Saidee Lynn Finds Work And Love In Locust Lane
Saidee Lynn, poverty pressured, leaves the Gothic cottage to clean for Mrs Hartwick and her daughter Kate. She earns wages, befriends Harry Hartwick, who later courts her, and Aunt Leah remains unaware of the budding romance and the Velasquez subplot.
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Aunt Leah
Leah
Saidee
Bruner
Mr. Bruner
Belle
Velasquez
Locust Lane
Alice Aiken
Bella
Hartwick
Kate
Saidee Lynn
Katharine Hartwick
Kensington
Miss Lyon
Harry
Miss Lynn
Harry Hartwick
Mr. Hartwick
Mrs
Hyson
Ssidee Lynn
Alrs. Hartwick
Woman's Journal
Miscellany on kindness and personal effort
A reflective note urging individuals to contribute their own work beside their ancestors. It compares kindness to rose leaves stored in a drawer to sweeten life and argues that afflictions are manageable with proper effort.
Srxcenty Compared To Plain Road Travel In Plain Speech
The line compares Srxcenty to traveling a plain beaten road, saying it leads a man toward his journey's end more directly than by-ways where people may lose themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ao Plain
Grim Reaper Desertion Would Leave Few Men Standing
A reflective line imagines the reaper sparing few, suggesting widespread mortality would erase most men, leaving little to recount the tale. The stark image underscores mortality and the fragility of human deeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Death
None have more pride than those who dream that they have none
A brief reflection on pride and humility attributed to Spurgeon. It contrasts the vanity of imagining humility with genuine self awareness, warning that false modesty can mask pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spurgeon
Family role in selecting books at the public library
A Good Housekeeping excerpt urges families to discuss and jointly choose library books to counter excess fiction and indolence. It advocates home reading, shared taste development, and using reviews to guide selections toward history biographies science and travel works suitable for all ages.
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Emerson
Ramona
H. H
Goenn
Blanche Howard
George Eliot
New Pulse Counting Method Promises Faster Readings
Professor A E Hoadley notes the difficulty of tallying rapid pulses and introduces a method counting every other beat for a minute, then doubling. He likens the pulse to a watch tick and suggests practicing on slower pulses to gain accuracy for rapid ones.
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A. E. Hoadley
M. D
The
Western Medical Reporter
Left-Handed Men In The Shop And The Forge
A Milwaukee Sentinel piece notes a left handed barber explains beard growth directions and a smithy remark that good left handed work aids forges. The dialogue contrasts left and right handed skills in grooming and blacksmith tasks.
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South Side
Jim
Milwaukee Sentinel
Dr Bull's Cough Syrup Ad for Travelers 25 Cents
An 19th century style advertisement touts Salvation Oil as a travel companion and praises Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as a golden physical remedy for hoarseness chest cold lung trouble and bronchitis with a price of 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Oil
Chaucer
Peculiar Newspaper Names Across the United States
An observant journalist catalogs quirky titles from state to state, noting Arkansas has the Tack Hammer in Viola and Greeley hosts a Rocky Mountain Howler, among many others. The piece links linguistic flair to a cosmopolitan press, tallying common names and minority publications.
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United States
Arkansas
Viola
Greeley
Col
Rocky Mountain
Pennsylvania
Oil City
Cupid
Bangor
Multum
Parvo
Clearfield
Oilty
South Carolina
Phyl
Due West
Marion
Texas
Abilene
Cross Timbers
Bowie
Cisco
Dallas
Dot
del Rio
Jimplecute
Jefferson
McKinney
Round Rock
Arizona
Globe
Tombstone
Die Deutsch-Amerikanische Gewerbe Und Industrie Zeitung
Fortschrift der Zeit
Milwaukee
Atlanta
Atchison
Demarbondale
Clay Centre
Dodge City
Cowboy
Garden City
Prairie Dog
Valley Falls
Lucifer
Condenser
Leesville
Tip Top
Baltimore
Massachusetts
Uncis
New York
Ohio
The
Times
Delaware
Stranger from the West Seeks Harvard Doctors for Medical Check
An anxious visitor from the West arrives at University Hall and insists on being examined by Harvard’s presidents of multiple schools. He proclaims money no object and seeks a medical assessment, prompting the president to send him to a Medical School professor for examination. The incident is viewed as a notable tribute to Harvard.
