Milicent Leigh and the Artist in a Sketching Summer
Milicent Leigh joins a sketching club at Scalp Level where a chance meeting with Neil Halleck, a dashing Boston artist, leads to mentorship and romance. The two grow close as he tutors her in art while a light romance blooms, culminating in a planned marriage and a move to Italy to study art together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jule
Milicent Leigh
Milicent
Mrs. Pointdexter
Remy
Halleck
Miss Leigh
Academy
Mr. Halleck
Raphael
Titian
Miss Milicent
Cent
Boston
Neil Halleck
Pittsburg
Third Class Matter and the Balloon Prank at the Post Office
A Philadelphia Press retells a whimsical scene at a post office window where a boy tests third class mail rules. The clerk jokes about sending a toy balloon weightless as the boy taunts him and bystanders, while the crowd watches the lighthearted exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonny
Pop
Bop
Philadelphia Press
Business Ambition and Family Named Legacies in Newspapers
An editorial reflects on enduring family names in major news houses. It cites James Gordon Bennett and Harper Brothers who vowed not to close doors or suspend publication upon death. It notes the desire to pass the firm name to successors and mentions Robert Bonner planning provisions for the New York Ledger after his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gordon Bennett
Propertc
The
Herald
Nassau and Fulton Street
Harper Brothers
Fier Harper
Eeernal
Harper
Robert Bonner
New York
Ieee
Hats and humor in a bustling matinee scene
The item recalls hats and fashion pastimes, noting tall hats and feathered hats as symbols of style in a matinee setting. It mocks prop humor about women and domestic roles with sharp local flair and quips from Goodall's Sun and Gorham's Mountaineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodall’s
Daily Sun
Household Hints on Cleaning Cooking and Preserving Foods
A collection of domestic tips covers preserving freshness with vinegar and lemon, keeping molds from fruit jellies, delaying smoke from fat, removing varnish marks with oil, and drying bread scraps for reuse. It also includes simple recipes for Sour Milk Pudding, Baked Sweet Potatoes, Cheap Sponge Cake, and Potatoes Puff, with various preparation steps and tips for odor control and cooking efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
German Birt
Aistry
Sweet Revenge in Fall River Phrase
A short, quippy excerpt contrasts New York editors critiquing rural gas use with a countryman greeting a city editor visiting in summer and seeking eel plant grafting details. The piece frames urban-rural tension and local color from Fall River.
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New York
River Vance
Also Mentioned on This Page
Czar
Mabel
Anthon Pointdexter
Jule Sores
Gorham’s Mountaineer
Albert Maple Leaf
Pov
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