April First Returns to Break an Old Love
Rodney Marston, a young attorney, visits Miss Barton after a prank note on April Fools’ Day leads to a rekindled romance. Grace Barton reveals family history and an old quarrel with Miss Cornelia Barton. A stormy night, a rescue in the rain, and a playful twist end with a swift engagement and a hopeful future for the pair.
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Villings
Rodney Marston
Marston & Marston
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Roger P
Rodney
Roger Marston
Ned
Miss Barton
Marston
Lou
Tam Miss Barton
Barton P
Grace
Roger
Cornelia
sAndyauntie
Auntie
Young Marston
Mamma
Barton
Anne
Neely
Portland Transcript
Miscellany Quotations On Moderation And Quarrels
A compact miscellany excerpt presents a quote about concealment of abilities mixing modesty and safety followed by a wry remark on quarrels. The text cites J. Hall and Jtochefou as sources or attributions in a periodical style.
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J. Hall
The Quarry of Character and Self-Government
A reflective piece on personal discipline and self mastery. It contrasts speaking with thinking and cites the power of vision to govern others, urging individuals to govern themselves first.
Reading sparks delight not wearisome hours Montesquieu said
The quotation from Montesquieu states that loving reading allows a person to trade the drudgery of daily life for moments of joy and illumination. It emphasizes reading as a source of enduring pleasure and intellectual reward.
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Montesquieu
There is something in meanness that sparks enduring resentment
A reflective line about how petty cruelty awakens deep seething anger and lasting hostility within people, describing the corrosive effect of mean actions on human relations.
Prosperity’s burden inspires a practical illustration
The saying that prosperity tests resolve is illustrated by those who seek to experience hardship through work to prove the adage. The passage reflects on how people pursue difficult tasks to understand the weight of success and its demands.
Collective Responsibility for Community Welfare
The statement asserts that ignorance and wrongdoing harm the whole community and that every individual has a personal stake in the character and welfare of others. It emphasizes mutual accountability and shared responsibility for societal health.
Money Cannot Buy All Goods or Cure All Evils
The quote reflects on the limits of wealth, noting that some goods cannot be bought and some evils cannot be cured by money, emphasizing the value of non material virtues and moral resilience.
Endure the Crosses We Cannot Understand
Quotations of Mary Linskill on suffering with patience amid thwartings and humiliations. The note reflects on the spiritual mood of the soul under endless challenges and the offering of endurance as the best of the inner life.
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Mary Linskill
His Last Sermon The final moment of a venerable preacher
An aged minister, surrounded by family and colleagues, dies after a moving farewell sermon. As his mind wanders and voices fade, he murmurs a final text from Jesus about mansions in the Father's house and asks for the benediction before the watchers break into sighs and sobs.
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Jesus
Yankee Trading and a Lesson in Honest Competition
A Boston grocer opens a large store in northern Massachusetts with flashy displays and rival pricing. A customer compares barrels with long Xs to win a lower price, illustrating how marketing tricks affect shoppers. A second tale follows a sailor who lights a lamp to aid a rescue, linking the act to Christian duty and salvation.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Dee
Boston Record
Mexican Scenery Admired by General Jackson Ex-Minister
General Jackson, former minister to Mexico, praises Mexican scenery as unsurpassed. He notes Mexico City at 7400 feet, distinct climate zones from cold to hot, and trumpets Jalapa and Orizaba with perpetual summer below snow, comparing Orizaba to alpine peaks and recalling ice water with tropical fruit nearby.
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Jackson
Mexico
Europe
Gulf
Jalapa
Humboldt
Mount
Orizava
Switzerland
Orizawa
Peasant Girl's Gift Angers Queen in Italian Fête Story
A tiny Italian girl knits stockings for Queen Margherita and receives two stockings in return one filled with gold coins the other with bon-bons. The girl replies that both gifts caused trouble as her father took the gold stocking and her brother the sweets leaving her with none.
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Italy
Margherita
Salvation Oil and Cough Syrup Quackery in Political Chat
A fragmented satire notes a voter delaying action while seeking cheap remedies for pain and a cold. It mocks politicians arguing tariffs while relying on a dubious oil and Dr Bull's Cough Syrup, exaggerating daily cures and refills as a sign of gullibility.
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Dr. Bull
Ark
Day Steals Up the Sky Inspires City Stating Poet
A newspaper poem notes the day rising over the city and imagines the day making an accomplished New York alderman, blending lyrical observation with civic ambition.
