Courtship and Love's Young Dream Across Rural Paths
A long, rambling meditation on courtship and love recounts a man named Tom pursuing Angelina through woods and a brook, the first kiss, and the evolving dynamics of romance. It contrasts cheerful pastoral scenes with social expectations and parental approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Harry
Biccesa
Aucoreda
Mt Jover
Dorothy
Abe
Angea
Jeny
Angelo
Scraphina
Mamms
Pape
Angelina
Jack
Yankee Blade
Avery-the-wisp
Peenan
Lee C. Hardy
Fireside Fragments From A Busy Home Page
A collage of household hints and quick recipes from 19th century papers. Remedies for sore throat with borax and honey, corn fritters with grated corn, hair care tips for blonde hair, and advice on room space and decoration. Also culinary notices for blancmange, fruit rolls, lobster rissoles, and bread and milk diets for young children. A humorous fishing tale from Ohio and a tall tale about passing a woman's umbrella in Kansas City punctuate the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
N. Y. Tribune
Ladies’ Home Journal
Boston
Boston Herald
Drake's
Kansas City
Main Street
Kansas City Times
Buffalo Enquirer
Rail mileage and freight car trends in early American railways
A miscellany of rail statistics notes the vast U S railroad network, its European comparison, and growth projections. It cites 200,949.79 miles of track, 166,817 miles in the U S versus 154,713 in Europe, and potential 217,000 miles by 1900. It mentions freight cars carrying about thirty tons, with English cars lighter, and Acam’s record San Francisco to New York in under 5 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia & Reading
United States
California
Europe
Acam
San Francisco
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bermon
Creal Maidens
Jock
Boston Courier
Paradise
Dick Darcy
Fee
Buxton Cos
Midland Company
Buxton
Chester
Chicago
Washington
Jerry Busk
Jerry
Chicago Tribune
Miss Breckinridge
Virginia
John
Puck
Provence
M. Lemaire
Arles
Camargue
Aries
Cafe du Forum
Place de la Republique
Hotel de Ville
Man of Bronze
J. Pennell
Paul Bert
Popular Science Monthly
Ohio
Samuel Loftus
Hogan Creek
Samuel
Loftus Atones
Loftus
Edozen Neste
Cincinnati Enquirer
Farming World
St. Louis Republic
Br. X
Gia
Baflals
Express
Dr. Barter Medicine Co
Kates
Barnie
Carter
Galveston
Piso
Saxe Nalgnes
Dakota
Ake Simpson
Western Steam
Western Creamery
Lenox
Oxee AG
G. Green
Oie Ee
Little
Orses
Cate
Swan, Petry
Beuborn St. Fheage
L’art de la Mode
OpteRee Plate A
Howe Rock
Catarah
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