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Kindness and a child’s plea haunt the heart
The Richmond Mail recounts a poem on kindness and a tale from Fanny Fern about “old maids.” It follows Little Charlie in a crowded boarding house, his innocent queries and prayers, and a nurse-like narrator who sacrifices for the feverish child. The piece contrasts neglectful parents with quiet devotion, ending with Charlie’s death and the question Where's Lizzie. It also notes German gift schemes at Nassau customs, a mother’s plea to a nine year old, and the boy Robert requesting a box of cigars, revealing social mores of the era.
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Richmond
Carter
Ascalland
Bennett & Beers
M Ward, Close &Co
Maiden Lane
New York
Twdyot & Sons
Jenkins & Hartshorne
Philadelphia
Bennet & Beers
Main Street
Johnston
Baltimore Lock Hospital
Shockey Dishaska
Johnson
South Frederick Street
Baltimore
Royal College of Surgeons
London
United States
Paris
Bourne
Europe
America
N. I
Dr. Johnston
EF. H.cowling
Troper & Cowling
Governor St
Main
Franklin
Arabia
M. Morse
Morse
Morsh
Annals of Medicine
Butin Morsh
Materia Medica
Sui Generis
Sensh
Chas. H. Ring
Broadway
Charlie
Fanny Fern
Lizzie
Little Charlie
Ammon
Robert
S. Robert
Huet
Franklin St
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Hart