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Bristol County
Rhode Island
Aryther
Winsome Baby Bunn Poem Fragments and Notes
Poem fragments addressed to a child titled Winsome Baby Bunn describe vivid imagery of a baby’s beauty and the mother’s tender emotions. The text includes lines about light, innocence, and future trials plus reflections on the child’s gaze, a father’s theft, and prayers for guidance.
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Baby Bunn
Ateal
Buin
Bunn
Trivial quarrel ends in mutual humility for wife and husband
A morning dispute between a wife and husband unfolds and resolves through kindness and self-restraint. The couple realizes their anger is trivial, and their reconciliation brings a renewed tenderness as they affirm their deep love and unity.
Remembering Washington Irving on wartime patriotism
The excerpt urges unity and national honor during war, arguing that every citizen bears responsibility for the nation's conduct and that the glory or shame of the conflict affects all Americans, not just leaders or politicians. It emphasizes loyalty to country over faction and warns against excusing defeat.
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Washington Irving
Great Britain
Hinself
America
Peculiar Japanese Customs Noted In Observations
A traveler notes Japan’s odd habits such as squatting in daily tasks and reversing names, cooking methods using fire in guns, and self facing plane work. Observations praise paper making and delicate gouper handkerchiefs while criticizing disposal of used paper products and lack of laundry needs.
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John Smith
Smith John
Mr . Brown
Brown
Macgowan
The Lover's Search and a Lady's Shilling Gesture
A young attorney pursues marriage with a wealthy admirer but learns the plan falters. She acknowledges his effort, then offers a shilling as repayment for his search, ending the pursuit with a cautious parting gesture.
Heaven and Home Hymn Echoes on Distant Shores
A reflective passage envisions wives of Italian fishermen singing a hymn at sunset on Adriatic shores while waiting for their husbands at sea. It imagines a distant chorus rising with windborne echoes, offering comfort of heaven and a steadfast home to world worn pilgrims seeking a city with foundations.
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Adriatic
Acrora
Earth
Dr. Dunn Cusarna
Honest Missive Saved by Government Property Lesson
An elderly Federal employee corrects a boy who tries to take a sheet of letter paper from his desk. He explains that the paper belongs to the United States Government and must be returned. The anecdote highlights old fashioned honesty declining in modern times.
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United States
Farm Youth Questions Travel Route Inquisitive Exchange
A traveler pauses his horses by a corn field and asks a boy whose farm is nearby. The boy replies Dad's, and when asked about stock, says mainly corn. The traveler continues on, musing at the brief exchange on farm life.
Old Man's Advice For Young Men In Courtship
A moralizing excerpt advises young men to be cautious with women, praising restraint and breeding while warning that careless behavior leads to ruin. It contrasts women of virtue with those accused of coquetry and stresses the consequences of marrying someone without character.
The Endless Rest and Everlasting Peace in Faith
A devotional piece speaks of final rest in God's house beyond earthly troubles. It urges believers to focus on the eternal Sabbath with Christ, promising rest from sin and sorrow. The text emphasizes gratitude to God for present rest and the promised rest to come in heaven.
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Jardon
Jeux
God
Christ
Sleep and the universal power of sleep over great minds
An old prose excerpt argues sleep overcomes all men including conquerors like Alexander the Great and Napoleon. It suggests even loud forges and restless mills fail to prevent sleep and cites Emer as an example of sleep prevailing over all, including gods.
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Alexander the Great
Arbela
Napoleon
Austerlitz
An Old Woman's Welcome to the Flag Tale
An old woman near Montreall Kantucky recounts the Union advance, noting she threw her bonnet on the ground and stomped it as the rebels retreated. The remark captures rural reaction to Union troops during the campaign.
Cheering Motto in Dark Night Dreams of Brightness
A reflective meditation on resilience and imagination. The text contrasts night’s darkness with the promise of sunshine and clear skies. It imagines the beggar finding consolation in shadows, while a cheerful wife is seen as a rainbow amid anxiety and care.
Soldier Frank Martin A Female Scout In The Union Army
The Loosville Journal recounts a young woman born near Bristol Pennsylvania who served under the assumed name Frank Martin. Raised in Alleghany City she joined the 2d Tennessee cavalry, fought at Murfreesboro, was wounded, and later joined the 11th Michigan where she earned a reputation as a skilled scout and bugler. At 18 she is described as small, fair skinned, bright eyed, refined in manners, and having buried three unknown female soldiers in separate incidents.
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Loosville Journal
Frank Martin
Lucisville
Frank
Bristol
Pennsylvania
Alleghany City
Wheeling
Virginia
Eust Tennessee Cavalry
Army of the Cumberland
Nashsille
Murfreesburo
Murfreesbure
Rureerans
Bowling Green
Idth Michigan
Hersenan
Ape
Aieutenant
Somnambulism Tale From English Periodical
An excerpt from Sentch-Tun's autobiography in an English periodical recalls a family history of somnambulism. He, a church-warden aged fifty, notes one uncle observed walking at night with eyes open toward a maid, then claims no recurrence after a new maid was hired.
