When Johnny Spends the Day with Us in the Country
Lydia Farrow and Walter Shepherd escort a troubled pig during a botany class outing at Riv ington Street. Lydia seeks Aunt Elizabeth’s approval as the pig causes chaos, prompting Miss Gibbs to scold and Lydia to accept Walter’s offer of support.
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Johhny
Johnny
Bridget
Elizabeth Sylvester
Century
Murred
Rivington Street
Walter
Cuppy
Lydia
Miss Farrow
Miss Gibbs
Shepherd
Aunt Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Lydia Farrow
Miss Stein
Cupid and a Pig. A vacation with Lydia Farrow
Walter Shepherd, en route to Aunt Elizabeth’s cos y cot cottage, encounters Lydia Farrow’s vow to devote life to the poor while Aunt Elizabeth manages a Fresh-Air children’s mission. He meets Cuppy the newsboy and learns Miss Gibbs is hosting the group, complicating his view of Lydia and the project.
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Elizabeth
Walter
Shepherd
Lydia
Cuppy
Cupid
Miss Gibbs
N. Y
Cosycot Station
Cosycot
Lydia Farrow
Fifth Avenue
New York
Empire
Quiet anonymous donation pledge to a worthy cause
A caller seeks a $500 lump sum from a merchant for a discreet donation. The firm is asked to cross out its name and provide no donor list or public trace, promising secrecy from "a few friends" with no identities revealed. The exchange appears in the Chicago Post style.
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Chicago Post
Infernal Monster Hint From Domestic Turmoil
Herr Svenson fumes after a chaotic scene and accuses his partner of monstrous behavior in a lines from Sondags Nisse describing a tense domestic moment.
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Herr Svenson
Stillness and Thanksgiving in City Verses
A poem by Claude Greening from Boston Budget contrasts warning verses on mood with a Thanksgiving call. It notes people who resist changing frames of mind, urges smile practice, and imagines a tranquil city at dawn and at night with angels watching over sleeping mankind.
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Claude Greening
Boston
Gentle and Generous Hearts in Verse and Prose
A collage of poetry and prose snippets celebrates kindness bravery and enduring memory. Readings include Richard Watson Gilder on a beloved chief, a Chicago Daily News poem about Tommy Brown’s ascent, Mary H Flanner on motherly love, George Bancroft Griffith on humanity and duty, Clinton Dangerfield’s prayer for a new president, and A M Orpen’s reflection on aging beauty and wisdom, joined by timeless exhortations to endure.
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George Bancroft Griffith
N. Y
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Tommy Brown
Tommy
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Mr. Brown
Chicago Daily News
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God
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York
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Warren
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G. B. Enaworth
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Charles W. Stone
M. B Dunham
L. R. Freeman
Chas. Sigel
E. W. Campbell
Warren National Bank
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Jerry Crary
D. W. Beaty
A. T. Scofield
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G. N. Parmlee
Andrew Hertzel
Charles Chase
C. Schimmelfeng
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H. A. Jamieson
F. E. Hertzel
Cashier
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F. W. Devoe & Co
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Iver Johnson
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David L. Gerould
E. T. Hazzeltine
Samet Eee
Azeltine
Jas Rmalee
Levi Smith
J. G. Bellis
G. W. Campbell
Samuel Peterson
Fred P. Hue
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