A resolution that one person be appointed to go to Sedelia, Missouri, the headquarters of the M.K. & T Railroad Co. to get the statistics of the amount of money given by the Railroad Co. Passed and approved October 22, 1874.
Written in Genoa, Italy, The Chimes is the second of Dickens' Christmas stories in which he attempts to convince the upper classes to have compassion for the poor. Taking place on New Year's Eve, a poor man named Trotty begins to despair about his...