New York Woman Wins Suit Over Trunk Contents
A New York woman won a suit against a transfer company for the value of articles in a trunk in transit from her summer home to her city residence. The Saratoga trunk held a wardrobe for two, including 17 gowns, 15 skirts, boots, sweaters, curtains, bedspreads, blankets, rugs, and cutlery, with a claimed value of 43750. The description listed many items and noted the difficulty of fitting belongings into luggage, illustrating a feminine view of space.
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New York
Saratoga
White Mice on the Flag and Other Notes
A British naval flag for submarines Designed by Lieut R G Hervey features a black shield with a submarine and torpedoes flanked by white mice. A New York physician reports that among 74 great figures the eldest child is uncommon. many geniuses were youngest or later-born.
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R. G. Hervey
Montreal Gazette
New York
Coleridge
Washington Irving
Franklin
Daniel Webster
Wagner
Reubrandt
Schumann
Faithful habits clash with empty bank in odd yearbook tale
A Buffalo Express item recounts a man claiming his uncle promised five dollars monthly for abstaining from liquor tobacco and rowdy conduct until majority. He kept faith but found the savings bank empty. The piece also notes Miss Vanderbilt’s rumored twelve million fortune and Japanese officials studying Swiss hotel methods. A census cites 1,733,232 divorces in twenty years, implying busy courts.
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Buffalo Express
Ind
Arrival of Misa Spencer at Gleneald on Derby Day
Chapter opens with Poi Seda Phoebe Spencer a pioneer teacher arriving by stagecoach to Gleneald Vermont hometown Boston claimed, amid frontier romance and frontier figures. Moffat and foreman McNeil escort her to the Herndon home, where she encounters Aunt Lydia and wary local men as tension threads through their meeting.
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Misa Spencer
Mise
Phoebe Spencer
Gleneald
Far East
Vermont
Boston
Missouri
Jehu Im
Herndon
Lydia
Jane
Moffat
McNeil
Detachment Trapped by Indians in Fort Bettins
A mounted detachment of Eighteenth troops is trapped by Indians in a narrow pass near Fort Bettins. A stranger calling himself Hampton and Gillis the post trader appear among the survivors. Most soldiers are killed over three days as Hampton and the girl navigate peril and shifting loyalties.
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Glencald
Hampton
Slavia
Lehan
Giet
Final confrontation ends in threat and flight in chapter IX
In a tense scene Hampton taunts Slavin and exits with a revolver as the crowd reacts in silence. Nalda wakes to a new lie and contemplates the morning, while Hampton rides onward at dawn, showing signs of weariness from the night’s pursuit.
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Slavin
Nalda
Yellow House
Uplands
Hampton
Bear Water Visit Ends With Lonely Farewell
Mr Moffat and his companion entertain at length along the Bear Water and explain many things the narrator did not understand. A warm invitation is extended but declined politely as they part ways, McNeil awkward but Moffat gracious, and the two depart toward the road with Aunt Lydia.
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McNeil
Moffat
Lydia
Acquaintance Sparks Between Niece and Roommate in Western Visit
In the living room Mrs Herndon introduces Phoebe Spencer to Naida Gillis as her niece. Phoebe flatters Naida while Naida hides her insecurity. That evening Rev Wynkoop joins for supper and discussions swing between romance and reality of western life as they talk of Mr Moffat and the church.
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Herndon
Naida
Phoebe Spencer
Miss Spencer
Naida Gillis
Tam
Lydia
Lydis
Howard Wynkoop
Wynkoop
Mr. McNeil
Fragmentary note hints at medical visit at her home
A partial quotation mentions someone wanting more of a \"cartous\" about her and a doctor visiting her house today. The text appears from Cubols Standard and Times and is incomplete.
Peruna Helps widow with six children, reports recovery
A widow and mother of six writes that after months of night sweats fatigue and weakness she found relief using Peruna prescribed by Dr. Hartman. She took five bottles, regained strength and cooking ability, and offers to share her full story with others seeking help.
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Tiake
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
County Fair Quip Describes Mysterious Sellings
At the County Fair a city visitor jokes about a vendors wares as zigzag colored and selling items to men and women as a skirt pattern or a Mars map. The piece pivots to oddities and a note on Red Cross Ball Blue detergent and Niagara Falls power value.
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Mars
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Kansas
H. & Givler, Pub
Vanderbilt
Switzerland
Japan
Bob Tampton
Placer
Randall Parrish Autioraz
Jack Mormist
Wilam McNeil
Sinsintwa Creek
Spencer
Glencaid
Jehu
McNeill
Niagara Falls
Saisifaahs
France
Dodds
Na Dey Neers
Eadache
YeutFay
Lewis Peoria
Atienson
Race St
Philadelphias
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