Savings Tiny Safe Saves a Family in Hard Times
In a late 19th century tale, Caroline Lynford covertly saves by daily dimes, building a tin bank on the mantel. Her husband Charles, a prospering but carefree businessman, dismisses risk until the 1878 panic hits. The couple drains the savings during lean months, then reaps a larger recovery when two dimes daily plus occasional deposits grow their banked funds.
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Lynford
geck_vic
Shimer
Carolina Eustis
Charlon
Carolina
Hue
Carrie
Saul
Anephos
Charles
Carlo
Meer
Drew
Bug Caroline
Howe Aden
Chariese
Ras ‘Lynford
Charles Lynford
Caroline
Aletly
Aurpriee
Marvellon
Disaster At Sea City of Columbus Wreck Near Martha's Vineyard
Private dispatches report the City of Columbus wrecked off Greyhead lighthouse after clear gale. About eighty passengers and forty five crew aboard. Lifeboats destroyed, Dexter rescued twenty one, total losses estimated near one hundred. Most victims described as Northern travelers seeking health southbound.
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City of Columbus
Savannah
Boston
Sieving Weis
Ocean Steamship Company
New York
Martha's Vineyard
Massachusetts
Greyhead
Devil Bridge
Dexter
New Bedford
Cold and Caterpillars in Kofauta Bulletin
In discussion among farmers the late cold snap is blamed for killing cotton caterpillars this year. The text argues caterpillars are parasites of the cotton plant, tied to seed germination and soil conditions, noting caterpillars like the tobacco worm and Catawba worm depend on cotton or related hosts, with animals sharing a common fate in undisturbed nature.
Missing May Miniature Ball and Japanese Customs
Fragments describe a May social event with children, nurses, and a dancing grand ball involving New York visitors. Twined passages discuss Japanese life highlighting fans, lanterns, umbrellas, and kerosene lighting. Also recalls rural Crossroads Texas tales of a brutal old dentist and college student letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
San Francisco
Egal
Japan
Crossroads
Tooty-Puller
Texas
the Crossroads
Asan Ionic
Also Mentioned on This Page
Atin Safe
Bea
City OF
Columbus
Kofauta Bulletin
Lin
Sandale
Leland
Jen
Afeerdae
James Fricker
Danville, Va
A. Fricker
Bro
Americas
The
Davis
Williams Singer Sewing Machines
Davis Mathetent
Jewvelry
Sen
Barlow ‘House
Americus, Ga
Tehring
Codorus
Brown
K. White
Rock Hill
S. C
Lamar, Rankin & Lamar
Macon
J. A
D. F. Davenport
Lamar Street
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