Honoria Wentworth Chooses Love Over Wealth At Dernside
In a strained tale of debts and lineage, Honoria Wentworth discovers she is not Cyprian Wentworth’s rightful heir. She travels, learns of fractured kin, and confronts a letter from Geraldine Conmette. Hubert Grahame declares his love and proposes marriage, promising to share Dernside and a tenth of the wealth.
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Honoris
Cyprian Wentworth
Dernfidd
Mr. Wentworth
Honoria
Abe
Conavious
Hester
Cyprian
Rotheffeld
Pale Honoris
Mrs. Crosbie
Pians
Rothert
Dorasids
Southers Home
Ene
Thanit
I Ile
I Ile Malyehbors
Lia Lawyar
Youn Howe
Bud
Ehtllvas
Thak
Hunoria
Saung
Oakar
Sergio
Panulleas
Wey
Mateh
Wantworth
Lad
Sergion
Mantel
Linreida
Grahame
Mra. Croxble
Thole Croatie
Tina Tately
Dernalde
Mie Wentworth
Hubert Grahaina
Mar
Bor
Doriwide
Nina
Hiv Iseng
Kuse
Dean
Geraldine Corbette
Wentworth
Hubert Grahame
Shoe
Wouvworth
Miss Wentworth
Tonger
Minn Wentworth
Shutterin
Mr. Gratame
Oyer
Sam
Dern
Robert Grahame
Naitan Wentworth
Chahams Waldy
Marogine
Sean
Winn
Abranger
Wihn
Hong Kong
Gira Merried
Honorin
Aio
Little Bear
Ariel
Ganaliine Conmette
Sho Wan
Hubert Gratame
Croshlan
Grahames
Dorusida
Poltigan
Tmn
Gratamos
Geralding
Jim
Caneell
Gracie
Sarah
Willie Carnby
Newport
Larchmont
Vorse
Tillie
Wall Street
Vanisland
Wealth Ranking of Nations in Mulhall’s Table
An early article argues the United States leads the globe in wealth, surpassing old world nations. It cites Mulhall’s table showing wealth by country, noting the US rise from nothing to first, amid comparisons with Canada Australia Britain and others.
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Aventus
United States
Mulhall
Canada
Louisville Democrat
Boston Gazette
Puck
Pyn
Walter
Aninton
Alii
Memphis
Linkowan
Énglioor
Dakota
Reminiscences of Early Schoolwork in New London Day
A fragmentary reminiscence depicts strict eighteenth century schooling with spelling drills, needlework, and moral lessons. It recounts teachers enforcing the law of God, students reciting scriptures and catechisms, and the use of old primers and the Columbian Orator as core texts, noting uneven pedagogy and student discipline.
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Hogan
Wobania
Ross
Jonson
Caboll
Pike
Population figures from Chicago city inquiry reveal many names
The Chicago Inter Ocean recounts a house to house survey showing 2000 Smiths in Chicago but 2040 Browns and 2260 Johnsons, noting many people share rare patronymics and that the city’s population nears 800,000. It lists professions and institutions, including 126 schools, libraries, 800 newspapers, hospitals, lunatic asylums, and 826 church bodies, concluding with a moral about Chicago’s sizable population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Green
Jones
Thompson
White
Walsh
Youngs
Murphys
O'Briens
O'Connells
O'Connora
Douglieses
Patersons and
Petersons
Sullivans
Wrights
Eric
Aemlemiis
Nowlee
Chicago Inter Ocean
Fragmented Parisian talk in a late 19th century diary style
A stream of overheard conversations reveals fashion chatter, flirtations, and social plans. Women discuss hats, gowns, weddings, regattas, and upcoming travels, naming Alfred Tavkerman and Grace, with hints of marriages and society events in a bustling urban setting.
Poem Bribery Tale Steals Meal Ticket From Editor
A Detroit Free Press item recounts a humorous scene in which a poet offers a long essay for forty dollars, only to be offered a restaurant meal ticket worth twenty five cents. The editor refuses cash, swapping for a Slop’s restaurant meal ticket as the poet leaves with pages on The Seasons.
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Hergarns
Derren
Slop’s
Ill Starred Lover Ends in Gruel Execution Tale
An African romance ends tragically as Mirando, a royal guard, loves Princess Fwalla but is outmaneuvered by a kingly power. Mirando is bound and executed by a live tree trap after the king’s favored chief seeks Fwalla’s hand, per a report from the St Louis Globe-Democrat.
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Wambugo
Lins
Harrigan
Mirando
Fwalla
Fwadla
Africa
St Louis
Globe-Demon
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS from a bygone era linger in scraps
A patchwork of caustic quips and social jabs from newspapers like Louisville Democrat Boston Gazette and Puck appears. The fragments poke at emigrants, media, public transport and humor about newspapers and public life, with brief lines from various prints and voices.
The Burning of Theaters and Related Statistics
The piece cites The Burning of Theaters by Dr Choquet and ih ik Work, listing theater burnings from 1740 onward and decade totals. It notes thousands of victims, with figures for multiple years and regions, including Capo di Asti and Vienna, and references 450 victims in Vienna’s case.
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Choquet
Theo
Agor Annio
Capo di Asti
St. Beotoraburg
Canton
Tintin
Vienna
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Simme
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Johar
Eleavens
Suid
Powtad
New York
Ayer
Annie
Ann
Annie Westen
Anna Westin
Saratoga
Katin Salt
Walt
Marriad
Clarite Wilson
Tyre Ming
Europe
Avary Hudy
Worth
Paria
Avenut
Cruvac
Abu
Alfred
Mexico
Alfred Tavkerman
Tilliey
Vinantids
Mehodvney
Loxa Atoll
Rome
Boston Burge
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Scotland
Mien
Vesuvius
Erie
Theas
Manuveuire
Scientific American
Woodward
Washington
Niagsara
Horseshoe
Anglish
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