Arethusa Allen Leads Gorge House Turnaround at Groton Gorge
Arethusa Allen arrives as schoolteacher at Groton Gorge and defies initial doubt. She empowers Mrs. Binns to rehire staff, hires local help, and reorganizes Gorge House turning a failing enterprise into a thriving season with new cooks, waitresses, and support from community figures, while planning future Europe travel with Mr. Sevier.
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Mrs. Binns
Venus di Medici
Arethusa
Groton Gorge
Groton House
Mrs. Mackenzie
Arethusa Allen
John
Miss Allen
Misa Arethusa
Gorge House
Joanna
Fanny
Big Junius
Susan
Junius
Miss Parlon
Pretty Marian
Mark
Europe
Mr. Sevier
Helen Forrest Graves
Noted Lie Creates Ducking Phrase From 1860 River Trip
A Northern Illinois hunting party travels to Minnesota in 1860 for a duck hunt aboard a steamer from Dubuque. Abe Tranx spins tall tales about killing 200 ducks in one day prompting a crosscheck that yields 650 pounds of birds. The quip and the line and it wasn t a very good day for ducks, either spread, becoming a well known American proverb from the Mississippi River era.
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Minnesota
St. Paul
Dubuque
Tranx
Withal
Abe
Lake Pepin
Burlington
Traax
Northwest
Traux
Mississippi
Mexican Criminals Described as Accomplished Thieves and Threats
A Philadelphia Record article portrays Mexican criminals as adept liars who exploit innocence to gain jobs as servants and then plot revenge. It warns foreigners to beware sudden street attacks by well dressed assailants using cudgels or daggers, with police often siding against victims.
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Mexico
Philadelphia Record
Transmigration and comic misadventures on Montcalm street
A wagon drawn by a poor old horse stands on Montcalm street where a pedestrian raises the topic of transmigration with a driver described as a colored man. The exchange, humor, and a later hotel scene reveal a string of prickly, humorous observations and a fatalistic medical verdict after an accident.
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Montcalm Street
Sutkin
Hoss
Women Operatives Used by Pinkertons in Secret Police Work
An old Nashville detective chief says Pinkerton agents now employ many women to gather elusive evidence across the southwest. He describes Miss Angeline St Cyr as a temptress with $2,900 diamonds who worked for prominent parties, collected $8000 in rewards plus per diem, and vanished after heading to Chicago, with traces in New Mexico.
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Pinkerton National Detective Agency
New Mexico
Pinkertons
Aright
Angeline St. Cyr
Angeline St Cyr
Nashville
Chicago
Nashville American
Singular deafness case with wife’s noisy remedy
A family physician describes a extreme deafness case from 8 Fremont Place where a woman hears only in a herotic when city noises mask the ringing. She uses a watchman’s rattle and cymbals at dinner causing her husband to fear she is crazy. The man avoids home meals while her orchestra drives them apart.
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Fremont Place
Buffalo Courier
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