A Woman's Victory and a widow's hidden fate
Ellinor Powerscourt, seven months a widow, endures ruin after a failed marriage to Rupert Powerscourt. She ferrets a path from poverty to fame as Lenore, a stage sensation who captivates Brooke Powerscourt. He falls for Lenore unaware she is Ellinor, Rupert's widow, and their marriage tears apart his fortunes and heart.
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Crooke Powerscourt
Rupert Powerscourt
Ellinor Powerscourt
Ellinor Wal- Wate
Ellinor
Thlende
Tie
Morehan
Kalinor
Renanna
Powerscourts
Milivor
Brooke Powerscourt
Eliinor
Powerscourt
Mademoiselle Lenore
Ormonde
Lenore
Powerrcourt
Grace
Frank Ormonde
Amlile
Liondo
Persevera
Ile
Hera
Mr. Powerscourt
Juttera
Siren
Stupert
Columbia River Salmon Harvest Amid Rich Upstream Sight
The Columbia River in Oregon yields rich salmon runs near its mouth. A single haul brought 110 large fish sold to canneries for about 50 cents each. Indians spear salmon along the banks while fish crowd the river, creating a foul air and a grand but harsh harvest scene. Later, a column laments farmers neglecting intellectual and cultural growth of their families, urging home entertainment, books, music, and arts to elevate children and improve domestic life.
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United States
Columbia River
Oregon
Isimmonse
Columbia
Indias
St. Paul
Allita Associationa Anu
New York Tribune
Egypt perils and promises seen through an Egyptian traveler
A traveler to Egypt writes to Philadelphia Jews about British control potentially transforming the Delta into a vast cotton area with improved governance and security, while noting the Fellaha’s harsh labor conditions. He fears a British occupation and possible incorporation into an Anglo-Tudor Empire, and laments the khedives lack of a navy.
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Peepie
Egypt
Philadelphia
Theo Khedive
Hal
England
Mkhedive
How to Keep Well Remedies for summer dieting
From a Journal of Health excerpt, urging gradual reduction of meal portions to prevent summer ailments. Advises not to starve but eat less of favored foods, reduce tea and coffee, and cut portions by one quarter per meal as weather warms. Endorses stopping eating when genuinely hungry.
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Journal of Health
Fragmented OCR summary of a 19th century note
A garbled passage discusses economics and social conditions with references to energy, theft, Turkish soldiers pay, and wheat prices. It mentions a mail reader stopping his paper for cost, selling grain below market, and general discouragement from poverty. The fragment hints at caution against waste and the impact of low wages.
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