Moral Courage and a Revelatory Family Tale
A narrator recounts a summer plan and two invitations from his grandmother in Virginia and Charlie Pell in Boston. A note prompts a visit that reveals a hidden family connection ending with a confession and a comic, tense confrontation. The tale closes with a moral on daily courage and honest living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy & Robinson
Virginia
Charley Pell
Boston
Mrs. Pell
Charlie
Pell
Charlie Pell
Richmond
C. Richmond
Rich
Chas
Charlotte Richmond
Mr. Pell
C. Pell
Domestic satire and quips from Yonkers’ Gazette
A collection of light items and jokes on marriage, manners, and everyday life. notes on Ichabod and Mycon the Athenian, jokes about dogs and fleas, a quip about keeping secrets from a spouse, and comments on churchgoing motives. A joke about the King of Spain and a Louisville man overeating ice cream conclude the roundup.
The Nation as Classic Ground in Harper's July Easy Chair
The piece argues America rivals classic grounds in heroism and romance, citing Hawthorne in Concord, Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga, Sidney’s devotion, and a dying soldier sharing water. It extols national scenes as rich, inspiring, and timeless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawthorne
Concord
Ethan Allen
Ticonderoga
Jehovah
Continental Congress
Philip Sidney
America
Harper's
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Lottie
Yle
Charles
Richmond Walters
Mrs. Peil
New York
Ichabod
Jerush
Mycon
Ceres
Yonkers
Brunswicker
Earth
Bates
Spain
Louisville
Cem
Auditor’s Office
Athens Co
Athens
Ohio
Sugar Creek
Amesville
Auditor's Office
A. W.S. Minear
Athens County
1Yo Contractors
Board of Education
Alex. Ewing
Hocking River
Frost's
Rome Township
Webster's Mill
Music Books
Chickering, Mathushek & Hardman
Taylor & Farley
A.J. McCune
Cyrnes Grant
Pomeroy Iron Co
Pomeroy
J. W. Thomas
Sec. and
Treas
Moss’ Estate
Joseph Moss
Lydia Moss
Leonidas Jewett
W. H. Hatch
Nel - Ee
Carver Force Pumps
Nad
Carver Force
LL & Gorslene
Physicians & Operative Surgeons
Main Street
T. M. D. Plicher
van Vorhes & Bartlett
Lj W. Sparrow
Silvus
A B. Frame, M. D
Norton’s
Fr W. Tinker, M. D
Mae
Nelsonvile, Ohio
Hickman & Smith’s Drug Store
Washington Street
Will G. Cooley
Dentist
Athens, O
Office Corner Court
Union St’s
H.K. Blackstone’s
J. E. Edmundson
Pittsburg
W. Reed Golden
Charles Townsend
Ees & Townsend
Kia
W J. Davison
Hotels
W. H. McMonigal
Court ST
Elmer Golden
Frank Cornell
Cornell House
John Cornell
Reliable
Frank Cornell & Son
City Gas
N. B
F. Cornell & Son
Nerchant
Qror
THE
Zettler House
Friend and
Fourth Streets
Columbus
States Hotel
Town Streets
L. Steenrod
W. B. Brooks
Cor
Rich and High Streets
Ws. B. Powers, Chas
Lev Ashor
W. H. Powell & CO
West Fourth St
Walnut, Cincinnati, O
Columbus & Hocking Valley
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Harrisburg
Baltimore
Washington
Philadelphia
Dayton
Indianapolis
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
Missouri
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
California
Territories
Pullman Palace Cars
Cincinnati
W. L. O'Brien
D. W. Caldwell
H. V. A. R. Time Table
Salina
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Logan
Lancaster
Zanesville
Cleveland
Springfield
Toledo
Nesonville Salina
Straitsville Branch
Straitsville
Circleville
Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley Railroad
Buffalo
W.A. Mills
M. M. Green
Parkersburg
Pupre Pheans Danees
Tored
Coolville
Stewart
Guysville
Canaanville
Doe Athens
C.& Aoe
Marshfield
Zaleski
Hamden
A.m
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Express
Loveland
Greenfield
Chillicothe
Beagle
Goa Cincinnati
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Traini Ng
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P.M
Marietta
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Big Run
New England
Main L. June
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnatibati
Indianapolis Railway
Crestline
Niagara F
New York City
Dunkirk Crestline
Philadephia
Fort Wayne
Eenenenne
Delaware
Pringfield
Palace
Erie
New York Centre
Obie
Jamue Pat
Eugen Peasenger
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