Phantom Bride Haunts Nightly Ride To Danvers
A lone traveler fleeing a grim inn meets a beautiful woman who begs rescue then marries him at a notary’s by moonlight. The bride vanishes, later revealed as Amelie de Boursons deceased forty years, and the groom learns she died on her wedding day and haunts the gallery as a phantom.
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Loudire
Danvers
Londre
Iselle
Sam Amelie de Boursons
Monsieur
Marin
Mademoiselle
Tregonne
Mile. de Boursons
Notary's
Monsieeur
Notary
Iirst
Amelie de Boursons
Richard Harrington
Taman American
Mile
de Boursons
St Louis Globe-Democrat
E. Gradshaw
Massachusetts Volunteers
Boston Transcript
Warren
Ebon
Mine Run
Sit is Not Hypocrisy in Life and Virtue
A reflective passage argues that writing noble plans does not equal living them. It cautions against judging zeal for virtue by unacted deeds and notes one may sincerely value good aims yet lack courage or effort to achieve them.
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Sit
Johson
Harmah
Presaic Wretch Snaps Over Dinner Demands
A Cleveland Leader line captures a quarrel where a wife recalls courtship treats and a husband retorts that post wedding expenses for daily sausage justify the change in splurges. The exchange hints at domestic frictions over money and meals.
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Cleveland Leader
Blue and the Gray Reminiscences of Sherman in Atlanta
In reminiscences by Tam the Atlanta journalist, the arrival of Union forces after Jonesboro is described. Sherman sits on a Washington Mitchell street porch amid watching citizens and drilling troops, his grim demeanor shaping occupation policy and discipline. The piece recalls his harsh yet measured orders to move inhabitants and his reputation as a stern but strategic commander.
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Sherman
Atlanta
Tam
General Sherman
Jonesboro
Abbott
Napoleon
Washington and
Mitchell Streets
Anger
Burt
War Times
Hood
Anx
Ily
Tie
Wallace Putnam Reed
Chicago Times-Herald
Earth’s Interior and the Solid Core Question
The article debates the earth’s interior state, challenging the old solid crust theory. It cites Kelvin and Newcomb arguing for partial liquidity beneath the surface and notes density estimates around 5.505 times that of water.
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Lip Inteior
Hokins
William Thomson
Lord Kelvin
George Darwin
Si, Newcomb
Rudski
M. Rudski
Earth
Richarz
Kriger-Menzel
Berlin Academy of Sciences
Cavendish
Globe la
Flooded with Pearls in 1897 London Market
A Gentlewoman column notes pearls flood London markets as prices soar two shillings to ten shillings. She laments famine selling by Indians and profiteering by Hatton Garden merchants, urging readers about the pearl demand this year.
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Bond Street
London
Hatton Garden
Handsome Prayer Book Fashion For Modern Girls
A new style prayer book for the up to date girl comes with a gilt case to resemble a congressional collection. The white kid bound volume is encased in gold with engraved chasing, though excess jewelry on the cover is not seen as tasteful.
Meander and Ploddits Discuss Treasury Building Wealth
In a dialect narrative Meander’s Mike shows a treasury building and exclaims about vast money, noting it would take days to move it by wheelbarrow. Ploddits responds with practical, mixed up gratitude and humor about wealth.
Lost appetite and credit prompt uneasy chat
A fragmentary dialogue shows Mollie asking Max about appetite while Max laments a lost credit as part of a New York Ledger snippet. The brief exchange hints at financial anxiety and personal tension without further context.
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Max
New York Ledger
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Salem TC
Philadelphia
God
Lincoln
Treasury Building
Ploddits
Mike
Washington Star
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