The Little Dark Doctor Adventure Aboard and Ashore
On a voyage Ladislaw travels with a doctor the narrator calls the little dark Doctor who tends her pulse and entertains with songs stories and charm. A veiled Heidelberg Castle mystery grows then Mr Finch the artist appears as a rival observer. In Germany a Christmas tree and New Year’s vigil heighten tension before a revealing twist about Finch’s true, criminal identity.
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Harper's Bazaar
Ladislaw
Europe
Mr. Finch
Mackintosh
Walpurgis
London
Ana
Adams
New England
Heidelberg Castle
April
Rembrandt
Amsterdam
Germany
Old City
Marriage Market Among Roumanians in the Carpathians
The Boston Herald reports a yearly Aposles Peter and Paul feast market on the Gaina high valley where 5000 to 6000 feet above sea level marriageable Roumanian girls, with families and dowries, are viewed by suitors. Bachelors bring gifts and gold or silver girdles. betrothal is sealed by a handkerchief rather than a ring, often prearranged but still solemnized.
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Boston Herald
Carpathians
Peter and
Paul
Lincoln hints at re election desire during December
The Boston Budget reports a Washington letter recounting a December conversation with Leonard Swett and Thurlow Weed. Lincoln admits ambition to serve out his term if the Union remains at risk, and he opposes Andrew Johnson’s nomination as vice president, favoring Daniel S. Dickinson of New York instead.
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Washington
Boston
Eed
Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Daniel 8. Dickinson
New York
Moonshiners Siege Peek House in 1878 Shootout
Deputy Phillips recalls the Peek house fight as moonshiners surrounded the home of old man Peek in 1878. Gunfire, a wounding, and a tense siege followed while local citizens and reinforcements arrived to pacify the mob and drive off the attackers.
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Davis
United States
Phillips
Tennessee
Nashville Union
Peek House
David
Nashville
Charles Tippen
Press Smith
Peek
Bishop Oberly’s Story at Springfield Talk
Springfield Republicans recount Bishop Oberly new Civil Service commissioner as entertaining speaker who recalls early Illinois legislature days. He recalls fears entering the capitol and how brief remarks by fellow lawmakers eased his nerves with jokes about ink stands and frozen ink.
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Springfield
Bishop Oberly
Illinois
Speaker
Oberly
Theatrical Tastes Split by Region and Era
A veteran manager cites regional audience tastes in the theater. Southwestern melodrama falters while Shakespeare, especially Hamlet, draws crowds in Texas. The South favors melodrama, Puritan regions prefer variety acts, and Quakers in Philadelphia support burlesque.
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The
New York Herald
Southwest
Texas
South
Newland
Newport
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
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Dark Doctor
Mary N. Prescott
Holland
Zaandam
Bobby Shafto
Bobby
Mrs. Adams
Peter the Great
America
Heidelberg
Schloss
Abraham
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