Annie Dreton Weds or Refuses Suitor in 1877 Drama
In Troy New York on a brisk November day Annie Dreton captivates Allan McDonald the county’s wealthiest man with her unassuming charm He proposes and is refused after Annie discovers a rival carpenter named Lane and a bet with a friend After a tense sequence Annie chooses independence over wealth, and McDonald learns humility from the episode
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Annie Dreton
Hat
Annie
Allan McDonnald
Allan
Andes
Tle
Ocrobut
Miss Breton
Misa Dreen
Ilo
Lin
Lane
Matherton
Ghanie
Anita Ureton
Misa Allstone
Mise Allstone
Aga Auule’ Duigor
Avale
Arthur Lane
Mr. McDonald
Allan McDonald
Ile
Mina Breton
Unclear fragment from a German school scene
Fragmentary dialogue shows Mrs. Jefferson Davia not returning to the country, leaving her daughter at a German school. A son contemplates supporting Lori's prayer engraving in a space the size of a nickel. The father's remark questions public view of a cent-sized inscription.
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Mra
Jefferson Davia
Germany
Fragmented note on currency in circulation and per capita
A garbled passage describes United States currency totals: 671,000,000 in legal tender and banknotes, with 216,000,000 in treasury and bank reserves. About 445,000,000 circulates among 45,000,000 people, roughly ten dollars per person.
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United States
Treasury
Hell
Banka
A Farcical Courtship Test in Old Fashioned Style
A middle aged widower Thorpe tests his fiancée Mrs Dotts by confessing ridiculous deformities and fake ailments to prove her love. She counters with equal fabrications, exposing the hoax as a love game and prompting the pair to reconsider their engagement.
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Philadelphia Hallatin
Thorpe le
Hannah
Caid
Horpe
Pim
Gradlova
John
Thorpe
Mia
Betta
Otis
Plecea
Elf seeks physician advice yet objects to a natural death
A distressed elf man, dangerously lost, refuses medical guidance claiming he wants a natural death. The scene shifts to Colorado where warm soda offerings charm locals who exclaim that the beverages are sodalicious and delightfully warming.
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Colorado
Miner Writes Home From Dakota Frontier
A Dinck Hills miner laments delays and danger in sending money home. He warns against ox-cart, mail, or draft transfers due to Indians, delays, and unreliable agents. He asks for a safer method or for a return visit by his brother who replies with a $12 loan.
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Dinck Hills
Deen
Louly
Chevyenne
Oway
Oxprea
Welle
Fargo
Buret
M's
Cheyenne
Custer
Potholed Advice on Clothing and Repairs
A fragmented late edition snippet shows a quizzical exchange about fitting clothing around a large object of water and offering to send a needle and thread to sow a potato patch on the page of a tired dog. The text reads as a curious, rural tirade or proverb fragment with humorous misprints.
That Umbrella of Mine Book Title Echoes in Gossip
A remark in the New Orleans Picayune suggests a book titled That Umbrella of Mine. The playful line compares an umbrella to a wood book borrowed before the owner has time to read it.
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Virginia
New
Eventog Chronicle
Gumbert & Webber
Asioon
Mr. Daniels
Yuba
Jain
Santa Clara Trust
Sacramento Union
Conmissaary
Saya
New Orleans Picayune
Useful Revipes And Household Cures From A Humble Page
A garbled list of older home remedies and DIY tips appears, detailing cleaners for fabrics and leather, methods to remove grease, a formula for fire proof wash, cushions softening with flax seed and tallow, gold bronze mixes for furniture, moth prevention in carpets, and cement for petroleum lamps. The text also includes a stray anecdote about a young man imagining his overcoat and story to tell his tailor.
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Stalin
Uney
Germany
Uling
Patroleum
Paria
Plaster of Paria
Boy Complains of Half Fare on Slow Train
A passenger notes a boy traveling at half fare on a slow train. The boy looks between his ticket and his mother and remarks he is a younger traveler paying reduced fare. The conductor Banty begins to speak as the scene unfolds about the journey.
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Ani
Alana Wa
Banty
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Troy Herald
Anne
New York Graphic
America
Europe
Buasary
Jade Wieh
Chile
Amorios
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