Twilight Hours and a Lesson in Frugality
A young husband Walter Gray ignores his wife Maria’s plea for a garden gate and church pew, spends on tavern and games, and loses trust from a neighbor John Niles. After a cow damages the garden and a pointed confession at night, he reforms, buys the gate, halts wasteful spending, and learns to balance family needs with duty and religious support.
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Laws of Rhode Island Acts on Highway Damages and Oyster Fisheries
A Chicago-like compilation of Rhode Island statutes from 1859 covers highway grade damages payable by towns to abutting property owners, appointment of three arbitrators, and appeal procedures. It also repeals parts of an 1680 Providence barber master act and adds oyster fishery penalties, fund amendments, harbor master ordinances, bank safeguards, and related provisions.
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Seventh Son Doctor Henry West Dies at Hallsville Residence
Dr. Henry West known as a Seventh Son Doctor died at his Hallsville home on Friday at about 78. He drew patients from New England Canada New York and the far west and treated ailments with faith based curative methods rather than medicine. He would place a small can on the patient’s neck lay hands before sunrise and after sunset and seek divine aid. He charged no fee yet accepted gifts and once a New York family left a hundred dollar bill after benefiting from his care. His death leaves a large estate and a loss mourned by neighbors and townspeople per the Manchester Mirror.
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Tom
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Oldromine
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Henry West
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Manchester Mirror
Trade over salary illusion urged in youth discourse
A speaker recalls a young man seeking clerical work, arguing that trade skills offer real usefulness and thrift. The piece criticizes the prestige of mercantile jobs, noting many young men waste youth on salaries while a thrifty mechanic rises. It laments false views of respectability in society.
Walter Gray and the lure of hazard in hardship
Walter Gray recalls times of temptation when peers press him to join risky games of hazard. He explains his resolve to protect his family’s substance, choosing caution over temptation and seeking stability over reckless risk.
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Walter Gray
Idle youth risks adult crime warns Northwestern Advocate
A Northwestern Christian Advocate writer cautions boys about idle and vicious behavior in school. He links squib firing, gambling, theft, and breach of trust to later crimes, urging inner character improvement and spiritual elevation rather than mere abstinence. The piece cites Rev. E. W. Robertson and reports sobering local mortality notes from Murfreesboro and a veteran with a cropped nose anecdote.
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Northwestern Christian Advocate
Desrees
W. Robertson
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