Original Story Featured in Yorkville Enquirer
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Zanita the Circus Girl Faces Coercion and Defiant Stand
Nita agrees to a dangerous acting role under manager Foley after a coercive plea. He threats to ruin her, prompting a violent confrontation when Leon arrives to defend her. Foley is beaten by Leon, while Nita and Dan contend with fallout as Leon plans to relay news via a secret note.
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Leon
Nita
Mr. Foley
Jack Duffy
Jack
Foley
Zanita
Dan
Old Voretti
Susy
Australia
Change in the troupe and Susy’s sorrow unsettles Nita
The surgeon expects Foley to recover with nursing and allows his transfer to a hospital. Meanwhile Susy confesses a craving for a quiet country life and contemplates quitting the circus, while Nita struggles to understand Susy’s sudden coldness and unseen grief.
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Foley
Jackson
Silas Jackson
Leon
Nita
Susy
Edgefield War Trials and Outlaw Ned Tennent Surrender
A Charleston News and Courier special describes Ned Tennent surrendering to Judge Mackey in Edgefield amid accusations of burning Gen. Butler’s residence. Butler, Tennent, and others face warrants. violence erupts with militiamen, deputies, and a courthouse scene as investigations unfold.
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Charleston
Butler
Currytown
Tennent
Mackey
Gen. Butler
Edgefield
Edgefield County
News and Courier
Wesley Bates
Reese
Merriwether Township
W. Q. Gardner
Jack Bussy
Ned Tennent
Gardner
Callahan
Bussy
Anderson Bussy
John Frier
Tennent’s Company
J. L. Addison
Dr. McKee
M. C. Butler
L. Reese
G. Hancock
H. Townes
Gen
Capt. Bullock
Charles Whitlow
New York
Columbia
Board of County Commissioners
State Senate
Bowie
Georgia
Augusta
Ohio
A Simple Wound Remedy From The Past
The article claims a universal cure for wounds by smoking them with burning wool, stating twenty minutes of wool smoke eases pain and inflammation. It asserts the method is infallible and simple for anyone to use, then notes a postal rule that prepayment is required for newspapers, exempting subscribers from postage.
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Circus Girl
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Susy's
Mother Worth
Zoe
Antoinette