Portrait of a Peasant Girl and a Painter in the Forest
Maurice, a painter, sketches a peasant girl in a chestnut forest glade after rain. He falls in love, plans a portrait as a private treasure, repeats encounters, and faces social constraints. Later he learns the girl’s life with another suitor and sells the portrait to fund her marriage.
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Paria
Mies
Helen Maurice
Maurice
Aes
Sean
St.ohn’s
St. John’s
Ware
Iiter
St. John
Paris
Cranberry Dumpling Recipe and Rural Dialogue
A column blends a cranberry dumpling recipe with a rustic church scene. Instructions describe flour soda cream of tartar milk and cranberries for a steamed pudding with wine sauce. Interspersed dialogue captures a parishioner and reverend banter about potatoes and field observations.
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Faith
Almanac for 1879 Promises Wide Language Edition
Hostetter's Almanac for 1879 celebrates the long standing popularity of Hostetter's Bitters. The publication magazine, issued by Hostetter & Smith of Pittsburgh, plans extensive printing in multiple languages and offers free copies through pharmacists and general country dealers.
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Hostetter
Hostetter & Smith
Pittsburgh
Washington Digest of Senate and House Actions
Washington report notes Senate approves adjournment to January 6. Treasury seeks 1,000,000 for War State and Navy building work. Davis proposes a statue for Chief Justice Marshall. Hereford bills reimburse West Vic citizens for war service. Claims committee asked to study a permanent tribunal. Ingalls bill on Union Pacific relief postponed. House considers panel seating and constitutional questions. Supreme Court Reporter pay set at 4,000 with no perquisites. Supreme Court reports sale authorized.
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United States
Secretary of the Treasury
McWalter
Martin
Apse
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Monroe
Gillette
Bragg
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Iford
White River
Chalmers
Errett
Pittsburg
District of Columbia
Senate
Washington
Secre
the Treasury
House
of Treasury
Davis
Iinois
John Marshall
Hereford
West Vick
Committee On Claims
Ingalls
Central Branch
Union Pacific Railroad
Burrows
Colum
Sinare
Supreme Court
Inter Oceanic Canal Route Probed and Treasury Note Repeal Debate
The Senate discussed a proposed select committee of eleven to study an inter oceanic canal route with memorials to be referred and a report time. A bill to abolish and repeal legal tender treasury notes was cited in petitions to the Senate committee. The mill academy appropriation was sent to the committee of the whole as the session adjourned.
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Allison
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United States Navy
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Plumb
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Indian Affairs
Indian Territory
William B. Whiting
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McCord
Committee On Manufactures
Acklin
President of Commissioners of Engineers
Contem Canal
Panama
Shelley
J. Townsend
Memet
Manning
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Converse
Ery Lands
Washington
Gibson
Inter-Oceanic Canal Commission
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Coast Survey
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Pacific
Isthmus
Gillette
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Reagan
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Hogtel
Henry Leef
Mary
Ua States
Bahia
Brazil
Willis
Missiest Valley States
Voorhees
North Carolina
Indiana
Butler
South Carolina
Bayard
Arather
Sonmmamantinn
Anu Sanctities of
Gaeta
Secretary of War
San Antonio
Bond
Unders
Committee On Territories
Nebraska
Windom
Umb
Paddock
King
Mill Academy
Morse
Transparent Pudding and Local Wit Ad
A short recipe for a light transparent pudding uses sugar butter rose-water with a crust of stale cake and sweetmeats, baked about an hour. The piece notes workers unloading schooners of beer and ends with an ad for Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup priced at 25 cents a bottle.
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Richardson & Co
Alleen
Uncle Sam
Eilert
Tennyson welcomes Queen Victoria with simple hospitality
A tale recounts Queen Victoria delaying her visit to Alfred Lord Tennyson and family. The Tennysons endure days of eager preparation before the Queen arrives quietly at their home. The laureate and Queen share a warm, informal meeting seen as more pleasing than formal ceremony.
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