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Eliot
University Hall
Harvard University
West
Eliet
Harvard College
Scientic School
Law School
Medical School
Harvard
Remarkable Fight Between Bull and Deer in Kentucky
In Lard County Kentucky Oscar Turner reports a large Durham bull and a buck over 200 pounds fought in a forest. Both animals died within a few feet of each other. The bull was gored three times by the buck, with the final thrust piercing the heart and killing it instantly. The deer appeared unharmed in the skin, and the ground wore signs of a violent battle.
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Oscar Turner
Lard County
Col Turner
Sulphur Bitters End Boils Says Editor
Goop and RELIABLE. A good and reliable family medicine is Sulphur Bitters. Every Spring for six years I have been troubled with boils. Since I began using Sulphur Bitters, I have not had a single one. You can rely on Sulphur Bitters every time. Editor Weekly News.
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Weekly News
State Debt Act Enables Bond Reissues and Sinking Funds Board
Rhode Island passes an act to keep valid outstanding bonds from former Civil War era issues, sets terms for surrender certificates, outlines destruction of paid bonds, and creates a Board of Commissioners of Sinking Funds with governance, investment powers, audits, and reporting to the General Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
United States
Ayer's Sarsaparilla Promises Health Purity
Letters from Mrs. Eliza A. Clough of Lowell and J. W. Starr of Laconia praise Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a powerful blood purifier. They claim it improves scrofulous or consumptive tendencies and cures long-standing ailments after use.
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Ayer
J. W. Starr
Laconia
Iowa
Sarsaparilla praised by Purifier of the Day in letters
Narratives from C. E. Upton of Nashua New Hampshire and St Harris of Creel City Dakota praise Ayer’s Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier and relief for eye humor and long standing dyspepsia after using the product.
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C. E. Upton
Nashua
N.H
Ayer
St. Harris
Creel City
Ramsey Co
Dakota
Sinking fund provisions and bond redemption act
The governor chairs the sinking fund board with the state auditor as secretary and the general treasurer keeping accounts. Each January through 1894 the treasurer pays one hundred thousand dollars to bond redemption. Unused funds go to the sinking fund unless the General Assembly directs otherwise. The act repeals Chapter 30 of the Public Statutes and takes effect on passage. Joshua M. Addeman signs as Secretary of State.
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Rhode Island
Providence Plantations
TAF
Providence
TSN
General Assembly
State of
Charles H. Cary
Bristol Pump and Engine Company
Bristol
Joshua M., Addeman
Board of Commissioners
General Treasurer
Secretary of State
State Auditor
Attorney General
Board of Commissioners of
Senate
House of Representatives
Grand Committee
United States
New England
Board of Commission
Joshua M. Addeman
Hood's Sarsaparilla Purifies Blood to Cure Scrofula
Hood's Sarsaparilla claims to strike the root of scrofula by cleansing the blood of impurities. The advertisement cites thousands cured and notes it is sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Druggists Trust
Hood
Curious Vaccination Accident In A Servant’s Folly
A servant girl explored a vaccinators’ lodging and mistook ivory vaccine points for toothpicks. She used one to pick her teeth and soon suffered a severe reaction. the doctor diagnosed the issue when she showed him the toothpick. The incident underscores the dangers of confusing vaccine points with ordinary implements.
Scranton Alderman Endorses Dr Thomas Oil
Alderman M. L. Blair of Scranton Pennsylvania on November 9 1883 praised Dr Thomas Electric Oil for sprains burns cuts bruises and rheumatism saying it cured every time A remark about a girl incident aired in a Chicago Sun piece reflecting period humor.
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M. L. Blair
Scranton
Captain Coleman's Fortunate Discovery Aboard Ship
Captain Coleman of the Weymouth schooner plying Atlantic City to New York suffered a stubborn cough and sleepless nights. After using Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption he found instant relief and reduced chest soreness. His children also felt the benefit from a single dose. The remedy is now standard on the schooner and in the Coleman household with free trial bottles at J H Young & Co Drug Store.
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Coleman
Sehr
Weymouth
Atlantic City
N. Y
Dr. King
J. H. Young & Co
Sailor Described Beyond Slugger Paradox
Quote notes a sailor cannot be called a slugger for boxing the compass, attributed to Derrick, reflecting a naval metaphor about strength and precision at sea.
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Derrick
Ely's Cream Balm Brings Hearing Back and Catarrh Cure
Garrett Widrick of Hastings reports hearing restored in four days after using Ely's Cream Balm and a cure for chronic catarrh. S. M. Greene of Oatskill says relief was instant and near total cure from chronic catarrh after trying Ely's Cream Balm.
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Ely
Garrett Widrick
Hastings
S. M. Greene
Oatskill
N. Y
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Louisville
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Public Laws OF
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