Bee Hive offers vast stock of fancy goods and moorading items
Benny Wolp advertises the Bee Hive at 131 Westmaster Street Providence with a large assortment of mohair goods prints curtain muslin striped fabrics and wholesale options. It highlights kid gloves laces veils corsets mourning goods and a broad range of Embroideries and laces for dresses and trim plus wholesale interest for merchants and dressmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elling
Weatmaster St. Providence
Benny Wolp
Wanted a Husband for Me Ladies Voice Poem Verse
The piece pleads for a noble, faithful husband free of gossip or money motives. It lists qualities of heart and courage, longing for a partner who will love truly and endure hardships, while conceding a perfect match may remain elusive.
Bath area transit plan raises concerns and bids opened
Officials open bids for a Bath transit project while reviewing the Dayra plan. Residents echo concerns about timelines and funding as council weighs options for phased implementation. Local agencies and contractors participate in the process.
Strange memories of Mede and a passing old man
Poetic reminiscence recalls Mede near an ancient hill gate. The speaker hears her plaintive talk and tears as she dreams of a distant, brighter land and a bygone companionship with a scholarly old man. The scene ends with lingering grief and a wish for rest.
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Mede
God Bless You Soldier Poem in Wartime Tone
Poem expresses gratitude to soldiers for courage and sacrifice during perilous times. Refrains bless the weary fighter as battles threaten and skies darken, hoping for victory and safety for loved ones at home and abroad.
A Gigantic Tarantula Captured For A Museum Display
A Trinidad anecdote recounts a researcher and guest trapping a huge tarantula at a dinner table. Dr S used chloroform and a flame to immobilize and drown the venomous spider, then placed the lifelike specimen in a glass case for study and reverent curiosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinidad
Crosses of Life: A Woman Learns Through Dream and Faith
A pious woman endures many domestic troubles but dreams of a house with crosses on every door. She realizes her own burden is light by following Christ, denying herself, and seeking patience and strength through faith. She awakens a new resolve and finds grace to bear her trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hera
Christ
Srtzcrep
Travel and study abroad for practical knowledge and virtue
The passage urges youths to travel widely while young to observe harbors, ports, and trade routes, learn seamanship, construction, and sailing, and cultivate practical skills. It argues such experiences reveal hidden talents, refresh national virtues, and foster exchanges with other nations for mutual benefit.
Proper Fence Post Installation and Cement Mixture
The text instructs selecting posts with large bases, digging 18 inch diameter by 2 ft 9 in deep holes, and cementing with a lime charcoal ashes gravel mix. It recommends filling around the post with a moss cement, adding small stone for strength, and shaping the top to shed water to ensure long, erect stability.
Dress as Social Passport and Moral Measure
The article argues that personal dress governs social standing and respect, asserting clothing signals wealth and taste. It notes prudent attire helps avoid ridicule, while ill fitting dress invites rebuff, and claims many philosophers once belittled appearance though moderns dress more like gentlemen, making dress a key title to consideration among strangers.
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Lfe
Gould Hunter
Scholaro
Penius
Crete
Peresa
Summer Sours and the Fever Foe in Summers Diet
The article argues acids aid bile separation from blood to prevent fevers, labeling all fevers as bilious. It claims sour foods and fruits purify blood, favoring greens with vinegar, warns against sugar or dairy with fruit, and notes sour milk in Greco Turkish cuisine. It notes buttermilk as anticidal.
Value and feeding of carrots for horses and cattle
An old recipe or livestock note describes feeding horses and cattle with carrots or carrot hay and straw. It argues carrots are cheaper than oats, keep animals in good flesh, and that many horses need less feed while few need more, with care to avoid frost damage.
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Carrutanre
Embrace Your Lot and God’s Plan Despite Obstacles
A 19th century moral exhortation urges readers to accept birth, work, and hardship as divine design. It argues that perceived hindrances are God’s opportunities, advises abandoning envy, and recommends faith to fulfill one’s role under obscurity, aligning with a sermon-like voice from Dr. Bisnogeer.
