Finding Is Keeping. A Willful Ride To Willow Wand
Lisabeth, a nineteen year old heiress, flees with drummer Mackise after a runaway near Leet’s hill. She finds him injured, brings him home, and discovers his tale while the colonel and mammy quarrel over her future. Mackise pretends to be a gentleman and gains trust, hinting at a hidden name Marmaduke Mawi—yet the pair plot to marry with Lisabeth insisting finding is keeping and a life away from meddling kin.
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Lisabeth
Meg
Ike Rosa
Mammy
Courade
White House
Willow Wand
Uth
Hump
Humphreys
Leet’s
Lisbeth
Cou
Tisabeth
Drumme
Maciise
Ips
Babe
Billy
Higley
Mackise
Lixabeth
Magigie
Lisebeth
Maclive
Kinross
Dillard
Colonel
Missouri
M-M Murray
Goodheart
le Good
Madie
Beth
Machise
Lin
Marmaduke
Unintentional Unanimous Invitation Sparks Indiana Laughs
A college professor in Indiana invited local authors to join the platform during a lecture on literature. The crowd stormed the stage, causing chaos as spectators, including four women, were overwhelmed while a deaf man, mishearing the invitation, joined the procession. The anecdote closes with the humorous remark that the lecturer forgot Indiana.
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Indiana
George Ade
James Whit ‘Comb Riley
Bunt
Vin
Lippincott's
A Mental Frenzy in a Tremens Dream Excerpt
Charles Roman records his delirious visions from alcohol withdrawal, describing prehistoric animals and bizarre creatures invading his room. The vivid, unsettling imagery echoes De Quincey and renders a striking psychological portrait of his experiences.
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Charles Roman
de Quincey
Edwin Forrest as Realist Tragedian in Winter’s View
William Winter lauds Edwin Forrest as a powerful realist actor whose feats on stage overwhelmed with physical intensity. The Great Tragedian stirred audiences with forceful, thunderous delivery in roles like Richelieu Jack Cade Lear and Othello while his fame rested on dramatic realism rather than spiritual depth.
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Edwin Forrest
William Winter
Richelieu
Jack Cade
Lord Say
Lear
King Lear
Forum
Virginius
Brutus
Damon and
Pythias
Sarvest
A Case of Conscience and the Drummer's Tale
A traveling salesman tells of finding seventy five thousand dollars in a bag, fleeing guilt, and returning to confess. He meets the owner in an office who forgives him, noting that he would have toiled in lies anyway. The tale ends with the group laughing at the drummer's conscience.
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Boston
Stilette
Chicago
Voic
Signal Service Ime Table Oddities and Travel Frustrations
Nonsense OCR notes recount confusion over train signs and schedules with fragmented phrases about stations, hieroglyphs, and misread times. It mentions a train not stopping at Asttabula and other travel woes, plus an ad blurb for Century Magazine and Cosmopolitan Magazine subscriptions.
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Wyrain
Asttabula
Franklin
Adarup
Century Magazine
Gut Tris Coupon Cut Will Save You Money at Dexter Co
A promotional notice from George T. Dexter & Co, popular druggists, offers a fifty cent Dr Ames Pleasant Specification package for constipation and dyspepsia. Present the coupon at their store at East and North Main streets to receive a full month’s treatment at a reduced price.
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George T. Dexter & Co
Miin
Dr Ames
Ames Pleasant Specific Half Price Coupon Offer
Dexter & Co offer Dr Ames Pleasant Specific at half price with a money back guarantee if it fails to cure dyspepsia constipation biliousness liver trouble and related symptoms. One 25 cent dose lasts a month, sale noted as phenomenal at Waterbury corner East and West Main Streets.
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Dexter & Co
Ames
Messrs
West Main Streets
Waterbury
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Williams
Gladstone
London
Chicago Record-Herald
Rin
Batte Barber
Signal Service
Meek Junction
Abe
Fett
Itvie
Neverglade
Commopolitan Magazin
Hinks Democrat
Dexter
Borden
Peerless
Borden’s Condensed Milk CO
Leaders of
GEO WM Bentley CO
State ST
Boston, Mass
California
Faalish Woolen Hills Co
Reid & Hughes
Bank St
Democrat
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