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Bristol Phenie
Excessive Eating Tolls in New England and Beyond
A Philadelphia Ledger inspired critique notes Americans die more from over eating than famine or accident. It condemns sedentary lifestyles and ritual town outings that fuel gluttony across regions, from pies and beet cake in New England to oysters and terrapin temptations, urging more activity.
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Dev
Barnie
New England
Philad. Ledger
Republican Ladies and Household Duties Challenged
A 19th century critique contrasts American women with German English and European peers, arguing neglect of domestic duties harms health. The text laments wives abandoning the household for servants and fashionable distractions, linking household labor to mind and body wellbeing.
Health and Child Rearing Advice From The Night Desk
The article offers practical guidance on rest and study habits. It advises frequent water intake, proper lighting, ventilation, and sleeping room conditions. It stresses modest clothing, reading aloud for health, posture, and limiting confinement for young children with ample recesses.
Man Melted on City Pavement After 106 Degree Thermometer
A gentleman on a Monday afternoon stood on the pavement as the temperature read 106 degrees and began melting away. Onlookers rushed to his rescue with ice and cold water but he vanished through a hole in the pavement. Searches found his ten digits below after a brief rescue, with witnesses noting glasses of beer in hand.
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V. Y. Pic
Family Disorder and Mother's Self-Government
A mother named Mrs. Lyon contends with chaotic home life as her children quarrel over a pincushion and toys. She introspects, recalls a motto about self-government, and gradually gains influence by modeling calm restraint, teaching her children through gentleness and firm limits. The scene shifts to a wedding tale in Broadway with a rich bachelor and a bold Irish bride Mary O K, ending in marriage and a sizable fortune.
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Imam Astatta
Lyon
Julia
Mrs. Lyan
Jule
Emily
Mrs. Lyon
Qrother
Muringer
Mary
Tommy
Walt
Vine Tradition Warns Of Wine’s Three Goblet Alchemy
An old tradition ties Adam planting the vine to Satan slaying a lamb a lion and a hog at the tree root. The blood absorbed by the tree is said to influence drinkers: one goblet makes mild as a lamb two goblets provokes rage like a lion and a third sinks reason as a hog wallowing in mire.
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Adam
Satan
Don’t Want Him A Smoking Apprentice
A man offers a boy for apprenticeship to a large shop. The foreman rejects him noting the boy’s daily cigar. The exchange highlights a prejudice against smokers in the hiring decision.
Parson's Five Dollar Bill Sermon Mystery
Porter recalls a clergyman who borrows five dollars every Saturday and repays with the same note or coin on Monday, a device the preacher uses to fuel his sermons. Porter discovers the ruse and questions the reverend who admits the sting of his poverty and the need to inspire confidence before preaching to Mr Geo Law.
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Porter
Geo. Law
A Proverb on Gout and Other Plagues
An editorial quip notes that the saying light as come light as go does not fit gout rheumatism or a troublesome mother in law or a capricious ruler all these afflictions depart with difficulty despite their light arrival.
Underground Britons in Darkness Face Mining perils
The London Lancet reports about a quarter of a million people in Great Britain live underground in mines. It notes average ages, common diseases among trades, and dangers like flatting for painters and phosphorus risks in matches.
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London Lancet
Great Britain
Sheffield
Racbionee
The Hammer as Universal Symbol of Mechanics
A historical piece extols the hammer’s role in industry and civilization. It links hammering to wealth, invention, and progress, noting its use from weaponry to plows and engines and praising skilled hands for national power. It also includes a playful estimate of a barber’s shave routine.
Earth Hole Question Sparks Childrens Laughs
A teacher asks a pupil which country lies opposite the United States on the globe. The student replies with a confident triumph that if a hole were bored through the earth and a person entered one end they would emerge from the other.
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Annette
Influence of Grapes on Teeth at Western Dental Meet
In Detroit session of the Western Dental Convention Dr Perkins of New York reported a pupil who visited Damascus found abundant TA steel in hands now, and that people who ate grapes freely showed strong teeth. He contrasted Detroit where the fruit was scarce and dental health differed. He noted there are more dentists in the United States than in Europe.
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Perkins
United States
Europe
Lawyer Questions Clerk Over Account Response
A lawyer questions his clerk about presenting an account to the defendant. The clerk answers he was told to go to the devil, then says he came to the lawyer afterward, implying a confrontation or rebuke without further details.
Card-playing Widow Reaps Winnings
A humorous notice notes a husband left unhappy as his wife wins at cards while he pays the losses. The column comments that in all such cases the woman pockets winnings and the husband bears the debts.
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A.gane
Rhode Island General Assembly Resolutions 1856
A collection of 1856 Rhode Island resolutions appoints joint committees to visit towns petitioning division or alteration of lines, authorize state funds for Providence City Guards rent, continue a bridge inquiry over Seekonk River, audit truancy statistics expenses, and transfer auditors' books and papers to the new office. The documents authorize witnesses, notify town clerks, and set reporting timelines.
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General Assembly
A. D
Benjamin Fessenden
C. H. Parkhurst
George B. Knowles
House
Nathaniel Church
Alfred Anthony
Senate
John R. Bartlett
Sec
Providence
Providence City Guards
William C. Forbes
John KK. Bartlett
Sec’ry
John HK. Bartiqett
Kelley
Palmer River
Warren
General_ Assembly
Kelly
John RK. Bartlett
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Kingland
Ireland
Father Matthew
Scotchland
Mousey
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Laws OF
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State of
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Thornton
John
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