Aprils Veil and a Boston Family Reunion
A lyrical contrast shows a fragile spring flower and a moral vignette about wealth and pride. In a Boston home, a disobedient son marries a poor girl, prompting disinheritance, but a grandfather’s generosity toward Charles’s family heals rifts as Ellen reveals a grandson, Thomas Bonner Wheatly, and the old man forgives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Wheatly
Boston
Ellen
Charles
Tom Bonner
Tom
Jim
Elen
Grandpa
Thomas Bonner Wheatly
Sam
Thomas Bonner
Rae
Tie
Thomas
Strange husband and a scarlet scarf of love
A wife recalls a quarrel over a ten dollar scarlet scarf at Stewart's and a change of heart. She buys a vest for her husband and later receives the scarf as a gift, realizing her husband is stern yet noble. The tale ends with an exhortation to wise living and true friendship in faith and action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wy 4B & Burchard
Augusta Ga
Augusta
Dee
TEW Tailoring
Cartersville
Georgia
S. H. Fatillo
Tat Loring
Silas O'Sitelds
Albany
Troupville
Lowndes County
Thomas
Lowndes
Clinch
Ware
Appaling
Irwin
Ephriam H. Platt
Lowndes Co. Ga
Voet
Havin Brother
Philad
WM. Scherzer
Cassville
Ly Female College
Washington
United States
Congress
I. C. Spalding
Washington, D. C
Mr. Adams
Henry
Stewart's
Adeline
Broadway
Ife
Christ
Tragic Cow Die In Pumpkin Turnip Misadventure
A Rochester American item describes a domestic dispute ending in tragedy as a cow dies reportedly choking on a tray while a couple, Charlie and Julia, experience a quarrel and rapid marriage sequence ending in separation and reunion before final marriage.
The Gentle Wife and Trials of Domestic Faith
A reflective piece extols a wife's steadfast love in adversity and tests of gentleness. It contrasts patient devotion with harsh accusers, citing Irving and a tale of ruin and recovery to argue that true fidelity shines through misfortune. A separate vignette features a comic scene of York in a tavern mistaking his reflection for a private guest and berating the landlord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Maxims for Youthful Virtue and Practical Counsel
A compact set of precepts on character and conduct. Emphasizes truthfulness, modest ambition, virtuous company, self discipline, daily reflection, thrift, debt avoidance, religious regard, and Bible reading as guiding counsels for life.
How they Read the Setwspapers
A humorous survey of reader types as they peruse a newspaper. Various characters like Mr General Intelligence, Aunt Sukey, Miss Prim, Mr Marvellous, Uncle Ned, and Mrs Friendly illustrate distinct habits from skimming telegraphs and stocks to following marriages and accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Intelligence
Telegraph
Sharper
Sukey
Prim
Marvellous
Ned
Madane
Higach
Hay
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Fyhe Cassinure Stanporp
Terus
Business Directory
A Crawford & Crawford
Attorneys At
John A. & M. J. Craigford
Cherokee
Blue Ridge
Crawford
L—Ly
BK W. Chastain
Lae
MorDyganton
Cherokee Circuit
Jane Tames Milner
Lenr
Casseville
Geo
B. “C. Crawford
Lew, Chehoun, Geo
HH. Tatum
Trenton
R E Ga
A Weil
Canton
Georbegia
Blue Ridge Circuit
David Inwin
McDonald
Mariette
Joseph E. Brown
W.T. Wofford
Geo. N. Test Cumming
Ffai
Lee
Calhoun
Offord
Chasseville
Court House
Coyper & Rice
Af Lair
Cass
Ie Barbour
dAttorney
Sue
Atlaneta
Fulton
Contiguous
Atlanta
Holland
Whitney & Haat
Upshaw
Old Staed
Public Square
T Kle & Wikle
J I
Erwin's Old Stand
J. W. Hooper &Co
Hisensers Dav Tdson
Grasville
Patton
Sti
Cassville, Ga
Ockett & Snellings
M. M. Peeples
E. Calhoun
S G. Courtenay, & CO
Broadie Street
Charleston
South Carolina
G. Courtenay
A. Courtenay
Tyatt McBurney & CO
Hayne Street
S. C
Dare & McKenzie
Pau
E. McKenzie
Jane
L. Griffin
Ly. Soli
Levy
Cass County
Jones & Greenwood
Ives
Jassville
Borge Vogt
Archip Street
Philadelphia
Siydhuinizy & Clayton
Wane
Axp
Comsisstox
Mrr- ScHants
Ducusta
Com Tission
WM. T. Wofford
Bounty
Elisha King
Adairsville
Elling
Dee 1
W.W. Leake
Levy's
Chaire Poetry
Chaice Réstellany
Se Reconciliation
Sheich
You
Trug
Rochester American
Charlie
Julia
Irving
Q Priogie Book
Maxini
Wan
Polly
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