A Charity Girl Shows Courage and Escape
Mary Martin, a poor girl at the Metcalf home, defies confinement to skate and learns to fend for herself. She frees herself from abuse by cutting windows, climbs to a roof, and battles a fire with water despite lacking help, earning respect for her resourcefulness and courage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Shepard
Mery Martin
Deel
Ene Ol
Shepard Srist
Metcalf
Bernardston
Mary Martin
Mant Crum
Whipple
Maes
Mrs. Shepard
Lucy
Mary
Holly Ancora
Meetin
Silas
Shepard
Mia
Wren
Plu
Margry Martin
Bangs
Sally
Mr. Suepard
Figura Patains
George Bangs
Edward
Hale
Boston
Four Cents a Dozen for Pocket Handkerchiefs and Shirts
A page of city life reports misery among female workers paid four cents per dozen for cutting and hemming pocket handkerchiefs and two cents per dozen for smoothing. A single worker can handle about twelve dozen daily at forty cents, with shirts and undergarments priced similarly low. Workers often live at home, earning little and facing push for the cheapest labor, while garments sold retail are much pricier in other shops. The article notes cloakmaking and other trades pushing home-based sewing and long hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lsbor
Senate
W. F
Diverse 19th century home remedies and notes mix
A mash of household tips from the era covers kerosene odor deodorization, fowl feeding, horse health, decorative lambrequins, Dutch fried cabbage, oatmeal cake, marmalade, fruit stains, and assorted regional snippets. It also includes statistics on Northwest population and wealth growth, plus brief anecdotes on local curiosities and cures.
Origin of Fashions Based on Court Plots and Plaster
A Boston Journal of Commerce note traces fashion origins to court missteps by Mme de Pompadour and Marie Antoinette. It cites plaster on the chin, high heels, towering hair, short sleeves, an Alexandrian limp, the Grecian bend, and neckline distortions as pushed by royal examples, generating long lasting trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. de Pompadour
Marie Antoinette
Anne of
Bostos Journal of Commerce
Buttermilk praised as remedy and abstinence aid in old monograph
The article extols buttermilk as a valued remedy in medicine, a aid to quitting alcohol, and a stomach soother with lactic acid benefits. It notes its use for old persons heart oppression and marks its value on farms though underutilized. A Berlin medical read highlights longevity by class and a Sacramento Chinese idol factory is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Materia Medica
Voltagal
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Itis
Ned Benson
Rock Island
America
Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Itican
Mr. Hotchkiss
Peoria
Hancock Street
Hotchkiss
Steins
Reenter
Athlophohos Co
Wall Street
New York
M. M. Street Relies on Pain Relief at Chicago Address
A fragment notes M. M. Street in Chicago offering remedies for rheumatism and promoting speedy relief. The brief mentions an address at 83 Main Street, RY, and references Pilat of largest pile with two letter world context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speedy
Main Street
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Uss Peereearhi
Mors
Clifton Bingham
Chamber
Exw
Mira
Mrs. Moetcalf
Mrs Shepard
Bolace
Coly
Tess
Rhode Island
Bernardaton
Mire
John Shepard
Silay Dak Mars
Taos
Mrs. and Pendral
Ceve Urposs
Portsmouth
Silas Oe
Ing
Silas Skates
Mrs. Bangs
Min
Cube
Miss Shepard
HBO
United Service Gazette
Hayada
Toledo Blade
W. F. Examiner
Placin
Toledo
Boston Globe
Great Northwest
The
Northwest
Minnesota
Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Henning Mills
Duluth
Superior
Lake Superior
Bay of St. Louis
Chicago
Akota
Pierce
Secretary of the Interior
Worth Dakota
T. Hanser
Washington Territory
Northern Pacific
Treasury
Vuranu
United States General Land Office
United States
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Northern Pacific Railroad
Traie
Trafic
Rawlins
Wy. T
Ace Lyons
Devil-Lake Charlie
Charlie
Ace
Jack
Sun
Kamel
Toide
Henry M. Haywood
Shea
Stanhope
Haywood
Court House
Agnes McCarthy
Justice Court
Central Police Station
Agnes
Randolph Street
Misa Agnes
Mr. Stanhope
North Market Street
Troy
Aobert H. Green
Battery B
Indy
Green
Paris Petit Journal
Royal Academy of Medicine of
Paris
Barthelemy
Kingston Freeman
Rochester
Rondout
Tezar Post
St. Jacobs
Philadelphia News
Morning Journal
Pegee
Hell Gate
Dox
National Weekly
Sram
Danny
Harvard Lampoon
Joseph Korosi
Burls-Pesth
Association of Ygiene
Berlin
Sacramento
Dalfimore
Lincoln
Bartonam
Brigzy
Price Druggists
Iria
Lowal Couriar
Boston Bulletin
Wits
M. M. Street
Prex
Glenn
Guns
Dolph Hotchkiss
Lil
Thad
Uae
Real
Sicure
HG. Rot
Peart
OPIU
Tayla
Malla
Amemoda
Iene
Magazina
W. Jerninges
Inbaribe Fee's Yaar al Or
St. MonVark
Crenego
Sols
Liberal
Acta Tetbetssae Ae
H. Douglass & Capsicum
Linrreotus
Teaues
Walla
Isle T
Ines
Sean P.O
Piso
Wantessziz
Soares Parti
Gore
Sabecress
Suva
EER Simane
Elen Atonal Co
Pemmanshi Tantimote
Bhorene MpUaivess
Muskrat
Siemon
Fal-Pond
Md-Aurore
Kame Zojtea
Sean A. N. KA
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