Too Much Method
Mr. Seth Tomlinson, a method bound by maxims, plans to marry Miss Melinda Picker. He buys a scarlet scarf for her but misplaces the package after a brief distraction. Melinda confronts him when another scarf appears on Miss Lulu Bradman, leading to Melinda breaking off the engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth Tomlinson
Richard
Sancha Panza
Tomlinson
Melinda Picker
Miss Picker
Mr. Tomlinson
Dedham
Mass
Melinda
Lulu Bradman
Lulu
Seth
Miss Lulu
Marriage fixed after scarf found in coat pocket
Seth and Melinda marry the day after a missing scarf is recovered from a pocket, ending a suspenseful misplacement. The aunt dies days later. A separate discussion at a workers’ gathering critiques marriage markets and the rising charm of capable, independent women.
Postal Rates to be Reduced Across the Nation
The July first change under a recent Congress act lowers letters to two cents an ounce, doubles current penny postage, reduces newspaper rates by fifty percent for regular subscribers, and allows cities above four thousand to create ten cent stamp delivery services. The Washington Star notes administrations may not dismiss officials without charges, while opponents push for reform. Postal salaries show extreme lows like Neshoba Mississippi at twelve cents in 1883, and fifty six cents this year plus a free bulletin copy, fueling demands to replace officeholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Neshaba
Miss
Washington Star
Divorce suit follows hasty Reading nuptials
Mrs Catharine Newman of Reading seeks a divorce from Francis Newman known also as Hardy man. She cites a four month marriage after he served five years for assault and later resurfaced in New York then Reading posing as a wealthy suitor. The petition notes she never lived with him and a lawyer was engaged to press the case amid questions of contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catharie Newman
Reading
Francis Newman
Misa Catharine Klopp
Hardyman
New York
Newman
Hardy Man
Reading railroads face solvency plan based on assets
The Philadelphia and Reading Rail road and its Coal and Iron Company are insolvent. They cannot meet fixed charges or much of their debt. A practical solution is to determine what they can pay and equitably scale debts to that earning capacity, uniting unsecured creditors in a shared, honest settlement to rehabilitate the enterprises. Phi Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Corporation
Coal and Tien Company
Reading Corporations
Phi, Times
Indecent Search at Greenbush School Sparks Outrage
A Greenbush New York public school faced a storm over a raid by Justice Slade and a policeman who had two female teachers strip-search girls and a male officer search boys to recover missing money. Parents vow legal action as outraged residents question the method and rights.
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Greenbush
N. Y
English
Jolly
Mr. Jolly
Justice Slade
B. W. Dennison
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Wrank Buch
Dren
Walter H. Buch
Lititz
N. S. Shultz
Lancaster
Brandt & CO
North Queen Street
Lancaster, PA
A.R. Bomberger
Allerden
Horace L, Eschbaob
Lititx
Bomberger
Gil. Times
W. . Appel
Thew Hler
L. B. Herr
Queen
Just
AIT Ask
Hess
Tretorn
Doster Brown
C. H. Brown
West Orange Steet
Barca & Sons
Fhila
Baugh & Sons
Philadelphia
Mann
Phares W. Fry
North Queen
Lancaster Ps
Jink
Jones
Mrs. Blank
Thaddeus. Stevens
Mr. Blank
Jenkins
Union Depot
Pittsburg
Chicago
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago
Filippo Garuso
Ww. O.T. D. Department
David Davis
Illinois
Cardinal Manning
Washington Dispatches
George Mack
Richard Barker
Great Bend
Kansas
Kansas City
Ellenwood
General Grant
Buckien
Litita Drug Store
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