Emma Darius and the banker match that failed then flourished
A Philadelphia belles tale shows Emma Darius eloping with a young lawyer after her parents arrange marriage to a wealthy banker. Emma sells gifts from her betrothal, the couple live modestly, and the banker sues for breach of promise while Emma’s husband rises in practice and keeps his new life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Darius
Columbia Avenue
Philadelphia
John 8
Daring
Guild of Merchants
Darius
Emma
Augustus
Pa'and
Emum
Fortune
Xighboin
Language of Signs Prank Ends With Baffled French Visitor
A French scholar visiting Ireland seeks a universal language of signs. He is told Ireland has a professor of signs but must wait. Mike the boreman is recruited to play the role, leading to comic miscommunications about signs and the Trinity. The tale ends with Mike retorting on his missing eye as the prank is revealed. Skating rinks blamed by Dauphin county grand jury for moral decline among youth. We printed numerous sale bills this winter and offer neat samples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Common Pleas
Court of Quarter Sessions
J. FP. Harizonts
Mike
Ireland
University of Dublin
Tam
Harper’s Magazine
Dauphin County Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Simonton
How He Got Even and a Soldier's Romantic Career
A Wisconsin farmer seeks diseased livestock for sale while recounting a vendetta against a railroad butchers, claiming damages and payback. The piece then profiles Miss Timma Sensenich of Beartown, a silent student who spoke after her mother’s death, and notes the Pennsylvania Railroad bay-window parlor cars. It closes with a biography of Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Burnaby, England's heroic soldier killed at Abu Klea and famed for travels and daring exploits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Great Corporation
Smith
Chicago Herald
Abi Klea
Burnaby
England
Frederick Gustavus Burnaby
Bedford
Hlis
Church of England
Edward I
Young Burnaby
Harrow
Punch
Royal Horse Guards
Spain
France
Russia
Naples
Duke of Connaught
Gumurdjina
Baker Pasa
Gill
House of Commons
Ifs
Ouly
Tle Soudan
Gordon
Sobad River
Campbell
Romolo Gessi
Barnaby
Soudan
Graham
Osinap Digua
Suakin
Colonel Burnaby
Nu Holter
Ous
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Walter Er. Buch
Ebroad ST
Shultzs
Gundaker
North
Queen Street
Franklin House
Penna. R.R
Lancaster, PA
A. R. Bomberger
Litits, Haslow
J. M. Keiper
N. Queen Street
Lancaster
NEW Post Office
Sroper Linsrer
AK Lon Ee Dersons
Storas
Hon Arodsar
Lancaster City
Goonty
Callan
C. H. Brown
West Orange Stert
McReal
Drugelsta Snd
McNeil
J. X
Quigley
Harrisburg
Ditltz
L. B. Herr
Tyee
NS Queen
Allt
Hess, Lititz
Pal
H, Snyder
Lititz, PA
Tlus
New York
Jersey
Morris River Cove
Morris River
Mr. Darius
Shanghai City
Howard Street
Myusband
Gen. Springer
Treasury Department
Issus
Miss Sensenich
Timma Sensenich
Beartown
George W. Sensenich
A. G. Heyfert
Bridgeville
Pennsylvania Railroad
Altoona
Lancaster Inquirer
Hawks
Dacub
Gettysburg
Mt. Holly
York County
Webster's Spelling Bank
Liety
Abu Klea
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