Escape Plan Denied by Plank as Georgia Girl Confronts Intruder
An Army era scene unfolds with Colonel John trapped behind a heavy plank in a Granger house. A hidden escape is foiled as a shadowy intruder is replaced by a Georgia girl who silences him with a cold warning. The narrative hints at Atlanta’s interior before Sherman's advance and a tense confrontation ends with a poised threat from Molle.
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Emmett
Skaggs
Atlanta
Sherman
Granger
John
Molle
Duty That Urged Her To Save Him In A Turbulent Scene
A dramatic scene shows a woman acting from duty to save a man, who recovers quickly once he realizes there is no threat of action against him. Her presence steadies the moment as tension resolves.
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John Ridgeway
Trenti
Lyndharst
Atlanta
Slerman
Georgia Girl and Yankee Soldier in a Silent Escape
In a tense exchange set during the war, Mollie the Georgia girl protects a Yankee soldier, promising to help him escape while insisting she cannot forgive the wrongs done to her family. The pair navigate hidden feelings, duty, and a fragile pact as danger closes in around Atlanta.
Drum-Head Court Found Amid Confederate Night Watch
Colonel John, sensing danger near the old plantation, spots a campfire where about twenty Confederates keep warm. A dashing major in a new uniform leads the party as guards scour the mansion, while John analyzes possible looting and Yankee invasion risks. The scene ends with an overseer conversing loudly with the major.
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John
First Order
Star and Bars
Squire Granger
John Ridgeway Ends Courting Under Tree Shadows
A fragment shows John Ridgeway, possibly a colonel, declaring service to a woman made by war fortune. He gently takes her hand, promises a future meeting, and leaves Mollia angry yet unresolved as he retreats into the night.
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John Ridgeway
John
Mollia
Oxford Man Tells Milk Joke At Philadelphia Hotel
An Oxford man Sir Charles Kirkpatrick visiting an English football team shares a milk tale in a Philadelphia hotel. A visitor praises milk as a good drink, and a Surrey curate with cows opens a dairy named John Vincent M A. The punchline: a farm hand jokes that M A on the sign stands for Milk Awker.
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Oxford
Charles Kirkpatrick
Philadelphia
Surrey
Crawley
John Vincent
Large Estate Left in Trust for Francis Skinner Jr
The will of Boston millionaire Francis Skinner places the entire estate, save $20,000, in trust for his son Francis Skinner Jr. who married Sadie Carr daughter of tailor Patrick Carr. The testator leaves $20,000 to the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard College and notes Sadie Carr as a strikingly handsome woman.
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Francis Skinner
Boston
Francis Skinner, Jr
Sadie Carr
Arnold Arboretum
Harvard College
Patrick Carr
Would Take Another Chance at Ticknor and Fields
A young author visited the Ticknor and Fields publishing house in Boston seeking Mr Fields. The austere publisher greeted him and the interview began with questions about Mr Ticknor and the publisher’s identity. The exchange reveals a cautious, formal tone as the author attempts to identify the proper editors.
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Auther
Ticknor & Fielda
Boston
Fields
Mr. Flelds
James T. Flelda
Ticknor
Washington notes on Senate bill and indictments in Indian affairs
In Washington on March 2 1900 Senator Dolliver lauds the senate committee action on the interstate commerce bill as open and straightforward. Aldrich Crane Foraker and Roosevelt are noted on votes and court review. The interior department intensifies probes into fraud in five civilized tribes. Midshipmen Lofland and Chaffee resign from the naval service. A Dominican republic customs treaty is reported with amendments. Uniform divorce law measures tighten migratory divorce rules, and fraud as a crime in divorce is proposed.
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Committee On Interstate Commerce
Dolliver
Senate Committee
House of Representatives
Senate
Aldrich
Crane
Messrs. Elkins
Kean
Foraker
Roosevelt
Indian Territory
Interior Department
Washington
Hitchcock
Moody
Johnh. Lofland
Oskaloosa
Earl W. Chaffee
Michigan
Naval Academy
Congress
Lofland
Bonaparte
Minneapolis
Lacey
Sixth
United States
Dominican Republic
Senator Lodge
Committee On Foreign Relations
Congress in Focus A Week of Votes and Debates
Washington reports review a busy week in Congress with House passage of 416 private pension bills and attempts to gain access to Internal Revenue Bureau records for prohibition enforcement. Senate discussions cover the Hepburn railroad rate bill, five civilized tribes affairs, and statehood votes. House military measures address army appropriations and rank abolitions, while Dolliver defends rail policy and Foraker remarks on Elkins law.
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Washington
House
Internal Revenue Bureau
Senate
Tillman
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Aldrich
Clapp
Indian Territory
Beveridge
Hopkins
Hale
Corbin
McArthur
Grosvenor
Ohio
Foraker
House of Representatives
Dolliver
Military Committee
Price
Brakeman Crushed to Death in Coupling Accident
Mason City report from March 1 states Otto Post, a Chicago and Northwestern brakeman, was crushed to death while coupling ears. his foot caught in a trough and he was ground to pieces by an approaching engine.
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Mason City
Otto Post
Chicago & Northwestern
Inventory Clerk Found Sleeping Amid Empty Bottle
A London house agent’s clerk sent to catalog furniture collapsed asleep on a parlor sofa with an empty bottle beside him. The mistress discovered the scene, noting his delayed progress and a typographical error in the inventory book as evidence of his ineptitude.
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London
Iowa Senate Passes Circle Removal and Primary Measures
Des Moines reports show the Iowa Senate passed the Smith bill removing the circle from the Australian ballot and approved a $300 experimental fund for poor farms via supervisors. The body also moved on road district reforms and adopted resolutions honoring Col. Henderson, with funeral attendance planned and a floral offering authorized. House actions included limiting indebtedness for cities and archival preservation funding, while primary law debates continued amid petition pressure.
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Des Moines
Gilland
Boards of Supervisors
Wilson
Ul Nton
County Farmers’ Institute
Smith
Senate
G. 8. Robinson
Board of Control
Henderson
Crawford
House
Dunham
Rae
Frudden
Dubuque County
David B. Henderson
Kendall
Lewis
United States
Temple
Committee On
Calderwood State Employment Office
Buckingham
Herriott
Courtright
Hartshorn
Wade
Darrah
Hanna
State Board of Health
Iowa City
D. B. Henderson
Frodden
Greeley
Ericson
Knoxville
Hollembeak
Lundt
Herd
Representative Dixon Witnesses Lynching Narrative
Montana Representative Dixon recalls a vigilante lynching plan against two prisoners, an Irishman and a Swede. The Swede slipped free as he was pushed from the bridge when the rope failed. The Irishman warned about rope safety as he prepared to be hanged, saying he cannot swim.
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Dixon
Montana
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Mollie
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Baermans
Dave
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