The Major Chooses Love in Portville Tale
In Portville Major Trixon plans to marry but his plans collide with Agatha Fontaine a poor seamstress who helps with shirts for his western charity. The major marks the garments and visits ailing Hal Fontaine prompting Agatha and Major Trixon to connect leading toward a hopeful union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Fontaine
Rideau
Brown House
Erminia Bruce
Major Trixon
Agatha Fontaine
Major
Chicago's Richest Men and Their Fortunes
The New York Sun surveys Chicago's wealthiest figures led by Cyrus H. McCormick with an estimated 10 to 15 million. Marsh al Field and Philip Armour are also profiled detailing their wealth, origins, charities, and social lives alongside other multimillionaires shaping Chicago society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Chicago
Cyrus H. McCormick
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad
Tee
Princeton
Young Men’s Christian Association
Marshal Field
Conway
Mass
Potter Palmer
Field
Merchant Princes of
Scott
Watertown
N. Y
Milwaukee
Prairie Avenue
Armour
Plymouth Congregational Churc
B.P. Hutchinson
Board of Trade
Lynn
John Wentworth
George M Pullman
Mies de Koven
F. Haddock
Benedict recalls sweet memories with wife arm linked
"It feels funny to have a woman's arm in yours" Benedict tells a friend as he reflects on past affections. He confirms he never walks out with any woman but his wife, recalling a young relative’s arm in his in a moment of recollection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Feminine Society
Portville
Major Trixon
Park
Miles Rideau
Paris
Rideau
Serena Silver
Alice Wood
Cophetua
Trixon
Gertrude May
Lacy
Mrs. Hedge
Bertha
Mumsey
Myrtle
Brierton Villa
Reginald
Prees
Bruce
Miss Fontaine
Th Major
Ida
Mamma
San Francisco Bulletin
Rock Creek
Quito
California
Benedict
Mr. Trowbridge
Tropics
Myrtle and Reginald Reunite in Passionate Embrace
The scene shows Myrtle Redingate and Reginald Neversink meeting after four years, a dramatic reunion marked by intense emotion and longing. The narrative dwells on beauty, romance, and the transformative power of reunion in a melodramatic tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Myrtle
Reginald
Regy
Myrtle Redingate
Reginald Neversink
Silk History and a Silverado Night Verse in One Page
The article traces silk culture from ancient China to Europe, noting the spread via Persia and India and legends of cocoon theft. It then shifts to a Stevenson excerpt describing a star filled night in Silverado Squatters and ends with a light, humorous hat signaling code.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T’ St Tchin
Japhet
Fo-Hi
Chin-Nong
Yellow River
Chan-Tong
Persia
India
Europe
Crassus
Christ
Aurelian
Rome
Orient
China
Kothan
Justinian
Kothsa
Japan
California
Robert Louis Stevenson
Silverado
Heaven
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bupper
ST. Gregory
John
Whitties
Gregory
Colian Hill
St. Peter’s Chair
Christendom
Gennesaret
Epow
Sam the Wonderful
Verona
Paul
Vicenza
Pers
Gertrude
Miss Bruce
Diana
Agatha
Rminia Bruce
Madame de Frouignac
Harmon Fontaine
Erminia
Rminia
Caroline
Hal
Miss Agatha
New York
Egypt
Bagdad
Alexandria
Trebizonde
Russia
Constantinople
Spain
Grenada
Malaga
Seville
Almeria
Palermo
Asia
United States
Gerritt H. Smith
Ture Field
Ken
Lee
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!