A Country Trip That Leads to Marriage and Mystery
A first-person narrator recounts a voyage to Plymouth to visit an uncle and the discovery of a scheming plot to marry a wealthy heiress, Rose Rocks. Amid a railroad accident, a hurried wedding, and travels to New York, he discovers a web of aunts guardians and letters shaping a fortune. The tale shifts to a humorous Chicago fair encounter as a spectator warns against con artists.
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Plymouth
New Orleans
Smith
Bodie
D—I
Burton
Hawk Ted
Barton
Mr. Sarva
A Baby Soliloquy From a Child Hospital Scene
A fragmentary monologue voices a baby in distress, expressing disorientation toward the world, longing to scratch at a blanket, and escalating cries as paregoric dulls pain. An old nurse feeds the child and watches, while the speaker contemplates future reaction to the world.
Investing in Roads Outweighs Good Horses in Value
A writer argues that investing in well constructed roads yields greater long term value than superior horses or mules. He notes improved road efficiency boosts owner value, calling permanent roads essential for regional growth. The essay questions road tax fairness and envisions permanent paving as a future parish concern. The piece cites a 19th century economic perspective on transport infrastructure.
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Ove
Avo
Scientific American
Erie
Srivad
H. Jarete & Co
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Allen County
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Leavenworth City
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Texnr M. Burceten, LLC
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Idla
Neosho Valley Hotel
Winays
Tols, Kansas
T. Winans
T. E
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Tondera
Kansag
Banufi
Kan
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Mr. Duntar
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New York
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Kentucky
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Adam
Laory
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Gube
Marta
Dene Williams
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