Cavern Encounter Ends in Capture and Letters Found
In wartime a trio climbs Lookout Mountain and discovers a letter to Mary Anderson a lover James Harlin. They encounter armed strangers in a cave exchange fire saving a wounded man then capture the other. The letter reveals Harlin’s romance and a pursuit ending with delivery of papers to Miss Anderson. The tale continues with a Cincinnati wedding years later.
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Lookout Mountain
Mary Anderson
Hamilton
James Harlin
Quartermaster's Department
Newman
Robert
Chattanooga
Ohio
Cincinnati
James Hardin
W. C G. Cooper
Cincinnati Post
The McGehee Castle of Florida's Haunted Ruins
In a Florida glade near Sunset Bridge once stood the McGehee castle, a Queen Anne Gothic homage built by Judge McGehee around 1860. Now a ruin, it haunts local memory with whispered legends of a lonely marriage, a fatal night, and lingering cries amid tumbling walls and empty halls.
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Greenville
Sunset Bridge
Florida
McGehee
Judge McGehee
Dis
Black Eyed Susans
Atlanta Constitution
Saved Wis Religion and Hooker T Washington Anecdote
The piece recounts Professor Hooker T Washington of Tuskegee Alabama telling in a humorous, if sensitive, anecdote about how Ethiopian minds separate religion from morality. He quotes a northern South prayer meeting parson praising faith despite breaking commandments due to bitter trials. The source presents dated dialect and a wry cultural observation.
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Hooker T Washington
Tuskegee
Ala
Darky
Charley Evans Delays Love Task As Friend Marries Flora
Charley Evans battles a fearsome cold while he tests Ralph Brewster with a proxy marriage plan. Ralph visits Flora Howard, convinces her of Charley’s love, and she confesses affection, leading to their swift elopement on the same evening. Charley, recovering, grants congratulations.
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Charley
Charley Evans
Mr. Evans
Ralph
Flora Howard
Evans
Flora
Ralph Brewster
Charles Evans
Heaven
Boston Globo
After the Game in Kate Field's Washington and London Million
Dialogue snippets show a wife’s storm on return home and a social scene. Kate Field's Washington notes a cloud scene while London Million features Maggie and Bessie commenting on a man’s importance. The exchanges reflect cashfare society chatter and Theater gossip.
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Kate Field
Washington
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F. B. Brown, & Co
Warren County
Oxnanes
O. H. Hunter & Son
Second St. Warren
T.o.slater &Co
Pasteur
Germany
Montreal Herald
Florida Castle
Scott & Bowne, N
Hade Bey
Keystone Watch Case Company
Philadelphia
Maggie
Bessie
Tye
London
Dr. Kline
da Kline
Arch St
Pawels
Nantes
Byers
Ares
Bright
Anycas
Cel Ebl Warren
Titusville
J. K. Ronne
Brown
May
Hickory St
Warren, Penn’a
J.K. Ronne
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