The Mountain House Drama of Jette Hastings
In the coal region of Pennsylvania, Jette Hastings endures a harsh will’s division while Leela Maybee enjoys privilege. An engineer, Burt Fay, arrives and becomes intrigued by Jette as she toils near the spring and mountain path, hinting at future conflict and romance amid-class tensions.
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Leela
Jette
Jette Hastings
Jeola Maybee
Mountain House
Pennsylvania
Harvey Hastings
Leela Maybee
di Cen
Mia Hastings
Burt Fay
Leola
Liola
Isiner
Strauss
Hastings
Burt Pay
Vire
Jutte
Dean
Ward
Mrs. Hastings
Julio
Vry
Tal
Mr. Fay
Jette Hastings Bess
Virginia
Dudley
Miss Hastings
Sibsagar
India
Honorie
Dormer
Coal Sprite Helps Jette Hastings In Mountain Tale
Jette Hastings dreams of a Coal Sprite who promises aid as she endures labor and looming loss. A railroad project, a staged departure, and a sudden marriage proposal alter her fate, revealing a hidden heiress and a coal bed discovery.
Beaten by a star and a streetwise lender tale unfolds
A Detroit capitalists refuses a loan to a flashy New York actor William Lorenzo Smith, who offers a watch chain and diamond pin as security. The exchange ends when a friend exposes the items as worthless glass, revealing Smith’s failed theatrical tour and sudden cash trouble.
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The
Free Press
Detroit
Wiliam Lorenzo Smith
New York
Michigan
Lamdead
English Dog Stealer and German Barber Tales in Nineteenth Century Columns
The excerpt blends colorful street incidents from a Chicago drummer scene, a dog stealing scheme explained, and a vivid account of a German barber's ritual shaving. It also references William J Vanderbilt’s shrinking fortune and a humorous antiquated French essay on historical figures, presented in a fragmentary, magazine-note style.
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William J. Vanderbilt
William H Vanderbilt
Mr. Vanderbilt
Van
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Nouvee Swat
Ogsumm
Odinase
Montes
Portage County
GEO
Fairchild & Bro
Ravenna
A. B. Fairchild
Mill Street
Risdon & Taylor, O
J. H. Nichols
Natin Soverrs
Obie
J. H. Dussell
EY AT Law
Omce
Fusih
Phenix Mock
P. B. Conant
Blackstone Bisee
Sore Cheareana
Ohio
I. H. Phelps
Wf, Ofles
Peter King
Os Baveuss. Univ
A. N. Farr
AMX Public
Mantua
C. Wetepuiy
Mtromima
Hutchins & Thomas
Stereagent Law
Ravenan
Obi
Omicein
IL. T. Siddall
Ompsyeta Sa
P. Sperra
Oce
Wheelars
Mavenoa
C.D. Ingell
LAW and Notary
M. Smith
de ‘Oeitra
E. W. Maxson
Burgees
Basi Atz Blesk
Leiience
Uba
Belden
Iwiestotan
eenon—Oset
King Street
M. G. McBride
M. D
Poe's
VanNess Renioesom
Cleveland
Bowery Street
M. Proctor
Shalersville
Bias
Shaleraville Exchange
A. H. Griffin
Darton
Offca Am First Pubes Bank
Simtosb.m
W. Wae
Crrick
Eastender
West
Peter Flath
Wait
Swift
Wait Brothers
Switt’s Block
Ishaker
Reed's Drug Store
Machin
Hepa
Prospect Street
Ravenna, O
John F. Byers
Baferel
Ayer
J.C. Ayst
Senoncior
Ice
Greg Sane
Munn
Hee Wi
Broadway
Frank
Abd
Farahe
Pretty
Frank Coquette
Hife
Pay
Walthy
Solomon
Shanghai
Howes
Hongkow
Pont du Gard
Colosseim
Pilist
Stornia
Poot du Gard
St. Nicholas
Norember
Nature
Lamstherry
Marshall Messenger
Atela A
Italy
Florida
Bull Run
Beauregard
Howell Cobb
Maying
Charlotte, N. C
Is & Fountain
Barbers
Germany
Lever
Ainre
Pellow
Chicago
Crestline
Chio
Confnetor
St. Louis
Detroit Post
Ting With
Vanderbilt
Burgundy
Mme. de Maintess
Louis Quatorze
Marguerite de Valois
Berri
Crate de Chau
Philions
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