Love Against Gold Ends in a Rich Cousin’s Win
Edna refuses wealthy suitor Clarence Cumberland to wed Hugh Glenmorris, choosing love over gold. After a rushed seaside marriage, a carriage accident reveals Cumberland dead and Hugh inherits, securing Edna’s future. The family’s earlier antipathy fades as Edna’s loyalty to Hugh outlasts wealth.
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Edna
Clarence Cumberland
Jessie
Mrs. Chessomleigh
Mr. Cumberland
Glen Lortis
Hugh
Toot
Mr. Chessomleizh
Edun
Joldly
Sam Pot
Cumberland
Eden
Hugh Glen— Morris
Sue
Minnie
Hugh Glenmorris
Sunton
Mr. Cienmorris
Ranaway
Chessomleigh
North Carolina Adopts False Pretense Statute
An 19th century North Carolina act makes obtaining goods by false representation a crime and bars conflicting laws. It adds an amendment requiring written signed credit representations to indict for false pretenses. The piece also recounts a humorous Washington anecdote involving Senator McCreery and a society-girl card exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wre
General Assembly of
North Carolina
Congress
McCreery
Keotue Jwrns
Pennsylvania Avenue
Benator
A Mule's Reery-d Powr On the Levee
A Louisville Courier Journal item describes a mule nearly 128 years old, asleep in a spring wagon with a floating dashboard. A red haired urchin probes the mule’s tail as the mule wakes with a swift kick, while a shouting enslaved darkey claims ownership and orders the crowd to hold the animal. The scene ends with the mule stirring and the wagon heels nearly at the tailgate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darkey
Patience
Heo
Louisville Courier Journal
Divine questions and nature in a Baptist reflection
A devotional piece contrasts faith and reason about God’s governance, citing trusts in divine justice and love amid doubt. It notes scriptures on keeping hope, then shifts to natural science root depths in clover, corn, onions, beets, rye, beans, peas, wheat, and clover measurements, ending with a reflection on prayer’s power to endure trouble with confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homan
God
Iself
Staunl
Pesee
Louis Watkneff
Schubert
Acts of General Importance In North Carolina Legislature
A list of acts paused by the General Assembly of North Carolina covering roads ferries bridges town charters Winston and Salem consolidation relief for farmers and others from special tax railroad terms rates and freight reform measures. It includes provisions for the state institutions the blind and deaf, referees for jurors disqualifications civil actions tax collection and various constitutional changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of State
Raneiga
S J
Unis
Luftice
General Assembly of
North Carolina
Battle
Winston
Carolina Lenoir
N.C. Institution
Statesville Air-Line
Grand Lodge of the Independent
Order of Good Templars of
U.S
Winston and Salem
U. S
Trinity College
Davidson College
Wake Forest College
Board of Education
Buunswick
Surry
Ejgecombe
Board of County Commissioners
North Carolina and
Virginia Christian Conference
North Carolina Baptist Sunday School Convention
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Chrnston Sentinel
Geo
M. Mathes
S. Darlington
Preston Roan
Laugenour & Boyles
Lewisville, N. C
J. J. Waggoner & CO
Giacor, & Mo
Vinaista Ste
Richmond
Richard H. Lewis
Savannah Medical College
EYE
Raleigh
N.C
State Medical Society
Georgia Medical Society
I. W. Durham
Practical Marble Worker
Winston, N. C
Beche & Moore
Buccessora
Barrow & Beck
HA Prates
Buc
W. T. Vogler
Winston, N
Main Street
Merchant's Hotel
Robert D. Johnston
Merchant Tailor
New York
Thip
B. F. Cnos
Tas
A. Gray
Fire Insurance
Winston, N.C
Tees
Profacs
Tobarco
1. C
Iin
Paromp Post
Ia Fate’ and Winston
N. C
Love Against
Szegedin
Hungary
Theiss
Maros
Ciy
Floa
Fulton Times
Tuos. S. Keway
Washington Society Ways
Aca
Talmage
Acts of the Assembly
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