Installment System Lauded By Flint & Co In Rhode Island
The article extols the French origin of installment buying and credits Flint & Co with introducing the system to Rhode Island. It highlights benefits such as affordable homes and furnishings, thrift habits, and lower costs due to direct-from-manufacturer sourcing. The Flint Emporium offers carpets, furniture, and full house-furnishing goods with weekly or monthly payments.
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Paris
France
Rhode Island
Messrs. Flint & Co
Flint & Co
U.S
Duty and deception in a village moral tale
Mrs. Wilkin strict about duty clashes with her nephew Tim and a mill community. A nighttime store room reveals a night school run by a knitting woman, softening Mrs. Wilkin’s hard edge as she witnesses humble charity reshape views on morality and neighborly care.
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Tim
Liz
Lizabeth
Mr. Wilkin
Lizbeth
Mrs. Wilkin
Beth
Timothy
James
Susan
Will
Gortschakoff as Model Minister and Aristocrat
The piece portrays Gortschakoff as an enlightened despot's model minister and noble aristocrat. It notes his claim of Ruric lineage, Russia’s saints and princes, and his cultured, courteous demeanor while he polishes the image of the boorish Russian local officer.
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Gortschakoff
Gortschakoffs
Ruric
Russia
London Yruth
Miserableness and the Hop Bitters Cure Claim
The column extols Hop Bitters as a universal remedy for mysterious illnesses and general debility, claiming patients improve from the first dose and recover full health with continued use. It invites readers to read more in the “Truths” and “Proverbs” column.
Life Lessons From Proverbial Maxims and Moral Reflections
A compact collection of aphorisms on conduct, humility, activity, and prudence. It contrasts sunlight with applause, warns against idleness undermining virtue, and likens life to a river where small daily actions require quiet conscience to avoid hidden dangers.
Above the World Lesson From Flies by Rev James Inglis
A religious meditation compares flies bathing in a stream to human life. The speaker urges keeping the wings of the soul faith and love out of worldly cares so they stay unclogged and ready to rise to heaven. The quote emphasizes spiritual preparation and transcendence.
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James Inglis
Tired mother on a Western train and a stranger's kindness
A weary woman travels to Boston with two children and a baby. A tall Yankee named Jonathan comforts them, entertains the children, and helps the mother with belongings. He boards the next train, leaving the depot grateful, and the narrator recalls a rare, honest act. A second vignette follows with a playful scene of a wasp, a dog, and a sunlit street.
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Burdette
Marm
Jonathan
Boston
Russia
Choosing an Occupation and Humility in Work
A long reflection urges young farmers to stay on the land and become debt free, arguing independence comes from steady cultivation. It warns against pride based on birth and shares a parable of a copper penny outlasting a gold coin to stress humility and value of every life. It closes with Governor Thomas Mann Randolph’s humorously depicted arrest myth and hospitality.
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Cioosing
An Ominous Prospect Ends With Wooden Duck Tale
Admiral Horatio Binnacle recalls a legendary boarding house dinner where a wooden duck with nails was served as a cheaper substitute. The tale ends with the boarders quitting in panic after the Commodore Finne rty spots the nails and departs, though no nails are seen in the portion.
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Horatio Binnacle
Seventy-Seventh Street
Zelotes Finnerty
Commodore
Sle
Secrets of Masonry and a Living Death Tale
Old Zach Wheeler seeks Mason secrecy from Aaron Remer who asks for an oath and exposes a cynical view of Masonry. A cabinet minister warns a young man away from government service as a forty year veteran laments wasted labor and lack of advancement.
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Zach Wheeler
Aaron Remer
Zach
Aaron
Studies and dead boy in a Wisconsin tale
A mother recalls her son a hardworking student who died. his books show studies in mathematics history orthography writing and natural philosophy with long hours at school. A riddle from arithmetic mocks weather forecasts while a Wisconsin girl steals shirts to deter a lover’s move to California.
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Wisconsin
California
What Became of a Man Who Was Hanged
Dr Lambert recalls an attempted revival of a condemned man using electricity. The body moved as current ran along the spine and the man briefly woke, then left the village. Locals suspect dissection, while the physician had paid for the body, igniting debate on justice.
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Lambert
New York Evening Post Office
Pawel Him
Woman's Burden Seen in Palestine Traveling Bishop Note
Bishop Harris witnessed a Syrian scene where a barefoot wife carried a child and a heavy bundle behind an Arab husband who rode ahead in anger. The account, cited by Zion's Herald, reflects harsh conditions for women under non Christian cultures and calls for women to engage in foreign missions.
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Palestine
Harris
Syria
Mohammedan
Zion's Herald
All Fools' Day Chain Prank In Boston
In Boston two teamsters left their wagons with tailboards touching on a main thoroughfare. Two hardware clerks chained the wagons together as a prank. The drivers started to move, found the chain, and freed it before driving off. The chain was worth eight or ten dollars and the clerks fear the teamsters will lose pay to cover the loss.
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Boston
Worcester
Mass
Dozens Confusion Over Oranges Causes Headache
A woman on Mill street buys a dozen oranges from a peddler and insists on counting. After a quarrel the vendor rechecks and returns with fourteen oranges. she jokes that she wishes she knew enough to keep her head shot.
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Mill Street
Mystery of Health Secret Disclosed in Parlor Talk
Mrs. White credits Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and the Golden Medical Discovery for her cure from illness. She explains a summer in the city with mountain trips and a stay at the Invalids' and Tourists' Hotel in Buffalo. She recommends others seek similar treatment and lodging next season.
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Dr. Pierce
White Mountains
City
Buffalo
Invalids
Long Branch
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Co. A. Greene
Ofice
Phoenix Building
Hope Street
Flint & Coo
Broad Street
Providence
R.I
Ww. S. Hogg
Benefit
Corner Meeting Street
Providence, R. I
Kendall's
Aiea
Iamenos
B. J. Kendall
M. D
Enosbureh Falls
DR. Flint
Quaker Bitters
H. S. Flint & Co
TD I
Mhié
J.B. Munro
Dar
Mrs. Wilkins Duty
Johnny
Timothy Stone
Jericho
Belinda
Rochefoucault
Eighth Street
Burlington Haweye
Thomas Mann Randolph
Virginia
Richmond
Randolph
Wagoner
Charlottesville
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