Letty Soyer and Colonel Bretton in Newton
Letty Soyer, a longtime unmarried preceptress, recalls a past romance with Ambroise Bretton, now back in town with a repaired home. While Bretton receives attention from neighbors, Letty confronts memories of their shared summers and a long-ago desire for marriage as they move through social visits, school life, and a Christmas solitude. A letter from a former Confederate era acquaintance hints at unresolved questions about their past.
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Letty
Ambroise Bretton
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Washington
Miss Helen
Maud Muller
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Miss Soyer
Miss Gregory
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Betty
Miss Sover
Paps
United States
Wedding Bells On New Year’s Day After Fifteen Years
In a Harpers Weekly style wedding tale, Letty discovers a Christmas day letter from Ambroise Jetton pledging love and a New Year’s wedding, while Bretton confesses pride kept him from writing. Amy Wood becomes bridesmaid as the two couples reunite and plan scene unites families.
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Woburn
Virginia
Letty
Ambroise Jetton
Washington
Theospital
Omebody
Betty
Colonel Bretton
Bretton
Amy Wood
Artemas Ward Uses Seminary Runaway For Moral Lesson
Artemas Ward once spoke to a Connecticut young ladies high school and turned a street runaway into a lesson. He joked about a wagon’s fore quarters and a mock fire scare, noting how attached couples drift, leaving no trace behind and ending with a quip about his busted heart.
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Artemas Ward
Connecticut
Academy
Artemas
Senate
Relieve Misfortune Quickly Idea Cited Like Egg Metaphor
A proverb compares a person under stress to an egg, noting the longer he stays in hot water the harder he becomes once removed, urging rapid relief from hardship.
Governors Exchange Compliment on Cough Syrup Remedy
The North Carolina Governor praised Dr all s Cough Syrup as the best remedy and the South Carolina Governor agreed in a brief exchange. The remark highlights a light moment between state leaders.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Unreliable Remedies and Odd Anecdotes in a 19th Century Ad Page
A column of eccentric medical ads touts Vege tines and other tonics for skin eruptions and kidney complaints. It features dubious claims about a trade dollar nicknamed Japhet, quack cures for croup and pimples, and a tip urging Sulphur Bitters for impure blood, all in a breezy promotional tone.
Faithfulness and Purpose Teach Honest Living
The passage urges steadfastness and sincerity as the base of all goodness. It counsels maintaining calm when faced with vexation and to tend one’s own duties before criticizing others. It emphasizes that true value lies in purpose and the will to labor rather than raw talent.
Fusing Time Choice With Conduct
A reflection on choosing companions and actions by Paley emphasizes that selecting the right time leads to selecting the right company and deeds. It suggests life’s purpose is to make the best of the present, regardless of its nature.
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Paley
Be true to your convictions and face ridicule
A compilation of aphorisms urges steadfast belief in one’s own principles. It contrasts uncertain doctrine with the need for sincere conviction, advising courage against fashion and ridicule while valuing moral integrity and personal conscience.
Lost Willie A Sheep Herder Survives Snow Storm
A Scottish farm boy driving sheep is overtaken by a blizzard. He sleeps amid the flock as cold night threatens. The warmth of nearby sheep keeps him alive until rescuers find him, and he survives to tell the tale.
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Willie
Scotland
Perl
Maternal Love Across Cultures in Indian Woman's Grief
An Indian mother who loses her own child compassionately embraces a white family's baby, displaying deep sympathy. She gathers her blanket, mourns softly, and returns with wild plums and buffalo tongues as gifts before departing forever.
The Temperance Question and Saloon Monopoly Echoes
A 19th century critique links temperance to poverty and waste, noting Ireland’s famine hunger and emigration, then recounts 1877 Marseilles banking and saloon control. It cites a bank paying workers with five dollar bills, a saloon monopoly worth $1500, and voters later ousting saloons with lasting effect.
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England
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Atlantic
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Marseilles
Ill
Oliver R. Admans
Theople
Enterprising youth seeks journalistic post amid editor banter
A young man visits a newsroom asking to join journalism as a career. The horse reporter roasts his ambitions mocking romance with literature and suggests he should settle for work as a deckhand while noting the odds of making a mark in the field.
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Donjon
Hawkinsville Clarion
Grundy County Palladium
Ain
Boston Advertiser
Platonian Literary Society
Temple of Fame
Texas
Horse
Chicago Tribune
The Wonderful Persistency of Hens
A humorous exchange in a grocery store recounts hens stubbornly sitting on nests despite tricks like soaking, tying red rags, or stuffing clothes, until they finally abandon their nests as the night ends.
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Congress
Dorkingman
Salt as diet and necessity in everyday nutrition
The article defends salt as essential in the human body arguing it is widely distributed and a constant blood component. It notes the blood maintains a stable salt proportionality regardless of intake and warns both overuse and complete abstention can be harmful.
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Sonmie
Ham sale overcharged by theft claim
In Arkansas reporting style a white man buys a ham from a Black man at fifty cents then forty cents after an accusation of theft. The seller admits to paying and justifies the price by claiming he stole the ham from the buyer.
Chester Man Finds Copper George Washington Button
A Chester Connecticut man unearthed a copper button while digging near a factory. The button is slightly larger than a cent, bears G W in the center and God Bless Our President along the outer edge. It is described as a valuable relic.
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Chester
Conn
George Washington
G. W
God
President
Meeting Begins In Broken Dialect Debate On Wheels
A group meeting opens with a speaker noting the wheels move the wagon and a villager insists grease is the answer. The president agrees, stating we have the wagon on the wheels and moves toward a plan.
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Rdner
BTS
Baking Powder Quality Warns Ladies About Unscrupulous Brands
A columnist advises housekeepers to avoid cheap powders and to trust Royal Baking Powder for consistent strength and purity. The piece notes common cooking disappointments and claims many brands are sold to profit, urging reliance on a proven standard used worldwide for decades.
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Royal Baking Powder Co
Wall-st
Royal
Legion
Pa's Teeth and the Dog Heisted Gold Plates
A boy recalls a mishap where he and a chum tied Pa’s false teeth to a dog hoping the animal would chew and swallow them. The dog spat out two teeth, the boys sold the plates to a jeweler, and the partner kept the money. A crowd gathers as a sign reads Wormy Figs for Parties.
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Peck
Father disciplines daughter over fashion puff
A Curiaco father pats his daughter's shoulder and tests a narrow satin section of the dress. The puff springs back with a snap like a steel trap, prompting his startled exclamation. The girl explains the high shoulder is fashionable and warns him to keep his hands away.
Sober Second Thoughts Come With the Morning Headache
A compact feel of regret after late night decisions. Morning after sobriety brings a dull headache and renewed resolve to change routines.
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