Help One Another Becomes Markham Family Motto
A tale follows Mr. Markham and neighbors in a scarlet fever crisis. Mrs Lawson and others supply aid, overturning the motto take care of number one as the Markhams depend on mutual charity and community support. The last pages reveal the doctor’s grim prognosis and a deathbed scene.
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Mr. Markham
Mrs. Markham
Mr. Lawson
Harry
Robbie
Julia
Bessie
Dade
Lessie
Ion
Mrs. Lawson
William H. Seward, Jr
Diment
W. H. Seward, Jr
Miss Risley-Seward
Mr. Worden
Lucy Bostwick
Cora Richardson
Miles Perry
Anthony Gattmann
Harriet Bogart
Dr. Dimont
Nobody's Darling Poem Portrait of a Modest Woman
A lyrical portrait of a shy, plain girl called nobody's darling who lacks fashion and gaiety but holds the speaker’s enduring love. The verse contrasts quiet grace with society’s glamour, praising inner charm over wealth or dress and affirming a unique, personal devotion.
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Dolly Varden
Dame Fashion
The Blue The Nation And Freedom’s Fight
A wartime propaganda poem by P. M. Sutton urges soldiers in blue to rise again and defend the flag. It laments lost peace, warns of renewed secession, and calls on veterans to stand by the flag over graves of the fallen, promising freedom will prevail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand River
Cowen
Medicine Bear
Missouri
White House
Free
Remarkable Dry Climate Report From Argentina
A report describes Argentina’s climate as extraordinarily dry with a bowl of water drying overnight. Ink vanishes from inkstands, animal bodies dry rather than decompose, and people allegedly do not perspire under exercise or sun exposure.
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Argentine Republic
Quirky 19th Century News Snippets Across Regions
A collage of items includes an English plow in India mocked then worshipped, Musselman salary cuts, a Cardinal Giant price rumor, a Jewish fundraising march, furniture and jewelry loan practices, English heart disease warnings, a Danbury yellow dog hoarding agents, Mrs. Partington on soft speech, simple pill taking tips, and storm speeds turning into tornado warnings.
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Weekly Bulletin
Number
William H Sewsare
Wiormon
Ann
Eliza
Sodom
Utah
Brother Brigham
Heber Kimball
Rome
Berlin
Old
van Wert Bulletin
Z. H. Poster
Ty Bellatinis
Ww. c. Cole
van Wert
Doct
Cessna
A.n.krout,m.d
Swineford’s Grocery
Washington Street
W.n.longsworth
Ohio
Longsworth & Pennell’s Drug Store
J.L. Reid
Melodeon Hall
Melsheimer
W. W. Depuy
Ofice
First National Bank
D. L. Corbin, M.D
B. Stemen
M. D. Stemen
Corbin
Overeist & Co
van Wert Hotel
Rail Road
aeavon _NEFF, Proprietor
G. E. Wells
Ttorney
Herst’s
Courts of
H.C. Glenn
Heist
Aoe Ae Law
van Bwvert
Altzgaber
N. Alexander
Alexander & Saltzgaber
Over van Wert County Bank
James M. Barr
Noble & Baker’s
J.L. Price
Ira P. Sassler
Price& Hittorneys AT Law
McCurdy’s
W.d. Beers
Arcade Block
J. A. Brumback
J. Alonzo Gleason
Andrew J. Gleason
J. A. Cleason
BRO
Pstow Hanpdles
Singletress
Neck Youers
LlanpLee
A. Jacob’s Clothing Store
Samuel Rinehart
Purmort & Springer’s
J, Wi
Rin
Ace E. Wells
D. H. Moran
Emerson
Swineford
A. Conant
Cc. Emerson, Pres
Horace E. Wells
G. A. Sahlquist
S. Swineford & Sons
Grocers
Finne
White Holland
Clark & Thomas
Hertz’s
Main Street
John L. Stauter
Cegars
Alhambra
Rorth Star
Orange
Ambagsia
Korridor
Grescert Brand
Golden Leaf
Waiad Queen
Durham
Uncle Med
Pearlie
Court House
A. Lynch & CO
Bakers
van Wert County Bank
van Wert, Ohio
Yosemite
Imperial
Johns Pixtie Swartwout, WM Her A. B. McClurdy, Jacob Fox, “N. Alexander
F. J. Bonewitz
Samuel Goig ¢ Casto
Richey
A. Melsheimer
Sanes Webster
Lion
D. A. Johns
Oo. D. Swartout
As’t Cashier
W. H. Longsworth
Longsworth
THE
Bulletin
W.H. Pennell
Main St
Boot & Shoe Store
L. Bethards & Son
W. A. Buckingham
As & Hat and Cap Store
B. F. Shoop
Bethards & Son
John Strandler
Harness & Saddles
Shoop
Swineford’s
Old Country
Gc. S. Nutt
Cottonwood Lumber
Middlepoint
van Wert County
James Lillie & CO
P. M. Sutton
India
Cardiff
Indiana
Jerusalem
Boston
England
Danbury
Signal Services
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