Priceless Pearl in a Dying Suitor's Will
In a year of hardship Lady Ashgrove pressures her daughter Lettice into a wedding with dying Sir Richard Hamilton to secure Aspendale's wealth. Lettice consents after family coercion, marries in the sick room, and his death secures a life estate for Lettice. Back home, Lady Ashgrove uses the estate to settle debts while resenting Lettice's new status and guarding the prize against others.
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Ashgrove
London
Dick Hamilton
Bery
Aspendale
Whitsuntide
Lady Ashgrove
Beryl
Lady Ashford
Mavis
Richard Hamilton
Lady Hamilton
Aspendale Castle
Prudence
Lettice Ashgrove
Dr. Bateson
Sir Richard
Lady Bateson
Richard
Lettice
Sir Richard Hamilton
Jtice
Carter
Trojan
Hamilton
Mos
Medical
Garnet
Bateson
Lettice Hamilton
Elchester House
Leithe
Evening on the western estate in Masson’s vignette
In a quiet western evening scene a Kansas farmer wraps the day with chores and inventory. Maria notes items delivered from a factory and a Rembrandt hangs in the art gallery while a new balloon and tires arrive. The farmer shifts from evening wear to overalls and locks up for the night.
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Great West
Maria
Kansas
Thomas L. Masson
Success Magazine
Too Much for Uncle Joe on Illinois Suburban Line
In a railway near an Illinois suburb a fertilizer plant emits a strong odor. A traveling lady regularly carries lavender smelling salts and on a morning trip Speaker Cannon asked her to cork the bottle as the train neared the factory.
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Illinois
Cannon
Success Magazine
Civil War Memoir of Mulligan and the Lexington Siege
Thomas D. McClure, First Lieutenant, recalls his 1861 march to Lexington Mo under Colonel Mulligan. He describes the dire conditions, the relief efforts, and Mulligan’s surrender decision after a siege by Price’s forces, with parole and later exchange negotiations, ending with Fremont’s inaction.
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Washington
Mul- Ngan
Polk Street
Chicago
Lexington
Missouri River
St. Louis
Kansas City
Jefferson City
Missouri “Home Guards
Illinois
Home Guards
Mulligan
McClure
Price
Fremont
Sedalia
Thomas D. McClure
Twenty-third
Kinois Infantry
Chicago Record Herald
Prayer in Tennessee During War Times
The tale from Gen. Joseph Wheeler recalls a rural summer meeting where drought pressed the community. The preacher prayed for rain with a plea for a heavy shower strong enough to revive vegetation but not so heavy as to raise the Cumberland River and allow Yankee gunboats to reach Nashville.
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Joseph Wheeler
Tennessee
Nashville
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