Dreaming of a kiss and a planned wager
A teenage Mattie recalls a past romance with Guy Edgerton who kissed her and promised return to wed. He leaves for Europe and later returns, confessing five years of faithful absence and asking for a kiss of welcome as her husband. Meanwhile family threads and other vignettes fill the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie
Guy Edgerton
Kat
Kate
Kathe
Miss Howard
Europe
Little One
Mr. Edgerton
Flo Archer
Miss Archer
Tam
Miss Layton
Misa Layton
Guy
Ned Archer
Ned
M. Y. Daily News
Humorous Clippings From An Old Brooklyn Chronicle
A collage of humorous vignettes from a Brooklyn source includes jokes about chairs from 1826, a country visit with poultry questions, and musings on politics and motion. Bittersweet quips touch marriage, age, elopement, and social observations with playful punchlines.
Gossip for Women and a World of Wealthy Ladies
A collage of society notes, including mentions of Mrs. John C. Greene widow of a Princeton patron, heiresses Florence Blythe and Laura Braden, and observations on a New Haven resident who has been deaf, dumb and blind since January 2, 1885. The item lists prominent women in business and education, hints at Florida inheritance schemes, and includes anecdotes on economics, farming, and a court case involving Daniel I. Seybert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Braden
Washington and Waynesburg
Pennsylvania
New Haven
Multiple murder charges amid Pennsylvania cases and hazards
Elizabeth Richardson and others face murder charges in Kennet Square over Stewart Richardson's death. A large buck was killed by dogs near Wharton, Porter county. In Nanticoke a quarrel among Salvation Army girls left Mary Jane Davis injured possibly fatally. Adams county yielded 1300 bushels of apples from 85 trees. Kramer brothers arrested in East Stroudsburg for arson. Over the past year Monroa county fire losses reached 125000. Pittsburg spike worker Hirman Ross lost a leg after a red hot spike incident. Helfenstein colliery at Mount Carmel abandoned due to faulty coal. An explosion at Wildcat oil well near Mars station caused serious burns to several workers. Typhoid fever rumors at Edinboro state normal school proved unfounded. An unknown hog disease reported near Nanticoke. W.S. Robinson farm sold for 300 per acre near North Wales. Archibald Blakely acquitted in gas well riot killing. Charles Brown asserts long Brownsville lease claim. Jacob Hildebrand bail set for ballot-box seal theft. Philadelphia doctors rivalry over 1887 international congress grows. Lizzie Harman’s family tragedy from coal gas. mother pulseless, father near death. Jenky stove blamed. Media Record criticizes Mesgaros literature. Ghost tale in Chewton. St. Elna Horner rates at 2 per day. Joseph M. Freame advertises central city rates and conveniences.
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Elizabeth Richardson
Jaylin Johnson
Elwood Hull
Stewart Richardson
Elizabeth
Kennet Square
Wharton
Porter County
Macgie Evans
Mary Jane Davis
Salvation Army
Nanticoke
Mary
Adams County
Robert
Ike
Samuel Kramer
East Stroudsburg
Monroa County
Pittsburg
Hirman Ross
Helfenstein
Mount Carmel
Reading Company
Wildcat Oil
Mar’s Station
Butler County
William Irvine
Oscar Marshal
Edinboro
Luzerne County
Robinson
North Wales
Montgomery County
Archibald Blakely
Obadiah
Murraysville
Charles Brown
Philadelphia
International Medical Congress
Lizzie Harman
Erie
Frank J. Harman
Chewton
Lawrence County
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Sonny
Walter H. Buch
Lititz, Pa
AWN
DT & CO
Brandt & CO
Shultz
N. Wingert
North Queen Street
Lancaster
A.R. Bombbaghr
Tias
Uzy
Andes
Lititz
Mylely
F. Bombergsr
Pugs
Shaker Settlement
Leigh Hunt
Jennie
Edgerton
Henry Ward Beecher
A Sam
Beecher
Brooklyn
Mr. Beecher
Father Pise
Church of
St. Charles Borromeo
Imine
Fred
He Meant
Clara
de Vere
Claude
Renova
Brain
Michael Dayton
John Weaver
Samuel Willson
Fourth Presbyterian Church
New York
Albanny
N. Y
Germany
Warren County
Bermuda
San Francisco
Pacific
John Howe
Bellevue Hospital
Washington
Liverpool
England
Fayetteville
Avk
James
John
Massachusetts
Squilding
George
Clarissa
Susan B. Anthony
John C. Greene
Princeton College
Florence Blythe
Blythe
Lou M. Wilson
Des Moines
Iowa
Palatka
Florida
A. B. Wolgemuth
Manheim
Daniel I. Seybert
Salem
Luzarne County
Hancock Street
Tom Brown
Tom
Andy Gilligan
Owen P. Bricker
Haq
Trancaster
East King Street
St. Elna Horner
Arch Street
Joseph M. Fream
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