Barry Olmstead Finds a Home with Miss Abigail
A hungry twelve-year-old named Barry Olmstead seeks supper at Miss Abigail Burr's house. After milking the Alderney cow and sharing a meal, he is offered shelter. he later helps around the farm and attends village school. Miss Abigail and Prudence decide to keep him, and Barry grows into a reliable, loyal helper, softening their lives.
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Miss Abigail Burr
Debby
Prudence
Miss Abigail
Caperstown
Abigail
Jonas Barrows
Miss. Abigail
Barry Olmstead
Trescott
Deacon Staples
Staples
Barry
Kate Cobb and Her Cell at Connecticut Prison
A report from the Connecticut State prison women's department describes Kate Cobb ironing in the laundry area. Visitors are admitted to view the cell next to the room, where framed pictures, poetry, and moral maxims decorate the wall. The scene includes a motto and books such as The Changed Cross, with biblical lines noted.
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Kate Cobb
Connecticut State
Deep Sea Lighthouse Plan Proposed by English Engineer
An English journal endorses a plan for deep sea lighthouses using a hollow iron cylinder of 290 feet. The two sections include a 140 foot upper lighthouse and a submerged ballast section. Anchored by steel cables, the device would ride waves and relay storm warnings by telegraph, potentially from mid ocean to shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Society of Engineers
Bhan
A Dr. Bull’s Syrup and VEGETINE Endorsements Mix With Tales
A jumble of old market ad phrases and familiar patent remedies. References to Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup, VEGETINE, Dr Thomas’ Eclectric Oil, and playful maxims mix with vague lines about sea lions, boxing fairs, and moral sayings.
How To READ your doctors prescrip t Gas
Advertisement offering Dr Kaufmann’s Treatise on diseases with colored illustrations and signs for prescription reading. Requests two 8 cent stamps to cover postage to A P Ordway & Co Boston Mass. The note adds a quip that shoemakers should know more about the healing art.
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Dr. Kaufmann
A. P. Ordway & Co
Boston
Mass
Reflections on Silence Conscience and Self Sacrifice
A compact medley of quotes on silence conscience and self sacrifice. The writing cites Wordsworth and moral observations about truth and virtue. It contrasts wise restraint with self serving behavior and notes the value of a sacrificing spirit in friends.
Poetry Blossoms From Human Knowledge and Emotion
A reflection on poetry as the bloom and fragrance of human knowledge thoughts passions and language, highlighting its intimate link to thought and feeling across cultures.
Law of harvest and destiny quote
A concise quotation on sowing actions and outcomes linking acts to habits, character, and destiny. The statement emphasizes cause and effect across personal growth and future life.
Heauty Bed Plate Juxtaposes Mental Machinery Stability
A discussion on how the bed plate called Heauty underpins mental processes. If the plate is displaced or cracked, the entire mechanism above it suffers jarring and diminished effectiveness.
Inexpressible Joy of Being Judged by Christ
A devotional reflection valuing Jesus as judge, noting the comfort and reverence in facing a divine review. It quotes Richard Baxter on fearing judgment by one who loves the soul and by a spouse, framing a meditation on faith and accountability.
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Richard Baxter
Silent words shape character and future lives
The message warns that quiet speech and unpremeditated words stamp the character of our associates and color their future lives, emphasizing the lasting influence of everyday dialogue.
The Artist Sees Miracles as His Own Soul Reflections
The passage asserts that creations such as statues paintings churches and poems are not miracles to the creator but shadows of his vast inner spirit. It emphasizes that art arises from natural movements of the artist's great soul rather than external marvels.
Not a clean headline from the house
It poetic text extols home as noble, loving, and beautiful highlighting tender care and virtue behind furnishing and art within a household in a reflective, moral tone
Boiling an egg and the art of manners
The quote extols the best way of doing things, here boiling an egg, and argues manners are deliberate, loving practices that improve daily life. They become a varnish on routine, enriching details with thoughtful action. Superficial manners yield shallow beauty like dew on a meadow.
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Emerson
The Stone of Fashion and the Moral Primer
The piece argues that banning fashionable hats creates new stumbles for the young and that rigid moral primers may mislead on what is right. It questions applying human standards to Christ and notes even Jesus did not live by a man made rimer of righteousness.
