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Curfew must not ring tonight in Cromwell era tale
A Victorian melodrama unfolds with Bessie defying the curfew in a church tower to spare a lover doomed by Cromwell. The narrative contrasts nightfall, doom, and moral duty as the maiden climbs a perilous ladder to stop the bell, culminating in a vow that curfew will not ring. The adjoining county board notes from May 1878 detail supervisors’ organization, committees, bids for county services, tax redemptions, and public expenditures in Rock Island Illinois.
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Western Union Railroad
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
United
Chicago
Ieland and Pacific Railroad
United States
England
Ray
Sexton
Beesie
Cromwell
Amacrow
Manset
Basil Underwood
Sam
Bessie
Board of Supervisors
Rock Island
Illinois
Kerr
Bell, Aster and Duiley
Coal Valley
Wm. J. Ransom
Black Hawk
Thos. Kerr
Andrew Donaldson
Drury
Mathias Kramer
Buffalo Prairie
Wm. Drury
Moline
Jas
D. Long
Wm. Breitbach
John Aster
Julius Stroehle
Adam Maucker
South Rock Island
L. C. Lloyd
Canie Creek
D. M. Martin
Hampton
Samuel Devinney
Kramer
Ransom
Devinney
Breitbach, Kerr, Dailey
Long
Zimmerman
Bell
Eece Une
Lloyd
Buffum
Dailey
Licy
Aster
Resolvent
C. Winter
Volks Zeitung
G. Schroeder
8. L. Waide
Muscatine
Iowa
E. H., Guyer
Guyer
Tocal Guyer
Billy
Baffam
L. M. Traverstick
Rock Island Club
Attra
Grand Jury
Committee On
Yeas
Mastin
Breitbach
Donaldson
Johnson
Supecans
Hanna
Stroehle
Kerroyd
Maucker
Parsyear
Taylor
James McGrath
John van Lavane
John P. Soderstrom
Moline Township
Board of Liey
Idan
Setar
Buffam
Committee On Equalization
Edsall
G. L. Eyster
Geo. E. Barth
J. McKee
Chas. C.carter
G. G. Craig
Rock Island Township
Martin
Dovinney
Pavers
E. Brennert
T. J. Thomas
C. Speidel
Thomas Mint
W. D
India
Les Haat
J. H. Rathbun
Fridiy A