
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America
Dungannon
County Tyrone
Ireland
John
Cork
Queen Dido
New Castle
Ned McClosky
Halloo
John Varnum
Chestnut Street
Tam
Phelim
Damaela
Halla
Cha
Tieiteni
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Chronicle
University
Cambridge
Main
Magazine Streets
Cambridgeport
Grorae Ruer
East Cambridge
BANKS
Cambridge Bank
Cambridgefort
Whittemore
Martin Lane
A. W. Bruce
H. Brooke
N. Childs
R. Douglas
W. Ficky
P. B. Hovey
W. B. Hovey
L. A. Paige
J. Whittemore
J. Wetherbee
Charles River Bank
Chas. C. Liles
J.B. Dana
A. ©. Little
O. Hastings
J. H. Bates
E. Brown, Jr
W. Watriss
Boston Money
Boston
Augnata
Georgia
Augusta
House of God
Uanal
Broad Street
E Street
Hamaura
S. C
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