The Diamond Bracelet
In a London drawing room Lady Sarah Hope and her companion Miss Seaton prepare for dinner while a bracelet box and its precious gems tempt attention. Gerard Hope confronts Alice about past and future plans as debt pressures rise and an unspoken romance lingers before a sudden exit and a sister’s plea for money.
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London
Sarah Hope
Alice
Lady Sarah
Miss Seaton
Lughes
Sarah
Hughes
Om Ji
Usin
Tam
Aliee
Seaton
Afiie
Sarah Dhope
India
Chetevix
Caco
Caine
Anik
Hope
Shy
Stich
Gerard Hope
Gerard
Bracelets Reveal a Tale of Debt and Elopement Plans
Mr Hope explains his financial collapse after giving up his heir status. He recounts being kept at Hart House by Colonel and Lady Sarah who arranged a wife for him, leading to a quarrel that ended with his eviction. He admits loving someone else, not the chosen match.
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Gerard
Alice
Gerard Hope
Thomas
Sarah
Francis
EL O
Hone
Wintt
Alies
Mr. Hope
Pam
Tick
Utte
Frances
Hart
Alce
Trimmed Hat for Mersky and a Teutonic Week
A stout servant Eliza asks to trim a hat for a visitor in a Milltown household. She plans to go to America soon with dreams of passage money and a Teutonic week trip to see relatives, while tales of travel and new fashions surface during winter work.
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Eliza
Liza
Teutonic
Milltown
Monument Erected for Jennie Wade in Iowa Sisterhood
A monument to Jennie Wade near Philadelphia National cemetery is being erected by the Woman's Relief Corps of Iowa. The pedestal and statue honor her at age 29, killed July 3, 1863, while helping Union soldiers. The cost is about 3100 and includes inscriptions about her courage.
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Jennie Wade
Citizens
Jontie Wade
Women's Relief Corps of
Iowa
A. D
Gettysburg
G. W. McClellan
Jennie
Evergreen Cemetery
National
Winchester
Corporal Skelly
G. A. R. Post
Philadelphia Record
G. A. R Post
Ravenna Quieted by Time and Echoes of Rome
The Fortnightly Review piece surveys Ravenna’s decline from a once grand harbor and capital of late empire influence. It contrasts the city’s empty churches, grass-grown streets, and lonely corridors with its storied past and proximity to the Adriatic. It recalls Jennie Wade’s Gettysburg tale and reflects on Ravenna’s faded glory.
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Adriatic
Alps
Ravenna
Apennines
Dover
Rome
Hera
Diaz weighs action on Mexican trusts and lottery
The message questions President Diaz about plans to curb trusts in Mexico and whether he will interfere with the major Mexican lottery that draws monthly in Mexico City, amid concerns raised from St. Louis.
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Diaz
Mexico
Dizzy
St. Louis
King Charles I Encounters Somerset Escort Commission
Coroner Joyce leads 600 troops to Holmby to move Charles I amid Presbyterian plot. The king questions Joyce's authority. Joyce points to his force and declares the commission is behind him. Charles deems the commission fair and well written.
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Joyce
Cromwell
Holmby
Charles I
Charles
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Ladies and Gentlemen's
South Clark Street
Brison
Chicago Suburban Water and Light Co
Oak Park, Illinois
Austin
R. N. F. Hiller’s
Tos
North Park Avenue
Austin, Ill
J. Dunfee & CO
Franklin ST
Corner
Washington
Oak Park Ave
Oak Park
Old
Chicago Telephone Company
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