Blue Dress and Letter Save Sarah from Poverty
In a small parlor Sarah Downs, aging and desperate, awaits Lorenzo Rider and risks public shame to keep him from leaving. He arrives with a long-avoided confession and a letter he had hidden twenty years ago, revealing his earlier love and her chance at escape from foreclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah
Downs
Missy Sarah
Stffy
Lorenzo Rider
Lorenzo
Saral Downs
Huim
Golden Ledge Mining Company
Amd
Loren
Sarah Downs
Lorenzo Idere
Saraly
Isle
Berelim
Rudy
Ron
Sarth
Jim
Jewhry
Te Aovel
Ebo
Lorenzo Wider
Proposal Sparkles In Hidden Letter’s Wake
Sarah Downs reads a closely written page and discovers a twenty five year old proposal. Lorenzo comforts her as the pink fascinator and blue sick bag are mentioned, sealing their troubles with a tender embrace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loretta
Sarah
Sarah Downs
Lorenzo
The Guillotine and the Man Whose Name It Bears
A German author argues no one invented the guillotine, recounting Dr. Joseph Guillotin proposed fair trial and beheading method, while others designed the actual machine. The story follows An toine Louis, Tobias Schmidt, and the German craftsman who built the first model in 1792, and notes Guillotin’s death in 1814 in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hector Fleischman
Germany
Guillotin
Antoine Louis
Salpetriere
Guldon
Tobias Schmidt
Schmidt
Paris
Sproat's Bone Dinner Prank at Family Tavern
Middleboro born Col Ebenezer Sproat famed for wit once served three weary soldiers a lean lunch. He asked mother what bones were worth and gave each man eight shillings from the till. Mother laughed, calling it a clever misinterpretation, and approved the joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebenezer Sproat
Middleboro
Mass
Ile
Colonel Sproat
Ebenezer
The Pigeons Won and the Great Seal of England Tale
A fragment blends a pigeon wagering tale with a historic note on the Great Seal of England. It recounts a colonel, a major, and a colored boy Joe plotting to slip pigeons to St Louis, a two day rumor, and a twist of wings. It then describes the English seal in two parts weighed in sterling silver, its wax attachment, and guardianship by lord chancellors including a tale of a sleep-guarded seal to thwart thieves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Loung
Joe
Bird
Browning
England
Severelen
Claries II
Hils House
House of Lords
Quick Wit Saved Him From Beranger Trap in Paris Ballroom
In memories of police chief M. Claude during Napoleon III era, a clever criminal mimicked Beranger to escape capture. Claude, resembling the poet, approached a ballroom full of dancers who swarmed the fake Beranger, forcing his retreat as the crowd hailed the poet. He realized the ruse and escaped amid a sea of flowers and cheers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Claude
Napoleon III
Beranger
Paris
Claude
Rascal
Lhnea
Tuniu
Cards in Church and Love Across the Ages
The piece recalls old England where card playing surfaced in church pews and cathedrals, with examples from Crabbe and Beresford Slope. It contrasts sacred space with gambling and social theater, ending in a playful exchange about marriage and writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Crabbe
Trowbridge
Beresford Slope
Little Stanmore
Middlesex
St. Paul's
London
London Standard
The Apple of Discord and Paris Judgment
An excerpt recounts the wedding of Thetis and Peleus where Discord presents a golden apple for beauty. Juno, Minerva, and Venus propose. Paris awards to Venus, incurring Juno and Minerva’s wrath and Troy’s fall. It also notes river flow dynamics and velocity with depth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thetis
Peleus
Discord
Juno
Minerva
Venus
Paris
Troy
Rivera
Also Mentioned on This Page
Centor Journal
Howard Melvin
Johnson Melvin & Johnson, Publishers
South Bend
Dearborn
Disston
Mann's
Tiilohman Tarvey
Burrsville, Md
Redden & Downes
Denton, Maryland
Vesper
Transportation Co
Baltimore
C.D. Bennett
L. Bb. Towers
Feed and Sale
A. E. Cooper
Denton
Maryland
Talbot Savings Bank
Halton
Journal
J. Harry Rose
Berwanger & CO
Baltimore St
Box
The
Hughes Lumber and Coal Co
A. R. Wright
North British and Mercantile Insurance Co
Insurance Company of North America
Farmers’ Fire Insurance Co
German Alliance Insurance Co
Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Co
Phoenix Insurance Co
Hartford
Conn
Union Fire Insurance Co
the Girard Fire and Marine Insurance Co
Citizens’ Insurance Co
Missouri
J. Bolgiano & Son
Light and Pratt Sts
Wyatts
Confectionery Store
Huyler’s
Hesapeake, Steamshed Company
Chesapeake Line
Columiuniat
York River Line
Elegany Passenguit Stluawierds
Charlotte
Cualtimors
West Point
Richmond VA
Ad Insure
Richmorneé
Gloucester Point
Clanent's
Clay Bank
Alhitend’s
Naltimore Tran Piers
Stremy Wilar
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railway Company
Mrailwray Division
Brenervirge
East BouAn
Haltimorn Ar
Dunton
SVN
LST
LEWES
Weelel
Ian
Itsaly
Murdocis
Joni
Piss
Willard Thomson
the Smith Manufacturing & Engineering Co
Ridgely, Md
Eer Ea
Munn & Co
Scientific Americans
New York
Washington, D.C
Kent County Mutruae Insurance
Dover
Delaware
Etorce
John T. Carter, Jr
L. Irving Jones
Greensboro
Alex. Noble
QGENT
Preston, Md
Windsor Hotel
Filbert ST
Philadelphia
Junker
E. Fayette ST
Charles
Baltimore, MD
Eastern Shore
Court House Square
Dukes Downes
F. J. Wright
Storh
Ste
Wright
M. K. Frantz
George Henning
Chiis
Louis
Oftm Issvaseus
Gal Fon
AIS O.L. Chase
Walamanta Mofits
Ste Louis
Tie
Ife
Angelina
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