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Christ
Lord
Zion
Slovenly Reading Warns Too Many Readers
A critique warns against the prevailing pestilence of slovenly reading that ruins judgment memory and writing. It blames sloppy school reading habits and urges teachers to instill precision and understanding in pupils so they grasp each word and sentence.
The Value of Books Over Furniture in Beecher Reflections
Henry Ward Beecher argues that books reveal refinement more than furniture. He notes flowers signal kindness, while a reader’s home shows taste when books replace costly upholstery and decorative clutter. A well furnished house with books earns esteem. a rich home without reading harms the soul.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Hot milk as a nourishing beverage and meal aid
An item from Good Health extols hot milk as highly digestible and invigorating. It should be warmed but not scalded and sipped with solid food to stimulate gastric juice and improve digestion. It aids those with weak digestion, recoveries, or as a substitute for tea or coffee.
The Great Commoner and a Maine Visitor
John L. Thomas recalls Thaddeus Stevens in Congress when a Maine woman Abigail Meecham visited. She asked for a lock of his hair as a keepsake after praising his work for emancipation and opposing the Southern question. Stevens offered his bald pate, saying she could choose any lock. The Maine woman selected none—she took nothing.
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Coorce
John L. Thomas
Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Congress
Oe Stevens
Mr. Broyan
Stevens
Thad
Washington
Republican
A Bachelor Compares a Shirt Button to Life
A bachelor muses that a shirt button hangs by a thread as a metaphor for life. The fragment links a simple wardrobe detail to fragility and fate in a concise, reflective quip.
Leech lore from a drug store tale of Holland leeches
A prominent druggist showcases imported leeches from Holland found in a white jar. The piece describes their past medical use for headaches and numbness, how they attach to skin and suck blood, and notes a modern paper bulb method. It includes vivid details, street observations, and notes on supply and repair.
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Holland
Tey
Detroit
Webster
River Hamlets
New York
Government Tests Bake Powder Strength by Gas Yield
Government chemist Dr Edward G Love compares brand gas output to judge economy of baking powders. Royal Rumford Patapsco Hanford Charm Amazon Sea Foam and others rated by cubic inches gas per ounce with cautions against alum powders and powders that release gas too readily.
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Brest
Edward G. Love
Love
Rumford's
Rumford’s
Hanford
Hedhead
Csesecessesesers Seece
Amazon
Cleveland’s
Dr. Price’s
Groff’s
St. Paul
Congress” Yeast
H. A. Mott
Rasison Crusoe's Island To Day
Tourists visit the famed island described by Daniel Defoe. The article recalls its 1704 landing by Dampier and Selkirk, Crusoe's imagined wanderings, and the island’s history as a convict colony later leased for about $2000 yearly to a private owner with a small work crew.
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Rasison Crusoe
Damiel
Alexandr Selkirk
Europe
Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe
Crusoe
Chili
Valparaiso
Absence of Flies and Mosquitoes Advertised
A landlord recalls ads promising no pest problems prepared in March while noting no trouble until late May. The exchange suggests a contrast between advertised cleanliness and an actual pest experience, with a boastful claim of a glorious time if visited in April.
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Detroit Free Press
Do not lie on the left side advises A Hears journal
The A Hears journal counsels proper conduct by urging readers not to lie on the left side and to choose the right side when compelled to lie, claiming this will pay off in the end.
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Phanizx Building
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James Pyle
SAFP
James Ross
Keystone Watch Case Factorics
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Keystone Watch
Tule
Meiame Tclo
Scrofala
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Richmond Medical Co
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New York City
Foster, Milburn & CO
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A. J. Eyan
Ador
Dr. Bull
Josh Billings
Thomas
Newport
Johnny
Sarah
Jennie
Otee
J. H. Young & Co
Dr. King
DY Bulls
Rhode Island
Providence Plantations
Providence
Court OF Common Pleas
Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad
Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad Company
Providence and Bristol Railroad Company
General Assembly
Rhode Island Country Journal
Bristol Phoenix
County of
A. D
Geo. E. Webster
State OF
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Honorable
Holden
Providence, Warren and Bristol
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India Street
Benefit Street
Traverse Street
Providence Daily Journal
Providence County
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City of Providence
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