Barton and Sally Meet in an 1820s Farmyard Tale
Orphan Barton Baynes comes to live with his uncle on a Rattleroad farm in Lickitysplit around 1826. He encounters Sally Dunkelberg and the Silent Woman known as Roving Kate. A prediction of Barton’s bright future clashes with Amos Grimshaw’s doomed fate before Barton’s return home with Silas Wright Jr.
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Barton Baynes
Peabody Baynes
Deel
Rattleroad
Lickitysplit
Sally Dunkelberg
Barton
Kate
Atos Grimshaw
Baynes
Amos
Michief
Dunkelbergs
Canton
Silas Wright, Jr
Sally
Aunt Deel
Uncle Peabody
Mr. Wright
Dog Draper
Esc
Silas Wright
U. & Senate
William L. Marcy
Wright
Azariah Flagg
Albany
Old Kate
Butery
Bart
Ol' Kate
Ol’ Kate Ravin
Homecoming in Canton and a boy's first breeches
The narrator recalls a midnight return to family after a long absence. Aunt Deel and Uncle Peabody celebrate, and a plan to attend Canton’s church deacon’s meeting unfolds. The boy unveils his new breeches, hopes to impress Sally Dunkelberg, and endures mixed reactions from the village.
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Uncle Peabody
Aunt Deel
St. Lawrence
Canton
Mr. Wright
Sally
Mrs. Hornece Lantelberg
Meeting with Mr Wright During Illness
The narrator recalls a severe illness with lung fever after a chill and describes Dr Clark visiting from Canton. Mr Wright visits, vows to help, and travels to Canton to assist, while Aunt Deel praises his extraordinary generosity and intellect.
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Mr. Wright
Doctor Clark
Canton
Peabody Baynes
Deel
Stile Wright
Candles and Books Brought by Wright Box
A scene at home with a box of books and magazines from S Wright Jr. read aloud by Miss Baynes and Aunt Deel. The collection includes Cruikshanks Comic Annual, Hood's Comics, Hawthorne, Milton, and United States Magazine with stories of the West and the stoneless land of plenty.
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Ballybeen
W. Ir
Bart
Martin
Deel
Uncle Penabody
Miss Mitford
Miss Austin
John Milton
Felicia Hemans
Washington
Doctor Duckworth
United States Magazine
Democratic Review
New York Mirror
Uncle Peabody
Aunt Deel
Stept
Silence and Strange Visitor Stir a Quiet New England Evening
In a rural New England setting, a neighbor brings the Republican revealing Silas Wright’s Senate election. A wary family discusses Wright’s modest stance and a late visitor, the aging Kate, a wandering, judged figure who arrives with a gentleness that softens the night as the narrator fears the potential danger of leaving her unprotected.
Barton Encounters a Mysterious Point Called Money
Barton becomes aware of a wonderful and mysterious point named Money and considers what possessions may achieve. Do not miss the next installment.
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Barton
Tak
Fortitude in Distress Admonition by Plautzua
A fragment quotes Plautzua praising fortitude as a great help to distress, reflecting a moral maxim embedded in a broader textual context. The line stands as a concise, aphoristic engagement with resilience and endurance.
End of War Board Marks Shift to Market Price Readjustment
The Industrial Board of the Commerce Department ends its effort to stabilize postwar prices. Chairman George N. Peek and six members resign after failed talks with railroad and steel leaders in New York. With dissolution, supply and demand will guide peacetime price shifts.
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Hines
Railroad Administration
Industrial Board
Navy
Palmer
Reds Hold Yanks Archangel Prisoners Exchange Mission Fails
A commission of allied officers led by Capt A Harzfeld from Kansas City returned to Archangel after negotiations at Vologda failed due to Bolshevik politicking. Private Earl Fulcher from Tyre Michigan and Capt Harzfeld were allowed to depart. Private August B Peterson of Whitehall Michigan died from wounds and shell shock. Six Americans remain free on Moscow streets following the efforts of the commission.
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Archangel
A. Harzfeld
Kansas City
Vologda
Earl Fulcher
Tyre
Mich
Harzfeld
August B. Peterson
Whitehall
Moscow
Munich Quiet After Four Weeks of Turmoil Ends
The city of Munich returns to calm as four Spartacist nests are cleared by Hoffman government forces. The administration plans to implement a Bavarian council government without communist features. Released hostage Prof. Bernhard calls the Munich experiment a failure and unworkable.
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Munich
Hoffman
Bavaria
Bernhard
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Irving Bacheller
Eben Holden
D’ri and I
Darrel
The
Blessed Isles
Lizzie
Mrs. Dunkelberg
Little River
Redfield
Falls
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