Gossiping: Or The New Cashier From The Columbian May Issue
A light tale set in a small town unfolds around Frank Williams the new cashier whose popularity collapses amid a tangle of gossip. Mrs Lindsey and neighbors, eager to protect reputations, spark a web of rumors that grows out of control, dragging Maggie Lindsey and Gertrude Vernon into the fray as truth remains elusive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny May
Lizzie Douglass
Charlie Ingersol
Johnny Jay
Maine
Mr. Day
Mr. Lindsey
Maggie
Maggie Lindsey
Lindsey
Mr. Williams
Frank Williams
Margie
Frank
Waitig
Myre
Maysie
Saining
Williams
Day
Birs. Vernon
Mrs. Lindsey
Mrs. Vernon
Gertrude
Mr. Bennet
Will
Gertrude Vernon
Frank Willian
Ilis
Keeney
Jove
Anderson
Cornelia Wendall
Texas
Maxwell
Mrs. Wells
Mrs. Douglass
Tank Walliams
Mrs. Davis
Frank Willams
Wiiman
Mr. Maxwell
Wealth, virtue, and a path to success in old advice
The piece presents moral exhortations on building character, avoiding debt, and pursuing integrity over wealth. It urges self discipline, honest dealings, and prudent finances, citing famous self-made examples and stressing that virtue outweighs riches. It also includes a dawn of months allegory and a lighthearted lottery tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
North Yarmouth
Maine
New York
America
Cook
Molly
Mally
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Edward C. Darlington
North Queen
Phket
Examiner & Democratic Herald
THE
Examiner and Herald
Fanny
Elysium
the Columbian Magazine
Annie Middleton
Bennet
Dickens
April
May
June
Court of Quarter Sessions
Chester County
Chas. A. Tomlinson
Longenecker’s Corner
Centre Square
F. BE. Wester
Eat King Street
J. N. Lightner
Gsq
M. Piper
Farmers’ Bank
W. Lb. Campbell
Allice
West King Street
E. O. Reigart
David G. Eshleman
Ffice
East King Street
Court House
D. Longeneeker
Ajunius B. Kaufman
Keller's
Jesse Landis
Lew
Court F House
KB. 2
Reigart
Franklin Pyle
West Chester, PA
WLL
Siter
Price & Co
CTL & G
N. Ellmaker, Esq
E. UG. Darlington
Laxvaster
Fred'k
Gossler
Orumobte
Lancaster County
Walnut Street
Washington Hotel
Columbia
Samame Dummies
Duke Street
Orange
Hast King Streets
John Baker
Fay
J. E. Warfel
Orange St
Thomas W., Evans
Lancaster County Bank
Ancaster Savings Institu
Charles Boughter
Ancaster
Cun Bachman
Viden
Robert Carson
Farmer's Mutual Insurance Compar
Josepie Mowett
City of
Lancaster
Board of Directors
Joan Rourer
Lancaster County Mutual Insurance Company
Sussex
Salisbury
Enwon
Henry F.slay Maker
Joseph Konigmacher
Rg. Ephrata
Robert D. Carson
Sam Shochey
Gulumbia
Ephrata Monument Association
Ephrata Academy
Vielock P. M
Epireta
Connestoga Creek
Bitzer's Mill
West Earl
Commissioners’ Office
Martin Miller
John Varns
Thos. Patterson
Count’s Commissioner's Office
Law
M. Carpenter
John Conner
Joseph Mosher
Joan Conner
Magnace Cannesien
J.A. Bell
Mosher's Drug and Medical Store
Queen Street
Teself
Joseph Barbar
Wallowell Court
Poplar St
D. Jayne
South Street
Philadelphia
J. F. Long
Drug and Chemical Store
Queen St. Lancaster
Thomson
H. P. Warner
Michel
Fisher
Woodbury
N. J
W. HH
Henry P. Warner
Kingsessing
Gale Liquorice
Gemisa
J. F. Helmish, & Son's
B. King St. Lancaster
Jayne
I—N
Causus Corps
Daniel Henshaw
McAlister
James Mvcaleister & CO
James McAlister
United States
If. Heinitsh & Son
J.G SH
John Ritter & Co
John B. Hicks
Reading
Jacob Stauffer
Mount Joy
G.G. Clairborne
Elizabethtown
Jacob Bener
Middletown
Chesnut Street
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