Grace Gardiner and the Ellwood burglary mystery
Grace Gardiner arrives at a country home as a trusted inmate while a series of burglaries unsettles the neighborhood. Grace helps expose Ellwood, a whitehaired mastermind, as the trio of gang members are confronted. Grace seeks amends and becomes poised to marry George Fletcher, with Grace defended by Mr. Fletcher and his son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace
Mrs. Malcolm
Mr. Montgomery
Ellwood
Jessie
Grace Gardiner
Lars
Tam
Twens
Miss Gardiner
Looki
Morning Meteor
Warrep
J. B
Meteor Office
Grace ‘Gardiner
Fletcher
Potten
Est
Rascal
Jessa
Bilwood
Conver
Eli
Malcolm
Jos
Sue
Bud
Miss Jessie
Lamhe
George Fletcher
Ellywood
Young Fletcher
Sean
Beiah
Elgood
Mr. Fletcher
George
A Practical Age and the Rise of Merit
In a practical age education opens professions to all, rewarding hard work and intelligent effort. Privilege faded as popular education revealed hidden talent, turning life into a field where effort and integrity determine success. The era demands personal demonstration of worth, with no favors and open avenues for achievement. Boston Budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Boston
Chinese Ladies Feet A Haunting Descriptive Exposé
A Cleveland Leader excerpt recounts the cruel practice of foot binding in China, detailing how girls are bound from age five to create shrinking feet, leaving the wearer with deformities and lifelong pain. It notes a Canton case of frozen stumps shown in hospital and cites Dr. Mary Niles on the medical consequences.
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China
Tientsin
North China
Canton
Mary Niles
America
F. G. Carpenter
Cleveland
Franklin County
Texas
Slip of the Pen Trims Murder Sentence in Silesia
A wheelwright Kontuy was found guilty of murder by seven votes, but a clerk’s slip substituting hours for votes led to a new trial. The Imperial Court of Cassation ordered a retrial, and the second jury convicted of manslaughter, giving twelve years in penal servitude. The tale comes from St James Gazette and is echoed by the Boston Courier’s quip on love.
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Couneo
Mooster
Vician
Burdetta
Seionor
Aingle Wight
Burdette
Indianapolis
Ind
Senate of
Indiana
John Coburn
Porcupine, When Mr. Coburn
Mr. Coburn
James A. Briggs
Brooklyn Eagle
Silesia
Kontuy
Oppera Assizes
Imperial Court of Cassation
St. James
Science and Industry Highlights Across Edges of Tech
A survey of 19th century science notes fog dispersion by electrical discharge, a massive quill toothpick near Paris, and 600000 barrels of cottonseed oil used for lard. It also covers early Chinese astronomy, new cobalt nickel chemistry, glass and pipe tech, clay pipes from Brooklyn, heat center in the brain, and Terra cotta fireproofing. Plus stories on veneered diamonds, Washington correspondence on romance, a child at a sermon, and lighthearted exchanges from Harper’s Young People.
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England
Islands
Dr. Freeman
New England
Plymouth Rock
Chaucer
Yonge Squyre
Hosea Bigiow
Chicago
San Francisco
Union
London Telegraph
Paris
Emperor Yan
Kruse
Munich
Maine
Orneville
United States
Brooklyn
N. Y
Woodbridge
N. J
Biddy Bird Eggs and Charley’s Cruel Lesson in Courtesy
A fragment from an old issue featuring a children’s tale about a top-knot biddy laying eggs for Easter and a boy named Charley who teases animals and children, then learns from a stern employer that cruelty costs him the job. Also, essays on true politeness and ambition, urging steady courtesy and the value of everyday acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Rowen
Harey
Ani
Caperieu
Ben
Prise
Susy
Katy
Ned
Charley
Mr. Mercer
Winnie E. Kenney
S. Times
Spenser
Aleck
What Boys Should Do For Kindness And Courage
Horace Mann urges boys to show kindness to peers with flaws or poverty, sharing, helping with lessons, forgiving injuries, and avoiding envy. Other vignettes note a girl’s plea to a stern father, a savings bank joke, a London concert program spoof, a girl nicknamed Blood, and a brief humorous exchange from Rocheater Poste Express.
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St. James's Hall
London
Mme So-and-co
East Avenue
Blood
Rocheater Poste Express
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Brunet
Bineolf
Craditis Volos
Apa
Anf
Indy
Eva Best
Detroit Free Press
Jesse
Pieucml
Aden
Jessie Malcolm
Alee
Ellwnnd
M Launet
National Health Society of London
Boston Courier
Science and Industry
Washington
George Washington
Fitzhugh Lee
General Lee
Virginia
General Washington
William Fautleroy
Richmond
Betsy
Frederick
G. Washington
Angel of Mercy
Papa Preasch
Papa
Harper's
Bertha
Arthur
Lile
Alan
Coxcomb
Tennyson
Peter
Mr. Sanders
Mr. Coldchesse
John Thompson
John
Horace Mann
Pat
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