Bustling Charity Tea Recounts Gift Frivolities and Shortage
A Scranton area parish recounts a Christmas aid effort where Mrs Jones and neighbors hosted a church table, serving supper from donated goods and corn pop, while tracking counterfeit scrip and missing items. Volunteers organize rooms, entertain children, and tally seven dollars in cash plus nearly six dollars in questionable scrip as Elder Hopkins and wife visit for a post holiday check.
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Ildren
Thaip
Ahe
John
Eliza
Sarah
Zyb
Scranton
Jones
Rhé
Dad
Hiptios
Groton
Hopkins
Tis
A Humble Plea for Support in Hard Times
The narrator reflects on limited income and the strain on a minister's family. They note a four hundred dollar salary and the desire to help Mrs Jones and others, expressing sympathy for those in need and deciding to donate rather than attend a donation party. Zach agrees that cash would be preferable to charity events.
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E Q. Herrick
Zeb
Zach
Dr Henry Ware Advocates Plain Rules For Child Rearing
The late Dr Henry Ware recalls an anecdote about Dr Hitchcock lost in a wood en route to Plymouth. An old woman offers simple guidance to choose the path that leads out, illustrating Ware’s belief that good common sense matters more than rigid rules in raising children.
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Henry Ware
Hitchcock
Plymouth
Sandwich
Abe
Young Washington arithmetic book in Grant possession
A small volume titled Young Men's Companion or Arithmetic Made Easy dated 1742 in Washingtons hand reveals early training in moral and intellectual discipline. Found by soldiers in Virginia the book was presented to General Grant who valued it but declined to return it and may go to the national archives.
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Wasamatox
George Washington
Washington
Virginia
Grant
National Archives
Casano
N. Y. Commercial
Sketch of San Marigo Republic by W G Irving
The American Quarterly Review prints a letter by W G Irving describing San Marigo a small republic between the Apennines the Po and the Adriatic. Its forty mile circumference seven thousand inhabitants. founded over fourteen centuries ago on morality industry and equity. Bonaparte sent an embassy. Governed by a cague regiment and sixty six representatives chosen semiannually. Taxes light farms neat and prosperous due to morality simplicity and frugality.
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Earth
The
American Quarterly Review
W. G. Irving
San Marigo
Appenines
Adriatic
Bonaparte
A Little Sin and Its Far-Reaching Effects
A fragment warns that small breaches, sins, and indulgences lead to ruin. It argues the heart’s sin invites the devil’s aid, noting how a single glass has ruined many lives and a minor flaw can precipitate final destruction.
Father and son clash over a stern precept in family tale
A clashing exchange shows a stern preacher urging his son to act with all his might. Bill retorts with humor as the father recalls discipline and warns of wrath to come. The son argues for balance while the father seeks reconciliation through practice.
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Gareth
Bill
Young Bartender Views New York as Unsuitable
A young bartender serves as a bar-keeper for an underground establishment earning ax dollars monthly and is discharged for refusing to pass counterfeit money.
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New York
Alphabetical Questions and Anagrams
A quirky collection of letter riddles posing why each letter resembles day, fire, evil, eternity, death, wisdom, Adam’s last words, spring, and a pig’s tail. It riffs on wordplay and misprints across a playful quiz format.
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Becaus
Jane
The Contrast in Death Reflections and a Scathing Round Table Charge
Joseph Sutcliff compares death versus others while Paul speaks of departure and a croton laid up. Byron laments his days in a yellow leaf with worm and grief his own. The Round Table accuses cargat makers of forging false values for young women in the skating season.
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Paul
Byron
Croton
The
Round Table
Cargat Makera
Providence City Government Reforms and Officials Elected
The act consolidates and amends city governance including Recorder of Deeds duties and annual June elections for city officers. It outlines mayoral powers, council procedures, and budgetary controls, with provisions for assessors, clerks, and police appointments. It also defines city authority over markets, streets, utilities, health, and public works.
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Neil
Evan Geait
Sereay
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