Shop girl and the aristocrat embrace amid market store romance
A wealthy Douglas Lennox falls for Miss Romer, a shop girl, after daily visits to a Chestnut Street store. He reveals his wealth and proposes marriage, while Helen Romer fears social stigma but confesses her love as they plan a life away from toil.
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Miss Romer
Lennox
Douglas Lennox
Chestnut Street
Mr. Lennox
Ro‘Tam
Helen
Helen Romer
Vonly
The Column of Vendome and American Lavishness
A Washington era letter discusses the destruction of the Column of Vendome by vandals and the wider image of American extravagance. It notes American purchases like Kate Chase Sprague’s priceless lace and a Paris diamond stored as For Americans, and contrasts lavish displays with European opulence, highlighting lavish fashion in Paris and widespread American spending patterns.
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Vendome
Europe
France
Napoleon
Jena
Friendland
Austerlis
Trojan
Wm. E. Cramer
Paris
Kate Chase
Chase
Sprague
England
Christiendom
The Two Sexes by Mrs Sigourney Contends with Gender Roles
The passage argues that men may learn needlework and nursing while women advance to science eloquence and politics yet warns that forcing these roles violates nature and harms the soul. It frames gender expectations as risky social experiments.
Child kept in durance near Grant Street exposed in Pittsburgh
A Pittsburgh report details a father identified as George Cahoon who confined his five or six year old son in a small shed behind a Grant street store for two years. The boy, fed and whipped, appeared near lunacy and malnutrition. Mayors office investigators saw the child and expect action to place him under care or at the county home.
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Pittsburgh Post
Mayors
Grant Street
George Cahoon
Strawberry Alley
Patterson
Officer Dressler
Third Ward
Cahoon
Messrs. Patterson
Dressler
Mr. Patterson
Boston Anecdote From Harper’s Drawer
A June Harper’s Drawer clip notes Boston gentlemen of color and white New York disdain. A visitor in New York attends a Sunday church, requests a seat, and is refused politely, with humor about the New York reviewer.
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Harper's
Boston
New York
Vanderbilt's Sons and Sons-in-Law in Railroad Power
The article details Cornelius Vanderbilt and family, noting William Henry Vanderbilt as VP of the Hudson River and Central lines, William K. Vanderbilt as private secretary, Isbelius Jr as Harlem road treasurer, and sons-in-law Daniel Torrence and Horace F. Clark rising in railroad service. It discusses Clark as Lake Shore president and speculates Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. may inherit the Erie presidency if control comes.
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Cornelius
William Henry
Commodore
William
Hudson River and Central
William K. Vanderbilt
Isbelius, Jr
Harlem Roa
Daniel Torrence
The
Central
Mr. Torrence
Horace F. Clark
Horace
Frederick
Rich
Wall Street
Clark
Lake Shore Road
Erie
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Harlem
Troy Times
Killed by a Chicken Two Deaths From a Singular Cause
An account detail follows of Mrs. Sarah Johnson of that county dying from lockjaw after a yard incident with fighting roosters. She was in perfect health before being wounded by a spur. two days later her husband Mr. Clai borne Johnson died from the shock and illness.
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Sarah Johnson
Claiborne Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Suiet reports a young woman’s death at lake near Llewellyn Park
A deliberate act by a young woman near Orange Mountain New Jersey at the lake near Llewellyn Park is described as causing significant public concern. Officials investigate circumstances surrounding the death and surrounding area.
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Llewellyn Park
Orange Mountain, N. J
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