Ghostly inn spark of a hidden heir in Abbots hold
In the Black Wolf inn at Abbotshold two young men converse after supper. Lionel Leigh, a poor language tutor, learns of plans to elope with Jenny Wilkinson for a thirty thousand a year fortune. Barrington reveals his devotion to wealth and love but Lionel hesitates to aid a pupil. A creaking cough, a forced cupboard door, and a clerkly warning add a ghostly thread as Lionel contemplates his unknown birth and possible inheritance.
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Abshold
John Clayton
Abbotshold
Lionel Leigh
Lionel
Cigs
Socnet
Qlayton
Mr. Barrington
Barrington
St. Martha’s College, Woodmancot
Jenny Wilkinson
Jenny
Hammesmith
Kitch
Tabi Kettle
Gove
Jenns
Fir
Commons
Hammond House
Tabitha
Moiselle le Blanche
St. Martha's College
Midlands
Jane
Black Wolf
Fairyland
Fashion Notes From London Tallor-Men Across Nations
A survey of how national styles reveal character and origin, comparing English, American, French, German, Spanish, Austrian Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, and Danish dress. The piece contrasts fit, comfort, and ornament, noting military influence in German styles and the practical Colonel’s attire.
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London
Five Simple Rules For Eyebrows And Eyelashes
A practical note advises against clipping eyebrows or eyelashes in children. It urges gentle brushing to encourage growth and arching, but warns that clipping lashes can injure eyesight if the child moves. It emphasizes natural growth and cautions against removing hair to alter thickness.
Fashion Notes On Opera Costumes And Women Earners
The article surveys fashion trends from opera costumes to evening gowns with bottle green satin and white Irish crochet bags. It notes new sleeves like the step ladder and kimono influence, plus a shift toward wage earning by married women with reasons cited by Mrs. Nathan.
Curious handling of the letter h in dialect jokes
A writer notes how the letter h is preserved in England Ireland and colonies, except Finland. A village named Han yields a pun when a parishioner says I Hked the gentle man and misreads text as tex. It ends with a quip about the Psalms text Stand in hawe and sin not sounding homely.
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Yorkshire
Scotland
Ireland
Finland
Scrapes and plans amid lighthearted chatter in Baltimore
A playful dialogue unfolds with a count and heiress debating life choices and work, including a joke about securing a job in a penny barber shop. A stern parent figure dismisses mollies while comic quips about happiness and love echo. Harvard tops lists in student numbers.
Fashionable Garments and Letter Writing Advice
The article describes a navy cashmere dress with crimson silk trim and a red coat with black braid and gilt buttons. It offers Edward Everett Hale guidance on writing letters concisely while noting the charm of expressive prose and practical letter writing. It also mentions children's hair styling and its impact on facial features.
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Adsibe
Edward Everett Wale
Married Women as Breadwinners In New York
A discussion of women supporting their husbands as breadwinners, noting twenty seven thousand New York women do so, per Mrs Frederick Nathan. The article comments on women's earnings, suffrage leadership, and social perceptions of husbands and marriages.
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Adam
Paradise
New York
Frederick Nathan
Nathanoes
Early Railroad Days and Historic Trials in the United States
The piece traces 1822 charters for rail lines, early locomotive trials on the Lackawanna and B&O lines, and the shift from horse to steam power. It notes sails on early locomotives, rough starts, dangerous jolts, and primitive signals. It also describes the 1837 New Castle and Frenchtown telegraph, passenger wonder at speed, freight struggles, and rough economic times for early railroads.
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United States
Philadelphia
Susquehanna River
Baltimore
Lackawanna Creek
Baltimore and Ohio
Peter Cooper
Gray
Cooper
New Castle and
Frenchtown
Y Frenchtown
Massachusetts
van Norden
Horatio Allen
South Carolina
Boston and Worcester
Mohawk Valley Railroad
Albany
Schenectady
Debating era notes from the late 19th century
The passage surveys prominent women in England and the United States, noting Frances Hodgson Burnett as an avid gardener, Dr. Mary Merrit Crawford as a young hospital physician, long marriages in England, and a Paris beggar known as Old Mother Snuff. It also recounts early railroad history including headlight adoption, locomotive design, and passenger conditions on early trains.
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
Kent
England
Mary Merrit Crawford
Williamsburg Hospital
Brooklyn
Brightlingsea Almshouses
Christopher Lawrence
Hucknall Torkard
Notts
Mr. Lawrence
Paris
Teach Children Care of Clothes and Hair Ribbons
The article urges children to fold hair ribbons and place dresses under weight each night to maintain neat appearance. It argues the orderly effort pays off in cleaner clothes and better presentation.
Elderly New Hampshire woman seeks second marriage amid family concern
A Boston Herald note describes an elderly New Hampshire woman deciding to marry again despite protests from her descendants. In New York, a streetcar rider with a small dog begs the conductor to announce arrival at 42nd Street. The conductor finally calls Forty-second Street and she tells her dog, look, you were born there.
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Maine
Cooking Club
New Hampshire
The
Boston Herald
New York
Evening Post
42D Street
72D Street
Fifty-ninth
50Th Street
Forty-second Street
Fido
Poems and Prose Fragments in a Smiling Mix
A collage of excerpts from various papers includes poems about poets and love, a boyhood jelly memory, hopeful lines about bees and roses, along with brief quotes on medicine of the soul and a witticism about brick absorption. The pieces read as brief literary notes and light commentary.
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Iti
Walla
Imouch
Ifes
Nathan
Stern
Mollie
Stern Parent
Harvard
Victoria
Beatrice
Saxe-Coburg
Patricia of
Connaught
Schleswig-Holstein
the Girl In Gold
Pegasus
Somerville Journal
Atlanta Constitution
British Medical Journal
Bacon
Egbert
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