The Old Bachelor Finds Love Through Fate and Maggie
An older suitor recounts adopting Magdalen, guiding her upbringing, and facing a feared marriage to suitor Carlisle. He discovers she secretly loves him, not Carlisle, and ultimately marries her after a tender revelation under an old chestnut tree. The tale claims real life holds more romance than novels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Hannah
Carlisle
Hannah
Maggie
George Carlisle
Magdalen Pelham
Magdalen
Our Daughters and the Duty to Guard Virtue
A call to parents to protect daughters from elopement and public scrutiny. The piece urges creating safe homes, restricting late night outings, teaching virtue, and warning against temptations and predators who threaten a woman’s honor. It stresses lifelong responsibility to preserve a daughter’s reputation.
The Old Knickerbocker and the Magnanimous Merchant
A Virginia hotel guest named John McKesson visits Old Point Comfort and learns a clerk will not bill him. The hotel proprietor recalls a Maiden Lane drug firm driver who once faced a $20 loss but was forgiven, and now the driver boasts he earns about $100 daily while insisting on fair treatment for all under his roof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Point Comfort
John McKesson
New York City
Virginia
McKesson
Maiden Lane
Mothers' plea to guard daughters from evil designs
A speaker urges mothers to protect daughters from predatory men and to ostracize anyone who disrespects women. She calls for teaching both daughters and sons to respect women, aiming for a purer community and an honorable class of women.
Calf Tail Sign Confounds Philosopher Outside Tanner’s Shop
A tannery owner on main street creates a novelty sign by inserting a calf tail through a door-post augur hole. A bystander stares long and fails to identify the proprietor, prompting a quip from the tanner. An advertisement then promotes Henry Johnson’s Arnica and Oil Liniment for humans and animals with a guarantee.
Three Black Crows and the Man with the Blindness Placard
A noon crowd on lower Broadway gathers before a tall building as rumors of a collapse and fire swirl. The white haired man with a placard Please Help the Blind remains focused, later facing a six month sentence for begging and causing a disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harnest
Puck
Lower Broadway
Guardian of the Peace
Bar of Justice
Business and Betrothal In a Merchant's Tale Twist
Young Billkins, devoted to business, seeks a girl and asks approval from her father. They fear the answer, but the elder offers a windfall business outlook instead of consent. The suitor resolves to visit at dawn to obtain permission and the girl awaits word with anxious curiosity.
Stable ventilation saves horse health and leather gear
The article explains that foul stable air causes eye and skin diseases in horses and damages harness. It urges clean floors, drainage, waste removal, and ventilation with small floor and ceiling vents. Treatments include salt plaster or copperas to neutralize ammonia and absorbent litter. cites English and French army gains from better ventilation.
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A Harter
Millheim, PA
B. Stover
Madisonburg, Pa
H. Reifsnyder
John F. Harter
Practical
Methodist Church
Millheim PA
D. B. Mingle
Main Street
Madison Burg, PA
R. Geo. L. Lee
Frank
Rebersburg, PA
DE. W. P. Ard
Woodward, PA
VU. Deininger
Penn St
W. J. Springer
Hadjman
Gabeoma
West Millheim Banking House
Main & North Streets
Millheim
Ino
H. Orvis
C.M. Bower
Ellis L. Orvis
Pes Bower & Orvis
Attorneys-at-Law
Bellefonte, Pa
Woodings Building
D. H. Hastings
Asting
W. F. Reeder
Seonibyte
Yocum
Co. Meyer
Hoy
C. Heinle
Centre County
Ofice
Alleghany Street
High Stree
Rockerhoff
Allegheny ST
C. G. McMillen
Bussio
Cummins
Bishop Street
Emanuel Brown
Snewspaper
Escien
the Old Bachelor
Broadway
Jost
Madam Aimard
Simpkins
Sister Simpkins
Miss Simpkinses
Mr. Carlisle
The
Reading Dispatch
Mary W. Norton
Henry & Johnson
Billkins
George
Mary
Horse Stables
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