Belle Edmonton and the Captain in Paris Romance
Belle Edmonton recalls a lost mother and a life of wealth and exile in Europe. Captain Carruthers, her father’s friend, reappears in Paris and stirs hope of love once believed lost. After family scheming and a forced engagement to Marguerite, Belle and Carruthers reunite in a spring revelation and plan a May wedding with heliotrope as a symbol of their bond.
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Mamma
France
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Edmonton
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Balzac
George Sand
Marguerite
Paris
Belle
Felice
Carruthers
Carruthers Place
Tre
Virginia
Rite
Captain Carruthers
Rue
Miss Edmonton
Venice
Installment Plan Praised By Flint Co Emprorium
Information extols the Flint & Co installment system originated in France and adopted in Rhode Island two decades ago. It claims lower prices, direct-from-manufacturer sourcing, and generous ranges of house furnishing goods. The piece urges all families to examine weekly payment options to build or replenish homes with thrift and discipline.
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Paris
Aod
France
Rhode Island
Messrs. Flint & Co
Flint & Co
Bis
U.S
Ho Gost
Endearing wisdom in a miscellany note
A brief miscellany offers maxims on virtue and discretion. It contrasts experience as a costly teacher with foolishness and pride, urging worthy acts to win favor and warning that pride could prove deadly.
He loves you better than he pleases you
A moral adage contrasts two types of love and effort, valuing steady virtue over mere appeasement. It emphasizes deeper care and guidance over superficial flattery. The line reflects a traditional warning about intentions and character in relationships.
Beauty and virtue through ancient voices echoed
A compact collage of classical thinkers praising beauty as natural and divine. Domitian extolled beauty above credentials, while Homer and Ovid framed it as a divine gift. Theophrastus and Theocritus offered nuanced takes on privilege, prejudice, and merit.
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Socrates
Plato
Theophastus
Theocritus
Carneadus
Domitian
Homer
Ovid
Dead Sea turned into a chemical supply source
The American Mail notes the Dead Sea, once a symbol of utter uselessness and a place associated with Sodom and Gomorrah, is now being exploited for chlorate of potash production. The process promises savings exceeding 30 percent, transforming a sacred or fabled site into a utilitarian industrial resource.
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Dead Sea
Lake
Sodom and Gomorrah
American Mail
Evening Bells and a Pet Robin Then and Now
A collection of anecdotes from a humane column includes Rev Dr Adams recounting an Italy made chime that moved a refugee musician in Ireland, and a Pet Ronin's Ways detailing a robin eight years housed at home. The robin prefers beefsteak, hot doughnuts, and bread with milk, greets family footfalls, ignores strangers, and banishes disliked guests with a sharp quip when his song is interrupted.
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Adams
Limerick
Italy
Ireland
Shannon
Iis
Moore
Oime
Science News
Pig survives five month underground amid mining tale
A Newfoundland correspondent recounts a Newfoundland pig that hid under a new mine house for 142 days through a harsh winter, waking in April to a gaunt, scarred form yet survived on shavings and fat. Miners flocked to see the remarkable animal, while wagers and jokes followed its unlikely revival.
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Pic
Newfoundland
Montreal Gazette
Little Bay
Durance
Afghanistan
Isandula
Piggy
Ephesus
St. John’s
Young Lawyer Put in Roads Supervisor Gains Start
Elisha Frink recalls a backcountry tale where a new lawyer, placed as a road surveyor in jest, ran the town project. He scheduled road tax work, supervised crews, and checked each man’s time to finish. The efficient, judgeable system earned him support and a solid start as attorney.
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Anczie
Elisha Frink
Pnrtty
Lish
Hartford Courant
Henry Clay and the Capitol Goat Anecdote
An anecdote recounts Henry Clay rescuing a frightened woman from a goat outside the Washington Capitol. Clay grips the goat by the horns to prevent harm, the crowd laughs as the animal charges again. A street boy suggests tripping the goat, leading Clay to seek further advice on how to proceed.
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Henry Clay
Capitol
Washington
Mr. Clay
Boiled Apples Recipe Highlights Skin Jelly Value
A reader shares a method for boiled apples using Baldwins with a touch of water and sugar until syrup thickens. Do not peel skins as they add flavor and jelly-making substances. Also suggests saving skins and cores to make a rich jelly, boiling skins briefly and adding sugar before canning.
Cat instinct tells garden planting status, says old exchange
An old rule uses a stray cat as a test for whether beds are planted. If planted the cat races around, acting as if it has relatives in China. If not, the cat sits and contemplates missionary progress in Africa. The method relies on the cat’s instinct.
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China
Africa
Forgetful Professor and Dr Pierce Purgatives
A satirical note contrasts an Oxford Professor who wandered six miles after turning away from the wind with those who rely on Dr Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets. The piece touts these sugar coated pills as a reliable laxative for stomach liver and bowel irregularities sold by druggists.
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Oxford
Dr. Pierce
Rhode Island Cedes Block Island Lands to United States
The Rhode Island General Assembly passes an act in the May 1879 session ceding a five hundred square foot tract at Block Island to the United States. The land and its appurtenances are exempt from state taxes, and state civil and criminal processes may be executed on the ceded lands as if title remained with Rhode Island. The act takes effect upon passage.
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State of
New York
Clasa
Ctc
S. R. Wells & Co., Publishers
Broadway
United States of America
Congress of the
United States
Block Island
Rhode Island
General Assembly
New Shoreham
Newport
Supreme Court
Joshua M. Addeman
Act to aid savings institutions in distress
A 1879 statute allows trustees to file in equity with the Supreme Court for relief when an institution for savings faces injunctions or impaired assets. The court will publish notice and hear reasons why the petition should not be granted to protect depositors.
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Court of Justice
Supreme Court
General Assembly
Supreme Art
Court
Justice
Amendment to General Statutes on Public Service Payments
An act amends Section 4 Chapter 13 Title 111 to allow drawing orders on the General Treasurer for payment of specific public services up to one thousand dollars annually. The act takes effect from its passage.
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General Assembly
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