The Little Blue Cap and a Childless Pair
A narrator visits Durand and his wife, Philemon and Bau eis, near a river, noticing Durand’s simple success and serene life. A faded blue linen baby-cap found in a drawer sparks memory of a twelve-year-old factory boy nicknamed Monkey-face and the baby abandoned with a desperate future, hinting at lost parentage and childhood hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durande
Virginia
Durand
Ory
Philemon
Baueis
Theo
Monkey-face
Hla
Rofflana Ilke
Monkey-face and the Baby Tale in a Factory Village
A story follows Monkey-face a bold boy who plans to hide a baby among gypsies and then seeks work at a factory. He is caught by the overseer and returns to the factory after a night at a deserted riverbank hideout where he reveals the baby and his resolve to earn twenty cents a day. The tale ends with the boy and the infant kept together and the man now supporting a new life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ziai Monkey-face
Monkey-lace
Bis
Monkey-laca
Zizi
Monkey-face
Monkeyface
Mr. George
Trusion
Going to the Fair A Cautionary Tale From a Chance Meeting
A wary narrator recalls a pushy stranger at a World’s Fair prompt to exploit travel plans. The con man warns of crowded Chicago lodging and offers a dubious plan promising access to the fair via a special accommodation window. The tale contrasts the stranger’s greed with the narrator’s skepticism.
Fragmented OCR teaser mentions multiple names and places
The text lists numerous seemingly random names, places, and times from an OCR source. It references people such as Krarristniey and Mauch, locations like East C Allentown, and events or notes with times like p.m. The fragmentary nature makes a coherent event unclear, but it reads as a historical notice or schedule snippet with many proper nouns.
Roundabout route to the great fair visit leads to trouble in New York
An unnamed narrator debates with a companion about the world’s fair journey to Chicago, then clashes with Judson C. Spiller over a mercenary scheme. The exchange escalates to threats of violence as the narrator plans to confront the con artists, ending with the World’s Fair Accommodation Company agent retreating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid
Stranger
Chicago
Man
Achemen
Itip Dee
Asa Mult
Judson C. Spiller
Jad
New York
Judson
Rascal
Howdy
World's Fair Accommodaton Company
St Louie Republic
Nature
Bepon
Oon
Care of the Eyes Avoid reading by twilight
Advice on eye care warns against reading or sewing by twilight and reading while lying down or bending. Notes that eye strain often links to general weakness, and that stomach issues can cause eye troubles. Ends with cautions about recovery and soothing steps.
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Bert Ont Rit
Gladaam
Wes
Howard Pilding Moeste
Wey
Kia Atyle
Sation
Hearts
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Englam
Reading Railroad
Syster
ASA P.m
Siessore
Harrislary
Ph Poe Manto
Bet Sbriiers
Por
Allentown
Macek
Sundeee
Imi Tamaya
Sharockia
Wiliaane
Endif
Baste
Batiste
Tore Buayen
Docks Grove
Saeed Sanah
Rai
Perapeuramia
Green
Ara
Ueda
Tim
Brock
G. Wanquck
Maas
Agr
W.P. Raguwim
Avent
Boice, Runyon & Co
Et. D. J. Boice, JA. D. Cook & Bro
Mason's Materials
É&C
Park Ayeoue
Mi A. D. Cook
Stockbridge Manures
A. M. Griffen
East Front ST
B. D. Newell’s
Front Street
Plainfield
O Leg
G. W. Reamer
Liberty ST
Tier's Ice Cream Parlor
Park Avenue
Plainfield, N. J
Henry Goeller, JR
John H. Sayres
Terund Denier
East Front Street
Comer
Woolston & Buckle
North Avenue
Rome
Trenton
Philadephis
Tne
Sdeday
William J. Stephenson
Adeas
American Steam Omcell
American Steam
H. W. Marshall
A. M. Seguine
Laing
Froot St
Madison Ava
Cemetinem
J. Frank Mundy
The
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Thas Society
Benet
J. T. Vail
Boeth Avenue
Groot Beta Acad
Weseren
Ayers & Co
Interice
Oul & Ghoot
E. H. Holmes
Lehigh Coal
Cem
John Johnston
South Avenue
Ont
M. J. Doyne
Merchant’ Tailor Jihad
Ieee
Ancora and
Tat Mo
East Fourth ST
C. Dickinson
Park Avenur
Dime— Savings Institution
John W. Murray
William White
Nathan Harper
Elias A Pope
Detter Base Ball and Sporting Goods
Mulford Estil
Pleinfoid
New Jersey
Mr. Leal
Ile
Prop
City Hotel
Park Ave
Questa
Lehigh
Bleor Rawton, Sae
F.“ Duneam
Seater Ease Comty
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