Wild frontier town rumor echoes in Ridgeley plot
Major Overton battles pride as Peyton Fauntleroy’s son Dare returns to Ridgeley. Hawkins schemes with Mrs Townley to secure Overton's claim while Dare adapts to Exeter life under looming English suitors and a tense family legacy.
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Peyton Fauntleroy
Allen
Overton
Mra Townley
Ridgeley
Major Overton
Dave
Mammy
Garret
Exeter
Marster
Von
Oman
Tomorong
Tadeo
Dare
Eton Townley
Miss Overton
Mel
Mrs. Townley
Mummy
Suse
Aunt Mel
Elie
Tam
A Marvelous Escape from Sixth Floor Fire
Miss Lillian Kreiger of Troy escaped a studio fire at Stetheimer's collar shop by leaping from a sixth story window. She fell into a firemen's net with only a sprained ankle, kept conscious throughout, and later walked away unharmed aside from the ankle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Kreiger
Troy
Stetheimer
Kreiper
New York World
Riding on a Sunbeam Invention for Carrying Sound by Light
In the Volta laboratory Dr. Alexander Graham Bell demonstrates a light guided sound device. A pine board with a sunlit mirror diaphragm transmits voice along a beam of light over hundreds of yards. The setup uses soot as a light sensitive receiver and suggests future commercial viability.
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Volta Bureau
A. Graham Bell
Dr. Bell
The Queerest Town Fish City Michigan Ice Built City
A description of Fish City Michigan on Saginaw Bay. In winter a tented town with 6000 goats sheltering in rough pine cabins catches lake trout for the market. A seasonal mayor, fire engine, chapel, meeting house and stores serve a busy population.
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Michigan
Fish City
Mich
Saginaw Bay
Lighting a Buoy Sparks New Life Saving Aid
A buoy with a small storage battery lights when deployed, rising vertically as it hits the water to guide night rescues. Its incandescent glow helps locate a man overboard. In a Ky dispatch, Sammel Clary, 88, who aided Harrison’s 1840 campaign, died and left his hat to Mrs. Dimmick for her upcoming anniversary to General Harrison.
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Vicins
Ridgeley Fury
Allen Leroy
Old Man
Allen
Hawkins
Viggard
Widder
Jim Townley
Townley
Hawking
Sep
Dave
Mrs. Townley
Dimmick
Plemingsburg
Sammel Clary
William Henry Harrison
The Elder Dumas and His Lady
Description of elder Dumas by Emily Crawford with notes on Dorval and Menken. Portrait highlights his appearance, temperament, and “bon chien” affection from Mme Dorval, plus a separate Worcester review praising Stephen Salisbury’s public spirit and philanthropy. Includes peppermint oil production snippet and scattered literary clippings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. Dorval
Dumas
Adah Isaacs Menken
Africa
Victor Hugo
Newfoundland
Emily Crawford
Century
Region of Wonder Roraima Escapes Yet Unscaled
A British Guiana regional feature describes Roraima and its tablelands on the Schomburgk line as a perilous high plateau system. It notes cliffs as sheer as the Hudson Palisades, with 2000 foot cascades and possible unique flora and fauna preserved on isolated summits, prompting calls for an international park if borders shift.
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Venezuela Boundary Commission
British Guiana
Yellowstone Park Reservation
Roraima
South America
Cascades
Amazon
Orinoco
Essequibo
Knkenham
Demerara
Schomburgk
Great Britain
New York Sun
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American Press Association
Tennessee
Stirling
Ike
Jancey
Fauntleroys
Jor Overton
Melissa
Daro
Chile
Margaret Dong
Clove
Holiday
Buytishiman
Gome Mo
Miss Kreiger
Stephen Saliabury
Worcester
Maas
Stephen Salisbury
Salisbury
New Yor
Shington Post
Porter
London
Schomburge Line
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