Bronte Origins and Hard Beginnings in Haworth
The Bronte siblings grew up in County Down and Haworth under rough guardianship, with Hugh Bronte as their grandfatherly storyteller. The family faced poverty and tragedy as Maria Elizabeth and others died young, shaping Emily and Charlotte into famed authors who forged Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights amid hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh
Patrick Bronté
Bronté
Patrick
Haworth
England
Maria Branwell
Branwell
Mr. Bronté
Emily
Wuthering Heights
Hugh Bronté
Charlotte
Prize Drawing at the Camp by Walter E Long
The excerpt centers on Emily and Anne Brontë figures and a plan to educate them abroad for governess work. Family hardships follow as Miss Branwell dies, Branwell sinks into dissipation, and Anne returns ill while Charlotte cannot depart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily
Anne
Charlotte
A. Nicholls
Bronté
Miss Branwell
Mr. Brontë
Branwell
Bunny Boots Learns to Swim in a Daring Rescue
Bunny Boots, inexperienced at swimming, joins a sea voyage with two boys and three girls. A boat mishap draws a cry from shore as Bunny sinks, then a sea-urchin heroically saves him. He gasps of boots being snatched, ending with a cliffhanger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunny Boots
Bunny
Coast Resorts
Newport
Wic
America
Troy
Pettitreen
Prize Contests Offer Tribune Gifts for Best Answers
Contest No 1 offers a choice of prizes for the neatest and best three answers including a Tribune watch badge or art supplies. Contest No 2 awards prizes for two best solutions with similar options. Contest No 3 invites two original black ink drawings with a prize mix. Contest No 4 pays $1 per printed letter, age noted, with full contact details requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
New-York
New York
Dear Little Men and Little Women Letter Tales
A reader letter from Avery Hagan describes a sickroom tale with a horse named Dick pulling a buggy and sharing candy as it trots the sidewalk. Dorothy Exton Woods adds a chicken tale about a bantam and a clever Beggar chicken at Grace Church Street Rye New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avery Hagan
Whalley Avenue
New Haven
Dorothy Exton Woods
Grace Church Street
Rye
Pigeons Learn Home, Then Fly Away From Stand in Yard
A reader recounts how pigeons preferred perching on a window sill near the woodshed and a mother’s box of corn. after home changes and missed return, the birds flew away with a flock in spring, leaving the author hopeful the tale matters to fellow readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca L. Ruhl
Mount Lake Park
Rooster Moms Starved Chick in Lawn Rescue Tale
Two months ago friends and I found a gray injured chick on the front lawn. We nursed it in a pen where a rooster began to care for it, warming it and feeding it from my hand. The chick grew into a friendly, doglike follower.
Honor List Names Read From Local School Notice
A roster of students appears in the local notice led by Nellie Ackerman and Katharine Bunker. The list includes fifty names with many familiar first names and several middle initials.
