Edith Lascelles Rejects Suit of Rochdale After Scandal
Edith Lascelles refuses to marry Mr Rochdale after discovering his plan to meet her, travels home, witnesses Lucy Dalton’s troubled marriage, and aids her friend. Edith later denounces Rochdale at dinner, deems him a coward, and departs to her room while her father seethes.
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London World
Mr. Rockdale
Edith Lascalles
Edith
Maria
Mrs. Dalton
Paris
Lucy
Dryaalter
Dent's
Herbert
Baby
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Firth
George Rochdale
Mr. Lucelles
Cousin Minnie
The Balance of Power in a New England Farm
An elderly farmer Mr Harrison dwells with his son Tom and daughter-in-law Mary at the Hull side Farm. As winter tightens, he contemplates gifting wealth but asserts he will hold the balance of power while alive, resisting early relinquishment of the farm, bedchamber, and fireplace despite family pressure and looming timber removals. The tale traces family dynamics, memory, and the stubborn insistence on control amid aging and care.
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Springfield
Pope
Botonga
Harrison
Daily News
Tiny
Thomas
Tom
Atl
Way
Pieter
Akigs
Mary
Nin
Scott
Allers
Father
Promiae
Mr. Harrison
Sallers
Maria
John
Meriden
Land Maria
Thomas Harrison
Chicka
Matia
Carlisle
Thomas Farrison
Squire Bacon
Harrigan
Bacon
Mr. Bacon
Hullside
Squires
Mate
Pather
Parker
Winnhe
Hansa
Jason
Menon
Pig Leads Copper Boom From Calumet Discovery
A Cleveland Leader correspondent recounts how a pig wandering from a drove near Calumet, Michigan uncovered native copper, triggering a vast mining boom. The discovery created a city of about six thousand and now employs thousands, enriching stockholders by roughly twenty five million dollars with humanity about thirty five million richer.
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Sinbad
Valley of Diamonds
Cleveland
Lake Superior
Calumet
Itas
Pig's Hole
Sensible Advice to Workingmen from the 14 Bulletin
The 14 Bulletin of the American Iron and Steel Association offers practical guidance for workers. It urges frugality, distinguishing cheap nourishing food from costly fare, avoiding excessive expenditures, and honoring one’s station. It also counsels staying home if travel to distant relatives is unaffordable and shuns tavern temptations.
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American Iron and Steel Association
Hinself
Proverbial Advice From The Era On Frugality And Duty
A fragment from The eon Age urges thrift and diligence in slavery era work ethic. It counsels saving earnings, avoiding waste, and thanking Providence for opportunities to earn even low wages. The piece emphasizes gratitude, cheerful conduct, and self discipline to improve national affairs through individual effort.
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Rebaovo
Obiavy
Dan
A Remarkable Career Ward Soldier of Fortune in China
A friend of Ward, born in Salem, Mass., recalls his extraordinary life from boyhood at sea to French service, then as commander of a Foreign legion in China. Ward fought for the emperor, married a Chinese noblewoman, became a mandarin, built gunboats, and died bravely before Pekin.
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Gordon
Foreign Legion
China
New York Tribune
Khartoum
Salem
Mass
Vera Cray
Mexico
Central America
Walker
Walkers
San Francisco
Mag
Yraxy
Ono Fe
Someinea pEssney
America
Tie
Pekin
Tian
The Robber Delivers Two Guineas to Lord O
Lord O , an English nobleman, is woken by a highwayman who demands his money. The lord, deaf and imperious, reluctantly hands over two guineas from his purse. The highwayman flees on horseback while Lord O regains the road shook but unharmed, hoping the robber’s fate will catch up with him.
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