Parish matchmaking in Lennox tests clergyman
Mr. Lindsay faces social pressure in Lennox as parishioners push for his marriage to Lucretia Shaw while he secretly courts Susan. The community bets on Lugretia, critiques her background, and debates propriety, until Lindsay reveals he has already proposed to Susan and plans to leave for a Western parish with a larger salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Linsay
Lennox
Miss Rich
Mr. Grimm
Lucretia
Dr. Slow
Miss Susan
Susan
Mrs. Phelps
Bethel Society
Dakota League
Mr. Phelps
Mr. Lindsay
Dr. Watts
Charles Wesley
Lucretia Shaw
To Mothers: A Guide for Gentle Child Rearing
This piece urges mothers to hold firm to commands, show interest in children’s amusements, and model honest, patient guidance. It emphasizes respect for children’s feelings, nightly goodnights, and responsibility for shaping inherited character, with advice on explaining illness and remedies.
Texas Ladies Discussed Boys School Arts
Two Texas women spoke about their children. One says her son is an artist who draws live animals at school. The other notes her son Bill drew a cat in a tree using a rope, not a crayon. The quip appears in Siftings.
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Texas
Bill
Wires Deface 122 Miles of New York City Streets
New York City reports over 6,000 miles of overhead wires crossing streets and 122 miles of streets heavily defaced by them, highlighting urban infrastructure and aesthetic concerns.
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New York City
Approved Follies by Mary Sidney in Farm Journal
The author targets so called tidy women as misleaders of families and society. She lampoons excessive cleanliness and poor child care, denouncing mothers who overcontrol household life while neglecting nutrition and air. The piece links unhealthy habits to broader neglect and ends with a New Year greeting urging better parental duties.
Washington’s “teacher of memory” uses alphabet system
A Washington memory expert for twenty five years claims a method based on alphabet and numbers enables anyone to recall long texts after reading twice or thrice. He cites a twelve year old who repeated Beecher and Cook lectures, other clients including lawyers preachers and civil service hopefuls, and even an elderly woman who can alternate two poems after reading them.
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Washington
Beecher
Cook
Young Men’s Christian Association
New York Avenue
Senate
House
Navy
Mexican Merchants Decry Inferior Goods From Drummers
Mexican merchants say they routinely receive shipments from the United States that fail to meet the quality of samples shown by drummers leading to repeated complaints and dissatisfaction among local traders.
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United States
Political maxim on returns for losers and winners
A terse political saying notes that in politics the loser receives the same returns as the winner. The remark contrasts the outcomes for competing factions and implies equal effect regardless of victory.
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Pss Eee
A Harter
Relfsnyder
Millheim, PA
Millmein, Pa
R. John FL Harter
Practical
Methodist Church
Millheim PA
R. Geo. S. Frank
Rebersburg
T- D. H. Mingle
Main Street
Geo. L. Lee
Madisonburg, PA
D* A. W. Hafer
Penn Street
Luthchurch
W J. Springer
West Millheim Banking House
Main & North Streets
Millheim
D. H. Hastings
W. F. Reeders
GS & Reeder
Attorneys-at-Law
Bellefonte, PA
Allegheny Street
Yocum & Hastings
J C. Meyer
Hoy
W. C. Heinle
Centre County
J. A. Beaver, J. W. Gephart. —— & Gephart
Alleghany Street
High Stree
Allegheny ST
C. G. McMillen
Bishop Street
Emanuel Brown
T. Elmo Hotel
Arch ST
Philadelphia
Jos, Feger
Main and
Jay Streets
Lock Haven
9Th St
Chestnut, Philadelphia
Walnut St
W Paine
M. D
P H. Musser
State College
Allegheny Region
Geo. W. Atherton
President State College
Centre CO
Lyr
Sarah A. Zeigler
Race Bridge
F. C. Hosterman
Main St
Campbell's Store
Sn Agency For the
Hosterman
Susan Shaw
Mary Sidney
Farm Journal
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