A Story of Chivalry in Indiana
Ellen Ark wright accepts Ben Edwards then spurns him for Bixby until a Louisville suitor returns. The Mississippi era melodrama ends with Ellen and Bixby marrying in Louisville while Edwards remakes his fortune in Texas. Mrs Arkwright’s meddling and village gossip frame a tale of pride and practical romance.
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Couse
Ellen
Benjamin
Ellen Arkwright
Benjamin Edwards
Arkwright
Edwards
Fathorn
Bixby
Mrs. Arkwright
Loceyville
Louisville
United States
Posey County
Ben
Paris
Trousseau
Ben Edwards
The Maimed Veteran and the Civil War Finger Loss
A Columbus Dispatch account recalls an Ohio veteran who lost his right index finger in a wartime incident. His wife, forbidding enlistment, later killed the finger with a hatchet to prevent his joining the army, yet the man still went to war at Bull Run despite disability.
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Marion
Ohio
William
Bull Run
Columbus Dispatch
A Sea Tale of Captain Drake and the Governor Clinton
In 1775 the brigantine Governor Clinton sails from Philadelphia with Kelly's crew bound for Spanishtown Jamaica amid perilous trade winds and pirate threats. Captain Drake is wounded, Emma Drake fears for her father and Sam Spain, and a Dutch pirate raid ends in a naval counterstrike by a British corvette. The ship reaches Spanishtown. Captain Drake survives but Emma dies before Christmas.
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Clinton
Philadelphia
Jamales
Ira Drake
Aggy Slade
Jamaica
Drake
Emma
Sam Spain
St. Joseph’s
Spanishtown
Father
Sam
Bahama Banks
Cuban
Cape St. Antoine
Capt. Drake
Christ Church
Enema
The Gallant Grocer episode verdict
Mrs. Binks complains about tea while the grocer apologizes. He asks the clerk James to send another pound of the same tea she had lost, and the exchange ends with polite handling of the mix up.
Proof of Insanity and Promises in Court
The defense attorney pressed for proof of sanity while noting the defendant promised $10,000 for the case but paid nothing. The prosecutor questioned familiarity with the case as a tactic, and the judge’s stance was referenced in this Chicago Post item.
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Chicago
Post
Leap Year Plans Unknown By New Woman
Dialogue notes anxious curiosity about a new woman’s actions this leap year with reassurance that trouble is unlikely and a light humorous tone throughout the exchange between Chappie and Miss Cutting.
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Chappie
Cutting
Boy Observed Seventeen Year Cicadas In Center Square
Based on L L Langstroth childhood notes, a Philadelphia boy and later observer described cicadas or seventeen year locusts. He details ground emergence, larval transition to winged adults, feeding on twigs, egg laying, and a seventeen year life cycle ending with flight.
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L. L. Langstroth
Center Square
Philadelphia
Langstroth
Banjo the Cat and Mrs Wilcox’s Reincarnation Faith
A Philadelphia Press New York Letter describes Mrs. Wilcox's cat Banjo, his aristocratic nature and love of mice, and her belief in reincarnation. She suggests souls move between forms and that many world residents believe in reincarnation, including a personal sense of a Christ within each person.
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Banjo
Mrs. Wilcox
New York
Philadelphia
Rest and Recreation for Busy Women
A Jenness-Miller Magazine idea urges busy women to set aside one hour daily for recreation or rest. Walk, lie down, sew, chat, or study a hobby to renew vitality and view daily duties as less consuming. A month of such practice may restore youth and reveal new beauty in daily life.
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Jenness-Miller Magazine
Electrical systems expand in Shanghai and Bulawayo lighting
A Shanghai correspondent notes rapid growth in American electrical machinery with 140 arc lamps lighting about 15 miles of streets and 43 miles of wire, plus incandescent lamps for homes. In Bulawayo, an American firm wins an electric lighting contract for streets, public buildings, and residences amid European competition.
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Shanghai
China
Electrical Department
The
Munipal Council
South Africa
Bulawayo
Europe
Kickapoo Indian Remedies hailed by Dr von Spiegel
A Saratoga physician credits Kickapoo remedies with cures across many ailments and praises Kickapoo Indian Sagwa as a pure vegetable blood purifier. The advertisement urges readers to try Sagwa and offers free medical advice from the Kickapoo Medicine Co. staff in New Haven Conn.
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von Spiegel
Saratoga, N. Y
C. von Spiegel
Saratoga Springs
Saratogian
Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co
New Haven
Conn
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Patin
Het Ball
Spain
Cuba
Tardy
Lafittes
Gulf
Rest and Recreation
Electrical Machinery
Ting
Prof
Christian von Spiegel, M.D
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