A wager, a love, and a soldier’s return to mezieres
In an Ardennes home, a worn soldier from Mezieres is saved by a family. Jean Chevaudieux, torn between Marguerite Servan and Pierre Puvioux, endures seven years of marching then catches Puvioux near Mezieres. Puvioux arrives first and wins Marguerite, while Chevaudieux later learns she chose him.
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Bethel
Our
Ardennes
Jean Chevaudieux
Mezicres
Monsieur
Marguerite Servan
Pierre Puvioux
Pierre Puyioux
Servan
Marguerite
Puvioux
Mezieres
Puvieux
Bill
Father Servan
Avioux
Chevaucieux
Pierre Pavioux
Pierre
Pavioux
Mar
Imperial
Jean
Lam
Marzuerite
Old Servan
Ardennais
Augiers
Payieux
Au Revoir
Monsieur le Militaire
Pavieux
Kethel
Angiers
France
Chevaucheux
Chevaueheux
Lezieres
Jean Chevaucheux
Chevaudheux
Rethel
Chevandieux
Chevaudieux
Chavandieux
Getting Along In Love Through The Years
A reflective verse about a long marriage, love enduring through aging, shared burdens, and mutual devotion. The speaker notes a quiet life with a silent, strong husband, fond memories of courtship, and a hopeful acceptance of growing old together while recognizing the costs and comforts of their bond. The tone is nostalgic and intimate, with imagery of home, seasons, and domestic tasks.
Changes in straw goods trade shift power to New York
Massachusetts straw goods makers face loosened New England control as new workshops rise near New York wholesale markets. Architects of fashion drive shifts to colored braids and ready markets, reducing city rent burdens and enabling rapid response to trends. Monopolies fade but trade remains volatile with seasons and styles dictating profits.
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Massachusetts
New England
New York City
New York
West
Portrait of a Pagan Ingersoll portrait described in Washington
Augusta Chronicle correspondent describes a nearly full length portrait of Colonel R G Ingersoll on Pennsylvania Avenue. The stout apoplectic figure has a bald head with white fringe and blue eyes with a metallic lustre. The piece mocks religion and hints at health and earthbound charm, noting Dr Wills debated Bol but avoided a clash.
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Augusta
Gay) Chronicle
R. G. Ingersoll
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington
Wills
Bol
Coskeapenre
Felted Cloths and the Felt Trade Outlook
The felt industry faces a standstill as wool prices rise and goods backlogs grow. Yet experts expect a temporary dip with new uses emerging such as heavy felt mittens for steam pipe handling. Four of six Franklin area mills idle, one more may close, but surplus will clear and demand should revive albeit with lower profits than earlier years.
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Franklin
Skulls of Nevada Ghosts Cause Stranger Night Incident
A Pioche Record reports a reporter encounters a roaming skull near his cabin in the ante-sagebrush era. He throws a rock. the skull seems to attack, rolling downhill as the skull arcs above. An old goat gets a horn stuck in a skull eye, leaving only a skull's bone as evidence.
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Pioche
Nevada
Trewery
An Editor's Escape
A letter from Albia Iowa dated May 26 1880 states the author suffered kidney disease for two years. After trying many remedies, Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure relieved pain and distress and left the writer strong. The signer G W Stamm endorses the medicine for others.
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Albia
Iowa
Warner
Sam
W. Stamm
Thrifty arts of mending and beadwork display
The article guides thrifty housewives in repairing shattered china with cement or plaster, then transforming bowls into decorative hanging planters. It details painting, varnishing, and embellishing with transfers, beads, and wirework to create elaborate bead mosaics and basket shapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Fancy-WorK Knitted Leaf Patterns for Home Create
A knitting patterns excerpt detailing Vine-Leaf Pern Patterns and English Point lace. Includes cast-on counts for leaves and lace motifs, stepwise rows with stitch actions, and instructions for repeating patterns. Highlights include Vine-Leaf, Pern, and English Point lace sections with row-by-row guidance.
Seacoast Pie and Potato Bread Recipes from Parlon's Cook Book
Old family recipes describe a seafood pie with crab or lobster layers, oysters, mace and nutmeg, and a puff crust. Also included are potato bread, yeast-raised bread, caraway and cinnamon cakes, apple-filled rolls, matelote of cod, beer soup, cauliflower soup, and pickerel with butter sauce.
Grist Mill Puzzles and Prize Winners in Four Weeks
A cluttered column lists crossword tasks and solutions from The Grist Mill. It notes prize winners, readers’ letters, and several reader puzzles including metagrams and acrostics from cities like Boston and Brooklyn.
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Pranszivaniss
France
Boston
Mass
Spuinx
Bell Branch
Mich
Sphinx
Cousin Sue
Beech Nut
Maud Lynn
Guess
Globe
Z. Bre
Plan to elevate telegraph lines with decorative pillars in city
Mr T B Dolittle of the American Bell Telephone Company outlines a bold above ground system to organize wires in windable insulated boxes atop slender pillars along curbs. The design includes weather pockets, removable sections, arch crossings, and sleeve wiring to buildings, with spare wires at corners for quick repairs and a projected cost around one and a half million dollars.
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T. B. Dolittle
American Bell Telephone Company
New York Herald
Nhon
Ical
Dolittle
Tropical Fruit Laxative Promises Pleasant Remedy
A vintage ad praises Tropic-Fruit Laxative for thorough action and agreeable taste. It urges users to follow directions and notes mild initial effects, claiming it suits ladies and children and helps those avoiding pills. Box sizes and prices are listed with numerous druggists and wholesale agents.
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the Tribune
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Tribune
Alexander Band
Ponce
Stevan
W. Hi. Todd
Florence Street
Jresorist Corona
HS Lous
Reene
Dunkirk
N. Y
Dor
Crose
Waterloo
Europe
Danbury Conn
Brooklyn
Zelotes
Newburg
Spruinx
Salem
Jocund Babbler
Dorchester
Weekly Globe
Frederick the Great
Jennie May
Penn Nut
Cybil
Prx
Green Mountain
L. BE
West Sibeke
Larrie O'Dee
Me Gee
Larrie
Mellee
Meee
Larrie Dee
Larrie O' Dee
W. W. Fink
Lupia E. Pinknam
Tire
Chicago Tribune
Bet
Maracaibo
Cutler Bros, & Co
Weeks & Potter
Geo. C. Goodwin &Co
Wo Little & Smith
Gilman Bros, & Co
C. Ter. Harris & Hawley
Rush Bros, & Bird
Boton
H. Hallett & Ce
Poruand, Me
Agai
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