Two Girls from Kansas Find Love and Courage in Chicago
Wanda and Bertha Hegel, educated and ambitious, travel from a Kansas farm to Chicago under Mme Muller. They study music and Shakespeare, charm lawyer Charles Burnham, and navigate class, ambition, and mutual affection leading to a double wedding two years later.
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Wanda
Bertha
Wands
Berths
Kansas
City
Mme. Muller
Chicago
Iris
Hegel
Berth Hegel
Wanda Hai
Paris
Homedick
Bertha Hegel
Charles Burnham
Wanjin
Bertin
Burnham
Abe
Charles
Miss Hegel
Cuthbert
Stace
Leman
Barham
Barnham
Cyni
Macbeth
Itha
Madame
Pease
C. D Cardinal
Chicago Tribune
Thrift and Retribution Intertwine in Cautionary Tales
A sermon extols saving and frugality as paths to opportunity, criticizing bondholders and lavish spending. The text weaves in a Kentucky Arkansaw backstory of Hank and Tam, a murder duel, childhood friends turned deadly foes, and a long moral reckoning under an apple tree. It also cites a debt prison in New York and calls for humane, general debtor relief and abolition of insolvent imprisonment.
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Cobler
Tam Joles
Hank
Hank Spain
Tam
Cain
Abel
Kentucky
Czar
Arkansaw
Tom
Murerer
Batle
Sam
Opie P. Read
Monticello
Sullivan County
N. Y
Low
Ludlow Street
Relc
Barbarisu
Mexico
Dni
Mobile
Als
New York State
Cornell University
White
Cornell
Auway Journal
The Rise and Reach of Home Medical Fads Through Time
A survey traces old beliefs from ancient remedies to 18th century quirks and 19th century foibles, noting how ritual cures, superstitions, and limited medical knowledge shaped home treatments. It argues for better education in physiology so families rely on science over hearsay and emphasizes consulting physicians for serious issues.
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Bertha
Macbeth
Wanda
Barns mountain evangelist claims 34000 conversions in seven years
The Philadelphia Press notes Barnes the mountain evangelist claims 34,000 conversions in seven years. The London Tract Society reports 1,133,112 tracts distributed this year, up 654,873 from last year, with Turin exhibition specials planned. The Boston YWCA hosted a La Chocolatiere event with a spoon drill by about 500 young women.
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Barnes
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Press
London Tract ‘Society
Turin
Young Women’s Christian Association of Boston
la Chocolatiere
Zoeton
Pungent Paragraphs and Quips Across Papers
A collage of humorous lines from 19th century papers notes jokes about tomorrows, yesterday, and social quirks. It includes quips from the Whitefield Times Philadelphia papers and Boston Post on manners, aging, and language, plus mock dialogues about daily life and misused grammar.
Miserly patient seeks cure from a loctor
An old man, ill for some time, asks for medical advice from a local doctor. The doctor prescribes a cold bath daily, prompting the patient to worry about walking to town and whether death will result. He asks the doctor to fetch a teacher and an undertaker, signaling resignation to his fate.
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Boston Post
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Booth
Mr. Forsythe
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Robinson
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Benin
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Star of Empire
Lord Metcalfe
M. Manthusin
Remeries
Wy Atleman
Harper's
Josh Billings
Orleant Pirayine
Tahiti
Puck
Warner Concerts
Norristown Herald
Squint
Austin Darkey
Uncle Moses
Moses
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