Miss Betty and the Dam Break In Maygreen House
An elderly Miss Betty endures a quiet life until a dam bursts during a spring storm. May Perkins and John McIntosh return, stirring romance as Miss Betty clings to memory while catastrophe and fate push her toward a wedding and new status. The tale blends loss, resilience, and social ties in a New England village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty
Papa
Miss Betty
John McIintosh
Wrenty-Throa
John
Squire
Squire Perkins
Hoe
John McIntosh
George
Shanghai
Boetty
Maria
New England
Elizabeth Perkins
Dean Mapaw
Seveteen
Miss Perkins
America
Nineenly Furs
Mariaa Rominson
Peseroy Apentt
Siena
Italy
May Perkins
Miss Letty
Miss May Perkins
Tam
John MeImtosh
Paris
Miice
Perkins
May
Mr. McIntosh
Joan
Aunt Betty
Daan
Pungent Paragraphs From Various Papers
A collage of witty lines and quips from multiple papers including the Springfield Union New Age Mobile Register and Washington Critic. It features aphorisms on education time perception faith and wealth plus humorous misreadings and snippets about trains and racing culture. The excerpts resemble newspaper snippet humor and editorial asides from late 19th or early 20th century literature.
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Springfield Union
Mobile Register
Zaat Walton
N.Y. Ledger
Why Demorrs Victory Tied to 1876 and 1884
An Indiana editor argues the Republican defeats were not accidents but results of party misrepresentation and postwar sentiment. The piece insists Democratic recovery was inevitable, aided by the war’s lingering effects and rallying around Democratic principles rather than accidental factors. It critiques claims blaming minor incidents for Blaine’s loss and emphasizes normal public sentiment favoring Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tette
Foraker
Wheeling
Grand Army of
West Virginia
Army
Navy
United States
Selfors
Grand Army of the Republic
Ohio
Tuttle
Grand Army
Cleveland
Grant Army
Chicago Herald
Democratic Party
Tilden
Brother Burchard
Roscoe Conkling
Republican Party
Joan C. Black
Pension Bureau
Black
Republic
Daniel E. Sickles
Tanner
Aml
Boner
Corporal Tanner
John C. Black
Brooklyn
Detroit Free Press
Indiana
Telia
New York
Blaine
New Jersey
Elaine
Political Notes from a Fragmented Era
A compilation of 19th century political quips from newspapers. Quotations accuse Northern Republicans of treachery and call for renewed conflict to sway veterans votes. Names include Richmond Dispatch, J. B. Foraker, Sherman, Conkling, Louisville Courier Journal, Riddleberger, and Atlanta Constitution.
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Republic
Richmond Dispatch
J. B. Foraker
Riddleberger
Atlanta Constitution
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The
Eno
Towm
Aly
Amires B. Sexton
Century Magasine
Sint
New Yorker
Science and Industry
National
Vogel
G. C
South America
John Ball
Tocopilla
Vienna
Stromer
Lerger
Europe
England
Germany
France
Belgium
Austria
Switzerland
Sweden
Russia
Holland
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Borsig
Berlin
Siend
Washington
Rantsey
Cambridge University
Detroit
Indianapolis Sentinel
Popular Party
Thomas Kirby
Banker
Abilene, Kansas
J.B. Bonebrake
Theo, Mosher
Bank
First National Bank
Capital
Abilene Bank
J. M
Camisler
Mer
Lebold, Fisher
Bankers
W Felt
Drs. Felty
Shollenberger
Joferson Medical College
Lant Yin Pa
Mine
Tr. Sarcelon
F. Garcelon, M. D
Faulkner
Broadway
Seventy Freet Tea Avenue
J. M. Glossane
Abilene
Kansas
M. Kirsch
Kan
Palace
Palace Drug Store
W. P. Seeds
Attorneys AT Law
W. T. Davidson
Postofee
Cortractor
Carpenter
Offee
Eam of
Chicago Lumber Yard
Cottage Avenue
Gideon Folk
John E. George's
Excelsior Billiard Hall
Spruce Street
Wan
Walveran
Primal
J.ner
Armat
Lisiment
Lalouedina
Serte Alwaza
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