Old Bureau Auction tale and a hidden fortune found
A narrator recalls buying a battered bureau at auction for ten dollars and a half for a stranger woman who later repays him with five dollars. The piece hides a larger truth as a note for twenty five hundred dollars and gold are found inside, linking to a careworn mother and a harsh uncle. The story ends with the restored fortune and a scene of reunion and gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau
Thad
Myralf
Sarah
Portsmouth
Suco
Confederacy gains control of fortress occupation issues
Resolution from the Montgomery Convention directs the Congress to handle disputes between Confederate states and the U S government over the occupation of forts arsenals and other public establishments and to inform state governors of the action. Nearby reports note a destroyed Miantonomi Hill tower, a fatal Jamaica Plain fire, a non newspaper ruling by Judge Low, a New Ipswich cigar workers dispute, and the death of Otis Seymour struck by the cold on a railroad track.
Watering Cattle In Winter Cautions For Stablemen
The article warns stablemen not to leave water in troughs during cold weather as it freezes and harms cattle. Water should be fetched only when needed and any excess allowed to run off. It condemns breaking ice in horse troughs as an example of so called practical farmers who neglect book learning.
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Exchange Street
Bureau
Cartman
House of Representativ
Washington
Terry
Connecticut
Mason and Dizon
New England
Pacific
Marston Moor
Lexington
Bunker's Hill
United States of America
Western Star
Calcutta
Boston
Ocean Rover
Marine Record
Boston Journal
Disease Killer Hogs Ravage Cranston and Nearby Towns
The Providence Journal reports an outbreak of a swine disease called Hoa Cnonzna spreading in Cranston and North Providence. Widespread losses include forty dead hogs in Cranston and over fifty in North Providence, with about three-fourths of affected dogs dying. The disease matches outbreaks in the West and South over the past years and is deemed highly infectious with little promise from treatment. Cleanliness, food, air, and water are urged as preventive measures while officials, including Drs. Collings Ely Caswell and the city Superintendent of Health, investigate findings.
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Cranston
North Providence
New England
Brighton
Palpitation Remedy and Odd News From England
A tonic for heart palpitations advises a draught with tincture of foxglove camphor julep and tincture of opium. An American travels to England to tell the Queen of a family baptising machine amid talk of royal ceremonies and marriage. Hugh Pike of Syracuse, N Y, claimed as the oldest survivor has passed through various orders and titles. free Aragon mentioned in the country.
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England
Belog
Hugh Pike
Sxaneateles
Aragon
Lewplar
van Pa
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Cale
OLD Bureau
D. C. Colesworthy
Aqid
Mr. Bailey
Bristol Phenix
Bradford Street
Bristol
New England Mutual Life Insurance CO
Mass
Willard Phillips
F Willard Phillips
Bewell Tappan
Charles P Curtis
Charles Flabhard
Thomas A. Dexter
Wm. B. Reynolds
Marabal P. Wider
George WH. Folger
A W Thaxter
Francis C. Lowell
James Sturgess
Benj F Stevens
Seery
John Hopper
Metropolitan Bank
Broadway
Cor
Pine
Street
New York City
George H. Whitney
Westminster St. Providence
Faber’s
O &E
Franklan Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Bank of Commerce
Providence
Dregerons
Wm. Foster
Amos D. Smith
Joseph F.gilmore
Earl P. Mason
Daniel E. Carpenter
John F. Chapin
George C Nightingale
David Sisson
A.C. Barstow
A. B Dike
Thomas J. Stead
William M. Bailey
Albert
Gallup
Thomas J. Hi
Alexander Duncan
Lucius Weaver
Benjamin , Adams
Enoch Steere
Edward D. Pearce
Imon Henry Greene
Richard J. Arnold
William Foster
Joan F. Catacots
WM. P. Munro
Josephus Gooding
Hope and State Sts
Vose & Jenckhes
IL DE RS ” Fiso
Mos
Broad Street
Eddy
O - Providence
M. Vose
HW. C. Jenceps
Eason L. Slocum
Westminster Street
W. H. Greene
Dewolf
Hope Street
Oram B. Tilleys
Portryp
Messia
C. W. B Bennett & Co
Willard T Jackson
Attleborough
Jackwn
Providence Journal
Miantonomi Hill
Atlantic Ocean
Newport News
Salem
Wousa
Benjamin Goldsmith
Jamaica Plain
Nancy Slade
Waar
Low
The
Land Court
St Louis
Massachusetts Senate
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Ipwich
N. H
Ozias Seymour
Middlebury
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