The Evil Genius by Wilkie Collins III Mount Morven Night
In Mount Morven Mrs Linley frets over Miss Westerfield and a planned morning interview with Mrs Presty. Linley confronts his mother in law about misgivings toward Miss Westerfield and protection of his wife. Sydney faces a heartbreak as she clings to a photograph of Herbert Linley awaiting an uncertain future.
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Mount Morven
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Randal
Pam
Sir George
Sydney Westerfield
Sydney
Linley
Mrs. Presty
Herbert
Miss Westerfield
Mm. Linley
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Linsey
Kitty
Mamma
Max
Syd
Herbert Linley
Alount Morven
Boycott in Lewiston Mills Triggers Ongoing Strike
The Bates Mills at Lewiston Maine faced a strike by loom fixers led by Knights of Labor after a dispute over Dalton's competence and reinstatement. Agent Pratt refused unconditional reinstatement despite union pressure, keeping the strike active as the union later denied responsibility.
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New England
Bates Milla
Lewiston
Agent Pratt
Bates Mills
Pratt
Dalton
Knights of Labor
Mrr. Pratt
Purist Grammarians and the Rise of New Words
In January 9 The Current questions who authorizes language purists to dictate usage and argues that language evolves when words appeal to the masses. It cites Trench and recalls how a common laborer popularized a simpler form over elitist coinages, shaping English organically.
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Porter
Yale
Henry C. White
University of Desert
Utah
Trench
Dyspepsia Relief Promised by Brown's Iron Bitters
An advertisement extols Brown's Iron Bitters as a remedy for dyspepsia and stomach troubles. It cites a testimonial from H. E. Collins of Keokuk Iowa praising the product’s benefits and urges readers to avoid unhealthy eating and restore digestion to usefulness.
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H. E. Collins
Keokuk
Iowa
Lawn creation and renovation tips from American Agriculturist
The article advises soil preparation with manure before laying a new lawn. It recommends sowing on light soils with Red-top or Rhode Island Bent and on heavy soils with Kentucky Blue Grass, each mixed with a quart of White Clover seed per bushel of grass seed. It suggests sod from roadside or pasture for small plots and renovating old lawns with ashes bone meal or nitrate of soda and reseeding thin areas.
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Rhode Island
Kentucky
Bohemian Oats and Fraud Concerns in Farm Sales
Farmers inquire about Bohemian Oats or Skinless oats sold as Bohemian. Agents tout ten dollars a bushel with a pledge to double crops via a bond that is a vague memorandum. The piece mentions Sen West praising St Jacobs Oil in a unrelated Senate debate. Price noted as fifty cents per bottle.
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Europe
United States Senate
West
Missouri
St. Jacobs Oil
Medicine praise letter from Mrs Groves to Dr Warner
Rev H D Groves of M EK Church Clarks ville Mo thanks Dr Warner for a complimentary bottle of White Wine of Tar Syrup that helped his six year old daughter recover from a sore ulcerated throat. He recommends the medicine and plans to buy more at winter’s start. Red flags: outlet Crowder & Reed. The piece then delivers a racialized joke contrasting elopement stories involving Chinese people.
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H. D. Groves
M. EK
Clarksville, Mo
Crowder & Reed
Catarrh Remedy Promises Cure and Political Quips
A column extols Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy claiming cure at any stage and notes Miss Anthony’s claim that twenty six senators support woman suffrage. It jibes at President Cleveland and jokes about public private correspondence. Also promotes Simmons Liver Regulator for constipation and kidney health, and notes New England rum flowing freely in some cities amid election chatter.
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Sage
Anthony
Senate
Susan
Cleveland
Maine
New England
Favorite Prescription and Solar Inactivity Mixed in Fragments
A dated column extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for female ailments as a cure based on long study. The text shifts to a claim about solar inactivity reducing heat on Earth, linking two disparate topics in a fragmented passage.
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Pierce
Markets Reported Prices Across Commodities
The markets list prices for hay wheat flour beef cattle hogs sheep corn butter eggs hens roosters turkeys feathers ducks geese dried apples and other staples with per ton per bushel per pound or per dozen figures across multiple categories. Highlights include hay six dollars per ton wheat eighty five cents per bushel and cotton and meat products priced per pound or dozen as listed.
Wheat and Livestock Prices Reported Across Regions
Wheat prices show March and May figures with mixed cents per bushel across commodities. Cattle and hog markets remain firm with sales in the 3.70 to 4.20 range for light to heavy hogs and steady demand for feeder steers and cattle across Wisconsin Illinois Michigan and neighboring states.
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Mess Park
Carrix
Wegunote
Pee Doo
Win
Ier Gyothnatala Oth
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Michigan
Iowa
Nebraska
Dakota
Minnesota
Kansas
Mixed Western Spot Sees Unclear Event at Goun Quiel
Fragmentary OCR text mentions May and June dates with unclear references to a “Mixed Western Spot” and a 4487 code. No clear persons or organizations are identifiable.
Fragmentary OCR Note on Firms and Values
A garbled OCR fragment lists firms and numbers including 811¢ and 653g¢ with vague references to May and winter terms. Names like Whierat Lower Cash and Oasis Firm appear misread, offering no clear event or outcome.
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May
Saige
Conn
Sige Oe Hho
Oasis
Winte
Market snapshot with mixed commodity rates
City market report shows pork and lard steady with pork at 10.00 and lard at 5.90 while bulk meats and bacon quote varied. Prices for commodities like cheese and beef are listed with uncertain figures and several entries appear garbled or incomplete.
Literary garble needs clean headline
Fragmentary OCR text shows scattered numbers and words with no clear event or entities. The readable bits include prices and dates but lack coherent subject or participants to form a factual summary. The piece seems damaged and not enough for a proper card.
Wirar Western higher No 2 Winter Red Spot and March
Fragmentary OCR note lists possible plant or product names with scattered dates and prices. Mentions Wirar Western higher and OaTs Western White with mixed references. No coherent event or clear entities beyond obscure terms and numbers.
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