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New York
Remarkable renewal at age 73 in Iowa town
Mrs. Phebe Chesley Peterson of Clay County Iowa testifies to Electric Bitters removing kidney pain and lameness after years of trouble. She says she can dress herself and do housework again. Trial bottle offered at 50 cents in local drug stores.
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Peterson, Clay Co
Iowa
Electric Bitters
Ayer
Nathan S. Cleveland
Canton St
Boston
J Castel Brooklyn Power Co
Brooklyn
Advice For A Bridegroom From The Tinware Club
A humorous Warren County style discourse advises Bradder Cantilever on marriage. The speaker mocks quick engagements and stresses patient study of a partner, warning that looks and temper must align, and that hardship will test the couple. If incompatible, end it by divorce with guidance and club support.
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Brother Gardner
Planner
Randem
Shake the Bogus Money Scandal In Detroit
In a Detroit Free Press item, Mr Dunder brings five bogus half dollar coins to the police as Shake, his son, is tied to a Sunday school collection. The father explains Shake vanished after the incident, promising to laugh when he returns while the gas meter is checked.
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Jake
Sergeant Bendall
Detroit Free Press
Greeley Declines Iowa Press Meeting Invitation
The item recounts Horace Greeley declining attendance at a Iowa Press Association gathering due to pressing duties and age. A follow up quotation inflates with garbled humor, hinting at internal mischief and sensational lines about the President meeting Jane in the woods.
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Horace Greeley
Iowa Press Association
any_squirt
Jane
R. R
Kansas Cyclone Destroys Doors Keyholes In Fury
A Kansas cyclone is described as so furious that it blew all the keyholes out of the doors, illustrating the storm’s extreme force and impact on local dwellings.
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Kansas
Nautical Anecdotes From the Witness Stand
Harper's Dudley Warner collects tales of juries and lawyers. A Boston sailor’s verdict after a shipboard car crash, a stout juror swayed by equality rhetoric, and stern judges temper missteps with sharp humor. The piece blends maritime mood with legal theater.
Plaster of Paris and a Paris doctor spark parish talk
In a domestic scene Matilda and Mrs. Pugmire discuss a rumor of plaster of Paris curing hydrophobia. They recall old remedies and a supposed doctor arriving in Paris Dr Pasture claims inoculation can prevent hydrophobia. Newark raises a thousand dollars for treatment as neighbors watch. The moment passes as Matilda’s beau arrives and plans for tomorrow resume.
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Matilda
Vermont
Plaster of Paris,ma
Paris
Newark
French dress remark at party causes mum and manners
An educated young woman wears a peacock blue dress to a social event. A male guest compliments the costume and asks its shade. She answers in French Gens d armes bleu, and he notes the dress is costly and too bold for her mother.
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Gens D’armes Bleu
Train Jump Plan at Albion Station
Dialogue shows Pat seeking a fast eastbound train and Albion Station Agent noting a through freight in about thirty minutes that may slow at a west crossing for boarding. Pat considers meeting the train at the crossing or at the nearby bridge to catch the ride.
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Pat
Albion
Detroit Free Press
Three 2 Cent Stamps Offer Kaufmann Medical Work
A notice invites readers to mail three two cent stamps to A. P. Ordway & Co. in Boston for a copy of Dr. Kaufmanns great Medical Work. The 100 page volume contains colored illustrations and is pitched as valuable for every family.
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A. P. Ordway & Co
Boston
Mass
Laborer Finds Treasure in Bowlder While Working
On August 3 in Cincinnati Charles Russell picked up a diamond embedded in a bowlder at the McFarland street bowlder-crushing yard. The gem, valued at 125000 to 150000 dollars and weighing 82 142 carats, prompted Russell to plan selling it to buy a little place and settle down.
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Charles Russell
McFarland Street
Elm and
Plum
Cincinnati
Pat O'Brien
Russell
Fourth Street
Front Street
Tean
Bowlder Company
Smile Them In and Smile Them Out Prayer Tale
A London Christian tale describes a deaf lady of property who hosted worship and served neighbors. She explains her role as smiling people into church and smiling them out, guiding hard pressed workers to faith. The story implies working class attendance rises with self denying, Christ loving Christians who welcome and bid them goodbye.
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House of God
London
Susie McKay Praises Dr Arnold’s Cough Killer
Front Miss Susie McKay of 9 Cary Street Providence R I testifies to the efficacy of Dr Seth Arnold s Cough Killer after using it in her family with successful results For sale by oil druggists at 25c 50c and 1 00 per bottle Also advertise Dr Seth Arnold s Bilious Pills 250 for Biliousness Costiveness and related ailments Physic sometimes required.
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Cary St
Providence
R. I
Seth Arnold
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