Nora Chooses Charity Over Easter Hat Splendor
Nora Loring wrestles with vanity over a costly Easter hat while Lily Dale’s illness casts a shadow. She ultimately sacrifices the check to fund Lily’s care, prompting schoolmates to follow with generosity. Nora’s sign of mercy changes her and inspires broader giving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia
Loring
Nora
Eddyth
Abe
Lily Dale
Lily
Mrs. Dale
Diesiiseed
Esc
Alice High
Edyth
Sister Grace
Alan
Charley
Nate
Charlie
President of Kansas Mammer Club Stirred By City Action
Old Cy Knocker of Marion, head of the Marion branch of the Hammer and Padlock Club, raged when the City Council ordered him to pave four feet of sidewalk in front of his lot on Nebraska Street. Neighbors, tired of mud, had already laid cement sidewalls, while Cy complained of a holdup and spite work. The Marton Record notes Cy’s perpetual disputes and the local sense that justice and spite mingle in small-town life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Mammer Club
Marion
Hammer and Padlock Club
Nebraska Street
Cy'a
Cy A
Harker's
Marton
Lucinda
Puck
Huber
Meggendorfer Blachter
Benedict
Philadelphia Press
Pegey
Patrice
Yonkers Statesman
Odd Notions of Beauty Across Cultures and Fire Changes Baltimore
A discussion of beauty standards in various cultures highlights cosmetic practices from teeth painting in Japan to foot binding in China and nose shaping in Persia. It notes African features, Peruvian lip ornaments, and Turkish eyebrow tinting, adding contrast with Baltimore’s post fire color shift from red bricks to yellow gray facades and a brief jab at photography’s rise as a popular pastime in sewing circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Greenland
Persia
St. Th
China
Baltimore
Washington Monument
Savannah Siege 1779 and Lincoln France Deliberations
A historical summary recounts the 1779 Savannah siege during the American Revolution with British forces under Prevost and French assistance led by d Estaing. Lincoln and a small American force engage, heavy losses occur, Pulaski is wounded, and the French withdraw after a fruitless stalemate. Lincoln retreats to Charleston as the siege ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beary Clinton
Georgia
Savannah River
Robert Howe
Savannah
Count d’Estaing
Lincoln
Charleston
Savanash
Prevost
dBstaing
Pulaski
D'Estaing
France
Marriage and politics mix in curious old clippings
A mosaic of brief vignettes touches politics on constitutional eligibility, a tale of boiled wheat, a Topeka wedding interruption for laughter, Wellington’s ear, and society quips. Names like Hamilton, Lucinda Melstrum, Mina Brown, Walter Jones, and Judge McCabe anchor a string of anecdotes and jokes from classic newspaper glee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Judge McCabe
Topeka
Philadelphia
Mina Brown
New York
Walter Jones
Jones
Brown
Breaking the News Gently Foreman at the Door
Foreman questions Mrs O Malley about a new suit and clothes as the man is described as being hoisted up by five charges tied to a Cleveland leader. The dialogue captures a tense domestic moment with regional dialect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreman
O'Malley
O’malley
Cleveland Leader
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bastar
Noeless
Alstor
Dily
Molyth
Gnally Bayth
Mra Loring
Charile
Baster Tre
Gan
Tim
Hidyth
Mixy May
Ale
Mother
Charlemagne
Cori
Gettysburg
Theodore Parker
Daniel Webster
Webster
Marshall
Alexander Hazailton
United States
Alexander Hemiitom
Ke ‘Vis
West Indies
Enya
Hamilton
opey-Turry
Mrs. Burley
Century Co
Mr. Melstrum
Mra Melstrum
Wellington
Duke of Wellington
Hisister
Renees City
Somerville Journal
Benator
Badger
Milwaukee Sentinel
Chapiogb
Knox
Chicago Daily News
Washington
Rizo
Ecool
Atchison Globe
Cleveland Press
Boston Transcript
Seenng
Miss Romany
Ocean
Beesig
Philadelphia Ledger
London Mail
Washington Herald
Iit
Baltimore Americae
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!