Shrew Tamer's Turbulent Marriage in White Mountains
Mrs. Morton, widow and heir, marries Dr. Strahan after his passable poetry and medical title. A quarrel over roast beef versus turkey sparks a running war. She imprisons him with a ladder, cooks his curios, and finally wins his submission with cold turkey.
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Mogrox
Charles Strahan
Squire Morton
Morton
Opething
Fepu
White Mountains
Ofvall
Strahan
Strahan’s
Washington
Charter Oak
United States
Frigate Constitution
Han
John
Connecticut Blue Laws Revealed In Puritan Legislation
The excerpt outlines strict colonial rules from a general assembly that forbids any other power, imposes death for dissent, and fines for voting for nonconformists. It notes enforcement against Quakers and other groups, reflecting the era’s intolerance and church dominance.
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Connecticut
Général ‘Assembly
Jesus
Grim 18th century Sabbath strictures and Peel marriage tale
A transcriptioned fragment lists harsh colonial Sabbath rules including bans on travel work and social acts, penalties for fires and adultery, and bans on marriage by ministers. It shifts to a narrative about Robert Peel and Ellen Yates, describing their courtship, marriage after decades, Lady Peel as his aide, and her death in 1803 after baronetcy.
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Christ's Church
Wi- Yates
Ellen
Robert Peel
Eller Yates
London
First Lady Peel and Robert Peel's Early Cotton Printing Venture
The article traces Sir Robert Peel's rise from modest beginnings to founding a cotton printing business at age twenty with his uncle James Haworth and William Yates. Limited capital and family support shaped his early enterprise as he combined practical skill with prudent risk in Blackburn.
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Robert Peel
Robert
James Haworth
William Yates
Blackburn
W - Yates
Ted E
The Respiratory Health Lesson From Daily Life
The article discusses breathing, arguing many people misuse lungs due to bad postures and tight clothing. It urges deep, full respiration, erect posture, relaxed attire, and daily practice to strengthen lower chest muscles and improve overall health. It then shifts to a stray anecdote about a child from Argyle, New York, who traveled to see the Great Eastern without money, ending with garbled continued text.
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Argyle
Washington County
New York
Aeredipleas
Hints to Young Men from the Aurora Commercial
A note titled Hints to Young Men urges restraint from Sabbath loitering and street corner mischief. It calls on youths to devote time to honorable pursuits that combine amusement with instruction. The speaker aims to spur reform without claiming moral authority. A Young Man signs the piece.
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Aurora
Property by Enjoyment Not Ownership
The speaker proclaims property lies in use and pleasure, not legal title. He claims access to chariots, jewelry, garments, and social display, viewing them as amusements for his eyes. By this maxim he regards galleries, libraries, and possessions as his own through enjoyment, not custody.
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Great Britain
Fate of the Apostles and martyrdom tales
A historical list recounts the fates of the apostles and early disciples. It notes Matthew and Mark killed or martyred in Africa and Egypt, Luke hanged in Greece, John reportedly burned then died normally in Asia, James the Great beheaded in Jerusalem, James the Less thrown from a temple and beaten, Philip hanged in Hyetopolis, Bartholomew flayed, Andrew crucified, Thomas pierced by lance in the East Indies, Jude shot in Persia, Simon Zelotes crucified, Matthias stone and beheaded, with an extended moral anecdote about a mother and her healthy child.
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Matthew
Ethiopia
Mark
Alexandria
Egypt
Luke
Greece
John
Rome
Ephesus
Asia
James the Great
Jerusalem
James ‘the Less
Temple
Philip
Thomas
Coromandel
East Indies
Jude
Cintiense
Simon Belotés
Persia
Cobtingtak O
Mathhing
Dile
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Niral
Petersburg
Tanner
Mrs. S
Napoleon
Law
the First Lady
Peel
Andy Na Sa
Wade
Mapa
Fabio’ Benak
the Rother
Oyost
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