Mother's Girl and the Grandmother's Change of Heart
A frail grandmother Mrs Hall resents her grandchildren but after they leave for Cornelia Crashaw's she realizes her error. Ebenezer and the children return home to find renewed affection. Mrs Hall embraces the kids and adopts a gentler family life with lessons, stories, and love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Hall
Ebenezer Hall
Fanny
John
Ebenezer
Johnnie
Johnngaat
Ebenever
Cornelia Crashaw
Mr. Hall
Cornelia
Nelly
Berkeleys
Grandpa
Grandma
Johnny
Cornelia Grashaw
Tiger
Mars
Crashaw
Tam
Joseph
Joe
London
Little Joe
Oxley
Mary
Manna and a Boston painter tale in old notes
The article recalls Grattan Geary on manna falling in Asia Minor and near Baghdad, noting its edible, honeylike nature and possible biblical links. It also recounts a Boston artist who meets a rustic visitor who insists painting is painting, highlighting home as a cherished gift from parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Bombay
Bosphorous
Grattan Geary
Times of India
Herkook
Bagdad
Kerkook
Boston
A Poker Bluff in a Palace Hotel Game
An Eastern drummer named Angel bluffed the San Francisco millionaires in a Palace Hotel poker game. The pot topped $26,000 as Sharon, McAllister, Flood and Angel played through a tense Sunday night. Angel showed a stunning copperplate check, but Sharon suspected the bluff. the cards were redeemed next day and Angel netted about $2,000 from four jacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Flood
San Francisco
Palace Hotel
Senator Sharon
Sharon
Hall McAllister
Angel
Palace
Ecards
McAllister
Franklin Letters On Packet Ships And Gulf Stream Chart
Hon John Bigelow cites unpublished Franklin letters noting the need for a fifth Falmouth to New York packet to prevent delays, proposing French packets on third Wednesdays to boost fortnightly writing, and detailing ship compartments caulked to prevent sinking. Also mentions a Gulf Stream chart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bigelow
Benjamin Franklin
Congress
State Department
Washington
Falmouth
New York
Europe
America
France
Gulf Stream
Woman Gossip and Fair Sex Interests Through Time
A collage of prose and snippets on women, politics, love, and grief. It interweaves poetic visions of brides and widows with social vignettes from All the Year Round and Chicago News. Notable lines reflect female virtue, strength, and household roles amid 19th century satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Sun
Toxany
Newman Independent
Dickens
Boston Courier
Women and politics and the peril of corsets in society
A social column argues that women should follow politics and history, not shun it as men’s domain. It urges informed civic awareness, notes modern reporting makes meetings readable, and envisions voting someday. The piece contrasts educated interest with shallow fashion obsessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babylon
Nebuchadnezzer
Star
Fragmented humor and quotes from historic papers
A collage of jokes and quips from various papers including the Yonkers Gazette and Chicago Sun, with snippets about manners, neighbors, and a parrot named Honesty. Includes remarks on Hessians at Trenton, Congressional hats in the Capitol, and a Shenstone quote on jealousy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers Gazette
Alapy
Capitol
Senate
House
Washington
A Stock Market Fable From An Old Letter
A hungry lion captures a Wall Street broker in a wood. The broker sleeps through the attack, skins the lion, and sells the hide as a buffalo robe. Moral: the stock market is uncertain and dangers can be hidden in plain sight. The piece repeats satirical lines about social pretensions and class humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
States
Wall Street
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Julia T, May
God
Washington Irving
Didst
Seoul
ai-on-Kun
Kinsfolk
Mike
Death's
Prise
Jeremy Taylor
Beauty
Junius
Benjamin, Franklin
Faith
Love
Sho
Earth
Hobson
Mrs. Rusk
Mrs. Gummidge
Mr. G
Mamma
Sarah
Mrs. Ladd
Lucy
Miy Y Banter
Philadelphia
Aman
Trenton
Edward J. Lowell
Germany
Col. Rall
Inter Ocean
Shenstone
Ngle
Pangle
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