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Bisnogeer
Two Thousand Pigs And Two Thousand Pounds
A Pittsburg humor piece recounts a misheard conversation about a man with a lisp and his neighbor Mr Fisher. The gag revolves around phrases like two thousand pigs and two thousand pounds, revealing the comical confusion over numbers and a pig payment plan.
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Pittsburg
Expression of Ness on Women as Flower Metaphors
A fragmented critique likens women to flowers expressing true nature through dress. It contrasts modesty and flamboyance, noting some women seek control and others dress as a genuine form of self expression. The piece ends with a perspective on freedom in attire.
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Tally Hoeks
Pat and his Pay A Humorous Peninsula Tale
A rollicking Hibernian offrir of the light division on the Peninsula is overtaken by Gan Cin ford Theealutation When asked about a tail chit pig the culprit is accused The innocent Paddy protests and marvels at the world as he points to his four footed companion in a comic misunderstanding of trouble and character.
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Paddy
Tia
Soma Blackguard
Han
Death of Me James Wilson During Summer of 174
Report recounts the death of Me James Wilson of West dorsey from the chulara while thirty six miles from home. John Rogera transported the body in a wagon to his residence. A passerby named Joaking Jily, posing as a widow, questioned if Mr Wilson lived there and admitted the body would soon arrive as a corpse in the wagon.
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James Wilson
West Dorsey
John Rogera
Women soldiers believed hidden in wartime regiments at Washington
Reports claim that as many as 15 women were found in the service since the war began. It is alleged many were recruited with male collaborators and substituted into units. In one regiment 17 women were said to have served as officers' maids.
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Washington
Bury Life Cheerfulness and an Odd Boston Bill
A curious misprint filled text on cheerful bury life and troubled minds, suggesting frogs croak not in running water. The piece claims cheerful spirits arise from honest toil or generous impulses, then mentions a Boston baker paying a bill with a note to not spend on rum or butter at forty cents a pound.
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Boston
Power of Money and Knowledge Across Time
Fragmentary reflections compare money’s grip to personal virtue and legacy. Wealth alone cannot buy wisdom, artistry, or freedom. true value lies in character, knowledge, and charity that outlasts riches.
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Alan
Alb Thenara
Booka
Brenina
Toy Cin
Capt Hirdy Letter on Newfoundland and Nova Scotia Ambitions
A reader in London comments on Newfoundland and Nova Scotia lore, noting cheers and fears about settlement, wildlife, and distant colonies. The letter touches on the climate, travel, and historic claims, referencing a Cape Harty remark and speculative geography across Atlantic shores.
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Hirdy
London Field
Mostitement
Nowfoandlind
Nova Scotia
Cruakar
Aunny Alopov
Ethid Tshiad
Newfoundland
Uta Reptile
Cape Harty
Halle
Galsig
Irinaty
St Patrick
Alita tuutist in farming deachhen economy and peasant toil
The narrative describes peasants in Germany laboring to collect and process what they can from trees, weeds, and aquatic plants for cattle and winter storage. It details roadside work, drying fruit, baskets carried by women and children, and frugal use of every available plant for sustenance and fodder.
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Alita Tuutist
Tia
Germany
Clutha
Executed at this office with neatness and dispatch
The note states that execution occurred at the office with neatness and dispatch, offering no reasonable terms and indicating a formal completion of action.
Aspects of the War and Public Contempt for Mr Public
In a fiery wartime exchange, a speaker scolds Mr Public for hysterics and urges patience and faith in American resolve. He cites Lincoln era rhetoric, questions about Chase’s resignation, and defends the Union cause while mocking Confederate hopes and Copperhead treachery. The piece reiterates that the people must sustain the war and steer policy through democratic means.
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Mr. Publio
Angly Sazan
Emilie Girardin
Foir
Plymouth
Public
Publie
Cam
Vin
Teun
Tural
Fortuna
Willinan Street
Jefferson Davia
Emily
Breckenridge & Co
Washington
Chase
Clirdy
Lincula
Pablo
Tiwes
Barnes & Burr
Joba Street
Jiea
Conetium
Unite States
Beng
Avery
Potia
Atlanta
Georgia Constitutiona
Sherman
Georgia
Grant
Richmond
Augusta
Charleston
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