Look Out A Story of New England by Virginia Townsend
In a dramatic scene a young woman visits a suffering seamstress family in New York and funds relief for hungry children. Mrs Walters seeks help to travel three hundred miles to her stern father, hoping to reunite with her past and secure their future. The tale unfolds with village gossip and a storied romance, as the narrator reflects on mercy and consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora
East Indies
Egypt
Japan
Allves
Is Son
Dr. Heath
Spring Street
St. Nicholas Hotel
N. Y
Mrs. Holmes
Jeweler’s
Irene
New York
Uncle Gerald
Biddy
Nettie
Mamma
Mary
New York State
Harry
Elen
Ellen
Little Mary
Mrs. Walters
Metha
Clyde
Ethel
Clyde Woolsey
Mr. Herrick
Alison
Lucy
London
Morgan Steele
Ruth Maltby
Nathan Herrick
Mrs. Solmes
Ruth
America
Aunt Ruth
Melbha
Squire Maltby
Ryegate
Mr. Steele
Morgan
Ral
Lear Papa
Papa
Kiven
Maryland
Officers of Justice
German and sourkrout joke in police court
A Dutchman seeks a warrant in Justice Flandreau's court over a neighbor who drinks his lager, touches his wife, and browses a sourkrout barrel. The tale ends with the judge declining the warrant after a long, humorous retelling from the German speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tne German
Nis Spurkrout
Flandreau
Judge
W. Y. Tribune
Pennykeeper and the Pounds Wisecrack
A street scene features a news-boy threatening a smaller boy and a reply about pence and pounds. The exchange ends with a quip invoking Dr. Franklin and the adage that caring for pennies leads to pounds.
Mrs Partington Demands Fewer Almanac Anecdotes
Mrs Partington jokes about her son noting many anecdotes in the new Almanac. She urges cutting them all out, recalling old wisdom that for a poisoned person, giving an anecdote suffices to cure him. The tale blends humor with caution about too many stories.
Love after Marriage quote from Mrs Hentz tale
A line from Mrs Hentz humorous tale Love after Marriage declares that a husband must be ugly enough to frighten his horse to avoid marriage, otherwise he is handsome enough to wed. The quip reflects satirical views on suitors and appearance within the story.
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Warren Mail
E. Cowan
Zere
Ance
Carver House
E. Eddy
Water Street
Warren
Warre
General State Office
Hackney House
Second and
Liberty Streets
Co. Pa
Richard $. Barbour
Ity, Pa
Tamperance House
P. S. Cole
Court House
High Street
Warren, Warren Co
Independence Hall
Chestnut Street
Sth
6Th
Philadelphia
Wyatt & Heclines
P. R. Bennett
L. T. Parmlee
Warren County
Scofield and Brown
Liberty Street
Warren, Pa
Glenn W. Scofield
M ™. D. Brown
P. D. Fitch
Water and
Hazels
Old Bridge
Parthena Williams
Reformed School
Parker
L. E. Guignon
Sugar Grove
Warren Co
E. M. Pierce
Third
Hickory Streets
Nesmith and Benson
Exchange Building
Wa. H. Combs
Verback
Bartlett and Morgan
Orr & Henry's
Bennett
Stranahian & Randall's
I’a
George Sailor
Tanner's
A. E. Hall & Co
Carver
C. W. Rathbun
Point Breeze
D. M. Williams
Chauncey Hulburt
Fitch Smith, Mereny & Co
Great Pennsylvania
Market Street
Church Alley
Willoughby and Woodworth
AgWilloughby
Columbus
Ywillouguy
Woopworth
Lewis Arnett
D&c
Exchange
Orr & Henry
Y. Menry
ORR
Hackney and Dayton
Real Estate and General Land Agency
Omaha City
Nebraska Territory
John A. Lee
N. T
Wm. L. Dayton
Trenton
N. J
George Vail
Mw. C
Washington
G.W. Bobet
Eli Moore
Register
K. T
C. Mason
Patents
J. G. Otis
Geneva
WN. Y
Hon. B. Hackney
Aurora
W. W. Dayton
Hazeltine & Co
Johnson
E. H. Danforth
D. D
Spader
Wetmore & Spencer
New England
Virginia F. Townsend
Meltha
Irene Woolsey
Susquehanna
Sister
Pennsylvania
Lindsay
Gerald
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