Drab Dress Sparks Love and Self Sacrifice
Lita Ross and her brother Fred conspire to curb Charlie Chester’s wine habit by a pact: Lita drops fashionable trappings to shield him, while Fred vows temperance. Over years, Charlie abstains, Lita’s devotion fuels their quiet romance, ending in a lifelong plain-dressed married life.
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Fred
Lita Ross
Sis
Mademoiselle
Litta
Charlie Chester
Pred
Lita
Alent W
Faith
Frederick Ross
Lovel
Bell
Doll
Red
Charley Chester
Charlie
Sam
Frederick
Belle
Mra ‘Thurston
Harry
Lizzie
Liza Ross
Lizzie Gray
Ross
Fed
Pied Ross
Leland
Jared
Mrs. Granville
Pam
Mred
Tam
Charles Chester
Charley
Fie
Courageous NYC clerk foils burglar by biting hand
A New York jeweller's clerk sleeping in the shop woke to burglars at the rear shutter. He barked like a dog to alert, grabbed a pawn of pincers as a hand extended, bit and held fast until a street watchman appeared. burglars fled and the clerk earned a handsome reward. Also told is an English widow who duped a shoe maker to share an estate, a cunning tale of two rogues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Morocco
Lucy Allen
New York City
2. S
General Grant
Smardm
Allen
Ife
England
Maine
Boniface
Quips and Lessons from a Wandering Page
A collage of humorous vignettes and moralizing quips from a 19th century miscellany. It highlights a deacon who quotes Scripture in a mowing field and other travelers, jokes, and short anecdotes about wisdom, vanity, and human foibles with local flavor and period tone.
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LEGAL
Charles Dinsmoor
Scofield
Parmlee & Henry’s
Joseph A. Neill
Johnson's Exchange
No. 5
Warren
Barnett W. Lacy
Warren, Penna
Jerome Davis
Brown & M’kelvy
Liberty Street
Warren, Pa
G. W. Scofield
WM. D. Brown
D. M'Kelvy
Brown & Jamieson
Johnson’s Exchange
Penna
Brown
A Jamieson
Commissioner of Pensions
H. A. Jamieson
Offic
Second Street
Johnson & Brown's
Wetmore
J. Kr, Clark
Hotels
Second
Liberty Streets
Slice
Joan Russes
Warre
George Sartor
State Hose
Public Square
Erie
Philadelphia
Medical
V. Stranahan
Reet
Tazeltine & Co
Sve
Erie and
Pittsburg
Girard
Sharon
Clarksville
Espyville
Center Road
Spring, Wells
Crosses
Buffalo and Erie Railroad
Day Express
Cincinnati Express
Night Express
Buffalo
Toledo Express
R. N. Brown
Philadelphia and Erie
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Harrisburg
Emporium
Sheffield
Leive West
Sb. Cor
Market Sts
B. Kingston, Jr
Phil’a
JILW
Reynolds Eric J.M. Drill
Agent N.C. RB. 7
Baltimore
WOM Hattan
Freipit
Phil'a
Lewis L. Boupt
Tila
Jos
Kaeger
Williamsport
Erie Railway
Nand
Salamanca
Ween
Wee Ovee
Way Freight
Noa
Dunkirk
New York
Tiis Road
Chas. Minot
C. L. Robinson
Uceries
M. Shaechfer & Co
Bysecker Block
BI. Trusheld& Co
Front Street
Warren Pa
Randall's Drug Store
Carver House
E. M. Pierce
W. H W. Davis
Reeeher & Colman
R. Cmeman
Brown Brothers
B. W. Brown
Thos, Brown
John Brown
Nesmith & ‘Keller
Exchange Building
Big Bend Chain
Perry, and Entertainment
Kinzua
Smethport
Olean
Novs
L. R
Greenland Brothers
Water Street
Coffins
Constanly
George Ball
Central Clothing
H. Hunter
Eric
Walter
Scott, Randry & Co
A. Scott
J. H. Rankin
Walter Scott
Bales Oakum
Beecher & Oolman
O Younes
Atlantic and Great Western RR. R
Akron
Mowbvis
Corry
Sukomanen
Meadvill Akron
Carey
Ruboy
Salaman
Salamancs
Corry Et Dis A
Meadville
Akron St
Meadvile Ab
Ravenna
Cleveland and Wittsburg Railway
Cleveland
Zanesville and Cincinnati
H. F. Sweetser
Mealville, Pa
Oil Creek Railroad
Leays
Titusville
Leave Corry
OISG
Guth
Tracns
Phiadelphia & Erie Railroad
Lake Shore
Corr
Atlantic & Great Western
Puibeteptia & Erie
Chowan
J and Massenkers
Philadelphia and Erie Rail Road
Penna R. R. Company
Empsiiuia
Lock Haven
Sunbury Av
North Point
Sunbury
Pasenger
Passenge
Elpliie Ud Taltiapes
Black
Ets
D, Potts
SES
Europe
Deacon
Mr. Popp
Popville
Coun Doneean
Divine
Treal
Clegryman
Wellington
Couess
Pierce Scott
Newsboy
Mr. Day
Quilp
Boston Post
Seconely
Prentice
Robert ‘Tillery
Caldwell County
Tillery
Brooks
Sydney Smith
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