Heiress Jessie Ward and the Starkey Homestead
In a frostbitten saga, Clara Ward seeks help after being disowned by her father Mr. Lascellas and is saved by the Starkeys who shelter her and the child Jessie. Jessie learns of a family fortune when a letter announces the death of Mr. Lascellas, making her the heiress to a vast estate. The tale blends mercy, class, and enduring family ties within a rural community.
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Herman Lascellas
Mr. Lascellas
Clara Ward
Phillip Ward
Clara
Mamma
Jessie
Mr. Atherton
Clara Lascellas
Elihu Starkey
Rebecca
Jessie Ward
Boston
Mother
Hiram
Birdie
Ihiram
New York
Miss Ward
Elizabeth
Tam
Hiram Starkly
Waoer
Atherton
Wilcox tannery in Elk County vies for world's largest
The Wilcox tannery in Elk County claims to be the largest worldwide, rivaled by a Winn, Maine plant. Founded in 1867 on 22,000 acres of hemlock forest, it features bark mills driven by an 80 hp engine, a leaching house with twelve leaches, a 700-vat facility, and a production of 120,000 leather sides annually rising to 200,000 with completion. Bark consumption reaches 14,000 cords yearly.
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Wilcox
Elk County
Winn, Main
Soap Bark Wash For Woolen Goods Advised
A letter to the American Agriculturist suggests using Quilla saponaria, the soap tree bark, to clean coat collars woolen fabrics and hair cloth chairs. Break bark into bits, steep in boiling water, sponge the fabric, then rinse with warm water for best results.
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Agriculurist
Examining physician and student on a digging accident
A physician asks a student how to treat a man who falls forty feet and hits a tool. The student replies that he would advise letting the man lie and filling the well.
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Sound Finance and the Ideal Female Form in Commerce
A compact critique compares finance to the American female form, praising a small waist and full chest as ideals. It argues wealth should reflect balanced proportions without excessive excess, urging moderation in financial display.
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Sound Finance
Divine
The Sin of Slander and the Golden Rule
A reflective moral piece condemns repeating rumors and harm about neighbors. It contrasts idle gossip with the ideal of treating others well, urging readers to share good traits instead of evil. It warns of social spiders who thrive on slander and cause harm to friends and themselves.
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Eden
Lunatic Sharpening Knife Ponders Heads On A Backward Face
A man is found at a grindstone sharpening a large butcher knife and plans to cut Old Browns head off to display it to him. He imagines turning every mans face backward at a certain age so they can review their past lives. The bizarre idea reflects the lunatic mindset in the scene.
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Jupiter
Door Yard
Clara Ward
Erin
Jonah
Washington
Ohio
Iowa
Old Brown
Old Gentleman Seeks Font Not Child Baptism Gaffe
An 84 year old man brings a dam sel to the altar and asks for a wedding, the clergyman quips that the font is at the other end of the church. The man protests misbelief, and the cleric corrects that a christening was intended.
Calico Judge in Wyoming Faces Title Dilemma
A Wyoming judge with a nickname called Calico faces uncertainty over the proper title Justice of the Peace or Justicess of the Peace. The playful debate highlights historic quirks in era language.
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Wyoming
Old bachelor claims infant diet is milk and explains scream
A sour old bachelor argues that milk is the natural diet for infants and that the infant’s scream can be easily explained by this fact.
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Warren Pa
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Russel
Kulytf J. Loomis
Allen & Reeves
Water Street
Hunter
H. Allen
F.D. Reaves
G. W. Allen
J. N. Schnur
Russell House
J. A. Neill
Watson & Davis
Block Corner
Water Streets
Warren, Pa
W. C. Coburn
M. D
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Tidioute
White’s Hotel
N. B
Venango
Forest
Stebbsly
Culbertson, Bowman & Wood
Youngsville
Warren Co
A. CuLperrson
D. C. Bowman
G. R. Woop
Sdec
George Reig, JR
Second Street
J. B. Brown’s
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Cortland Street
Greenwich
Washington Sts
Peter Martin
WM. Martin
George Ball
J. HW. Mitchell & CO
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W. Mitchell, Hi
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Brown & Stone
Johnson’s Exchange
Penna. R. Brown
C. W. Stone
WM. D. Brown
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Johnson & Brown’s
L. D. Weimore
J. K. Clark
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Keystone Block
Charles Dinsmoor
Justice O Ihe Peace
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Allegheny River
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New Jersey Railroad
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Rostox
Erie Railway Company
Jersey City
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L. D. Rucker
WM. R. Barr
G. W. Dig
Ten’ Pass
Ag’t
Allegheny Valley Railroad
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Pittsburgh
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Kittaning
Oli City
West Penn Junction
Parker Accom
Parker
West Penn
Irvington
Franklin
Jamestown
Franklin R. R
R. R
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Pennsylvania R. R
Silver Palace
J. J. Lawrench
Tuos
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Il Creek
Coorry
Titusville
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the Railroad
Atlantic and Great Western Railway
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Kvington
Philadelphia and Erie
Jon Pitcairn
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Megstone Block
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GEO. Offerlee & Son
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