A Peep in the Window and a Parisian Clubroom Lesson
A boy Eddie Boynton glimpses a warm room with wine and wealth then meets Mr. Arthur Leonard who offers food and concern before the boy withdraws. The scene implies a later contrast with a father’s blessing and warns against the dangers of red wine. The piece then shifts to the Gillett penmaker story of Joseph Gillett rising from poverty to fortune through skill and invention and the personal ritual of leaving an heirloom chair. It closes with notes on the Great Wall of China and a wry Danbury News reflection on aging and purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Leonard
Mr. Leonard
Eddie Boynton
Eddie
Teese
Mr. Avan
Levea
Gillett
England
Sheffield
Joseph Gillett
Birmingham
Broad Street
Mitchell
Miss Mitchell
Little Brown Hands Poem Fragment
Fragment of a poem describing children gathering grain fruit and seashells in a rural setting. A mother sings at night as workers become future leaders, imagining the hands that will shape pens swords chisels and palettes.
Duty and the virtue of daily tasks in moral guidance
The piece argues for duty as the path of love in daily life, urging patience with children, neatness, health, economy, and neighborly acts. It contrasts love misused as indolence with duty as the breath of good, guiding a life toward spiritual direction and usefulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Terry Cooke
Mary Ann
Memory and longing in a fading evening poem
The piece reflects on memory and the past, contrasting warm childhood moments with present sorrow. It invokes a mother’s kiss, a lover’s vow, and the pull of reminiscence as time widens between then and now. It ponders whether happiness or hardship dominates remembered days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lios. C, Canning
Free Press
An Outrage on Nature Boston Times headlines Niagara falls prices
The piece attacks high admission fees at Niagara Falls and other natural wonders across the United States, arguing free citizens should not pay to view scenic places. It contrasts prices with freedom and mocks social norms on travel and etiquette in a satirical note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
United States
Watkins Glen
New York
Mount Washington
Au Sable
Franconia Notch
Niagara
Falls of
Montmorency
The Three Statues in Athens Citadel
In ancient Athens three Minerva statues stood in the citadel: olive wood fallen from Heaven, bronze celebrating Marathon, and gold and ivory a masterwork from Pericles era. The prose traces Iman from childhood wood then bronze with victory to golden maturity, ending in a poetic, unfinished note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Minerva
Marathon
Pericles
Iman
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Carter
Mal
Santorn
Wwe We
S.T.W. Sanford
M.D
Bruggist
Warner
Dr. Craig
Bright
Warener
Thoraigh
H. H. Warner & Co, Proprietorn
Rochester, N. Y
Vac
Ange
Lee Humber
Bostwick
Cincinnati
Leontrol
Youth's Companion
China Wall
China
Nicolas
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Danbury News
Ecticut
Hartford Courant
Connecticut
Hartford
Brother Blank
Blank
Deacon
London Builder
Imperial Tile
Lien Liku
Pekin
Europe
Les Partington
Fhillaber
Ligics Quay Cb Cuelsen
Yar Bosten
Madrigal
Boston Times
Tiaman
Eve
Tom
Laura
T. Warren & CO
Second ST
West
Ile
Artersittle Iver
Mia
Bennett Jones
Eric
Nis
Wen Maanlh
Nang
G.T. Lewiswis & Menzies Co, Tutt’s Pills
da. Torr
Minnesota
Dakota
Winona & ST. Peter Br.co
Bealritikur
Mapa
Ele
Catiutaing Sail Internation
Agut Pree
Chas
Lenii Cielo
Gen
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