The Hartigan Case and a Butter Seller’s Burden
In a Carrigmore cottage, Constable O Ruark suspects butter merchant Hartigan in a missing notes case. He questions Hartigan and searches the home with Mrs Murphy present, noting the deaf mother’s bellows as a potential clue while sharpening his private resolve to uncover the truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Very Scattern
Ireland
O'Ruark
Exids
Mr. Bodkin
Consta O'Ruark
Hartigan
O'Ruarl
Sun
O'Roark
Andrew Gfartigan
Dempsey’s
Harti
O’ruark
Murphy
Carrigmore
Oruark
Constable Murphy
Mrs. Murphy
Aimoslf
Bodkin
Andrew Hartigan
Edinburgh Gazette
Share
Denver University
Pauline Ferree
Pauline Cushman
Same Francisco
Marie Topp
Presiden
Hayes
Leapa
Miss Murphy
Si A
Dabbies and mischief mix in curious scene and hymn comedy
An alleyway arrest tale blends a bold street scuffle with a butter buyer and constables as a frolic turns when a plan to grab treasure collides with a woman’s rescue effort. The piece shifts to a homely sermon critique on children misreading hymns and a parade of small town vignettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
Artemus
Etta Farr
Mamma
Etta Parr
Etta
Islas
Philadelphia Times
Merchant
Society Journal
Hicks
Dawson
Harper's Bazar
Jenkins
Niggles
Wicks
Boston Transcript
Milady
Delaware Bay
Delaware City
Cleveland
Moore's Hill
Ind
William
Maria
Mary
Anna
Brackett
Kenny Meadows
Tifton, Ga
Gaxette
South Africa
Joubert
United States
New York
Brooklyn
New York City
Paris
Mr. Billus
Chicago
Ancient science and electricity in eighteenth century study
A Chicago Times digest reviews 1751 Nouveau Magna Francsia notes on early electricity. It traces Thales amber attraction, Gilbert and Dufay experiments, Leyden jars, and Guericke devices, praising Le Cat’s machine and 18th century push toward practical electrical science. The piece reflects on future discoveries and contrasts past limits with today’s knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francsia
Thales
Miletus
Gilbert
England
le Cat
Gray
Wall
Abba Nollet
Dufay
Reichman
Doffay
Cuneus
Musehenbroek
Europe
Otto de Guericke
Messrs. Gray
Desaguliers
Chicago Times
Woman's Column Mixed Chronicle of Columbus Legend and Social Notes
A collage of antiquated prose recounts Columbus and Isabella with royal pageantry, then shifts to notes on a girls club for fun, a woman factory inspector, and prominent women in journalism, science, and colonial exhibitions. It flecks public figures, social reforms, and cultural curiosities across eras and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Razor
Ourcia
Miss Abraham
Miss May Abraham
Bimgyland
Miss Abrahams
Senate
Ier
Woman's Trades Union Lage
Iowa State Building
Sioux City
United States
Wm L. Huchanan
Buehanan
Lula Williams
Cincinnati
Isaac Williams
Buchanan
Aolfor
Ward Quintard
Philadelphia
Iowa
University of Salamanga
Isabella
Spain
Italy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dorn
Ethel Lynn
N. ¥. Ledger
Tom
Troy
Davy Jones
Rae
Boston Journal
Grobbs
Old Grobbs
Mr. Grobbs
Grobbe
N. Y. Herald
Washington Post
Detroit
Cass Avenue
Detroit Free Press
Lion
Anybhow
Chicago Tribune
Whyte
St Angel
Columbus
France
Indies
Church of
Realma
Sovereign Indy
Isabel
Ferdinand
Castile
Granada
Wim Cotf
Kerobief
Regal Feild
Bechensa
Bea Lee
Wade
Washington
Ested
Frances Folsom Lamont
Sepcarr
Chidren
Foy
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!