Old Holiday Echoes in Hillhouse Studio Tales
Betram recounts Hillhouse the sculptor and Lavinia Foxglove in a tale of memory and missed proposals. A neighbor’s window, a monkey toy, and a forgotten love unfold in a Latin quarter setting with Jane Austen echoes and a Christmas promise at the Red Brick church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillhouse
Lavinia Foxglove
Telegraph
Jane Austen
Mrs. Wetherell
Hamlet
Prince
Betrai
Dr. Broughton
Lavinia
Jill House
Hillhouse Betram
Lida Ross McCabe
Detroit Free Press
Pentland Dinner Marks Home Built on Own Roots
The Pentlands celebrate their first dinner in a Queen Anne Cottage after years of collaboration as city editor and society chronicler. Elizabeth Pentland expresses gratitude for a home and infant happiness as guests praise their enduring love story and community support. The piece portraits Mrs Wetherell as content and resilient despite public judgments on her husband’s success.
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Miss Dashaway
Jane Austen
Times
Betram
Pentlands
the Lone Star
Elizabeth Pentland
Mrs. Weatherell
Mrs. Wetherell
Christmas Spirit Amid Vacant Chairs and Gratitude
A reflective Christmas piece contrasts merry scenes with sorrow of empty chairs, honoring absent loved ones. It recalls peace on earth, family warmth, and the aching hearts of those who mourn, invoking Silver Cross as the source.
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Cat
Royal Palace
Christmas memory worth creating for every child
A Boston Watchman excerpt urges parents to make Christmas a distinctive happy memory for children. It argues the holiday's joy endures, guiding future years and shaping outlooks, and invites time effort and money to craft such moments.
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Boston Watchman
Man Haggles Over Bible Topic At Dodson’s Desk
A lank book peddler in black with an umbrella offers "The Life of Samson" for 1.50 to Dodson who retorts with a sigh about "Peddlers and Book Agents Not Wanted." A friend jokes about biblical subjects as Dodson bids him a quick farewell, noting Samson is 8,000 years dead.
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Hillhouse
Paul Pry
Betram
T Hillhouse
Hlillhouse
Miss Dashaway
Mrs. Pentland
Stillhouse
Flo
Dodson
Samson
Man In Black
Detroit Ree Press
Health and wealth in Canadian lands for Minnesota settlers
Charles M. Scott, Canadian government agent, writes from Calgary to Minnesota home-seekers praising southern Alberta for affordable rail land, rapid crop growth, and profitable livestock farming. He touts favorable climates for curing consumption and urges willing workers to settle north of Edmonton or west of Edmonton for ranching and mixed farming opportunities.
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Calgary
Alberta
Walter
Duluth
Javening Lilerald
Minn
Minnesota
Edmonton
Seoikelace
Hone-Scekkers
Charles M. Scott
Quotation on Foolishness and Jools in World
A concise protest noting the abundance of fools and the persistent surplus of jools, expressing skepticism that supply will ever diminish. The remark attributes the trouble to such minds and frames it as a timeless observation from the Atchison lobe.
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Jools
Atchison Lobe
L and L Catarrh Cure Claim Widespread Cure
The notice touts Lall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for catarrh, a constitutional disease. It promotes internal use to affect blood and mucous surfaces and offers one hundred dollars for any failure, urging readers to send for testimonials from Cheney & Co. and to buy from local druggists.
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Lall
Cheney & Co
Toledo
Tae Dall
Pilla
Children’s money answers end with a bold twist
A local primary school lesson prompts pupils to say how they would spend a fortune. Most answer to buy gifts for family members, while final respondent Jimmie Peters quips he would burn it, highlighting a sharp moral punch in a Cleveland Plain Dealer report.
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Papa
Manma
Jimmie Peters
Jimmie
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Texas Empire State Visit on Missouri Kansas Doxa Line
Semi monthly excursions to the southwest promote Texas as a resource rich destination. Descriptive pamphlets and excursion dates available from T A Cherrier NP A Room 316 Marquette Building Chicago and A Cockerly in Des Moines Iowa.
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Southwest
Texas
Empire State of the Union
Middle States
Commissioners of
T. A. Cherrier
Marquette
Chicago
Cockerly
Dist. DP. Ua
Des Moines
Puzzle Verse Challenge Offers Rewards in Railways Ad
A Cleveland Leader item presents a verse riddle inviting readers to solve a poem about poets and writers then mail the answer to George IT of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway with a two cent stamp to receive a prize.
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Shakespeare
Milton
Sidney
Spenser
George IT
Seatford
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Old Colony Building
Diplomacy and the Papas Sharp Witted Exchange
A Chicago Evening News quote defines Papa Diplomacy as the art of informing a man he is a scoundrel without giving him a chance to get mad. The wry remark frames diplomatic wit as a blunt yet controlled confrontation.
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Tommy
Papa
Chicago Evening News
Through Sleeper Cars to Florida Gulf Coast Now Offered
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad expands winter service with Pullman vestibuled sleepers and elegant coaches from Cincinnati Louisville St. Louis and Chicago to Mobile New Orleans the Gulf Coast Thomasville Pensacola Jacksonville Tampa Palm Beach and Florida. Connections will link to steamship lines for Cuba Porto Rico Nassau and West Indian ports. Tourist and home seekers excursion tickets offered at low rates by GC. P. Atmore.
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Cincinnati
Louisville
St. Louis
Chicago
Mobile
New Orleans
Gulf Coast
Thomasville
Pensacola
Jacksonville
Tampa
Palm Beach
Florida
Cuba
Porto Rico
Nassau
West Indian
GC. P. Atmore
Louisville, Ky
What He Missed Diggs and Biggs Quip on Christmas
A short witty exchange notes Diggs saying Old Adam was lucky. Biggs asks in what respect and the retort says Diggs Eve never gave him bargain-store cigars for a Christmas present.
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Diggs
Adam
Biggs
Chicago Daily News
Mince Pies Spark Meeting in Biting Exchange
An Indianapolis Journal note recalls a clash of culinary pride as an Englishman boasts of plum pudding while an American counters with homemade or bakery mince pies capable of rivaling the traditional English dish.
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Indianapolis Journal
Christmas Comes Once a Year Not To Pay Santa Claus
A quotation reflecting on Christmas and the realities of expenditures, noting that youthful views of generosity fade when paying for Santa Claus reveals nature’s unyielding laws. The verse attributes the thought to J. J. O'Connell in Puck.
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Santa Claus
J. J. O'Connell
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Cleveland
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Puck
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I. A. W. Bulletin
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