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Historical Articles Index
By Subject
Animals
A Plea for Pussy and Her Possibilities as a Pet (1889)
Our American Birds (1889)
Purrings (Poem—1888)
Was it an Angel's Song? (Poem—1883)
What Three Little Kittens Did: A Fact (Poem—1889)
Our American Birds (1889)
Purrings (Poem—1888)
Was it an Angel's Song? (Poem—1883)
What Three Little Kittens Did: A Fact (Poem—1889)
Appliances
Beauty
Cycling
A Burglar, A Bicycle, and A Storm (Fiction—1896)
A Cycle of the Seasons: A Bicycle Romance in Four Meets (Fiction—1883)
A Cycle Show in Little (1896)
A Song of the Wheel (Poem—1883)
A Header (?) (Poem—1883)
A Midwinter-Night's Dream (1883)
A Modern Love Sung in Ancient Fashion (Poem—1884)
Bicycle Riding In The United States (1881)
Bicycler's Song (1882)
Bicycling and Tricycling (1884)
Bikes on Trains (1883)
Cycling's Value As An Exercise (1879)
Cycling for Women (1888)
Is Bicycling Harmful? (1896)
An Early Morning Ride (Poem—1883)
The Evolution of a Sport (1896)
Foreign [Bicycling News] (1884)
My Wheel (Poem —1883)
'Neath the Magnolias (Poem—1883)
On Wings of Love (Poem—1884)
Rosalind A Wheel (Fiction—1896)
Snakes in his Wheel (1895)
Wheelman's Song (Poem—1883)
The Wheelman's Joy (Poem—1883)
The Work of Wheelmen for Better Roads (1896)
Woman's Cycle (1896)
A Cycle of the Seasons: A Bicycle Romance in Four Meets (Fiction—1883)
A Cycle Show in Little (1896)
A Song of the Wheel (Poem—1883)
A Header (?) (Poem—1883)
A Midwinter-Night's Dream (1883)
A Modern Love Sung in Ancient Fashion (Poem—1884)
Bicycle Riding In The United States (1881)
Bicycler's Song (1882)
Bicycling and Tricycling (1884)
Bikes on Trains (1883)
Cycling's Value As An Exercise (1879)
Cycling for Women (1888)
Is Bicycling Harmful? (1896)
An Early Morning Ride (Poem—1883)
The Evolution of a Sport (1896)
Foreign [Bicycling News] (1884)
My Wheel (Poem —1883)
'Neath the Magnolias (Poem—1883)
On Wings of Love (Poem—1884)
Rosalind A Wheel (Fiction—1896)
Snakes in his Wheel (1895)
Wheelman's Song (Poem—1883)
The Wheelman's Joy (Poem—1883)
The Work of Wheelmen for Better Roads (1896)
Woman's Cycle (1896)
Dining
Encouragement
Encouraging Quotes (Various)
If you Would Be Happy (1887)
If You Would Be Happy (Part II —October 29, 1887)
Maxims for the New Year (1889)
If you Would Be Happy (1887)
If You Would Be Happy (Part II —October 29, 1887)
Maxims for the New Year (1889)
Fiction
A Burglar, A Bicycle, and A Storm (Fiction—1897)
A Cycle of the Seasons: A Bicycle Romance in Four Meets (Fiction—1883)
A Fortune Found In A Pickle Jar (Fiction—1889)
A Midwinter-Night's Dream (1883)
Kingdom of Slender Swords (Fiction—1910)
Kitchen Love and Loyalty (Fiction—1888)
A very sweet short romance from 1888 about an Irish maid-servant in America
A Woman Without Cares or Children (Fiction—1889)
A Cycle of the Seasons: A Bicycle Romance in Four Meets (Fiction—1883)
A Fortune Found In A Pickle Jar (Fiction—1889)
A Midwinter-Night's Dream (1883)
Kingdom of Slender Swords (Fiction—1910)
Kitchen Love and Loyalty (Fiction—1888)
A very sweet short romance from 1888 about an Irish maid-servant in America
A Woman Without Cares or Children (Fiction—1889)
Flowers
A Floral Flirtation (Poem—1889)
A Plea For the Old-Fashioned Lavender (1880)
Give Me A Rosebud (Poem—1883)
Marguerite (Poem—1886)
Language and Sentiment of Flowers (1891)
Out-door Botanizing (1878)
When Apple Blossoms Fall (1892)
A Plea For the Old-Fashioned Lavender (1880)
Give Me A Rosebud (Poem—1883)
Marguerite (Poem—1886)
Language and Sentiment of Flowers (1891)
Out-door Botanizing (1878)
When Apple Blossoms Fall (1892)
Football
The Old Gold and Black Victorious (1895)
Games and Puzzles (Brain teasers)
Holidays
New Year's--Another Year (Poem--1896)
New Year's— New Year Maxims (1889)
