Lent and Hearts in a Cheery Family Tale
In a rickety city room Allie Martin and her mother endure hard times under Lent. A joyful reunion with John Martin reveals renewed hope as a mysterious benefactor and a warm supper lift spirits, while Allie cherishes pink roses and dreams of better days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Martin
Allie
Allis
Mr. Mason
Mother
John Martin
Ferris’ Row
Mason
Katie
Mattie
Mamie Tracy
Allie Martin
Ferris' Row
Mary E. Perkins
N.Y
Secretary of War
Buchanan
Holt and Sone
Ashe
Hense
Horatio King
Washington
Holt
King
Bancroft
Alice
Aliie
Lincoln
Eisent Tor
Cabinet
Hannibal
Hamlin
Harlan
Johnson
Interior
Evarts
United States Senate
Elihu Washburne
Ex Cabinet Officers and a world of Old Washington life
A vivid reminiscence scene follows ex cabinet members through the late administration era with Allie and Mattie meeting figures like McCulloch, Belt, and Bancroft. The piece traces poverty, Lent lessons, and the fate of families linked to Grant era officials amid New York and Washington settings.
A Britons Plaint Probed Accent in America
A British man complains of discrimination in the United States for his English speech and manner. He recalls being mistaken for an Anglomanic Yankee and faced mockery from office youths who imitate his accent. He notes friendly treatment once his identity is revealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Cadley
Beah
Yaas
Acquiah
Cadley
Taverner
Bond Recovered After Twenty Five Years Disappearance
A $50 government bond found in Chicago after nearly a quarter century led to the owner, tracing the lengthily missing security from wartime losses. The bond had been seized by thieves during a field visit, its numbers later deciphered to identify the rightful holder, who received notice of redemption from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Washington
Chicago Journal
Dress Novelties for Spring Trim and Accessories
Godey's Ladies' Book outlines spring dress trimming effects with cotton sateens, wide striped patterns, and Indian silk inspired grounds in whites, grays, blues, and greens. It highlights honeycomb stitching for mantles and dresses, new shoulder-piece styles, and decorative fancy handkerchiefs for indoor wear including gauze options with embroidered edges.
New Bureau of Mending Serves Busy Bachelors
A New York Bureau of Mending opens on East Fourteenth Street to repair clothing for hotel and bachelor residents. It offers five cent sock darns, three cent button sewing, thirty five cent shirt rebodiming, and five cent wristbands with repairs priced by damage. Postal cards invite patrons to send items for free pickup and return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bureau of Mending
East Fourteenth Street
Bureau
N. S. Tribune
Industrial progress and new tech from the era
A Alabama inventor markets a bolt cutting machine for fifteen thousand shingles daily. California drift mining employs three thousand workers at about five million dollars yearly. Meier iron works near South St Louis to resume after idle years. An automatic paper feeding device for presses signals trouble with a bell. Berlin shoework employs five hundred for rosettes totaling about one million yearly, exported globally. Baldwins have built over four thousand locomotives, many to South America, New Zealand, Australia. Prof. Emerick studies a meteorite of chromium and iron, 200 tons. Railroads favor sawed ties. new nails attach mouldings with dual points. Berlin engineers trial mercury signaling for trains via a rail deflection chamber.
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Alabama
California
Meier Iron Works
South St. Louis
Berlin
North
South America
Baldwin Locomotive Works
New Zealand
Australia
New South Wales
Philadelphia
J. Emerick
William and Mary College
Chicago Tribune
Daniel Kirkwood
Jupiter
Boston
Boston Bulletin
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Pungent Paragraphs and Wit From An Old Paper
A collage of comic snippets from various papers, including quips about amulets, night-keys, Lima ladies and Browning, plus humorous exchanges at stations. A joke about an omelet at the neck and a frontiersman school scene adds local flavor and satire from multiple 19th century outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven News
Boston
St. Albans
Buenos Ayres
Lima
Browning
Pittsburgh Chronicle
Fall River
Brown
Coles
Connecticut
Johnny
Texas Siftings
Main Street
Miss
Silewly
Mamma
Buffalo Courier
For Our Young Readers Natural History Lesson
A narrator questions a nocturnal carnivorous bird about its habits and eye features, while a child admires a learned fowl and a sister misunderstands Latin. The edited vignette blends a flight of fancy with a child’s playful science talk and a rescue tale.
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Dee
Ian
Tommy Bagne
Darling
Guasiaon
Martin
Saphaire
Manning
McCulloch
Lin
Coln
Amer
Buck
Arthur
Boutwell
Grant
George Onc
Paps
Treasury
John Canladveree- Beillhiaill Eitéton
Home Treasury
William A. Richardson
Judiciary
Philip F. Shaws
Mas
Seal
Maryland
Torned
John Sherman
Hayes
Gresham
Thong
George Bancroft
Pierce
Juge Holt
Chester Street
Paris
Hamilton
Belknap
Bhe
Greene
Robeson
Jacob D. Cox
Cincinnati
Columbus Delano
Ohio
Tyner
Taft
Chandler
Frank Hatton
Chicago Mail
Benjamin Brewster
Teller
Washington Cor
Cleveland
Derrailroadt Company
Detroit Free Press
Science and Industry
Countryman
Minerva
Tara Anared
Margeret Johnson
St. Nicholas
Lily
Tim
Ida
Reigate
Sapien Legion
Father
Reignts
Mrs. Smith
Fanny
Willie
Earnest
Mr. Smith
Ernest
Henry Frith
Little Folks
Fane
Tommy Fane
Tommy
Teakae Xedeei
Florence B. Hallowell
Portland
Ore
Gepteman
Belleville
Can
Keller
Clapper
O'Brien
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