A Tale Of Duty And Vanity At Mrs Corrie's Party
Martha Green confronts social pressure as Ellen Willard quietly chooses a selfless act. Ellen sits up with ill neighbor Mrs Bender all night rather than spoil her dress for Mrs Corrie's party. Alton, impressed by Ellen's virtue, abandons Martha and falls for Ellen, whose moral beauty surpasses outward charm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onti
Hannah Ball
Martha
Martha Green
Bender
Ellen Willard
Alton
Miss Green
Ellen
Jimen
Killen
Tsee
Mrs. Hinton
Murmered
Thrilling railway sketch recalls bolt that doomed express
A Sentinel sketch recounts a deadly rail accident on a fast express where a king bolt was found on the track after the train already sped away. The superintendent acts coldly, orders checks by telegraph, and hopes the carriage weight keeps the car on the line while passengers endure a tense, uneventful ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sentinel
N. ¥. Courier & Engineer
Peril on the rails and a self moving clockwork marvel
A railway incident recounts a vigilant engineer recognizing a missing king bolt and narrowly averting disaster. It praises the superintendent for timely warning and recalls James Hendrickson's 49 year effort creating a self moving clockwork propulsion device. A Petersburg correspondent shares anecdotes on Washington seals and a Baltic fleet testimony follows, ending with a remark on a curious encounter in Cincinnati.
Old schoolhouse ode and Salem church dedication note
A reflective verse about a worn schoolhouse beside a mapled lane and a teacher who inspires patience. The column closes with a report of the dedication of a new Methodist Episcopal church at Salem, noting a sermon by Rev Samuel Clak and a surplus of eighty three dollars from an eight hundred dollar puld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Church
Salem
Samuel Clak
Old Dearborn
Iowa readers urged to move west and support Prohibitory Liquor Law
Dover Iowa letters discuss politics and a Whig victory in the state, urging Prohibitory liquor measures and criticizing Locofoco influence. The writer reports drought, crop yields, and rising land prices, and encourages readers to migrate to Iowa for farms, noting high prices and limited land availability. The tone is hopeful about a new political era and economic improvement in the young state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover, Lee Co
Iowa
Messrs. Eprors
Towa
James
Locofoco
U.S
Curious Humorous Excerpts From a Late 19th Century Page
A jumble of brief quips and notices collected from a periodical page includes light literary critiques, social toasts, and witticisms. It references the New York Weekly Leader and Boston Religious Magazine, with satirical bits about marriage notices, weathering rain on beauty, poems, and small comic sketches. It also hints at anecdotes about pen pals, moral newspapers, and casual courtship banter from era newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New York Weekly Leader
Also Mentioned on This Page
T. &. Arthur
Iro
Messin
Bpm Sa
King Bolt
James G. Hendrickson
Freehold
Tonmouth County
New Jersey
Hendrickson
Journal of Commerce
Petersburg Express
Charlestown
Virginia
Washington
G. W
Braddock
Quer Hia
Iter
Houssey
Cincinnati
Hoosier
Yar
Eile
Sean
J. A. Blackmon
Sears
Troth
Wm. B. Aenold
Henry Clay
Lawrence Courier
Kentucky
George Corman
Ted
Brown
Smith
West Indies
Cee
Mississippi
Bird
Joe S
Pittsburg
Democratic Union
Jemmy
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