New Year's--The Old and the New (Poem--1890)
New Year's—Welcomes and Adieus (Poem—1896)
May Day (Poem—1889)
Memorial Day (Poem—1890)
Memorial Day—The Blue and the Grey (Poem—1887)
Memorial Day —In Decoration (Poem—1890)
Memorial Day —The Soldier's Daughter (Poem—1889)
Midsummer Eve (1895)
Independence Day—Grandfather's Fourth (Poem—1898)
Independence Day —Our Banner (Song, 1883)
Halloween --All Hallow's Eve (1895)
Halloween interest —The Children of Arachne: European Spiders (1889)
Halloween —Great Grandma's Hallowe'en (Poem —1887)
Halloween interest —Mourning and Mourners (1888)
Thanksgiving / Christmas—The American Carver (Poem—1887)
Winter Solstice—"Christmas and Ancestor Worship" Origins of ancient rituals (1881, external link)
Winter Solstice / Christmas--Winter Cheer (Poem—1888)
Christmas --A Christmas Wish (Poem—1883)
Christmas A Christmas Glee (Poem—1890)
Christmas—A Pine-Cone Christmas (1890)
Christmas--A Midwinter-Night's Dream (1883)
Christmas Pensees (Poem—1890)
Santa Claus in Our Village (1889)
New Year's— New Year Maxims (1889)
New Year's--The Old and the New (Poem--1890)
New Year's—Welcomes and Adieus (Poem—1896)
May Day (Poem—1889)
Memorial Day (Poem—1890)
Memorial Day—The Blue and the Grey (Poem—1887)
Memorial Day —In Decoration (Poem—1890)
Memorial Day —The Soldier's Daughter (Poem—1889)
Midsummer Eve (1895)
Independence Day—Grandfather's Fourth (Poem—1898)
Independence Day —Our Banner (Song, 1883)
Halloween --All Hallow's Eve (1895)
Halloween interest —The Children of Arachne: European Spiders (1889)
Halloween —Great Grandma's Hallowe'en (Poem —1887)
Halloween interest —Mourning and Mourners (1888)
Thanksgiving / Christmas—The American Carver (Poem—1887)
Winter Solstice—"Christmas and Ancestor Worship" Origins of ancient rituals (1881, external link)
Winter Solstice / Christmas--Winter Cheer (Poem—1888)
Christmas --A Christmas Wish (Poem—1883)
Christmas A Christmas Glee (Poem—1890)
Christmas—A Pine-Cone Christmas (1890)
Christmas--A Midwinter-Night's Dream (1883)
Christmas Pensees (Poem—1890)
Santa Claus in Our Village (1889)
Japan,
seen through the eyes of the Victorian West
Home Fashions and Fancies—Japanese influenced (1889)
Housekeeping in Foreign Lands: A Japanese Home (1888)
Japanese Folk Lore (1889)
Kingdom of Slender Swords (Fiction, 1910)
Housekeeping in Foreign Lands: A Japanese Home (1888)
Japanese Folk Lore (1889)
Kingdom of Slender Swords (Fiction, 1910)
Mourning
Music
Poetry
A Christmas Glee (Poem—1890)
A Floral Flirtation (Poem—1889)
A Header (?) (Poem—1883)
A Song of the Wheel (Poem—1883)
The American Carver (Poem—1887)
A Modern Love Sung in Ancient Fashion (Poem—1884)
Another Year (Poem--1896)
Aunt Nancy's Romance (Poem—1889)
The Autumn Woods (Poem—1888)
An Early Morning Ride (Poem—1883)
Bicycler's Song (1882)
The Blue and the Grey (Poem—1887)
Christmas Pensees (Poem—1890)
Come Find My Queen (Poem—1886)
The End of the Quarrel (Poem—1892)
Give Me A Rosebud (Poem—1883)
Great Grandma's Hallowe'en (Poem —1887)
In Nutting Time (Poem—1890)
Marguerite (Poem—1886)
May Day (Poem—1889)
Memorial Day (Poem—1890)
My Wheel (Poem—1883)
'Neath the Magnolias (Poem—1883)
October (Poem—1888)
On Wings of Love (Poem—1884)
The End of the Quarrel (Poem—1892)
The Old and the New (Poem--1890)
The Railway Engineer (Poem—1883)
The Right Sort of Girl (Poem—1889)
The Soldier's Daughter (Poem—1889)
Song for October (Poem—1888)
Together (Poem—1888)
Was it an Angel's Song? (Poem—1883)
The Wheelman's Joy (Poem—1883)
When Apple Blossoms Fall (Poem—1892)
Wheelman's Song (Poem—1883)
Winter Cheer (Poem—1888)
A Floral Flirtation (Poem—1889)
A Header (?) (Poem—1883)
A Song of the Wheel (Poem—1883)
The American Carver (Poem—1887)
A Modern Love Sung in Ancient Fashion (Poem—1884)
Another Year (Poem--1896)
