Children as Story Makers in Rome Beggar Boy Portrait
Frances Hodgson Burnett recalls a pretty Roman beggar boy she meets in Rome, marveling at his charm and performance as he begs for pennies. She observes the beggar and his companion with warmth, notes their sophistication and onlookers’ reactions, and muses on the boy’s future beyond street life.
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
Rome
Atlantic
London
Tower
Paris
Coliseum
France
Italy
Via
Boy
Roy
Pantheon
America
Washington
Topfill
Frances Hopeson Burnett
Marianbad
Austria
Young John Ericsson Pioneer of Flames Engine Inventions
The tale follows John Ericsson from boyhood in Sweden through early mining curiosity, drawing tools, and toy models, to a lifelong pursuit of mechanical invention. He studies canal projects, meets leading engineers, and, at 23, departs for London to pursue flame engine ideas that mix steam with coal gas, laying groundwork for future breakthroughs.
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Olaf Ericsson
Soine
John
Fairy Land
Ericsson
Langsbanshyttan
Scandinavian Peninsula
Baltic
North Sea
Siniers
Hni
Gota
England
Scotland
Holland
Sweden
John Ericsson
Iit
Ericason
London
Coe
Ueani
Besson
Alp
Ericsson Revolutionizes Steam Power and the Monitor
The article recounts Ericsson's early steam engine concepts and notices his New Jersey canal screw propeller work leading to U.S. Navy steam propulsion. It highlights the Novelty vs Rocket competition, the hot air engine, and culminates with the Monitor, whose ironclad victory shifted Civil War naval power. It notes Merrimac’s threat and Hampton Roads showdown shaping naval warfare.
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London
Osson
Manchester Road
England
Ericsson
Stephenson
Engish
Lieut. Stockton
United States Navy
New Jersey
Robert F. Stockton
Eri
United States
War Service
Europe
Hampton Roads
Dar
The Story of John Ericsson Hero of Sweden and America
Henrietta Christian Wright chronicles John Ericsson a Swedish adventurer and engineer born 1803 in Vermeland. He rises from canal worker to army cadet and inventor shaping naval defense with the Monitor and pioneering sun motor ideas. He dies in New York 1889, his legacy celebrated by Sweden and the United States.
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Vermeland
Henrietta Christian Wright
Weden
Europe
Yngstroms
Sweden
John Ericsson
Monitor
United States
Ericsson
Iricsson
New York
Aricsson
Vorne
Ole
William Conant Church
The Messenger Boys Strike Ends in Quiet Reform
Royal Champion recovers from fever as Bay District Company negotiates with the messenger boys. John Pembroke and Superintendent Barlow expose secret plots led by Jimmy McCracken, ending with wage concessions and a promise to rehire most strikers. The tale closes with Royal cleared, Pembroke praised, and peace restored.
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Makin
Messenger Boys’ Association
Jimmy McCracken
General Assembly
Jimmy
Bay District Company
Royal
N. B
Supt. Barlow
Sey Perit Company
John Pembroke
Ellers
Royal Champion
Jopp
John
John Pemroke
Barlow
Mr. Baaley
Ell Peeps
Connors
Australia
Providence
Mrs. Champion
Cape Ann Granite and its hidden harbor network
Harper's Weekly details Cape Ann Massachusetts a granite promontory with many tiny sheltered harbors carved from rock by walls of stone. It notes the breakwater project aimed at Albany scale and the dozen quarry companies supplying coarse granite for foundations and paving with offices near Cape Ann grocers.
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Harper's Weekly
Cape Ann
Massachusetts
Cape
Squam
Cape Ann Inlet
Marblehead
Pockport
Pigeon Cove
Lanesville
Bay View
New York
Albany
Rockport
A Granite Company
Boston
Association of United Builders
Devonshire St
Philadelphia
Salem
The Flight of Time From Nunsey's Weekly
A nostalgic verse recounts a childhood friendship with a girl who was once a playful ten year old but grows into an eighteen year old titled belle. Now engaged, she remains aloof yet the speaker claims a past intimacy and playful mischief. The tone mirrors a witty period verse about youth, aging, and romantic entanglement.
Divorce Request and Alimony Claim in New York Weekly
A reader asks Mrs. Hardcash for a divorce from her husband and alimony of 1500 dollars a year. A lawyer questions the husband's income, and Mrs. Hardcash notes she would not seek more than the husband earns, stressing she is not that kind.
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New York Weekly
Far West suitor proposes elopement with condition
In a dramatic exchange a suitor from the far West asks a woman to elope to a mountain home. She agrees only if she can first stop in Chicago to obtain a divorce.
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Far West
Chicago
Married secrets spark public demeanor plan
In a New York Weekly bit Bridé and Will vow public-spirited restraint after a secret marriage. A matron recalls adopting similar tactics in marriage. The Outside column from Indianapolis Journal notes playful jokes: a partisan is forever on one side, an independent on the other.
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New York Weekly
Inanapolis Journal
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Sarin
Lieut, Fricsson
Jeutland Field Chasseurs
Stephens
Ils
Forsvik
Canal Company
Messenger Boys
Tlora Haines Loughead
Connel
Bay
Simm
San
Stinson
Nunsey’s Weekly
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