Beggar in a Brooklyn Mansion and a Brother Reunion
A penniless stranger is aided by Mrs Maywood and Dr Maywood after collapsing in their Brooklyn home. He reveals himself as Arthur Willet, long-lost brother of Mary Willet Maywood, reuniting the siblings after a life of shipwrecks and hardship. The tale contrasts charity and pride with a poignant family reconciliation.
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Maywood
Mr. Maywood
Edward
Mary
Doctor Maywood
India
New York
Arthur Willet
Arther Willet
Arthur
Mary Willet Maywood
Temperance talk leads to tragedy and moral tale in Philadelphia
A temperance meeting in Philadelphia recounts a clergyman drinking to justify wine. A former abstainer recalls his son who relapsed, died from delirium tremens, and names the clergyman as the physician who spoke. A funeral procession in the second district followed a German friend pact shed light on a morbid vow tied to four white horses and fifty carriages.
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Turiuuixe
Philadelphia
Linas
South
Second District
Germany
Generous debt relief for Philadelphia ties and a golden wedding
A Philadelphia note market anecdote tells of two businessmen aiding debtors during pressure by offering to loan half of amounts due. The gesture is praised as lasting and memorable. Separately, Hon. Seth P. Beers marked his fiftieth wedding anniversary at Litchfield, with felicitations on half a century of marriage.
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Philadelphia
Phil. Inquirer
Gotpex Weppino
Seth P. Beers
Connecticut School Fund
Litchfield
National character portraits and old aphorisms in prose
A collage of humorous and antiquated passages sketches national quirks from a French singer to an American traveler and Irish fair revelry. It also cites historical notes on necromancy, Baltimore defenders monument plans, and moral maxims about trust and virtue.
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Society of the Sons of the Defenders of
Baltimore
Roger's Battery
Patterson’s Parke
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