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ellsworth american (ellsworth, me.) 1855-current — vanished suddenly

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1885-01-29
Location: ellsworth, maine, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: ellsworth american (ellsworth, me.) 1855-current · 1885-01-29 · page 1
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1885-01-29 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “vanished suddenly”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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... gray frock seemed to have vanished. Suddenly the scales fell from Jack Dormer’s eyes and he per ceived the truth his sister’s greatest friend, w hom she had written so often about, tell ing him he must really marry her; the handsome dashing Mis.#5 Ingleby, whom other people called “fast” hut whom Adela swore by, declaring that her good heart ami her true sterling character amply made up for a little over-exuberance of spirit in her manner, the Mi*s Ingleby who rode, and fished, and swam, and acted, yes, and smoked cigarettes —Miss Ingleby the heir ess, and little Miss Rose the Quakeress, were one and the same person Jack walked straight across the room, ...

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