Portrait of Annette Brings Luck To Artist In Town Romance
A tiny shop owner, Madame, arranges Annette as a model for a poor artist across the street. The sausage vendor and Madame scheme to unite lovers, moving the stand and securing a wedding by placing Annette beside the artist through a curious pact with a priest. The portrait sells quickly, and fortune follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xavier
Madame
Mnan
Annette
Sreet
Tts
M. Dawhean
Sayiner
Monsieur
France
Madine
Cecoffre
Annette, Free At Last, Slipped Acros
M. Laubeau
Jay
Rue
Nis
M. Laubean
Paris Returns to Gambling Trap After Ten Year exile
Gilbert de Saumur returns to Paris after ten years in America with £20 turned to wealth through rail shares and coaching work. At Rouval’s invitation he joins a late night card game, relapsing into gambling until he loses nearly all he earned and leaves with only £40, vowing to stay away and seek work again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert de Saumur
Paris
America
France
de Saumur
Rouval
New York
Gilbert
Avenue de Vopera
Jacques Rouval
Jeneth de Saumur
Goodby
Old Time Smuggling Tales From English Ports
Across a century old tale, Samuel Pellew’s corruption haunted English customs. A smugglers’ plot led to threats on Pellew and a licensed innkeeper armed a battery to defend illicit goods, while a royal sloop of war faced a hostile attack. In Scilly docks, famine for reading spurred a public push to replace the lone Bible and a worn copy of Dr Faustus with a fresh Faustus book.
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England
Samuel Pellew
Lalmouth
Pellew
Scilly Islands
Scilly
St. Mary’s
Dr. Faustus
Reading to Slatington line recalls Dutch market woman
A Philadelphia Ledger blurb recalls a Pennsylvania Dutch market woman who rode the Reading to Slatington on-time train for three days, greeted conductor Benzy, and joked about being first after years of waiting. The anecdote highlights rural Pennsylvania nostalgia and a daily rail line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Slatington
Befor
PhilfIphia Ledger
Fame and marriage in a heated exchange among women
A speaker extols renowned women such as Nightingale and Cobbe, noting some never married. He doubts a woman pursuing fame needs a husband, while she recoils, declaring she hates fame and resists the idea of release. The dialogue probes gender roles and ambition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martineau
Sarah Masia
Hyence Nightingale
Cary Sisters
Abbey May
Frances Power Cobbe
Harriet Ifosiner
A Filling Smell At Pennsylvania Bakery
A quirky Baltimore News item describes a small boy with a pudgy nose and a large freckle observing vapors rising from a city bakery oven. He mutters questions about what is cooking, amid the steam and scents from sinkers to mince pies.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Baltimore News
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Nuttle Hardware Co
Body Brussels
Rag. &c
Qsc
Stewart & CO
Baltimore's Permanent Exposition
Lexington, Howard and Clay Sts
Baltimore
Lert
N. Howard St
Christian Waskey
J. Harry Rose
Berwanger & CO
Baltimore Street
Charles
Baltimore, Md
Wonderbuls
Lateriei
Milale
Nevius & Frampton
Easton, Md
Wikzoughby Nowellk
Denton
Maryland
Undertaker Funfs
Noweall
Eally
T. H. Evans & Company, Fruit and Produce Commission Merchants
Baltimore, Maryland
LAW Building
NKLIN
Franklin’ Typewriter
Cutter Tower CO
Boston
Mass
Devonshire St
Winthrop Square
V.j. €. Dulany Company
BS East
Baltimrere Stiri
James TT
Coop HE
Undertaker
Bardon
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