The corncrake and the tragedy of Northover
Eunice recalls the summer when her mother died and her father, a game keeper, was killed while defending poachers. Tom, the blacksmith, wooed her but his gun misdeed doomed their future. William Balshaw arranges justice and Eunice ends the doomed romance.
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Mrs. Hartley
Nelly
Northover Woods
Tom Marsden
Northover
Tom
Mother
Father
William Balshaw
Anne
Eunice
William
Thays
Squire Lawson
Lass
Deborah
Diplomacy and wit in a curious social scene
A miscellaneous 19th century anecdote describes a tense moment at an evening gathering. A young lady sits in an alcove with her niece on her knee when a child's exclamation disrupts propriety. The incident, though abrupt, reveals calmness and social tact as Aunt Alice hesitates before responding.
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Alice
Kiekume
Nomans Sufrage in Wyoming Election Dispatch
A Detroit Free Press correspondent joins a Wyoming suffrage tour to observe female candidates in action. Elmina Hopkins campaigns while husband Theodore feigns ill to miss a polling place, risking his vote as the contest tightens and the couple maneuvers around election day duties.
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Woman's Rights Club
Detroit Free Press
Wyoming Territory
Wyoming
Theodore
Liopkins
Elmina
Providence
Baby
Hopkins
Frances
The Discoverer of Vaccination and Early Doubts
The article recounts Jenner’s shift from a young apothecary apprentice to a pioneering figure whose vaccination concept faced years of scorn. It notes his challenge to prove cowpox as protection, his hunt for disease differences, and his test starting May 14 1796, amid broader historical context and a later unrelated Mason context.
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Jenner
Semeda
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Furr
Willian
Yestereve
Bowher
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