Beckley Village Carrier and a Cripps Girl
Esther Cripps accompanies her carrier to Oxford while fending off fear. She overhears workers at a haunted quarry near Headington and discovers a pale hidden figure, a dangerous moment that ends with her fainting as falling rock traps unfold.
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Esther
Golden Cross
Cripps
Dusister
Zak
Ward
Sally Drewn
Mies Dyrawin
Carr
Werner
Esther Cripps
Exde
Beabke
St. Clement’s
Exie
Ukealonian Sentinel
Oxford
Oa Littl
Headington
Gipsy
Per Soen
Leviticus
Stow Wood
Zummat
Yonner
Fiddler's Lucky Find From an Old Watch Trade
City Assessor PF I Moore of Lansing traded a watch for a faded fiddle. He repaired it after 25 years and found the instrument a Steinery violin from Germany dated 1767. Its value could reach about 1000 dollars and he plans to tax it accordingly.
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Tvo
PF. I. Moore
Lansing
Moore
Germany
Detroit Tribune
Mother of the Right Sort Celebrated in Story
In Somerville Journal, young Alice rushes home from school praising Ethel Talbot’s mother as the loveliest. The child notes she tolerates Ethel saying By golly and admires the family’s cheerful, permissive example.
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Alice
Ethel Talbot
Ethel
Somerville Journal
No-Fault Kingship Quip Sparks Debate in Bangor News
An exchange in Bangor News parodies the saying that a king can do no wrong. The witty retort suggests the maxim may have originated with a man who held four aces, reflecting a playful take on authority and luck.
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Bangor News
Sleep Trouble Haunts Angeline and Meliscent
Dialogue reveals Angeline laments loss of beauty due to insomnia while Meliscent questions the duration of her sleeplessness, hinting at a literary or stage context. The exchange foregrounds themes of vanity and unrest without further context.
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Angeline
Meliscent
A Night at Mr Gough's and an Impending Union
Vladimir and Marushka confront an emotional night after a secret stay with Mr Gough. He orchestrates a hurried marriage plan while Marushka reveals her confession, and the couple realizes their perilous happiness may be short lived.
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Vladimir
England
Life and love endure through storms and sunshine
The speaker reflects on life with its cares and joys, praising his wife Macascha and her support. He reassures her with the vow to face future trials together, departing this world united and hopeful under a free sky.
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Rosen
Maruscha
Marushha
Vladimir
Macascha
Marascha
Garden of Eden
Old Battery Dock Found Near Whitehall Street
Workmen digging the subway loop at Whitehall Street uncovered part of an old dock once serving Commodore Vanderbilt’s steamboats between the Battery and Staten Island. They found oak planks in good condition, pine stringers, a 1803 cent, a 1735 halfpenny, an English cannon ball, and an English coat-of-arms ball.
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Old Battery
Whitehall Street
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Battery
Staten Island
New York Post
Fobb
Staten Island Ferry Company
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Patty Ori
Ancoser
Exeetos
Bren Street
Pier Ke
Dune
Currier
Oxferi
Zzechary Cripps
Ander den Linden
Mr. Gough
Rosen's
London
Afr
Moils
Sough
Marusha
Stein-Strasse
Sweet Dove
Thiergarten
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