Violets Bring Hope as Two Sisters Hopeful and Reconciled
In a late nineteenth century tone, Miss Salome Kent and Ann Kent navigate poverty after a fortune loss. Ann sells Easter cards painted by Salome, drawing attention from Hoyt Gurnsey. The sisters find solace in charity, faith, and new love as Salome reunites with Gurnsey after Easter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann
Miss Kent
Salome
Hoyt Gurnsey
Father
Morgan's
Mademoiselle
Alsters
Moregun
Host
Carda
Hoyt
Ann Kent
Sexton
Gurnsey
Val
Dearcat
The Power of a Little Word
A reflective verse on how a simple word travels far shaping moods and friendships. It urges careful speech, noting words can bring joy or harm and praising kind words that spread sunshine. Poem attributed to Frank Walcott Hutt from Youth's Companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Kent
God
Mice Kent
Frank Walcott Hutt
Shadow Play and a Cross Papa
A short story features Jack the white puppy who plays with his shadow as a friend at the seashore and learns he cannot bring the shadow indoors. The second vignette from Our Young People has a minister’s sciatica making him cross and a child vows never to marry a man with sciatic nerve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Black Shadow
John
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Papa
Pranks of a Monkey Pet in a London Household
A London lad keeps a highly imitative pet monkey whose mischief grows from laundry to kitchen. The monkey washes the mistress’s lace and handkerchiefs, then hides in a clock case after being scolded. He later mutilates a bantam and feathers a hen in the kitchen, provoking the household to kill the distressed bird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
John Chinaman
N. Y
Sewing Machine Offers and Medicine Endorsements
A notice promises free of cost sewing machine catalogs from Minnesota Singer Wheeler Wilson White and New Home lines with a return coupon. The same page includes testimonials praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for easing monthly pain and supporting women's health claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Singer
Wheeler Ilson
Standard
Wheeler & Wilson
White
Jess Sears
Rorbuck & CO
Chicago
Alice M. Smith
Minneapolis
Minn
Lydia E.pinkham
Dean Mas
Prixtam
Lydia E. Pinkham
Scrola Lydia E. Pinkham
Mises
Alice M. Sarre
Third Ave
South
Sa Enbu
Trys
Camas
Alers Sty Steere
Juan and Martina de la Cruz The Smallest People in the World
Juan and Martina de la Cruz, siblings from the Philippines, are among the smallest people in the world. They previously toured in Manila and the United States, performed dances and acrobatics, then joined the Philippine Exhibit at the St. Louis fair. They arrived in the U S to acclimate before the expo and are now in California preparing for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juan and
Martina de la Cruz
Manila
United States
St. Louis
California
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Ada
Marie Peck
Lg Story Pub.Co.y
Mies Kent
Carson
Gumsey
Morgan
Buster
India
Tack
New York
Napoleon
Chicago Tribune
Columbia
Cleveland
Tailure Crawford
Pope Manufacturing CO
Hartford
Conn
UAN
Martina
Juan
Tom Thanh
Islands
Boston
R. Paxton CO
Pope Bidg
Western
Canada
Landen
Bellway and
Lipanies
Casedlam
Agel Jackson Sirwat
Phineas
Mig
Allewin
Cates
Fitzorrall & CO
Bon MB
Piso
Piso Company Cour
Liberty Streets
Warren, PA
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