The New Randolph and a Virginia Mystery
Catherine Knight plots to win Lionel Dare by marrying Jessie March’s rival, the new Randolph, who is revealed as the jewel thief. Jessie uncovers his crime after a dying Richmond cabman’s letter leads to arrest. Jessie marries Lionel, Catherine’s plan fails, and years later forgiveness comes.
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Randolph
Lionel Dare
Catherine Knight
Boudoir
Jessie
Lionel
Catharine Knight
Jessie March
Randolphs
Catherine
Ile
London
Virginia
Gortyn Randolph
Paria
Legation
America
Old Dominion
Mr. Knight
John Knight
Richmond
Paris
Papa
Tami
Buccoas
Catharine
Mr. Dare
Catherin
Jonel
Dares
Charles Howard
Ranner
Oregon Spellin Bee Gone Wrong in School Parody
In a humorous classroom scene from the State Sentinel, students including John Hanna Lew Wallace Tom Hendricks and Miss Columbia enact a mock spelling bee about Oregon and other states. The banter centers on misspellings pedantic correction and a mock lesson ending with Sam gaining head of the class amid lighthearted chaos.
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Jobn Hanna
J. H
Oregon
J. H—Damfino
Ben Harrison
John
Bennie
Ol Morton
John Coburn
J. 1
Oliver Morton
Q. M
John Hanna
Lew Wallace
Hanna
Wallace
Hanna—O
Lew
Fellows
Sammy Tilden
Tilden
Veacher
Tom Hendricks
Tom
O' Morton
Louisiana
Florida
Oregton
South Carolina
Baker
Sam
Columbia
State Sentinel
Remedy to drive away rats with copperas and limewash
A Country Gentleman correspondent recommends a rat control method using green copperas dissolved in boiling water poured down holes and scattered in crystals to clear homes of rats. Limewash a cellar with yellow copper to disinfect and deter vermin. The author reports success in driving out rats and mice from an old house with numerous vermin.
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Rata
The Colored Race and a Shared Southern Future
James Freeman Clarke argues the only lasting protection for colored people lies in mutual respect with their former masters, urging peace between laborers and landowners. He notes 4,700,000 bales of cotton require harmony, condemns color politics, and cites Georgia and South Carolina as examples of race relations.
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Georgia
South Carolina
James Freeman Clarke
Ten Rules for Farmers from Exchange
Ten practical guidelines for farm management covering record keeping, timely repairs, prudent spending, fence maintenance, experimental openness, proper fruit tree care, winter stock shelter and rations, and limiting stray animals. The piece emphasizes efficiency, upkeep, and economical, sensible farming practices.
Remarkable Frozen Water Pipe Depths at East River
During the winter of 1874 75 New York water pipes froze six feet underground and the lead pipe to the Stal lett's Point works froze in the East River. When spring came the pipe was lifted and found the contents frozen solid ninety feet below the surface as at the surface.
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New York
East River
Stallett’s Point Works
Running in Debt and the Peril of Youth
The author warns against debt, arguing most merchants fail and debt harms more than hunger or cold. He urges youths to avoid pecuniary obligations, even offering frugal alternatives like parch corn to avoid owing money. He distinguishes real debt from manageable risk and urges prayer for preservation.
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Mars
Brace Greeley
Responsibility with the Republicans in a contested election
The editorial argues the chief responsibility for the electoral crisis lies with Republican leaders in Congress. It accuses them of reviving corrupt issues, inflaming sectional hatred, controlling election machinery in disputed states, sending troops to protect partisans, and approving corrupt allies. It calls for a fair result free of fraud suspicion. New York Herald.
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Congress
Blaine
Althia
New York Herald
Blaine's Case Again Bribe Allegations Emerge
The Boston Herald reports Blaine received 79000 from Francis B. Hayes in 1871 and a second sum from Missouri Kansas and Texas Railroad managers. They allege the payment was a bribe to Blaine, not the sale of bonds to Atlantic and Pacific Railroad.
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Blaine
Francis B. Hayes
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad Company
House of Representatives
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
Mr. Hayes
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company
Hayes
Boston Herald
Farmer's wife sews first pair of pants for son
A young farmer's wife shows skilled hands by fashioning her first pair of little boy pants. The father exclaims with a mix of pride and humor that the boy will be hard to read his routines, unsure if he is headed to school or home.
Finished Sermon Sparks Churchyard Banter
A man exiting church quips that the sermon is finished, while his neighbor jokes that it seemed to start late but finally ended. The light exchange captures local parish wit after the service.
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the Register
Co. Ww. Slater
Howard Randolph
Jensin
Boudier
Ullowance
Father
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