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Newspaper

Elkhart Observer

Location

Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jan 14, 1874

Page

4

Star-Crossed In-store Love Waits For Rose Lennox

Wealthy bachelor Paul St John watches Rose Lennox in a fashionable shop where two sisters sniff at expensive trims. He learns Rose, honest and modest, cannot afford luxury. He helps her family through crisis and the pair confess love, choosing restraint over display.

Mr. St. John Gene Mr St. John Marinas Dayton St. John Europe Georgiana Rose’ Lennox Rose Lennox Parker Wien Uricou St. John Made Inquiries In Regard To Mr. Lennox Mrs. Lennox St.John Papa St. John’s Paul

Obituary Editor Applicants Sample in The St. Louis Republican

An applicant for obituary editor posts a letter praising his humorous writing and recall of family afflictions. He shares a long, comic obituary sample about Great Grandmother Peck aged 119 who died twice, knitters, gruel, and quirks from months past, with odd spellings and digressions.

The St. Louis Republican Mary Ann Peck Chicigi

Remark on Old Memories and Honoring a Great Grandmother

The fragment recalls Washington receiving cash from Oaks Ames over the Pacific railroad bill and mentions Cyrus Field and the Atlantic cable, ending with a tribute to a great grandmother and a RIP farewell.

Washington Oaks Ames Pacific Railroad Cyrus Field Hendrick Hudson Atlantic

Man Fights Self Acting Sewing Machine Gone Mad

Kipp builds a powered sewing machine that runs wild, wrenches furniture, and fights back at him. After police and neighbors mistake it for burglars, the household hides the demon device under a pile of boxes. Kipp later buys a new machine and stops pursuing mechanics.

Kipp Elias Howe Max Adler

Landseer Twins Chrome Promoted by British Quarterly Review

The British Quarterly Review praises Sir Edwin Landseer as unmatched for labor and genius in painting. A large chrome reproduction of Landseer's Twins is offered, once owned by George Stevenson of Parliament, valued at about $25,000, accompanied by DeWitt Talmage's The Christian at Work paper. Samples mailed free from 102 Chambers Street, N. Y. See advertisement.

British Quarterly Review Edwin Landseer Landseer George Stevenson DeWitt Talmage Chambers Street

Monument to Fanny Fern by Robert Bonner at Mt. Auburn

Robert Bonner erects a Roman cross monument at Mount Auburn Cemetery Long Island to the memory of Fanny Fern. The pedestals expose a granite plinth marble base and a bold projecting cap. The cross is draped with interlacing fern leaves. Inscription on the front reads Fanny Fern. North panel notes born Portland July 9 1811 died New York Oct 10 1872. South panel names the tribute by Robert Bonner.

Robert Bonner Fanny Fern Mt. Auburn Cemetery L. I Portland New York

Young Lady Invests in Toledo Lots as Cigar Habit Warps Spending

A LaGrange Standard note suggests a town girl buys Toledo lots with spare funds and posits many young men waste annual payments on cigars. It argues if cigar outlays cannot cover the purchase, other costly vices would.

Toledo LaGrange Standard

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