Patent Dust Proof Case Endorsed By Railroad Worker
A letter from Vamposta Grorata dated July 20 1882 describes one of two Patent Dust Proof Cases returning for a wind adjustment after a rusty stem. The writer recounts a watch loss to river debris and two hours retrieval, noting the watch later ran but stem stiffness appeared within months. The device is praised as company claimed quality for railroad and mill use. B. W. Bently.
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Waltham
Mass
Vamposta
Grorata
B. W. Bently
Wm Ellery Watch Survives Water Tests
In Curnton Iowa on April 29 1881 a farmer found the Wm Ellery watch after it was lost in the woods and recovered from water after three months and snow. The advertisement claims the watch shows no injury and is dust proof with a stem winding case for gold and silver production by C R Raymond and sold by first class jewelers.
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Curnton
Iowa
Ellery Watch
Ellery
Raymond
Reliance Roxbury Adopts Two Orphans After a Life of Charity
A destitute mother sends her child Dot to New York for a cleaner life, while Miss Roxbury, once cold and solitary, falls under the child’s charm. She leaves her self in doubt but eventually adopts Dot and the mother, aiding another family in need and transforming her own heart and home.
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Dot
Mamma
Darling
Grand Central
Lynford
Joseph Alder
Alder
Roxbury
Rockaway
Zephaniah Roxbury
Miss Roxbury
Mr. Alder
Woodbine
Bennet
Rocky Mountain
Mother Hubbard
Mr. Knox
Hannah
Hiram
Knox
New York City
Mrs. Winthrop
Great East
Roxbury House
Mrs. Lane
Reliance
Reliance Roxbury
A Novelty Bonnet Beard and Urinary Remedy Ad
A bearded face novelty bonnet story and an advertised cure for kidney bladder and urinary diseases. Claims quick complete relief for ailments with a $1 price offered by druggists.
Bits of Advice on Manners and Morality from The Past
A reflective collection of maxims and proverbs on manners wisdom and character. It contrasts true virtue with impulse noting how fortune can change character and urging restraint prudence humility and responsibility in daily conduct. The text stresses self improvement and adaptability.
Thurlow Weed life spanned vast era of U S history
The obituary notes Thurlow Weed’s long career from before Washington’s death through the era of Lincoln and Seward. It places him alongside Webster and Calhoun, surviving into Napoleon’s rise and Waterloo, and mentoring generations of public men, with Franklin preceding his birth by seven years.
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Thurlow
Thurlow Weed
Washington
Webster
Clay
Calhoun
Seward
Lincoln
Greeley
Benjamin Franklin
Mr. Weed
Louis XIV
Frederick the Great
Shakspearg
Benefits of Laughter and Life Extension Ideas
An 19th century note argues laughter stirs every blood vessel and alters organ signals. It suggests laughter could lengthen life, with doctors someday prescribing peals of laughter like pills or shocks for torpid patients.
An Egyptian Funeral in Alexandria Observances
An 19th century account describes Alexandria funerals with blue robed mourners and a clucking cry. Blind mourners chant a dirge, dust is thrown on the head, and prayers for the deceased continue through Thursdays and Fridays for forty days. The rich donate raw meat to the needy at funerals.
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Alexandria
Mecca
Life Journey and Moral Reflections From Turner's Falls
A late year obituary recalls Dr. Roswell Field of Turner's Falls Massachusetts who died at 78 after forty years of farming. He wrote poetry at seventy with verses on life, time, and memory and was a longtime member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Roswell Field
Turner’s Falls
Mass
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Muddy Creek Tales From a Mill Run
A veteran recalls extreme mud at Twenty Mile Creek while running a mill and hauling logs with oxen. He describes cattle only their horn tips visible through the mud, noting it was a rough period for muck and hardship.
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Hi Newton
Generous Sulphur Bitters sent to Catholic Home
Messrs Ordway & Co. sent three dozen bottles of Sulphur Bitters to the Catholic Home for the Aged. Directors and inmates highly appreciate the gift. The Catholic Union notes the gesture as a model of charity and urges readers to follow the example.
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Messr. Ordway & Co
Catholic Home For
Catholic Union
Child’s dusty riddle spurs classroom quip about Eve
A young girl in Sunday school teased a doll and the teacher asked what Adam was made of. The student replied dust and Eve was made of slow dust, provoking a round of giggles and a lesson on materials.
Cure for Sick Headache Promises Relief from Pills
Airs. CHas. Suara of Jimbs Ohio reports long trial of remedies for Sick Headache but Cater Little Liver Pills gave more relief than all others. Sold by J. H. Young & Co.
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Carter
Re.noynber
Carter Medicine CO
York City
Chas. ‘Suara
Jimbs
Ohio
J. H.young & Co
J. H. Young & CO
Rhode Island Cedes Little Cormorant Rock for Navigation Aid
The Rhode Island General Assembly passes an act ceding to the United States ownership and jurisdiction over a seven hundred foot diameter circle at Little Cormorant rock near the Seaconnet River mouth to erect a lighthouse or beacon. The land is tax exempt and the act takes effect immediately.
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United States of America
Seaconnet
West Island
General Assembly
United States
Rhode Island Trial Justices and Clerks Duties Act
An 1883 Rhode Island act defines duties for Trial Justices and Clerks of Justice Courts. It requires semiannual financial returns to town treasurers, limits on school fund fines, and penalties for noncompliance. The measure also outlines access rights for town treasurers and effective dates upon passage.
Ac t Amending Public Laws On Suppression Of Intemperance
Chapter 343 repeals conflicting provisions in chapter 326 of the public laws. It amends section 3 to exclude Providence and Pawtucket and states the act takes effect upon passage. The measure also repeals inconsistent acts.
Suppression of Intemperance Act Amended Passed March 22 1833
The act repeals section 27 of chapter 87 the Public Statutes and amends the suppression of intemperance law taking effect on passage. A certification by Secretary of State Joshua M Addeman notes the document’s truth. Also references a product reclaiming pests with druggist price 16c.
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General Assembly
Josnua M. Addeman
Secretary of
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