Dress Coat Dream and Fire Destroyed Home Plans
It was near eight on December 30 when Spencer Houston hurried to finish tomorrow’s calls and awaited a dress coat due January first. A sudden fire near his home forced a halt as firefighters battled a frame tenement. The blaze ruined the building but spared some occupants, including tailor Mallory, leaving Spencer shaken at the loss and his postponed plans.
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Spencer Houston
Spencer
Astoria von Wirt
Mallory
Mr. Mal
Spain
Java
Georgia
Flo
New Year visit leads to rekindled romance in old town
Spencer visits his aunt on New Year’s Day and reunites with Hattie, sparking old memories as they share taffy and a quiet embrace while a warm fire and cozy parlor recreate a childhood scene. Helen Ellis endures a painful temperance lesson from her father and transforms into a neat, poised woman after a strict trial that tests her vanity and romance with Frank Howard.
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Hattie
Hatte
Aunty
Aunty Waterbury’s
Spencer
North Billford
Aunty Waterbury
Helen
Mr. Ellis
Helen Ellis
Edward
Frank Howard
New York
Howard
Helen Howard
Fragments of wit and wry observations compiled
A string of quips and anecdotes on finances, misers, deadpan humor, and social folly. It includes a brandy smash, a price on killing Chinamen, a Pennsylvanian boasting eight twins, a photocentric joke with Elliot's Bible, and moral reflections on bad habits.
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Elliot
Nevada
Methodist Episcopal Church
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Warren Mail
E. Cowan
J. H
J. T. Donly
Attorneys At Law
Court House
Franklin, Pa
Grantf
R. B. Stewart
Post Office
Iee Warren
Sextus Keller
Smith's
Second Street
Warren
Scofield & Hooker
Liberty Street
Warren, Pa
G. W. Scofield
F. Hooker
Ball
Shafter Block
Carver House
Ludlow
Market and
Second Streets
Kk. W. Dalrymple
Johnson & Lindsey
Johnson's Exchange
Warren Pa
W. P. Johnson
W. M. Lindsey
Dinsmoor
WM. W. Hazeltine
Verback
D. D. Fassett
Arris & Fassett
Titusville
Crawford
Venango
Zapris
J. R. Uarris
G. ©. McDermott
M. D
J. A. Partridge
M.D
Burgess’ Store
Sunlus R. Clark
Chas. H. Noyes
Clark & Noyes
Hickory and
Water Streets
Hollenbeck & West
Allen & Thompson
Tidioute
Warren County
Central Block
G. W. Allen
Co. C. Thompson
Brown & Schnur
Attorneys
Burgess
First National Bank
J.N. Schnur & Son
Merchant Tailors
Russell House
ZochéTly
George Reig, JR
George Ball
Brown& Stone
Ll. KE
H. E. Brown
Greenland Brothers
Keystone Block
Callins
Wilbur & Allen, Attorneys At Law
Scofield’s Block
Over Post Office
W. W. Wilbur
T. Allen
R. D. Bartlet & Son
J. F. Wells & CO
RU Sell Mouse
Jacob Gray
Warren Savings Bank
Savings Bank
L. F. Wataom
B. Nesmith
J. Mazeltine
L. F. Watson
O. H. Hunter P. Falconer
P. J. Trushel
E. G. Wood
W. H Suortt
B. Neamith
James Clark, Jr
Albert Kirberger
Aly
Culverwell
Fox
Slae
Constable's and Justice
Constance Fannimore Woolson
Givethy
Debi
Simmons
J.H. Zeilin & CO
Macon
Philadelphia
W. H. MacDonald & CO
J. F. Wells &G
Hoffman & Clark’s
Lory
Waterbury
Tweed
Adam
Ireland
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