Surprise courtship in a New England village
A tale unfolds as Ezekiel Bugbee, a widower with eight red headed children, pursues Aunt Hapzibah Greenleaf while Allen and Kate plot the matchmaking. Aunt Hap rebuffs the widower in a dramatic scene, revealing motives, nerves, and a kerfuffle over marriage plans set for Sunday night.
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Kate
Allan
Qalored
Ezekiel Bugbee
Anu
Quen
Ezekiel
Flap
Bugbee
Hap
Childed
Hapzibah
Frank Peters
Clong
Vna
Frank
Ladier
Blackbird
Lizzie
Mr. Bougbee
Greenleaf
Ong
Aunt Hap
Hun
Zekiel Bugbee
Gals
Zeke Bugbee
Toom
Paris Doctors Advocate Reintroduction of Cremation
The Paris Academy of Medicine urges experts to reassess the return to cremation as a solution to cemetery crowding. They argue summer pestilence from graveyard air harms public health and taints water with putrid emissions blamed for throat and lung diseases.
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Borsinoe Tas Deau
Paris Academy of Medicine
Deaths in Shidling Family From Apple Butter Poisoning
The York Pennsylvania reports four members of Henry Shidling’s family in the borough consumed apple butter from a copper kettle. Two children, aged six and nine, have died while the mother and a four year old survive in danger. The remaining child is deranged, fat and unresponsive, unaware of the deaths.
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York Pensylvanian
Henry Shiding
Cleaning Carpet Grease with Magnesia and Fullers Earth
A traditional home remedy outlines mixing magnesia and fullers earth in equal parts to form a paste with boiling water. Apply the hot paste to grease stains on carpets, let it dry, then brush away to remove the spots.
Colored Masons Dedicate Philadelphia Hall Cost 13500
The colored Masons of Philadelphia dedicated a new hall costing 13500 on St. John’s Day June 24. The order’s authority traces to England via the African Lodge of Boston 1784. The warrant bears signatures of Thomas Howard Earl of Effington Lord Howard and Frederick Duke of Cumberland.
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Philadelphia
St. John's Day
England
Tragic boating accident capsizes boat at Webster
On Friday afternoon a sail near Webster capsized in a gust of wind. Three young men managed to swim to safety while four young women drowned. Authorities investigate cause and identify victims.
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Webster
Eve and Adam Quip Echoes in Xiangyi Gossip
A fragmentary quip reads I wish you had been Eve to a sharp woman who would have eaten the apple alone rather than share it with Adam. The odd remark hints at envy and social dynamics in a terse exchange.
Unusual 19th Century Divorce Custody Tower Custom
A 19th century practice described by Galignani's Messenger notes that when couples sought divorce due to temper, a magistrate confined them for two weeks in a lakeside tower with only one bed and chair. Their comfort depended on cooperation, and many reconciled before the trial ended.
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Bee Cong
Fes
Galignani
Admittance Costs Highlight Admission Policy
A classroom exchange shows a teacher prompting a student to spell admittance and define it while a pricing dispute appears with a half price for Black people and children. The fragment hints at discriminatory pricing and a lesson on the word admittance.
A Morser's Cownsen with Dramatic Fragments
A rough, archaic prose scene outlines a mother and son on a Vermont hillside vow against drink, interwoven with travel memories and a two scene dramatic sketch set in fashionable churches. The voice blends dialect and modern travel imagery with moral appeal and stage directions.
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Edwin
Calcutta
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