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Sentch- Tun
Frederick
How to Become Invisible by Alfonso Kater
A narrator recalls a bizarre method to vanish from sight. He claims a ring with a diamond makes a man witty and well mannered, while an old rusty hat renders the wearer unseen to all onlookers. The piece reads as a humorous, fictional aside about invisibility.
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Alfonso Kater
Latin
Ruges
Discovery in Photography and Patent for Ink Process
Dorchester man John Pounsy has patented an improvement for photography using ordinary printer ink mixed with chemicals. The ink is spread on paper to receive light and a negative, then fixed so the image remains while unexposed areas wash away. Pounsy previously won a silver medal and 400 francs from the Photographic Society of France for his carbon pieces.
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John Pounsy
Dorchester Eng
Photographic Society of France
Man Exhibits Children in Dresses in Philadelphia Contest
A man toured Philadelphia years ago with six boys and girls all dressed as girls. He bet that observers could not distinguish them, then an Irishman gave apples to the children. Nine caught them in hands and were called boys. the rest, holding aprons, were named girls.
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Philadelphia
Bert
Cluthes
Obed Smith Narrates His Humble School Directorship
In a rural tale Obed Smith recalls being appointed School Director in Batesville area and facing a dramatic day as the four o clock meeting opens to elect a teacher. Sally Ann organizes the scene while Miss Lester from Bustos attends and a local panel including Square Bites and Lawyer Morton assess the candidate.
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Tallers
Sally Ann
Obadiah Smith
Echool
Batesville
Morton
Square Bliss
Obed Smith
Tim Bates
Jol Barker
Tim Butey
Jim
Penor Bright
Tan
Gil
Bates
Lib Wilkins
Bel Winthrop
Imoren
Webster
Lulks
Jeet
Arya
Tower of
Para
Batessie
Miss Lester
Bustos
Eare
Marton
Sal Autea
Deb Witkina
Boston
Indy
Methuselah
Tower of Pisun and engagement driven by school scare
The passage depicts a chaotic classroom scene with a mock spelling exercise led by Lawyer Morton and Square Bliss. Sally Ann struggles with words while the court favors Lacy Lester as teacher. Tim and others mock the scene as talk turns to engagements and schooling in Batesville.
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Sally Ann
Morton
Tower of Pisun
Tower of Prea
Morten
Ehea
Tim
Miss Weye
Anya Tan
Crysaade
Lacy Lester Na Tetcher
Causa Hoe
Sal Bates
Morton Ia
Marton
Saya Tim
Marin
Batesville
Sally Annis
Schemarin
Annie's Savings Box A Glimpse Of Tiny Repairs And Kindness
Annie's savings box helps mend a glove button needlework and fabric scraps into useful items. Family members praise her thrift as Ned notes the lesson in patience and self reliance while Tommy asks for a mitten. The scene shows a close household turning scraps into solutions.
Terms of Advertising in the Phenix yearly adrates
Yearly advertising available in the Phenix at ten dollars per annum with up to twenty lines per week. The privilege of yearly mercantile advertisers will be linked to their own immediate business.
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Phenix
Transient Advertising Rates and Notice Deadlines
Advertising rates listed for a square one week with three weeks privilege at 21,00. each extra week 20 cents. Twelve lines in minion type form a square. special notices and marriages will be charged twice. Ads should be handed in by Thursday noon whenever possible.
Savings Box 2 Promises Easy Helpful Habit Formation
Readers are invited to set up a savings box 2 citing ease and delight. The device is described as useful to the individual and those around them, aiding a beneficial lifelong habit.
Mirror of Fashions Premium Club Offers and Prices
The Mirror of Fashions promotes its world leading circulation of 40000 with rich plates and Paris novelties for women and children. Subscriptions at 1 dollar yearly or 25 cents a single issue include premiums such as extra patterns or cutting systems, with club options offering magazines or sewing machines as gifts. Back numbers available 10 cents. circulars for agents.
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Paris
Mase
Deworests Emporium of
Broadway
New York
Mme
Demorest
Peterson
Arthur
Godey
Mme Demorest
Wheeler & Wilson
Hemmer
Alubus
Mirror of Fashions
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Irself
Josie H
Wife and I
Lan
Prithee
Pergzons
Dace
Erinia
Ruser
Durta
Cupid
Haing
Heaven
Home
Osam
Discovery In Photography
Annie's Savings Box
Kate
Annie
Ned
Martha
A.inute
Mattie
Tommy
Anne
Dub
Spivaip Sleiabyeo
Culverwell
Chas. J CG. Kline & CO
Bowery
Mme. Demorest’s
Quarterly Journal DU Grand Monde
Union For
Pas Patriotic Fraternity
John Trimble, Jr
Chicago
Ilinois
Warren
Nathan W. Moore
Perry & Barnard
Ord
Perry & Barnard’s
Sipenty
Bradford St. Union
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