Aunt Nancy's Romance (Poem—1889)
The Autumn Woods (Poem—1888)
An Early Morning Ride (Poem—1883)
Bicycler's Song (1882)
The Blue and the Grey (Poem—1887)
Christmas Pensees (Poem—1890)
Come Find My Queen (Poem—1886)
The End of the Quarrel (Poem—1892)
Give Me A Rosebud (Poem—1883)
Great Grandma's Hallowe'en (Poem —1887)
In Nutting Time (Poem—1890)
Marguerite (Poem—1886)
May Day (Poem—1889)
Memorial Day (Poem—1890)
My Wheel (Poem—1883)
'Neath the Magnolias (Poem—1883)
October (Poem—1888)
On Wings of Love (Poem—1884)
The End of the Quarrel (Poem—1892)
The Old and the New (Poem--1890)
The Railway Engineer (Poem—1883)
The Right Sort of Girl (Poem—1889)
The Soldier's Daughter (Poem—1889)
Song for October (Poem—1888)
Together (Poem—1888)
Was it an Angel's Song? (Poem—1883)
The Wheelman's Joy (Poem—1883)
When Apple Blossoms Fall (Poem—1892)
Wheelman's Song (Poem—1883)
Winter Cheer (Poem—1888)
Port Townsend, WA
Riddles
Science
The Children of Arachne: European Spiders (1889)
The Little Fossil-Gatherer (1869)
Out-door Botanizing (1878)
The Little Fossil-Gatherer (1869)
Out-door Botanizing (1878)
Seasonal
A Cycle of the Seasons: A Bicycle Romance in Four Meets (Fiction—1883)
Winter
A Christmas Glee (Poem—1890)
A Pine-Cone Christmas (1890)
Santa Claus in Our Village (1889)
Winter Cheer (Poem—1888)
Maxims for the New Year (1889)
Spring
May Day (Poem—1889)
Summer
Midsummer Eve (1895)
'Neath the Magnolias (Poem—1883)
Out-door Botanizing (1878)
Autumn
The Autumn Woods (Poem—1888)
In Nutting Time (Poem—1890)
October (Poem—1888)
Song for October (Poem—1888)
Winter
A Christmas Glee (Poem—1890)
A Pine-Cone Christmas (1890)
Santa Claus in Our Village (1889)
Winter Cheer (Poem—1888)
Maxims for the New Year (1889)
Spring
May Day (Poem—1889)
Summer
Midsummer Eve (1895)
'Neath the Magnolias (Poem—1883)
Out-door Botanizing (1878)
Autumn
The Autumn Woods (Poem—1888)
In Nutting Time (Poem—1890)
October (Poem—1888)
Song for October (Poem—1888)
Soda
The American Drink (1897)
Evils of Encouraging the Ice Cream Soda Trade (1897)
How to Draw A Glass of Ice Cream Soda (1893)
Origin of Ice-Cream Soda Water (1892)
Serving Ice Cream Soda (1901)
Soda Water (1896)
Evils of Encouraging the Ice Cream Soda Trade (1897)
How to Draw A Glass of Ice Cream Soda (1893)
Origin of Ice-Cream Soda Water (1892)
Serving Ice Cream Soda (1901)
Soda Water (1896)
Victoria, B.C., Canada
Women's Interest
A Fortune Found In A Pickle Jar (Fiction—1889)
A Chef's Recipe for a Tender Husband (1888)
A Man in the Kitchen: The Difference Between A "Betty" And the Other Kind (1889)
An Old Maid's Paradise (1889)
An article about single living in 1889.
A Woman Without Cares or Children (1889)
A humorous piece from 1889 about the demands women impose on each other. (For fans of my Tales of Chetzemoka series —Addie's predicament at the beginning of Love Will Find A Wheel was inspired by this story.)
Come Find My Queen (Poem—1886)
Individuality and Equality (1894)
Kitchen Love and Loyalty (Fiction—1888)
A very sweet short romance from 1888 about an Irish maid-servant in America.
Miss Ray Frank (1897)
The Right Sort of Girl (Poem—1889)
Woman's Cycle (1896)
How women viewed the bicycle, by Mary L. Bisland. (For those of you familiar with the famous 1889 race around the world between reporters Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland, this piece was written by Elizabeth Bisland's sister.)
Woman's Exchanges as Training Schools and Markets for Work (1894)
Women Inventors (1897)
Woman's Work for Woman (1889)
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A Chef's Recipe for a Tender Husband (1888)
A Man in the Kitchen: The Difference Between A "Betty" And the Other Kind (1889)
An Old Maid's Paradise (1889)
An article about single living in 1889.
