Polly Returns Home to Restore Pa Moberly’s Dignity
A motherless brood and a neglected father endure simmering tension in a rural home. Polly Moberly, just returned from Pennsylvania, confronts her sisters and reclaims the kitchen chair for Pa, inviting Eva Brent to sit beside him by the fire as he is welcomed back into family warmth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moberly
Pa Moberly
Mra. Moberly
Polly
Pennsylvania
Bassett
Aena Moberly
Tern
Ma Moberly
Tost
Alice
Pal
Belle
Harriet
Mr. Bryant
Eva Brent
Eva
Remedy Mentions and War Memory Echoes Across Reader Letters
A variegated page features reader anecdotes and testimonials on remedies from Foley’s Honey and Tar and Chamberlain’s Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy, plus pills about asthma, kidney care, and skin salves. An elderly Gettysburg veteran revisits the battlefield, recalling a leg injury from a Kansas sawmill in 1877, amid others praising local pharmacies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Kansas
A Shrewd Yankee
A Boston hotel man recalls a farmboy tale about buying eggs. The boy notices farmers held each egg to a candle to judge quality, but discovers only eleven eggs in the basket. The farmer explains one egg has a double yolk, excusing the discrepancy with Yankee prudence.
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Boston
Chia
Costom
Tartuer
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Pr. N. Suera Uaenter
McK. Wilson
Erdstown
Hopkins Gibson
Shepherdstown
Vans—9
Tod
Register
Harn Building
Ding
Callon Y
W. Thompson
Avilla
W. Va
Thue
New York
F.l.weltzheimer
York City
Florida
East Lith Street
New York City
Purinton
Bank of Charles Town
Simaté Banking
Ad Fitere
C. Mums
L. Williams
Tabomra
TE Green
Adam
J. Prasie Dummer
Provident Us
LV Aliams
Caabier
NER
Assinany Cashier
Meone
Iuck
W. H. Waldo
Hints
G.w.ferrell
Shepherdstown, W. Va
Seyed
Iy Ferrell
Jan i
Lisoa
Hnchrans Drug Store
M. B. Baker
Tce
J.D. Swartz
Merchant Tailor and Gents’ Furnisher
Hagerstown, Md
N. Binkley
State Line
G.w.horn& Son
Miller Bros
C. S. Miller
Spherdstown, W. VA
Gibson's Drug Store
Pure Drugs
Patent Medicines
Landreth
Gibson
Shepherd College
State Normal School
West Virginia
E. F. Goodwin
Jefferson County
W. V
Stow
Troy Steam Laundry
Strauther Pendleton
Eolers Katee
Care
Ely
Droggiste
Matt LY Brothers
Warren St
B.C. DeWarr & Co
Chicago
Reinhart’s Pharmacy
DR. Eerste Golde
Ito
Som
O& Express
Charles Town, W.va
Wm. Phillips’ Sons
Charles Town
Jerperson County
C. Health & Milligan
McKinley
Saya D. Scott Currin
Toganton
Mentel
Daniel Kania
Olterville
Towa
Foley
Lsi
Reinhart
Chamberlain
E. Bosworthi
la Payette
Ala
Cole
Cholers
Rumedy
Relohart
Phil Brick
Phil Onsifer
R. A. Gray
J. P
Oakville
Ind
Tommy
DaWitt
S.H. Mereditl
Willow Grove
Del
Kelphart
Thad
Heath
Mix Whalen
Jonasee
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