A Thanksgiving Dress and a Boston Family’s Turnaround
Ailing Boston West End family Nina Searle and mother cope with poverty after a father’s failure. Agnes and Robert Verrell foster a plan to salvage their future as a mysterious benefactor Mrs. McAuliff arrives with funds. A long-lost dress becomes a museum artifact as the family’s fortunes rise.
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Seatle
Nina
Agnes
W. A McAurire
Verrell
Trisk
Tom
Antwerp
Mrs. Searle
Eunice Gibson
New Hampshire Hills
Aleece
Essex
Washington Streets
Mrs Mcalff
Ishousie
John
Wink
Laas
Ted
Eunice
John McAuliff
Bin
McAuliff
Searle
May
Great Strides in Engraving by Photo Engravers
The New York Mail reports a new half tone engraving process that uses light to create photographic quality plates without traditional artists. It promises cheaper illustrations for books and magazines, though not suited to soft finish papers or cheap inks.
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New York Mail
Mail and Express
Eissenbach
Vienna
Austria
Meissenbach
Goldthwaite's Fortune Ends in Tragedy and Rumor
On Thanksgiving Day, Jimmie Goldthwaite leaves home for Boston and a hopeful future, while decades later banker James Goldthwaite, famed for wealth and a strategic marriage, faces scandal and alienation. As family ties fray and a harsh verdict looms, he confronts betrayal and despair before a fatal decision.
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Jimmie Goldthwaite
Jimmie
Granite Hill
Grandfather Goldthwaite
Ethan Allen
Hezekiah Bailey
Nashua
Boston
Durham Village
Dollie
May
Joe Brown
Lisha
Hildreth
Judge Shellana
Trueman
Goodby
Josiah Bateman
Westfield
William Roberts
Reval
Thanksgiving in sorrow and faith in hard times
A grieving voice marks Thanksgiving as a day of mourning for lost loved ones. The speaker consoles a wife, noting four sons lost in death yet finds solace in possessions remembered and hope that the remaining family will return home. The verse reflects Providence and gratitude amid bereavement.
Rog Who Won't Line Up At Post Office Stamps Window
A man tried to cut the stamp line at a New York post office by repeatedly moving between windows and insisting on service. After several confrontations and lost minutes, he finally joined the end of the line. Telegram reporters note some men are innately crooked and prefer trouble over fairness.
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Nina
Bill Pault
Robert
Ina
Agnes
Alster
Dee
Mamma
Thiou
Bert
Cana
Today
Sospeody
Goplaliss
Errell
Verrena
Molny
Mr. Verrell
Aeead Coley
Agnés
Victora
New York
Job Ache
McAuliff
Prom
Nina Ku
Apa
Richard Searle
Nita
Agnes Seanar
Mrs. McAuliff
Elise
Boston
Lamont
Young's
Oine
Goldthwaite
Pemberton Square
Gold Thwart
Howver
Cornhill
Parker's
Micawber
James Goldthwaite
Mary
New York Telegram
Why the Green Eyed Lobster Raged
A humorous Drake's Magazine piece features Julius and a Harlem romance tale. The narrator explains jealousy and social barriers as he recalls attempts at courtship and mockery of a yellow girl, revealing strained pride and coded urban life.
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Drake's Magazine
Julius
Harlem
Depraved Taste of the Harlem Goat
A Claude Puck cartoon comment shows a Harlemite joking about goats chasing an undertaker’s wagon. He quips that locals follow the wagon to eat the crape off the bier handle and longs for black bombazine.
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Harlem
New York
Wayback Widow Charms and Curses a Wayback Drummer
A humorous narrative poem set in Wayback Maine centers Charity Dorothy Dobbs the Widow of Wayback. A boastful drummer promotes a Polyform Patent Machine causing her to invest. The device catastrophically fails, leading to Dorothy’s death and a cautionary moral about gullibility and fame in a rustic village.
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Dorothy Dobbs
Wayback
Galilee
Wayuack
Waytack
Dobba
Charity
Maine
Lochinvar
Dorothy
Grammer
Tie
Tome
Farm
Brookleta
Waybank
Tke Pani Revere
Dorothy Dobba
Boston
A Clad Thanksgiving Tale From Farmer Brown and Family
An excerpted Thanksgiving tale shows Farmer Brown stern and Aunt Martha sorrowful as their daughter rejects arranged matches. The story follows years of poverty and wealth, a nameless unconfessed grief, and a feast kept with little joy as time passes and no heir emerges.
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Farmer Brown
Bessie
Marthas
Sigrother
Sam Harola Archer
Martha
Thanksgiving Eve Homecoming Reverie at Dying Aunt’s Table
A bleak winter scene forms a family Thanksgiving moment in a worn homestead. Aunt Martha cooks as whispers of longing for Bessie and a missing grandson mingle with a hushed blessing. Old joy surfaces as a gathered, strained family finds fragile solace in gratitude.
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Martha
Bessie
Avold
Healthful Habits and Beauty in a San Francisco Belle
A dated column extols a health focused San Francisco woman over 30 whose beauty came from daily sponge baths, well ventilated rooms, long walks, light meat intake with emphasis on fruit and cereals, and coffee diluted with water. It contrasts her practices with a sensational Chicago belle’s exaggerated routine.
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San Francisco
Rene
Chicago
Oddities of Life and Curious Recollections
A collage of curios from 19th century life including a New York brewer's large output, a Michigan cabbage subscription, a barefoot student in Athens Georgia, and anecdotes about Jenny Lind and Jay Gould. Reports touch on small-town pranks, fashion hacks, a courthouse note on barber refusals, a Nashville undertaker, and distant global oddities such as diamond seizures, butter by the yard, and a geese spectacle at a frozen lake.
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New York
Bryan
Mich
Herald
Athens Ga
Dean Stanley
Jenny Lind
Jay Gould
Philadelphia
Jackson
Maryland
Grand Rapids
Mic
Cambridge
Eng
T Hen
Athens
Calhoun County
Simon Cameron
Don
Kimberly
Boston
Cable
Harvard
Iowa Supreme Court
Bennet
Hall
Chicago Times
Atchison
London
Board of Education of
Sacramento
Cal
Cleveland
Lexington
Miss
Dixie Cole
Emily Wight
Mollie Hoskins
Cardinal Gibbons
Mobile
Geneva
Minn
Edward Earle
Narragansett Pier
Kansas
Marshall P. Wilder
Daim
Lam
Professor Waldaner
St. Louis
Kenny Lind Durhngy
America
New Orleans
C. B. Lewis
M. Quad
Detroit Free Press
Eufaula
Ala
Lewis
Sadie Aikens
Reeves
Nachtegoles
Chubert
Bouldry
Orea
San Francisco
Albany
Wolf
Louis
Lindle
Lindley
Bismarkshutte
Bismarck
Comstock
Virginia City
Europe
C. E. Cline
Cen’ Christian Advocate
Emmetsburg
Ter
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Blackstones
Union Pacific
Blackstone
Boston & Gibany
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Artune
Pickwick Club
Back Bay
Charles
Ito
Pickwick
Atsez
Pearl Street
Suffolk
Ublic
Commonwealth Avenue
Harvey Lamont
Jim
Tomor
Hortense
Hortense Goldthwaite
Nan
Altho
Puck
Widow
Lord Byron
Robert Barna
Sir Walter Scott
Tt. Shetley
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Thomas Buchanan Read
George A. Baker
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