A South Carolina geologist spurs danger at Laura Fains
In a Tennessee manor Laura Fain shelters a Confederate spy posing as Mr Rhett of South Carolina. Mark Malone plots escape while Laura wrestles between duty and affection as Captain Cameron Fitz Hugh confronts the deception. Laura must decide whether to shield the hunter or uphold the Union cause.
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Laura Fain
Mark
Laura
Jasper
Chattanooga
Virginia
Mamma
Rhett
South Carolina
Rhetts
Mrs. Fain
Lincoln
Nashville
Louisville
Lee
Miranda
Charleston
South
Daniel
Mephistopheles
Chattenoogy
Mr. Rhett
Mark Malone
Abe Lincoln
Haman
McClellan
Mornen
Laurie
Mr. Slack
Lauri
Cameron Fitz Hugh
Fitz Hugh
Niagara Falls
Lewiston
Miss Fain
Union
Shadowing Counterfeiters and a Young Polish Hero
A United States detective, Malcolm Fitch, tracks a vast counterfeiting gang from New York to a Bowery basement operation. Using disguises, hotel registers, mail intercepts, and a dramatic sting, Fitch arrests eight men and uncovers a full counterfeit factory. Also recounted is a London era tale of Lechinski, an eighteen year old Polish youth who endures captivity and treachery with courage before winning safe passage home.
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U. S
Malcolm Fitch
Treasury Department
Fitch
New York
L. D. James
Merchant's Hotel
Courtland Street
D. J. Lewis
Irving House
J. L. Davids
Broadway
James
Lewis
Davids
Bowery
Meester James
Mr. Davids
de Ceety
Meester James Ees
Dhe Pizness
Vonce
Lewis D. James
Meester
Washington
L. J. Davids
West Street
United States
Marlow
New Jersey
Porter
Castanos
Lechinski
Russia
Inquisition
Ife
Truxillo
Casnos
Madrid
Lisbon
South Carolina Regulates Chattel Mortgages and Damages Rules
The general assembly passed measures regulating chattel mortgages, requiring clear description of property and granting mortgagors redemption rights before sale. It also amended damages rules for injuries from defective highways, limiting recovery if overload contributed to harm. A feature on Iowa’s Decorah ice cave, and short literary extracts follow.
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St. Louis Republic
Hayes
Samuel J. Tilden
Florida
South Carolina
Louisiana
Republican National Committee
New York
Washington
New Orleans
Democratic National Committee
John M. Palmer
Henry Watterson
Samuel J. Randall
Wm. R. Morrison
Oswald Ottendorfer
J. O. Broadhead
Electoral Commission
Supreme Court
Edmunds
Morton
Frelinghuysen
Thurman
Bayard
Payne
Hunton
Abbott
Hoar
Garfield
Clifford
Field
Strong
Bradley
David Davis
Illinois
Davis
United States Senate
Joseph Bradley
New Jersey
Tilden
Wm. M. Evarts
John Sherman
Ohio
Treasury
George W. McCrary
Iowa
Richard W. Thompson
Indiana
Navy
Carl Schurz
Missouri
Interior
David M. Key
Tennessee
Charles Devens
Massachusetts
General Assembly of
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F. A. Mitchel
U.S.A
American Press Association
Murat
Junot
Portugal
Castinos
Krasinski
The
Lancers
Leckinski
Rene
France
Aids de Camp
Frances
President Hayes
the Legislature
Towa
Mississippi Valley
Iowa River
Decorah
Winnesheik County
Adam
Scylla
Charybdis
Strait of
Messina
Sicily
Italy
Neptune
Gaea
Sicilian
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