Darning Socks and Lucy at Home
A nostalgic vignette portrays a diligent wife at home weaving and darning while children play outside. The calm domestic scene highlights love and skill in household tasks as Lucy shines in her quiet labor.
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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1887
Page
9
Forged Note Sparks Engagement Dialectic at Richmond Farm
In New Hapshire and Crampton a prank involving a forged note to Miss Harrington leads Henry Richmond to clear his name and propose to Mary Harrington. Mary, a Boston aristocrat, accepts, denying any prior link to the note, while Eva Carleton and relatives react with shock and later feign cordiality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Eva
Elmer Richmond
Otho Richmond
Padge
Elmer
Rathbun
Uuselie
Otho
Henry Nichmond
New York
New Hapshire
Mary
Michmonds
Elmer Richmonda
Eva Carleton
Asa
Stein
Lawson
Richmond
Richmonds
Uwenry
Wilam
Wal
Mrs. Richmond
Kva
Mrs. Lawson
Judee Ellis
Alice
Betsy
Mrs. Horton
Mee Carleton
Carlo
Carlotta Richmond
Imm
John
Mr. Richmond
Henry Richmond
Carlotta
Miss Harrington
Crampton
Angel
Boston
Witty social notes on wages and wedding customs
The piece satirically discusses rising wages for kitchen maids from $1.50 to $33 to $5 weekly and the paradox of higher costs for employers. It shares anecdotes about Mme Patti’s bathing routine, then traces the old shoe-throwing wedding custom with theories of its origins in ancient and medieval practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. Patti
Mme
Patti
Ruth
Boaz
dAmerican Register
Paris
Entertaining and Names in Social Life and Humor
A compilation of reflections on entertaining as mental enrichment over mere food. It covers etiquette for hosts and guests, the social use of pet names, and how names reflect character. Also includes a humorous ad about gods for sale and a brief note on diamond sources and a courtroom quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ah Wing Boo
Society For the Prevention of Heathendom
America
Punch
Mr. Punch
Arkansaw
Paple
Vis
Jane
Ballycoran
Barney Flynn
Reading as a daily habit and fish hatchery note
The piece recounts a summer reading routine with a mother guiding siblings through Wordsworth and geography. It urges daily systematic reading, using a standard book, recalling prior reading, and reflecting to retain ideas. It then explains salmon hatchery methods at Hat Creek with temperature, equipment, and release figures.
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Boston Transcript
Scotland
Merrimac
Bacon
Macaulay
Dibble and Shebley
Hat Creek
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