Dr Holmes and Harriet Converse in a 19th century notebook
The piece recalls Dr. Holmes as a democratic figure seen in Boston at Old Corner book shop and in King’s Chapel horse cars. It highlights Harriet Maxwell Converse’s influence with the Seneca tribe and her adoptions as a chief Ya i wah nah and Ty ya hy ez. It notes the universal postal congress of 1897 and suffrage activism on the Pacific coast, plus quirky historical anecdotes and misc notes from courts and prisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Holmes
Harriett Maxwell Converse
New York City
Converse
Stray School Fees Spark Frugal Reminder in Harper's Young People
A child's remark to his father highlights the cost of education versus toys. The boy notes spending a hundred dollars for a year of schooling could instead buy enough toys to last two years, prompting a humorous reflection on value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Hitchins
Willie
Harper
Apple Boiled Pudding and Other Recipes in 19th Century Menu
A collection of old time recipes includes Apple Boiled Pudding Grated Apple Pudding Potato Puff Panned Oysters Potato Croquettes Chipped Pears Apple Fruit Pudding and detailed fall costume notes from Paris. The cooking items offer step by step methods and serving suggestions while the fashion section describes godet skirts and Paris trim practices for American wearers.
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Boston
Ohio
Orange Judd
Paris
United States
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France
Tronstone
Rogers
Iron King
Surries
Barnesville
Studebaker Wagon
Studebaker
A. G.hi.chins
the Argus
N. J. Harmon
3.G. McDonald
Editors and Publishers
Jackson
Jackson, Ga
Universal Postal Congress
Washington
Pacific Coast
Women's Equal Rights League of
San Francisco
New York
League
New Zealand
West
Timon
Athens
Sempronius
Hawan
New Castle
Del
Duke of York
India
Lansing
Mich
Brown
Brown Chemical CO
Baltimore
The
Star Store
Anca
Macon
Atlanta
Georgia
Hart
Jackson Mercantile Company
Prop’s. Star Store
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