A Woman's Question Wearbeth Banket Browning
A reflective verse piece questions a woman's demands from a partner, contrasting material comforts with spiritual and moral sustenance. The speaker lists desires for warmth and care, then pivots to require a man of steadfast virtue, capable of love beyond wealth. It ends by saying if one cannot meet such standards, a servant may suffice but a woman's heart remains unmatched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam
Ula
Brown
Tat Jones
Robinson
Coliness
London
Saundey Review
The Language of Flowers and a Quarrel-Fueled Courtship
A humorous tale follows Mr Frederick Woodman, a strict village schoolmaster, who tries to mend a quarrel with Nellie Morris using a flower message and a broken straw. Mischief by a cricket-loving messenger leads to heartbreak, a confession, reconciliation, and a rare moral on cold shoulder etiquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Woodman
Pigsborough
Lit
Nells
Briggs
Priggs
Mr. Woodman
Gnion
Reunion
Briges
Bald
Nellie Morris
Fred
Nellie
Mrs. Woodman
Newlie
Brige
Nellie Mortis
The Cold Shoulder Idiom in Common Use
The piece discusses the origin and popularity of the phrase giving the cold shoulder, noting its journey from slang to respectable English. It explores how idioms reflect usage and the shift in linguistic value, suggesting attention to both term history and everyday application.
The Bible Its Wish and Wholesome Counsels
A nameless Westminster Abbey description extols the Bible as a universal guide governing law, justice, family, and royal authority. It claims the book contains all needed knowledge, directs magistrates and juries, prescribes honor to parents, rules for weddings and burials, and promises provision and guardianship to the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ibig
Westminster Abbey
Coasting Down Sycamore Street Hill Reawakens Old Memories
John Sanscript and his wife encountered a lively sled ride on Sycamore Street Hill as a boy and local memories resurfaced. A grandson卖 offered a quarter to glide, and the sled unexpectedly sped away. Sanscript clutched the sled rails, fearing a mishap as the run continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sycamore Street
John Sanscript
Baltimore Street
John
Mulberry Street
Jane
Sanscript
Sonny
Youther
Johns
Mrs. Sanscript
Foster
Various items and long dead era notes from a late 19th-century paper
The column covers diverse notes from crime to postal service with mentions of Covington jail gifts, Montreal magistrates seeking privacy acts, Henry Esler long-serving Saddle River postmaster, Evie County almshouse funding dispute, Buffalo Commercial trade stats, a centenarian Spanish woman in Brooklyn, and Schliemann’s theories on the House of Priam including jars, store rooms, and ancient walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priam
Schuemann
Schliemann
Firet
Troy
Sled Crash and Circus Leaper in Old Time Tale
In a vivid reminiscence, Sanscript and a sled crash into a lamp post and grocery window. The sled is wrecked, a clerk settles the bill, and Sanscript tallies costs including clothing, plaster, and a cab fare, totaling 105.78 dollars for recalling fifty years of memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanscript
John
Cincinnate Aquirer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wearbeth Banket Browning
Rand Wbore
Carl
Linael
Hataiman
Nele
Elise
Covington
Montreal
Henry Esler
Berzen County
N. J
Saddle River
Jie
Franklin Pierce
Evie County
Buffalo
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