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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1895
Page
5
A jumbled OCR passage lists numerous names, places, and terms across politics, science, and society with scattered phrases about individuals, groups, and dates. It mixes mentions of towns, laboratories, and events, creating a dense but unclear mosaic of historical references.
In Millpond a boy Harry Gaines learns of Old Sam Doward planning to cut Gaines mill boom during the Fourth of July. With neighbor Tom Burdick, Harry hatches a plan to foil the raid, confronting Doward and his men at the Gaines mill and trapping them until authorities intervene. Doward is captured, but the plan ends without bloodshed and the matter is dropped.
In a tense, urban scene Dorothy Clyde confronts Harry Allen after discovering a stolen thousand dollars. She retrieves the money with police aid, reveals her plan, and endures a dramatic, morally fraught night that tests trust and family loyalties.
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