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Buestol
Bradford
Bristol
Bayley
Thermws
Theo Mellars
Aioe
Bingle
Miaind
Poem fragment about a father blessing his son
A speaker recalls his dying father blessing him and saying God bless thee, O my son. The blessing becomes a fortune that aids the speaker in toil. The memory returns the speaker to childhood feelings and the father’s tender words.
Resolutions Authorized Payments and Miscellaneous Public Works
Rhode Island General Assembly resolutions authorize settling with the Commissioner of Public Schools for salary payments since the act to revise public school laws, appropriating up to 200 for Newport court house railing, approving prison wing expenses of 1966 88, and directing distribution of Rhode Island Reports three hundred copies to officials and courts with specified recipients.
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Rhode Island
Providence Plantations
General Assembly
A. Potter
Court House
Newport
Messrs
Anthony and Bush
Sec’ry
Supreme Court
Secretary of State
United States
Sherofree
United States Circuit Court
United States District Court
Ideas of the Rising Generation on Labor and Honor
The piece argues that children should honor honest labor whether in physical toil or pen work and questions why brain work is seen as more prestigious. It contrasts ancestral glory in hunting and war with modern work at a desk or counter, urging pride in any honest livelihood.
Beautiful act of a galley prisoner in Toulouse
A strong young man escaped from Toulouse galleys and helped a family facing eviction by offering to surrender for a reward. After the father and the prisoner agree, the man is turned in and the reward is shared. The mayor and justice minister later free the prisoner, deeming the offense small and the act noble.
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Toulouse
Sante
Ney
St. Louis Republican
The Shortness of Active Life Reflects Time Taxes
A reflective essay discusses time as a tax on life and the inevitability of wasted days. It argues that most of life is consumed by sleep illness recreation and daily needs, leaving only about eleven to twelve years for intellectual growth and achievement.
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Lelore
Powers Dropping In All Motions, Warned Hogg's Instructor
An instructor named Hogg notes that powers will be dropping in regard to all motions in advance, signaling a strategic shift or procedural change.
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Hogg
Manner as a Power in Public Life and Business
The piece argues that manner often surpasses merit in influence across literature, politics, and commerce. It cites Thackeray lectures Napoleon and Clay as examples, compares successors in business to conciliation, and contends affable manners win friends and opportunities where harshness breeds enmity and failure.
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Thackeray
Clay
Napoleon
Write to Those With Business and Family Ties
Advice from the New York Times on letter writing urges men to keep up business and family correspondence. It stresses punctual business notes and regular letters to sisters mothers and fathers to strengthen ties and reassure loved ones, noting time must be found for such duty.
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Euclid
Ceres
Society of Companions
New York Times
A Valentine Marriage in Beacon Street Tale
In Boston on February 14, 16852, Charles Knowlton a Richmond lawyer meets Henrietta Howard a young beauty asking him to marry her. He agrees after a private talk and the couple wed at city hall, then visit Henrietta’s Beacon Street home revealing her rightful wealth and an overbearing uncle.
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Washington Street
Old Oath Church
Richmond
Boston
University
Charles Knowlton
Charles
Tremont
Anette
Henrietta Howard
Beacon Street
Tremont House
Bii
Henrietta
Robert
Miss Henrietta
Washington
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Buranu L
David
Jonathan
The
American Union
Beacon Street Pelle
Valentine
H. A. Greenwood
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