The Little Colonel and the Market Street Collar Button Vendor
A narrator recalls watching a frail young seller known as the little colonel who hawked collar buttons and needles near the American Express office on Market Space. After weeks of commerce and friendly salutes, the colonel mysteriously disappears, leaving the narrator distressed until a young colored messenger arrives with news of the colonel’s illness and a plea to fetch the narrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Express
Tve
Yessum
Allers
Jim
Prince Street
John
New York Sun
Little Colonel's Last Stand in the Warm May Room
A narrator recalls visiting a dying boy named the colonel in a damp alley cottage. The boy, rich with a smile and bravely witty, speaks of a new stand above and shows affection for a colored friend before passing away, while neighbors and a mother offer quiet sorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Corinne Bergen
Woman's Influence and Health Advice Ad for Lydia E Pinkham
Delicate women may exert influence but health enables fuller companionship. Warning signs include dizziness backache nervousness and exhaustion signaling weakness or uterine trouble. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound aims to root out illness and promote health. Liver Pills cost 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkhan
Lydia E. Pinkham
Painter Finds His Ideal Woman in Swiss Portrait
A narrative of a painter who chased an unattainable ideal of beauty, met a real woman Emily in a Swiss estate, and returned to alter a portrait into a splendid likeness. The piece blends reminiscence with a travel vignette and a dramatic encounter in Lucerne region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Perry
Bri
Eec
New Haven
Hendee
Switzerland
Lucerne
Emily
St. Louis
Globe-Democrats
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Gibbon and Grote
Madame Grundy
Dafield Osborne
Harper's Bazar
Wanglers and Curiosities
London
Mark Scarliot
New Jersey
Dixon
Illinois Central
Fort Dodge Cor
Chicago Tribune
New Hampshire
Manchester
N. H
J. W
Lowell
Tuttles Jones
South Acton, Mass
Wood and Stone
Concord Junction
Jeremiah Sheehan
Concord, Junction
Sacramento
Biglow
McDonald
New York
Jones
New York World
White Earth
Globe
St. Paul Globe
W. W. Oliver
Maynard
Mass
WWOTT
Fine
People’s Shoe
Riverside Block
Maynard, Mass
Near Depot
E. H. Davis
Sachet Powbdeks
Tom Xr
Scars
Adams,Druggis
Loewe
Main Street
J. Y. Tucker
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