Aunt Ruhamah Returns and Kitty Reaches Hope in Old Farm
In a rural Pennsylvania setting, Kitty Ritchie seeks to restore the family farm with Gideon Tucker’s help while caring for her ailing students. Aunt Ruhamah reappears guiding Kitty to confront a hidden fortune behind the old sunk well, revealing Aunt Ruhamah’s connection to Kitty’s mother and sealing Miss Ritchie’s future.
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Gideon
Toek
Mr. Tucker
Kitty
Miss Kitty
Miss
Lean Turen
Eve
Mrs. Tucker
Mes Tucker
Kittie
Henry Waltenyatt
Ohio
Kitty Ritchie
Old Jack
Tucker
Henry
Mrs Tucker
Ritchie
Harry
Eben
Sarah
Aunt Ruey
Young
Ruhamah
Foreign Devils Curiosities Spark BroadWorld Observations
A translated miscellany highlights Yuan’s view of Western customs in Europe. He notes tea party dances called tanshen, casual salutes, unfamiliar kissing, and English parenting quirks. The piece lists humorous quips and curios about watches, snow plows, and regional foods from North America to the Pacific coast.
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Yuan
Europe
Far East
England
Yuen
Illustrated American
Hungry Higgins
Indianapolis
Dolly
Connie
Mr. Black
Young
Heston Courier
N. Y. Sun
Montana
Mexico
New Mexico
Texas
Pacific
British America
Alaska
Wedding at Jonas? Burtons Old Jonas Sparks a Legal Rite
A frontier Wyoming scene depicts a makeshift wedding officiated by a just-ices of the peace in a cabin at a creek, with Amos Peabody and Mandy Thomas taking vows under improvised Wyoming law amid a crowd and comic exchanges. The tale is recounted alongside diverse notes from the era, including curiosities and a church scene.
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Bow
Wyoming
Stiles
Jonas
Burton
Amos Peabody
United States
Mandy Thomas
Amos
Amos Pes
Mandy
Thomas
Soula
Costa
Chicago Tribune
Dyspeptic Criticism of a Domestic Arts Book in 19th Century Lens
The passage critiques a new work on household management, arguing it misreads modern women’s roles and ignores practical knowledge. It contrasts past stereotypes with today’s educated young women, and notes ongoing debates over domestic arts and dyspepsia’s impact on marriage. A Geographical Item humorously shifts to city dialect banter and minstrel show chatter.
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Mquor
Nuisacee
Law
Erzak
United States
Orid
Oar
Crank
Christ
N. ¥. Ledger
Japan
Hita
Rudolph Virchow
Virchow
Boston
South Atlantic
Mauritius
Europe
Constantinople
Philadelphia
Thomas Elder
Central Australis
New Zealand
Richard Owens
Madagascar
Equator
Bachelon
N. Y. Ledger
Sam
Texas Siftings
Pinkintown
Geo Whittaker
The Work and Wit of Mia Maude Valerie White
A portrait of Mia Maude Valerie White born 1856 in Dieppe and raised in England and France. Traces her training at the Royal Academy of Music, Mendelssohn scholarship, and rise as a celebrated vocalist and composer with songs like Absent Yet Present and The Devout Lover, noting influence on musical world and cautious public recital history.
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Mia Maude
Valerie T Eugttah
Miss Maude
Valerie White
Dieppe
Jane
Valparaiso
Misa White
Bern
France
Aloe
City
Heidelberg
Abe
Rosier
Queen's Ings
Boass
Olive May
Royal Academy of Music
Gir GA. Macferren
Walter Macfarren
Mendelashon
Arin
Wee
Montrose
Minacer
Ce 'Ogee To Let Shore White
Academy
Orchestr
Chili
Vienna
London
Chicago Post
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Pegewens
Oreo Aes
Sister Sarah
Aunt Buey
Lincoln
E. W. Kinsley
Stanter
Kinsley
Massachiusetts
Stanton
WMORY
Florida
Asrs
Times-Union
Aisland Ocean
Augustine
Alfred Kingsley CiSrer
America
de Guines
Ladies' Home Journal
the Woman's Column
New Ray Grim
J. G. Holland
New England
Amelia Cardia
Trensertise Ia
Eae Ae
May L. Demon
Palava
Sonextban Rtng
London School of Medishus Jell
India
N. Y. San
Tel Boas
Tel Sono
Tokio
Bea
Tei Sono
Ameries
T. U
Lee
Aho
Aleep
M. E. Clarke
Buffalo
Clarke
James McNelly
Mra McNally
Kenmore
Cov
Mam~ Hood
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