The Mysterious Vanishing of Anthony Sears in Virginia
In the Blue Ridge valley during the Civil War era, Anthony Sears vanishes after deciding to join the Confederacy, leaving his daughter Agnes to guard the estate. Strange events follow as his family and enslaved staff cope with rumors of haunting, missing supplies, and a wounded Union soldier seeking shelter at the mansion.
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Anthony Sears
Virginia Valley
American Press Association
Sears
Blue Ridge Valley
Virginia
Potato Hollow
Spoon River Valley
Chicago Tribune
Secret Virginia mansion tale ends with a vanished Union soldier
A Union lieutenant survives and Agnes marries after discovering her brother Robert, while a missing soldier’s fate remains murky. The old plantation hides a Revolutionary era cellar where Anthony Sears is found on a cot. Joe the helper may have moved him to the secret room.
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Leutenant
Agnes
Robert
Old Anthony
Joe
Anthony Sears
Sears
Darky
Virginia
Roger
Gettysburg
Grandstand Observations Trotting at Philadelphia and Gravesend Meets
Philadelphia spring meeting opens with trotting events amid heavy rain fears. Results from Gravesend Gloucester and local races list winners and times, followed by Eastern and National League baseball scores from Providence Albany Boston Brooklyn Pittsburg Cincinnati Philadelphia and Cleveland.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Driving Park Association
Bob Burto
Fleetwood
Jessie Tyler
Lady Lytton
Rosetta
Albert T. Dominion
Daisey Farlin Mahomet
Princess Orlo Tom Reed
Madison
N. H.R
Nellis Souther
Providence
R. HE
Springfield
Madden
Barr
McKeough
Stevens
Ryan
Albany
R. E. Albany
Troy
Caithan
Hess
Fricken
Cahill
Boston
New York
Brooklyn
Baltimore, IL
Pittsburg
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Washington
Cleveland
Cleveland-Louisville
Markets Report From New York and Buffalo May 17
New York money market shows easy rates at 2 to 3 percent with steady exchange. Prices cover 8 day bills and demand. government bonds steady with specific bid and price points for Union Firsts and Centrals. wheat and flour futures display mixed movements amid regional flour and corn values. Buffalo market records steady to dull readings across wheat, corn, oats, and butter prices, plus live stock and hay rates in East Buffalo and Buffalo hay markets.
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Pacific Railroad
Union Firsts
Centrals
Minnesota
City Mills
Western
Chicago
East Buffalo
East Burrao
Lght
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G. C. Cocoon
Lowell, Mass
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Conway, Ark
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Children's Department
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the Contanr Company
Murray Street
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First Ave
Plvisburge
Judd
C. B. Judd
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Mich
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