Cash Only Policy Backfires on Markham in Town Store
Phillip Markham clings to cash, faces mounting debts as speculation drives risky ventures. A lost chance prompts a crisis with workers and creditors, ending in a child's accident that shifts his outlook toward debt-free living and cash payments. He later adopts the axiom out of debt, out of danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Starkham
Ternis Cash
Edeas
Quinebasera
Markham
Oyld
California
Mason
Nurse
Bridget
Alice
Marshall and Clark
Philip
Tom
Tayean
Mrs. Markham
Willie
Phillip
Mr. Markham
Hal
Aulden
Ife
Philip Markham
The World's Fair Opens Early in May Says Tribune
The Directors expect to open the Exhibition in May or by early May at the latest. They plan a magnificent show with thriving American manufactures and a vast display of foreign products. Space is already oversubscribed, and decisions will be made by a fair and impartial committee. The British Department's ore and mineral exhibit inspires a local push to form similar displays here. Collecting and classifying minerals would attract many visitors. Iron, gold, silver, copper and lead mines merit cooperative discussion among local gentlemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
N.Y. Trisune
The Good Natured Bachelor and Odd Anecdotes
A collection of humorous portraits and moral vignettes. It includes a jovial bachelor who aids women, a tale of a doctor and sexton in Beverly, and reflections on unseen good deeds. The tone mixes satire with gentle social commentary.
Nelsonian Reminiscences of Richard Bennet’s Love Tragedy
Lieut Par sons recounts meeting Bennet’s mother and her dying daughter in Scotland. The wounded hero’s sweetheart Susett receives a miniature and a lock of Bennet’s hair from the fiancé, amid scenes of a life fading as the girl presses the token to her lips then dies, the mother weeping and praying as the breath leaves the bride to be.
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Parsons
Richt Bennet
Nelson
Lieut. Parsons
Susett
Scotland
Sweett
Vyas
Tiver
Richard Bennet
Eve
Sheep for abstinence tale ends temperance wager
A farmer resolves to work the year without rum and offers his three sons sheep if they abstain as well. Each son agrees, with the youngest urging all to give up alcohol. The moral tale ends with the demon banished from the premises, bringing happiness to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan
Marshall
Chandler
Pather
Phantom phonied ad from Hartford Courant spoof
A bizarre spoof advertisement mocks phonetic spellings and advertising tropes. It parodies quirky product claims and mispronounced words, concluding with playful exhortations about catching a phriend and funding.
Description of a Locomotive in Youths Penny Gazette
A fragment from the Youths Penny Gazette describes a locomotive in vivid, noisy terms likening it to a beetle with green and gold back. It recalls Louis Naroxson’s Paris letter noting Napoleon III’s marriage conditions, his mother’s uneasy exile, and tensions within the Bonaparte families, including Jerome and Lucien lines.
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Penny Gazette
Putin
Louis Naroxson
Maxatace
Paris
Napoleon
II the
France
Prince Napoleon
Prince of the Mountain
Algiers
Lucien Bonaparte
Parke
Jerome Bonaparte
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Portage. Sentinel
Mack
Neizhdor
Enys
Vo Hespin Sept
Pathe Agate
Siuniver
Bose Bursa
Walla
Erikhen
Hes. S.r. Poverty
Periedce
Tai
Mae
Patrick
Markhaai
Rogers
Mr. Leslie
Phillip Markham
Faxxy Fens
Beverly
Sexton
Carlyle
Kwite Phuanygraphic
Hartford Courant
Phaney
Phinely
Phare
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