Wedding on the Street Called Straight Forged by Grace Boyce
Grace Boyce a cashier at Allen Manufacturing cleans up a missing fifty dollars from her cash drawer and helps her errant office boy Jerry Lang by saving him from crime. Years later Alden Morris the president’s son offers marriage and a new life, uniting Grace and Jerry through a shared “delightful partnership” amid reconciliation and reward.
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Grace Boyce
The
Allen Manufacturing Company
Alden Morris
Grace
Jerry Lang
Jerry
Alden
Night Adventure in the Woods with a Gentle Creature
Two adventurers fear a mysterious noise in the woods at night. A kindly talking creature lights a candle, reassures them that boogeymen do not exist, and urges them to stop fearing every sound. He reminds them leaves wind walls and shrubs move naturally and then departs.
Kindness and Polk Inauguration Recounted in Brief
A reflection on small acts of kindness and their rewards paralleled with historical notes on James K. Polk’s inauguration. The piece notes the telegraph’s first practical use at the event and two inaugural balls, pricing ten dollars at Carusi's and five dollars at the National Theater, with Polk dining with the five-dollar Democrats.
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John Quincy Adams
Carusi’s Hall
National Theater
Polk
People of Our Town Jolly Fat Man Spreads Cheer
A portrait of a popular local character known for Good Humor and Cheer. He dispenses goodwill, remains privately troubled, and embodies the town’s cheerful spirit despite personal worries.
Children Telephone Toy Impostor Solution
Advice suggests giving children a small imitation telephone attached to furniture and a book they can use as a phone book to reduce bothersome calls. The tip emphasizes practical, improvised play to distract kids from real phone use.
Ingenious Tube Warms Feet By Bedside Breath
An inventor proposes a simple device to warm cold feet. Roll a large sheet into a tube, seal edges, place under bedclothes at night, and breathe through one end while exhaling through the tube. A continuous current of warm air is said to heat the bed until feet feel warm enough to sleep.
Hudson River Vehicular Tunnel Underway Between States
Ground breaking signals start of a new Hudson river tunnel linking New York and New Jersey. The double bore measures 113 miles? and will take 8% years to build, costing $28,669,000. Electric fans will refresh air 32 times hourly and traffic passages will be 20 feet wide.
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Hudson River
New York
New Jersey
Hope Springs Eternal
A playful Houstin Post fragment hints at a wedding omen from a ouija board. The reader’s tone alternates between skepticism and superstition as the prediction lingers about marriage.
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Gert
Houston Post
Cleaned Out
A prisoner tells the court that his lawyer took his last dollar as the judge prepares to sentence him, illustrating a courtroom moment from the Boston Transcript.
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Boston Transcript
Recognizing the Inevitable in a Humble Exchange
In a brief dialogue a landlord demands higher rent while a response dismisses arguing. The scene pivots to pragmatic money pressure and a wry remark on emotional effects, highlighting stoic bargaining in everyday hardship.
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Iowa Loan & Trust Co
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Ralph de Palma
Children’s Gingham Rompers
Paul Jones Middies
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