The Bread Tray Baby Meritable’s Christmas Rescue
In a colonial log cabin a brave boy Mose hides his baby sister Meritable in a bread tray to save her from approaching Indians. He recalls a family prayer and a verse about God as refuge as three attackers raid the home seeking provisions. The plan succeeds and Meritable survives the siege.
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Eph
Mose
Mother
Andirons
Old
Eben Harter’s
Eben Harter
Father
Mehitable
Sterppes
Bagdad Lumber Company Runs as Worker Owned Trust
The Bagdad Lumber Blind and Sash company in Florida described by the Times-Union operates as a worker owned trust. Stockholders are workers, clerks, and managers with shares earned through merit and service. Shares are inalienable and pass on death for widow and children. The firm owns 1,000,000 acres of timberland and ships lumber via its own schooners with no capitalists or strikes.
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Bagdad Lumber, Blind, and Sash Company
Florida
Times-Union
Ralph's Revelation at Christmas Bedside Secret
A gloomy lodging house scene unfolds as Ralph Yorke reveals to Eva and his wary father a hidden marriage and child. His father's measured calm shifts to acceptance when Eva's letter and the couple’s child bring the family together. The trio reconciles and plans to embrace their new kinship.
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Ralph
Eddie
Bond Street
Ralph Yorke
Eva Darling
Madison Ark
Eva
Yorke
Mother
Big Fees of Big Doctors in New York City
A New York Commercial Advertiser excerpt notes about 5 000 physicians in the city, one per 300 residents, with many earning modest sums while a small group reaches high incomes. It mentions fashionable doctors serving rich clients, occasional large fees, and specific names tied to notable figures, illustrating a wide income spectrum among physicians.
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New York City
New York
Jared Linsly
Cornelius Vanderbilt
McLane
William H Vanderbilt
Span Hove
Spoon
Hobart Pasha's Vivid Naval Early Life and Tyranny Tales
Augustus Charles Hobart Hampden born April 2 1822, son of the late Earl of Buckinghamshire. He recalls brutal midshipman beginnings, a tyrannical captain, and tales of cruelties including a man flogged for amusement, as recounted in Longman's Magazine.
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Augustus Charles Hobart Hampden
Earl of Buckinghamshire
John Hampden
Easy
Petes
Hobart
Longman’s Magazine
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Mr. Yorke
Hobart Pasha
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