Wanted A Boy Who Proved His Worth In Trade
A Massachusetts hardware merchant keeps a running sign for a boy but hires only those who prove steadiness and honesty. Andrew Mathers fails by scheming to skip duties, while Charley Winchester cleans the back storeroom and earns a steady clerical position. Winchester rises to partner, teaching that education and hard work shape a career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Mr. Adams
Adams
Massachusetts
Andrew Mathers
Frank Secolley
Matt Wyman
Andrew
Oifice
Mathers
Jim
Charley Winchester
Charley
Arthur
Tom
Mr. Adam
Young Winchester
Anderson
Tie
Adams & Winchester Hardware
Kage
Lamp Shades In Empire Style Dominate Autumn Decor
Fashions in lamp shades shift to empire style this autumn with medallions of Napoleon and a mix of chintz and silk. Styles favor near straight silhouettes, foldable wire frames, and silk floral shades for piano lamps, with orchids and roses as motifs. Some opt for openwork metal, bright linings, or durable options, reflecting the chatelaine’s hands on furnishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
N. Y. Herald
Five Toilet Secrets and Dress Reform for Babies
A 19th century health column covers eye care skin tightening and facial tonics using cold water and alum washes. It endorses beetroot rouge, throat bathing, and a vendor made Vinumopii lotion for inflamed lids. It praises baby dress reform reducing tight flannel restraints and promoting hardy infants. Soap as microbe killer notes typhoid and cholera bacteria killed by soap solutions.
The Streets and Notable Figures in Brief
A poem follows describing empty streets lit by gas lamps and shadowed houses, reflecting on anonymity and inner fears. Then a column titled MEN WE HAVE ALL HEARD OF lists brief biographical notes on Hoke Smith, Lord Rosebery, Louis Pasteur’s bier, Barney Barnato’s London gift, Labouchere, Gladstone, Dr. Lapponi, Felix Faure, Li Hung Chang, and Li’s pipes collection, noting public stature and anecdotes.
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Hoke Smith
Lord Rosebery
Portugal
Louis Pasteur
Barney Barnato
London
Mr. Labouchere
William E. Gladstone
Turkey
Lapponi
Holy Father
Felix Faure
France
Li Hung Chang
China
Royalty Headlines and Courtly Details Across Nations
The report notes King Menelek of Abyssinia favors a stovepipe American hat, Emperor William smokes a china-bowled pipe, and the Russian empress’s coronation robe costs 75000 dollars and features pearls and gold. It adds Afghanistan’s Amirs palace designs and European gadgets, plus royal engagements involving King Alexander of Servia and Princess Maud of England, with age gaps detailed.
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Menelek
Abyssinia
William
Russia
Paris
Abdur Rahman
Ameer
Afghanistan
Alexander of
Servia
Vladimir
Prince Karl
Denmark
Maud
England
Paper Pointers and Traditions in Paper Making
The article notes that adding clay and kaolin can raise paper weight. It recalls watermarks as an anti counterfeiting measure on banknotes. It also mentions a new type of papier made shoes for horses, claimed to give gratifying results.
Vast Game Reports Spur Hunters Across the West and Northeast
A lynx weighing 49 pounds was shot on a San Diego main street. A hunter near Montegano Washington killed a bear within city limits after it wandered from the forest, a 14 year old boy firing the shot. In Oregon, deer hides draw profits as herds are plentiful in Curry county mountains and northern regions. A party from Ashland returned with elk, bears and 63 bucks after a six week hunt. Grouse partridge and deer are reported plentiful in northern New Hampshire while Thornton bears are numerous and an unusually large lynx was seen near Ellsworth.
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South Windham
Copa
San Diego
Cal
Oregon
Edsworth
Montegano
Wash
Ashland
Ore
Curry County
New Hampshire
Thornton
Ellswoth
Postage Stamps and Cards Across Nations
A survey notes 13 400 stamp types worldwide with a Mauritius two penny blue unused selling for 700 dollars in London. The US handles about 12 million stamps daily while Austria seizes Italian postal cards commemorating Rome and bars circulation, prompting protests from Italy over compliance with postal union rules. 1813 US rates show varied charges for letters and double letters by distance and weight.
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Mauritius
London
United States
Austria
Rome
Italy
Postal Union
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Jean Halifax
Francis Z. Stone
J.N. McMillin
Ouders
Mountain Stave Im
de Cheseness College
Parkersburg, W. VA
A. G. Line
U.S. Patent Office
Washington
C.a.snow &Co
Patent Office
Washington, D
Uderman & Biddle
Physicians and Surgeons
H. M. Lash
Theity Hall
F.p.mcvay
Mrsaxnorty and
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Main Street
Athens
Ohio
DF K. Tinker
G. W. Blakeley
Bank of Athens
Athens Ohio
Orrics
Gy Tay Ie Leery
Miles
Geo. L. Smith
Geo
L. Smith, Mantel Co
Louisville
Julius C. Voght
Dr. Miles
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
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New York City
Ted
New England
Boston
Niagara Falls
D.S. Wilde
City
Columbus
D. B.martin
Cincinnati
Cincinnati &Ruskingum Valley
Lancaster
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington & Pittsburg
Zanesville
Dennison
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Points Weat
Cincinnati Mall
Cincinnati Express
Lancaster Accommodation
New Lexington
Junction City
Circleville
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James. F. Brown
East City Mall
DR. Henry
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