A tale of forbidden love and family rifts
In a German castle, Fritz Buernfeld defies his aristocratic parents by eloping with Marie, the fiddler Hans Keller’s daughter. Years later a Christmas reunion unfolds as Marie dies, Fritz’s child Theodore is sanctified into the family, and forgiveness and peace slowly heal the broken ties.
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Fritz
Fraulein von Stefenfels
Tradden
Fraulein
Rudolph
Sophie
Asurd
Eleanors von Weber
von Buernfelds
Weimar
Hans Keller
Marie
Dorothea
Mother
Hans
Berlin
Herr Friedrich von Buernfeld
Friedrich
Buernfeld
Freidrich
Johan
Yorothea
Theodore
Grodeist
Christ
Ella Goodwins Trial Ends in Quiet Household Change
Ella Goodwin frets at marriage life and plans a moral shakeup urged by Aunt Mary. She refurbishes the home while Will Goodwin, often absent, returns to a brighter, better managed house and Ella’s renewed devotion through cooking and piano practice.
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Ella
Jane
Harry
Will
cHa
Charley
Nell
Mary
Charley G
Ella Goodwin
Will Goodwin
Baby
Tam
Kha
Mira Creighton
Cepead
Thackeray Poem on Aging and Faith
A sonnet-like verse recalls a maiden’s beauty and youth fading into old age. The speaker muses on life's hard path and final reward, ending with the thought of an angelic rest in the Lord.
Society and the cost of living drain a young man’s income
A bookkeeper earning $2,000 yearly spends on board, papers, drinks, cigars, theater, and travel, plus dress and social duties. By year’s end his expenses exceed income by 250 to 1,000, leading to overdrawn accounts and ruin as he turns to peculation and ends in the Tombs. Society drives the downfall.
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Geo. P. Rowell & Co
Park Row
New York
Ochecis
Araminta
Augustus
Hartford man defects from Democracy over Johnson era actions
Edward F. Cleveland of Hartford announces his departure from the Democracy and denounces the party and its leaders for broken reform pledges. He also faults the election of Eaton, a Bourbon and rebel sympathizer, to the Senate.
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Cleveland
Hartford
Connecticut
Andrew Johnson
Democratic Party
Burbon
Eaton
Senate
Cheek and Marshal Jack Spicer at Paris Ball Tale
Excerpt recounts Jack Spicer of Kentucky at a Paris ball with John Y. Mason as our minister. Spicer wore epaulets and followed French Marshals, claiming his office as Marshal of the Republic. The piece contrasts grand talk with brutal realities of cavalry charges and battlefield injuries described by Dickens.
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Hotel de Ville
Paris
John Y. Mason
Jack Spicer
Kentucky
Jack
France
Republic
Mr. Mason
Frankfort
the Republic
Cincinnati Star
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Swineford & Sons
T. D. Brooks
Sherman
Opera House
D. L. Corbin
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Fugate
McCurdy
A.N. Krout
Eeade Block
Swineford’s
Washington Street
Cfice Artosi
N.n. Longsworth
van Wert, O. Oftice
Longsworth & Pennel’s
J.L. Reid
Melodeon Hall Building
Melsheimer
W. Depuy
First National Bank
B. Stemen
J. W. Sherrick
M.D. Stemen & Sherrich
Union Block
Burt’s New Bank
H. C. M’gavren
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Heist
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J.B. Brodna
Age Irney
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Alexander & Saltzgaber
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James M. Barr
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Price & Shissler
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C. Neff
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Arber
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Alonzo Gleason
Andrew J. Gleason
J. A. Gleason
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J. P. Malick
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S. Swineford & Sons
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Main and
Washington Sts
van Wert, Ohio
St. Swineford & Sons
Fred Young
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H. J. Moennig
Vice Press
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Cashier
W. Scott
Asst
Commercial Bank
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van Weert, O
R. L. Cary, JR
Bess
Bessie
Willie Searles
Buffalo Express
Fiddler’s Daughter
ATF Cos
Jervis & Davies
Deahus Foundry & Machine
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J. M. Evans
W. T. Dolbey
Delphos Hydraulic Woolen Mills
H. J. Moennig & CO
Delphos, Ohio
J. M. C. Marble
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Klage
Alex. Shenk
DR. R. Real
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Intelligence Office
G. Stinson & Co
Portland
Maine
A. J. Porter
NEW York Tribune
the Tribune
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J. W. Penn
Bulletin Office
Thackeray
Charles Dickens
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