I Saw a Ghost for One Night Only
A wife and mother recounts a lifelong, consuming love for a single woman of the court who left her two houses and died after foretelling future events. The story details the friend’s illness, a bazaar prophecy fulfilled, and a late midnight apparition that left the narrator cold and certain that she had seen her departed companion again.
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Browague
Dearcat
St. Peter
Great London Squares and their Dutch fashion charm
A tour of London squares like Golden Square and Berkeley Square reveals Dutch styled layouts, distinct houses, and lush greenery. The piece notes old trees, central statues, and statues’ improvised repairs, with Dickens and Wiseman connections and a lingering old world atmosphere amid modern trims.
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London
Golden Square
Regent Street
Red Lion and
Queen Squares
Bloomsbury
Cardinal Wiseman
Dickens
Ralph Nickleby
Frederick
Sir Mulberry
George II
Berkeley Square
Berkeley House
Devonshire House
Agand
Sean Ie
Leicester Square
The Bill of Fare for Thanksgiving Traditions
A 19th century kitchen guide outlines Thanksgiving customs with roast turkey as the centerpiece. It details forcemeat stuffing, soup-tureens, chicken pie, and oyster courses, plus cranberry sauce, various pies, and the rising cake from Mrs. Madison era, noting traditional methods and flavors.
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America
England
White House
Madison
New England
A Tremendous Cargo From the Layland Line Steamer Victorian
The New York Tribune notes a large eastbound cargo on the Victorian including 155000 bushels of grain 1800 tons of flour 1100 tons of provisions 800 tons of resin 6300 bales of cotton 500 tons of leather and goods 260 tons of dressed beef 100 tons of lumber 75 tons of hay and cattle feed 654 head of cattle and 1591 sheep. United States east of the Rockies and Canada are represented with Georgia North Carolina the Northwest and Newfoundland contributing major quantities. Canada sent 1945 bales of hay Old Bay State 1350 bales plus 500 bags of leather 50 cases of paint 40 hogsheads and 100 barrels of Medford rum.
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New York Tribune
Boston
Layland Line
United States
Rocky Mountains
Canada
Georgia
North Carolina
Northwest
Old Bay State
Chicago Traits Wit on a Train Baggage Car Joke
A humorous exchange about a boastful Chicago man leads to a punchline on a moving train. One speaker bets $10 to see the boastful fellow, who is revealed to be in the baggage car in a long box, prompting surprised searches aboard the coach.
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Chicago
George
Tother
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Ashe
Miss L
Great London Squares
Mother Country
Turkey