Fire devastates Grand Prairie in Illinois fall of 1890
An Illinois prairie town awake to a night of ruin as a large conflagration destroys fences, corn, grain, and hay stacks. David Clyde and rival Gray face accusations over who started the blaze, ending when Clyde proposes an appeal to Heaven and Gray dies during the dramatic moment.
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Grand Prairie
Illinois
Praiie
Nothern
Daugter
Praries
Clyde
Bluffton
Gray
David Clyde
Prark
Mr. Clyde
Walnut Grove
Praire
Texel
Fisher
Squire
Mr. Gray
Far West Travel Anecdotes From a Massachusetts Correspondent
A Massachusetts correspondent recalls a Mississippi voyage encounter with a mountain man and a Connecticut woman who left for the far West to Christianize and civilize the Te Indians. After two months she reached the planned mission site, stayed a year, then returned to Independence Missouri to prepare notes for a work titled The Far West and the Wonders.
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Mississippi River
Massachusetts
Rocky Mountains
Far West
Connecticut
Independence
Missouri
Mr Sampsons House The Mistakes of a Traveller
A quirky traveler Mr Smith sets out on a long pedestrian journey from a southern city. He stops at taverns for a drink and meal, chats with a boy at a roadside house, and presses on as the day cools and weariness grows.
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Ainly
Sita Ton Secnovo
Mr. Sampson
Jupiter
Sampsons
Mr. Sampeon
Smith
Mr. Seaith
John Smith
Mr. Smith
Walogue on Education and the Poor in Parliament
A dialogue between a Little Boy and middle aged gentlemen critiques how parliament and society fail to educate millions of poor children. They argue about funding and religious divisions blocking universal schooling, leading to crime and punishment for the uneducated.
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House of Commons
Paps
Parliamens
Pepe
Setesh
Aries
Tak
Pose
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2Nd Presbyterian Church
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Bellas & Parasols
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Western Hotel
New York
Edward Deacon
Liberty Place
Cor
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Godturnes de Birber & Hair Dresser
Gazette Office
Plainfield
Razors
Ss. B. Potter
Barclay Street
West
Washington-sts
Thomas H. Rowe
Porter & JO
Word
Liberty St
Cheap Cash
Roe Haven
O Or
Benpatrick
Charles John Te
Bryne
Odd Fellows Hall
Grand-st. N
D. Bullman
Cotneesee
Broad St
Newark
3. Macknet
Plainfield and Vicinity
D. Vail
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Harris
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