Left slipper of Cinderella tale charms a city lodger
A narrator finding a bronze left slipper under a sofa begins a comic chain of events. He hides the slipper to avoid scandal, shadows a mysterious romance with Mrs Pottle, Miss Ayrton, and a cabman, and ends with Cinderella’s arrival and a happy, moneyed ending.
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Cinderella
Susannah
Mrs. Pottle
Lam
Victoria Terrace
Miss Ayrton
Dr. Ayrton
Isdy
Mr Staley
Cabman
Miss Aryton
Burnwood Place
Katie
Taaid
Kate
Grandmamma
Haley
Mr. Haley
Muss Ayrton
Thad
Decorate the Homestead For Spring Plantings
The article urges planting shrubs trees and flowers to beautify homesteads. It celebrates the season for outdoor work and argues tasteful landscaping enhances health home joy and family pride with varied species suited to any climate and soil.
Picktop Pickle Predicament Ends With Breakage
A four year old in a neighboring ward climbs into a pantry jar of pickles and becomes jammed. His mother frees him after the jar is broken, leaving the child dubbed Little Pickle for the misadventure. The incident concludes with the child crying and promising not to repeat the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamma
Cal
Fix
Pickle
Aden
Curious Berwickshire custom of turning work to relieve fatigue
A description from Burton's First Footsteps in East Africa notes a Berwickshire practice among women field workers who, when tired, bow and lie with faces to the ground while others step along the lower backs to ease pain. A parallel camel-loading custom in Africa is described as fogsi or straightening the back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newbury
Bunney
Newburyport Herald
Berwickshire
England
Burton
East Africa
Afrin
French scientists predict cold wet summer of 1867
The Farmer notes a French scientific forecast that the summer of 1867 will be cold and wet. They base this on large ice masses breaking away from the far north and drifting southward to melt, cooling the seas and increasing moisture.
Quote on paper delivery delays from The Lowell Advertiser
A harsh Lowell newspaper remark criticizes customers who delay paying for newspapers and return papers unpaid. It mocks the practice by comparing it to feeding a blind dog a meal and then stoning the dog for its blindness.
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Lowell Advertiser
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Bristol
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Franklin
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Thames and
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Gideon
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Providence, RB. I
Callendar
McAustar
Troups
Love Child
G. Grey
Westmi
LEDC
Pol Slippers
Serge’ Bals
Are ci
Bees
Jorsay
Ee Street
N. £. Bedell
Gifford’s
N. C. Bedell
DR. Winslow
Health Regulations
Bristol Phoenix
Peter Gladding
Clork
The
South Christian Society
M. W. Pierge, Jr
IRLS
National Rubber Company
Mt Hope
James T. Boyd
George Munro
WM BR. Taylor
Samuels. Munro
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Frederica Grisler
Geo W. Easterbrooks
Globe
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Bonnie Bouche
Navy
Grant & Williams
Solace Tobacco
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Boston
Pierce
Yaay
C. J. Pales
Hall
Arnold
Mrs Pottle
Katia
Dorso
Ezekiel
United States
New Hamshire
Dr. Holmes
American Review
Telena
Japan
Hrart Surra
Jenny Lind
Great
Pyramid
Cheops
Songstream
Annie Mossrry
Ann Tippathy
Amy 4
Billity
London
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British Hotel
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R. Bartlett
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