Romantic milliner Aurelia McGrosh seeks gilded life in Toledo
A romance in a Toledo shop unfolds as Aurelia, a beautiful milliner, courts suitors including John McGill and Frehantle. After Frehantle rebuffs her, Aurelia enlists McGill’s help to win him, prompting a staged fight with payback via a hired bruiser. Frehantle forgives, keeping his salary and sparing Aurelia from social ruin. The story ends with the lovers and rivals seemingly content, plus a string of vignettes from city life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurelia McGrosh
Dheslmaker
Summit Street
Toledo
Gilded
Miss Aurelia
John McGill
Mr. McGilp
Frehantle
Deadwood Dick
Colorado
John
Whale Sam Frehantle
Mr. McGlip
Sam Frehantle
Aurelia
Boody House
McGilp
Names of Parties Whose Origins Spark Debate Across Nations
A curious discussion traces political party names Whig Tory Know Nothing and others to derision or lore, with notes on American party terms. A Jacksonville letter from Dec 1884 discusses Southern hospitality, urban change, street paving, and local developments, ending with a teaser about continued correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thames
England
Know-Nothing Party
Tammany Hall
Indianapolis Journal
Jacksonville
Fla
J. F. Boor
Mayport
Gen. Ledwith
Col
E. H. Hart
Maj. Foster
Bay Street
Broad Street
Lititz
Myself
Canine Intelligence Sparks Reunion in Newark
A farmer named Struble from Sussex county arrived in Newark with turkeys when a stray old foxhound befriended the team in front of a grocery. The dog, stolen from Struble two years earlier, recognized by name, wagged and bayed, and the farmer reclaimed him with evident joy. Meanwhile Judge Duffy’s marital satire leads to a warning and unpunished kissings urged by a lighthearted remedy. In Orange county a 40 4 pound turkey called a Christmas smashing fowl is claimed to have weighed 40 pounds, weighing in at a near record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Gracie
Santa Claus
South Orange Avenue
Struble
Newark
Sussex County
Duffy
M. Y. Tribune
Orange County
Aaron H. Taylor
Central Valley
Florida
Alfonso XI King of Spain Relations and Condensed History
The piece reviews Spain United States ties via a proposed reciprocal treaty. notes Cuba relief, Alfonso XII's frail health, army influence, and recent earthquakes. It covers royal marriages, regency, and Spain's constitutional monarchy established in 1876, plus a brief eclipse forecast and Charleston Episcopal Burial Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
United States
Senate
Cuba
Zorilla
Alfonso
Isabel
Infante Brancisco
Marshal Serrano
Amadeo
Victor Immanuel
Cortes
Marie-de-las Mercedes
Duc de Montpensier
Marie Ghiristina
Austria
Forsigi
Germany
Paris
William
Congress
Council of Ministers
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Rere
Walther H. Buch
Broad ST
Shultz
KFOR
Gundaker
North
Queen Street
Franklin House
Penna. R.R Dennt
Lancaster, PA
A.R. Bomberger
J. M. Kriper
Lancaster
NEW Postoffice
Doctor Brow's
Lemncaster City
Mijorning
Tip
Spockiseles
GH. Brown
West Orang Steit
MNEAL
McNeil
J. X
Quigley
Prop'r
Harrisburg
L. B. Herr
Queen St., Lancaster
E. Y Pall, M. 8, Hess
Lititz, PA
H. Snyder
New York
Jersey
Morris River Cove
Morris River
Arc
AJL
Philadelphia
Johan, Maria
the Baby
Maria
New York Herald Office
Bond Street
Fourth Street
Third Avenue
Wade Hampton
New Orleans Exposition
Hampton
Jinks
Minks
Mrs. Blinks
Mr. Blinks
Independent Reformer
Cleveland
Partie
Burlington
Fire Department
Tam
Saville
Brooklyn
Springfield
Zurfield
J.B. Sturets
Alfonso XI
Australia
South Pacific Ocean
Cape Horn
Episcopalians of
Charleston
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