A Clockmaker's Christmas Resolve and Family Hope
A clockmaker Arthur Bolton and his friend Jack Swift rise from tragedy to promise. After years of drink and poverty, Arthur resolves to end reckless spending after a near tragedy with his children. A New Year’s resolve leads to renewed care for wife Mary and three children.
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George A. W. Stuart
Brooklyn
Arthur_Bolton
Arthur
Slick Bros
B Street
New York City
Charles
Bolton
Arthur Bolton
The
Clock Factory
Slick Brothers
Jack Swift
Jack
Earth
Alexander the Great
Edgar A. Poe
Chum
Mary
Swift
Jane
Jones
Santa Claus
Jenny
Little Mary
Papa
Footprints in Snow Hint at Slipper Fitting
In a snow scene a girl explains to her mother that Augustus has called and she is measuring footprints in the snow to determine the right slipper size. She worries about not having enough cloth for the slippers, showing a domestic moment in a small-town setting.
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Jennie
Augustus
The Candies Vase and a Baroness Divorce
A New Year tale records Baron C sending a costly Japanese vase filled with candies to Mile. Ninish and a chain of recipients. The vase travels through Milan to Paris before ending at Baroness C. who, with the candy stash, seeks divorce and exposes the baronial misadventure in court.
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Boissier
Mile
Ninish
Adalbert
Adelaide
Adelbert
Senor Fadiezini
Milan
Turin
Guiseppe
Mme. Bondurin
Department of Arts
Academy of Music
Monsieur
M. Bondurin
Gardener Reveals Secret of Plant Growth
A woman shares her gardening method in the Evening Post noting two thirds soil and sand mix, loose roots, and watering as needed. She uses leaf decay as fertilizer by rolling withered leaves into the soil, claiming nature’s own method produces blooms.
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Evening Post
Seedy McMaster Recruits Brakeman On Two Year Hill
A seedy-looking man seeks brakemen at the general superintendent’s office. Mae says they’ll try him. He recalls a dangerous two mile long Johnson hill route on the Skowhegan Turnpike where braking is vital. The man is taken on probation after promising to man the rear train lanterns. Washington Irving tale comparisons follow, noting Rip Van Winkle parallels and the Littendorf legend.
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Mae
Skowhegan
Johnson Hill
Washington Irving
Rip van Winkle
Catskills
Peter Claus
Littendorf
Kuithauser
Peter
Rip van Winkie
Pine Woods
Anderson
IL. G. Noves
Warren
Sawens
Boarder Seeks Carlyle Letters at Library
A boarder at Kennebunk Port sought the letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle at the circulating library and was told they would be at the Post Office. The note reflects a lazy or misdirected archival response from local services.
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Kennebunk Port
Jane Welsh Carlyle
Postoffice
Wide range of gossip and social notes fill a late year page
A collection of anecdotes topics from society and crime to fashion and weather. Items include predictions on newspapers, royalties, and Christmas customs. mentions of Miss Anthony, Mrs Langtry, Guiteau's ghost, Tilden's dining room, cabbage yields near Rochester, and Arkansas timber sales. Casual notes on Buckeye crackers, Betty Bonaparte, Boston bridges, and London hangman portraits abound.
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Georgia
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Lowell Courier
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Hingland
Georgie Wyble
New York Museum
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Bowery Museum
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Ehnira
Dr. Eldridge
New Orleans
SIEGEL & SONS Gentlemen's Furnishings Ad
A dated shop notice from Siegel and Sons promotes full value for money and guaranteed workmanship. It asserts no deceptive ads, offers refunds for unsatisfactory purchases, and highlights a complete stock of gentlemen's furnishings including the Flexor hat, with sole agency for Warren Co.
Sheffield Junction Passenger Tables and Officials
Fragmentary timetable and personnel notes show stations, times, and names including Sheffield Junction, Brookston, Pittsburg, and Dickinson Superintendent Thompson. Entries list arrivals, departures, and fares or measurements alongside abbreviated notes and partner lines.
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Warren
Pat
Sheffield
Ghisom
Donaldson
Pittsburg
Brookston
Dickinson
Thompson
Beech er Cope lands advertises trusted farm gear in color catalog
Beech er Cope lands list Walter A Wood enclosed gear mowing machines priced 65 with optional reaper attachment, Walter A Wood Anson Wood mower 63, Meadow King mower 60, plus Harrows, plows, cultivators, wagons, fencing, cement, paint, and stoves. Also Hartford sewing machine and general hardware at low cash prices.
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Walter A. Wood
W. Anson Wood
Chase Taylor & Co
Buckeye
Jackson
Wetherill
Russian novelist van Tourgenieff reported insane at Bon-Givail Villa
The greatest Russian novelist van Tourgenieff is described as hopelessly insane and ready to commit suicide. Reports say he remains under close supervision at his villa near Bongival. A Latin inscription over Mr Gould's door reads Let no evil thing enter here.
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van Tourgenieff
Bongival
Mr. Gould
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