Polly Pennell and Becky Hamilton Meet at Arch Street
In early Philadelphia Polly Pennell, a 19 year old Quaker girl, befriends Rebecca Hamilton of the Woodlands. Becky invites Polly home for dinner, sparking a lively escape from Quaker proprieties as Polly begins a new sense of self and a courtship with Francis Dulaney from Virginia. Polly’s world shifts as Becky guides the budding romance amid social expectations.
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Philadelphia
Third
Walnut
Spruce Street
Walnut Street
Richard Pennell
Pennell
Polly Pennell
Polly
Church of England
Hamiltons
The
Woodlands
Hamilton
Rebecca
Miss Hamilton
Arch Street
Talle
India
Misa
Virgin
Becky
Jimmy Jessamy
Tidewater
Francis Dulaney
de Regle
Virginia
England
Mr. Frank
Francis Dalaney
Proposed and accepted suitor faces determined father
AColonial era tale recounts Polly Pennell defying her father and Aunt Patience after declaring fidelity to her lover Hamilton. The plot follows family opposition, secret plans, and a hasty elopement ending in a marriage ceremony led by Philadelphia Mayor Inskeep, with Pennell later dying in England. The narrative shifts to Rebecca Hamilton's unhappy marriage and a legal suit over a prenuptial agreement. Also notes Wisconsin town Boscobel’s Spanish origin tale from Mortimore and Dean.
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Mary Pennell
Frank
New York
Patience
Torquemada
Pennell
England
Polly
Third Street
Willing’s Alley
Hamilton Tilbury
Miss Hamilton
Solomon
Woodlands
Becky
John Inskeep
Philadelphia
Andrew Hamilton
Mr. Pennell
Gid
Carl's Neck
Virginia
Delaneys
Rebecca Hamilton
O'Beirne
Philadelphia Times
Wisconsin
Boscobel
Ed Meyer
John Mortimore
Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad Company
Muscoda
Mortimore
A Modern English Gentleman Recipe Mock
A humorous recipe describes making a modern English gentleman by using a lurid red stock jobber wash and money baste, then arranging him in a luxurious West End house, surrounding with puff paste, and serving hot. It claims the concoction will keep for months.
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Mr. Labouchere
West End
Hood's Sarsaparilla Proved Effective for Boils and Tiredness
Laneave Grinnell of Columbia Cross Roads describes months with boils on face and neck and persistent fatigue. After trying several medicines, Hood's Sarsaparilla cured boils after the second bottle and eliminated the tired feeling. Hood's Pills are purely vegetable. 25.
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Hood
Laneave
London Society’s 30 or 40 Great Families Claim
The New York Advertiser notes Lady Charles Beresford’s contention that true London society comprises only 30 to 40 families, with remaining members unable to join fashion’s inner circle while fortunes endure, leaving others feeling excluded among countless non-entitled people. Oliver Blossom product pitches accompany varied passages as well. British admirals who have drowned are listed with historical shipwrecks, noting Tryon and Kempenfelt among others, and comparing past disasters to modern losses on the coast of Jutland.
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London
Charles Beresford
New York
Sir George Tryon
Cloudesley Shovel
Association
Admiral Kempenfelt
Royal George
Victoria
St. George
Jutland
Admiral Reynolds
London World
Rail passenger schedules for Pittsburg to Kittanning and Oil City
Rail route list shows multiple express and accom train departures from Pittsburg to Kittanning Oil City and West Penn Junction with times. Includes Buffalo Express Titusville and East Brady Accom with arrivals at junctions and names David McCargo and J S Anderson tied to the service leadership.
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Niagara Express
Pittsburg
West Penn Junction
Kittanning
Oil City
Titusville Express
Buffalo Express
Emienton Accom
Bemienton
Junction
East Brady
Tierrysda Emlent
Day Express
U West Penn Junction
Pitsburg
Kittinnning
Arottsburz
Hiseasinning
Emienton
Jeaves Emienton
Peaganbaza Emilenton
Kittanni
West Penn Pitteburg
David McCargo
JS. P. Anderson
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Earth
G. Roxby
Chambers' Journal
Juliet
H. E. Buckien & Co
Chicago
Pitcher's Castoria
France
Daugherty Bros
Williams
Medicine CC
Schenectady, KN. Y
Pensleville
Ert
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ana
Indiana
Smith
Blairsville
Cokeville
Aura
Ace
Blairaville
Cokeyville
Blairville
Svif
Ako
Aigmnal
Eran Apyween
Buairsville
Saltsburg
Paulton
Allegheny Junction
Freeport
Springdale
Allegheny City
Butler
Altoona
Privaccre
E. Watt
Fifth Avenue
S. M. Prevost
J. R. Wood
Allegheny Valley R.R
Pitcher’s Castoria
Estes Park
Colo
Union Pacific
Blue Lakes
Mountain Craig
Palisade Park
Foothill
Hannibal K. Sloan
South Sixth Street
Indiana, Pa
Joan H. Pyerce
J. M. Cunningham Building
Philadelphia Street
John L. Gerry
John S. Fisher
Samuel Cunningham
Lairsville
R. M. Wilson
M.C. Watson
Frank Keener
Watson
W L. Stewart
Stewart & Clark
H. Tomb
Farmers’ Bank
Kanas
Jbn T. Stuchul
A. W. Taylor
Jon P
Elkin
Elkin Building
Rge W. Hoon
Hetrick
Ljan
M. Jack
D. B. Taylor
Jack & Taylor
Ljanett
John N. Banks
Wood Clark
Attorney-At-Law
Nixon Building
Sixth Street
de Henderson
Diamond Street
Walker Smith
Hotels
West Indiana House
W. H. Flewixe
Jianda
Clawson House
W. AH. Clawwson
Indiana House
J. W. Clements
Ian
G I. Churchill
I T. Miller
Water Street
M. McMaster
Ann
Supolio
Clei
Mack & Ray
D. B. Roof
Havana
PENNA
West
Swan & Simpson’s
Insurance Agency
John L. Paul
Times
J. T. Boucher
Ate
Peveeth
Wat
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