Rhyme and Romance in a Dim Room by the Stair
In Kane a narrator wanders from the crowd with Winifred to a quiet room at the foot of a stair. They discuss parties plays and romances during a festive season. She quotes a love song he wrote but never revealed. A glamour filled hour leads to a bold confession whose details are left to the reader’s guess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred
Lords of the
Aldeiah
Kate
Father
Misa Florence
Prince of Monaco
Azores
Two Lovers and a Farm Trust in Hawthorn
Miss Florence recounts a village tale of Kate Goldie choosing between Jim Taylor and Walter Butler, driven by money and love. Kate marries Jim for security, while Walter reappears as a pest. Jim defends Kate, proving true gentleness and strength, and Kate reveals her love for Jim as Walter is exposed as self-serving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie Goldie
Farmer Goldie
David Wardour
Jim Taylor
Miss Florence
Waller
Walter
Florence
Kate
Abe
Flo
Hawthorn Farm
Jim
Sweet Hawthorn Farm
Walter Butler
Hera
Hawthorn
Taylor
Goldie
Walter Jailer
Test
Grint Gad ‘Shale Stell Waster
Katie
Find
Kale
Lingband
Kitty
Tam
Interesting Bits From Olden Times and Notions
A survey of quirky historical beliefs and social curiosities notes how ancient customs framed agreements with bent coins and how pilgrims were nicknamed palmera. It mentions Lulu Hurst at Shorter Female College, old marriages on Sundays, and odd livestock care wisdom. It also recalls Gen Hancock in the Pickwick Club, Cleveland’s rise, medical measures, peculiar dish hair coats at Hinds Springs, and a New York clergyman who traded wood sawing for long walks for circulation. The piece ends with a Makely Savannah marriage tale and observations on English Unitarian and Quaker groups, plus Thackeray’s Boston encounter with Edmund Quincy and Wendell Phillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen
Hancock
Pickwick Club
New Orleans
Cleveland
Buffalo
Lis State
Abstery
Theatrical Boots and Shoes in the Spotlight
A vivid backstage glimpse into bootmaking for dancers and pantomime stars. The piece contrasts premiere danseuse footwear with ordinary ballet shoes, noting white satin outsides, stiff toes, and the elaborate thirty-buttoned sky blue satin boots worn by a pantomime prince, illustrating cost differences and craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tili
Whaling Market Movements and Oddities Across Oceans
The article surveys whalebone prices and supply routes from North Pacific and South Sea ports, notes shifts due to catch yields and ice, and describes historical practices at Nantucket and New Bedford. It also covers diverse topics from gold porosity and insomnia cures to spiders aiding forests, Atlantic current studies, mine signaling devices, heat effects on wood, and carbolic acid uses in industry and preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Pacific
South Sea
David's Straits
Hudson's Bay
New York
Pacific
New Bedford
San Francisco
Nantucket
New Basford
Woman Duellist Wins Honor Over Calumny Duel Outside Warsaw
A Polish woman in Russian Poland faced false reports after a rejected suitor. She challenged him to pistols for two, and both fired wide. Seconds halted further fighting and he apologized on the spot. Also described is a four footed bird on Marago Island with leg to wing transformation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russian
Poland
Indy
Marago
Amagon
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. P. Weston, E
Ofice Davin
Kane, PA
G. “H. Preston
M. D
Surg
P. Brane &W.R. R
Kane
Daxietic Pharmacy
D. Harriet
Kans
Keane
Iildren
Lottie Searles
Kanf
Y. Jones
Justice OF the Peace
Griffith's Block
Rae & Arnold
Main St
Court House
Ridgway
State Supreme Court
NEW Star
M. V. Knene
Prof’r
Eene & Welkers
Ross
Puxsicran & Surckox
Magowan
Pittsburgh & Western Railroad
M. E. L. Whiting
Laraina
Puasterina
Mortpina
Kalsomining
Chas. Burk, Hane
Kane House
Wilcox
Scrausine
Prop'r
Tarren
Breese Botel
H. Leoxnant
Warren, PA
Ipster
Mas
C. W. King
Rss
Warren
JPA
Beegher , Gopeland
H.A. Jamieson
W. J. Pickett
H. A. Jamieson & CO
Folkman
Keystone
Warren, Penny A
M. Mead
N. K. Wendelboek
Liberty St
Warren Wa
Awap Pool Room
Wills & Stricker
Prop’rs
Warren, Pennin
Bairstow
Pia
Hovsk
Siys
Reesa
Murow Street
New York State
Makely
Savannah
Mamie Waddock
Damnasens
Arlington
Edward
Shepherd
Hut
England
Somerset Club
Boston
Thackeray
America
Boston Club
Edmund Quincy
Wendell Phillis
von Galthorn
Mr.Garman
Kellar
Zurich
Quavis
Theae Peats
Lake Superior
Philadelphia
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