A Woman Without Cares or Children (1889)
A humorous piece from 1889 about the demands women impose on each other. (For fans of my Tales of Chetzemoka series —Addie's predicament at the beginning of Love Will Find A Wheel was inspired by this story.)
Come Find My Queen (Poem—1886)
Individuality and Equality (1894)
Kitchen Love and Loyalty (Fiction—1888)
A very sweet short romance from 1888 about an Irish maid-servant in America.
Miss Ray Frank (1897)
The Right Sort of Girl (Poem—1889)
Woman's Cycle (1896)
How women viewed the bicycle, by Mary L. Bisland. (For those of you familiar with the famous 1889 race around the world between reporters Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland, this piece was written by Elizabeth Bisland's sister.)
Woman's Exchanges as Training Schools and Markets for Work (1894)
Women Inventors (1897)
Woman's Work for Woman (1889)
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By Title
A Burglar, A Bicycle, and A Storm (Fiction—1896)
A Christmas Glee (Poem—1890)
A Cycle of the Seasons: A Bicycle Romance in Four Meets (Fiction—1883)
A Cycle Show in Little (1896)
A Fortune Found In A Pickle Jar (Fiction—1889)
All Hallow's Eve (1895)
A Man In the Kitchen: The Difference Between "A Betty" and The Other Kind (1889)
Bicycle Riding In The United States (1881)
Bikes on Trains (1883)
The Charm Crawford Kitchen Stove
Cycling's Value As An Exercise (1879)
A Dining Room Mystery (1888)
A Header (?) (Poem—1883)
The American Carver (Poem—1887)
A Song of the Wheel (Poem—1883)
A Woman Without Cares or Children (Fiction—1889)
The American Drink (1896)
A Modern Love Sung in Ancient Fashion (Poem—1884)
A Plea for the Old-Fashioned Lavender (1880)
Aunt Nancy's Romance (Poem—1889)
The Autumn Woods (Poem—1888)
Bicycling and Tricycling (1884)
The Blue and the Grey (Poem—1887)
The Charm Crawford Kitchen Stove (1905)
A Chef's Recipe for a Tender Husband (1888)
Come Find My Queen (Poem—1886)
Cycling for Women (1888)
Encouraging Quotes (Various)
The End of the Quarrel (Poem—1892)
Evils of Encouraging the Ice Cream Soda Trade (1896)
The Evolution of a Sport (1897)
Foreign [Bicycling News] (1884)
Great Grandma's Hallowe'en (Poem —1887)
Give Me A Rosebud (Poem—1883)
Housekeeping in Foreign Lands: A Japanese Home (1888)
If You Would Be Happy (1887)
In Decoration (Poem—1890)
Individuality and Equality (1894)
In Nutting Time (Poem—1890)
Is Bicycling Harmful? (1896)
Japanese Folk Lore (1889)
Kitchen Love and Loyalty (Fiction—1888)
Language and Sentiment of Flowers (1891)
May Day (Poem—1889)
Memorial Day (Poem—1890)
Midsummer Eve (1895)
A Midwinter-Night's Dream (1883)
Miss Ray Frank (1897)
Mourning and Mourners (1888)
Music As She Is Executed (1888)
My Wheel (Poem —1883)
'Neath the Magnolias (Poem—1883)
October (Poem—1888)
The Old Gold and Black Victorious (1895)
On Wings of Love (Poem—1884)
Origin of Ice-Cream Soda Water (1892)
Our American Birds (1889)
Out-Door Botanizing (1878)
Pomades and Perfumes (1888)
Port Townsend (1889)
Port Townsend, Wash. (1891)
Purrings (Poem—1888)
Quiet Hours With the Quick Witted (Riddles)
Rosalind A Wheel (Fiction—1896)
Santa Claus in Our Village (1889)
Serving Ice Cream Soda (1901)
Snakes in his Wheel (1895)
Soda Water (1896)
The Little Fossil-Gatherer (1869)
The Right Sort of Girl (Poem—1889)
Santa Claus in Our Village (1889)
The Soldier's Daughter (Poem—1889)
Song for October (Poem—1888)
Victoria, Canada (1900)
What Three Little Kittens Did: A FACT (Poem—1889)
The Wheelman's Joy (Poem—1883)
Wheelman's Song (Poem—1883)
When Apple Blossoms Fall (Poem—1892)
Winter Cheer (Poem—1888)
The Work of Wheelmen for Better Roads (1896)
Woman's Cycle (1896)
Woman's Exchanges as Training Schools and Markets for Work (1894)
Women Inventors (1897)
Woman's Work for Woman (1889)
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