The Oiled Feather and the Loving Word
Story set in a rural household features Samuel Parsons who oils a front door lock wheels and his wife Jenny and child Tommy with affection. He praises kindness to wife servant and child, arguing love and respectful speech improve work and home life, ending with a peaceful, happy morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Parsons
Sam
Tommy
Bam. Pursoite
Bam
Jennie
Pet
Darling
Tomy
Merry
Polly
Parsons
Joe
Elvil
Jenny
Neighbor
Sam Parsons
Llstening
Sam Parson
Pard
Blu
Paily
Jennlé
Ham Parsons
Portrait of Judge M'Kean and a wild motor hoax tale
A curio filled page recounts Judge Thomas M'Kean as a towering Pennsylvanian figure, famed for stately bearing and scarlet gown, plus anecdotes of his riot quelling and political clashes. It also tells of Jenks the inventor and a failed water motor hoax ending with a drunken Irish laborer emerging from a cellar, and a burlesque Patrick’s Day riff on Irish revolt and politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M'Kean
M'Kean
England
David Paul Brown
Thomas M’kean
Mme
Mannars
Supreme Court
Tilghman
Duane
Lie
Vague Jury Verdict on Baldlefants Death
A coroner's jury reports uncertainty in the death of Baldlefant, stating they do not know how when or where the death occurred after due inquiry and best knowledge. The wording reflects archaic phrasing and incomplete conclusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lefant
Bowery encounter and hasty business talk in New York alley
A New Yorker is recognized near Bowery on a business street. The men discuss debt transfers and stock handoffs, noting an arrangement where Jacob handles affairs and the Bowery man pursues his own business. A pension and a fresh painter’s coats are mentioned amid a late night saloon incident. A father punishes his son for playing euchre and then finishes the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowery
Leung Eleo
Duainess
Dot Jadrew
Chatham Street
Cin
Bow
Jacob
Hil Sun
Fragmentary 19th century notes on editors and a troubled ex treasurer
Reader glimpses a Maryland editor famed for vast boot polish usage as a rover sought for a poetic critique of privileges. Ex Treas Splaver shows health gains after Florida visit, though his signature bears marks from a severe delirium tremens episode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Splaver
Florida
Also Mentioned on This Page
Troy Herald
Thomas O'Kean
Rebecca Marding Davis
Harper's
Wfracenpes Bon
Jenks
Peru
Jonko
Motor Company
Jenico
Janke
Iisltors
Dr. Potts
Janko
Jonka
Patrick
Pattok
Hartford
Ireland
Republhc
Secretary of War
Osalary
Secretary of the Interior
Alec
Ile
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
St. Patrick
George Washington
Clemens
Maryland
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