The Pulpit and the Poor in a Village Tale
A dramatic scene unfolds between Will Gordon Alice Martin and Henry Benner at a village factory with class tension. Benner, the proprietor’s nephew, woos Alice, Will confronts him by a riverfront confrontation, a pistol is drawn, Benner flees, and Alice accepts Will’s protection and forgiveness as the moment resolves with bittersweet hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Benner
Alice Martin
Alice
Will
Mr. Gordon
Henry Benner Qune Wong
Verner
Wil
Will Gordon
Venus de Medicis
Benner
Adonis
Bener
Gil
Jeanine
North America
St. Nicholas
St. Louis
Tran
Hesbaxp
Maria
Pighead
Lessons in character and responsibility across stories
A collage of anecdotes from a Boston father guiding a son’s self reliance, a Chicago landlord helping a boy support his sisters, and a New York stowage tale stressing complete attention. Also notes on manners, honesty, and doing work with effort, plus practical tips from period editors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Father
Mother
Ned
Tom
Voudit
New York
Christian Union
C. OD
Adams Express
Anecdotes of an Old Brigadier Congressman in Kentucky
A column features Gen. Wolford of Kentucky with Home State recollections and tall tales from his campaigns. It recounts his Union cavalry service, a controversial apple-tree incident with Gen. Lee, and a courtroom anecdote where a chemist’s arsenic claim is twisted for an acquittal.
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Gen. Wolford
Kentucky
Gen
Fry
Fitz John Porter
Congress
Walford
Gen. Fry
Wolford
1St
Kentucky Cavalry
Lee
Appomattox
Gen. Lee
Gen. Walford
John
Critterbacks
Jett Davis
Fortress Monroe
Jeff Davis
Adair County
Minneapolis Tribaumne
Fragmented humor and anecdotes in a late 19th century column
A jumble of quips and short items from a humorous page. Jests about insomnia and floods, a farmer tale, a weathered character, a watchmaker pun, a political jab about Tufts, a ship Calker tale, a moral on foresight, and a note on slander. Includes names like Taft and Tufts and a Detroit Free Press moral.
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Detroit Free Press
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Uisteh
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Cyebeen
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Atlanta Constitution
Martin
San Francisco
Henry Topp
Darien
Polly
Dolly
Fred
Polly, Dolly and
Jo Saucy
Kmuers
Acorn
Gentheann
Freiun
Neas
Enail
Neta
Auentie
Sunbenin
Sory
Chicago Herald
Dakota
Extelline Bell
Vigorous
Fourier
France
America
Inter Ocean
Cotton
China
Southwest
Northwest
Bret Rooster
Sis Hen
Republic
Allanta
Massachusetts
Boston Courier
Taft’s College
Calker
Cato
Ing
Bindy West
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