Prize Winners From Last Week Word Puzzle
Word puzzle lists built around Can TM were sent by James Seymour a 13 year old from South Duxbury Mass for an interesting book. Agnes Parry 12 from Patterson New Jersey won a rolled gold bracelet with an 11 word list and Bessie May Otis 16 from Flatbush New York won another bracelet with an 11 word list. The list includes Can and related words. The second prize winners Anna Drew Scott 9 from Westfield New Jersey won an interesting book and Natalie Bomeisler 10 from Brooklyn won an embroidery set. Prize drawings titled At the Camp. Letter box features prize letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Seymour
South Duxbury
Mass
Agnes Parry
Alabama Avenue
Paterson
N. J
Bessie May Otis
East 19Th Street
Flatbush
N. Y
Anna Drew Scott
Westfield Avenue
Westfield
Natalie Bomeisler
Hancock Street
Brooklyn
Postcard Exchange Letters From Readers
Alison Winslow asks for Milton Row to send his address for a blurred card. Shirley, Mass. R F D Box 12 requests inclusion in the postcard exchange. Rita Connelly, a young reader from New York City, requests to join and exchange with shut-ins. Gussie W Smith, aged 15, provides New London address to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Row
Alison Winslow
Shirley
Mass. R. F. D
United States
Europe
Rita Connelly
Broadway
New York City
Gussie W. Smith
Montauk Avenue
New London
Conn
Mother Goose Puzzle and Missing Rhymes Quiz
A reader puzzle lists missing words to form a Mother Goose quotation and fills in blanks in phrases about people, places, and events. It includes clues like a colonial clergyman and a bathers’ rescue and ends with a playful verse about birdies and a merry round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Goose
Phrilis
William
Harvard
Ruth
Simple flat relief wood carving lesson for youngsters
In the lesson Margaret Sterling shows Benny eight patterns for a cabinet door project. She explains flat relief carving using two chisels a V gouge and a hammer with soft California redwood and outlines steps from pattern transfer to background finishing and edge smoothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny
Col Sect
Margaret Sterling
Thanks for the Tribune Prizes and Checks
A collection of letters to the editor from readers across the country thanking for Tribune watches and checks. Authors include Mabel Foster Morris Cove New Haven Conn Amy Jennings Park Cottage Dobbs Ferry N Y Margaret Richardson Washington D C Dorothy Collins New York City Rebecca Ruhl Myrtle E Wright Walton N Y and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Foster
Morris Cove
New Haven, Conn
Tribune
Amy Jennings
Park Cottage
Dobbs Ferry
N.Y
Tribune Watch
Dorothy Collins
East 15Th Street
New York City
Ten Puzzle Messages From Willie Contest
Children play a word game where each answer must contain ten in order. Willie questions them and they supply words with ten appearing in sequence. Prizes include a Tribune badge or various favors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Tribune
Race Week Newport Yachting Socialite Scene
Newport hosts Race Week with prominent yachtsmen and social hosts entertaining aboard private vessels. Commodore Gerry on Electra and the Goelets and Iselins mix high society with racing, while the navy presence and grand estates like The Elms highlight Newport’s blend of wealth, sea life, and society events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Edward
Yacht Club
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Richard T. Wilson
Eioridge T. Gerrys
Commodore Gerry
Newport
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bronte Sisters
County Down
the Foundling
Wellington
Napoleon
Maria
Elizabeth
Lfe
Walter E. Long
Maitland Avenue
Westchester
B. Simmons
Queletter
Nellie Ackerman
Katharine Bunker
Ewald Boerner
Marjorie Bangs
Louise T. Butler
Douglas Brown
Juliette Cruser
Edwin Cole
Edward J. Campbell
Robert Chandler
Kathryn Corrigan
Louise E. de Gaugue
Charles E. Duzenberry
Irene Davies
Willie S. Dodez
Chester Downey
Kathleen Evans
Georgetta Gilbert
Robert Gomersall
Louise Halahan
Ernestine Herold
Valerie Hoag
Marion Jordan
Albert Levine
Joseph May
Helen Morrison
Chrissie Metzler
Allie Mahar
Mary Melia
John Criven
Curt Olsen
Ruth Ottman
Helen I. Preble
Jessie
Postcard Exchange
Litttle Park
Joe
Ned
Margaret Richardson
Washington, D. C
Rebecca Ruhl
Mount Lake Park, Md
Myrtle E. Wright
Seaverge
W. Butler Duncan
Har Harbor
Duncan
C. Oliver Iselins
Inchiquin
Iselin
Hope Goddard
Providence
Iselins
Reet
Branch
Reliance
Helvetia IH
William Iselin
E. D. Morgans
Beacon Rock
Columbia
Berwinds
Elms
Livingston Beeckman
Gambrill
Luce
Chadwick
Mark
Germany
Grinfeld
Leipziger Street
Berlin
Own Mills
Landeshut
Silesia
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!