The Fifty Dollar Bill Gift Turns Mrs Dean's Heart
Mrs Dean, tightfisted and thrift driven, refuses to loan money to neighbors and a charity cause. After a neighbor exposes her stinginess, a dramatic return scene reveals the saved fifty dollar bill tucked in a wall pocket. She redeems herself by helping Dick Dudley and O’Hara family, inviting Helen Hurst to stay, and reopening her charitable spirit. The bill resurfaces, prompting a humbled lesson from the Dean couple about humility and generosity.
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Mrs. Dean
Chokerville Clarion
Dr. Bridgman
Saving’s
Mr. Dean
Helen
Helen Hurst
Mrs. Graham
Betsy
Clinkerville Clarion
Miscellany of quotes and nature notes from St Nicholas
A collection of aphorisms and reflections on patience integrity revenge and self discipline. It includes guidance on timely departures and frugal living with a long passage on polar bears and walruses describing adaptations and predation in Arctic life. Ends with an advertisement for Hood’s Sarsaparilla stressing value and dosage.
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Nennook
St. Nicholas
Washington Civility Rules From George Washington Copy Book
A historical clipping presents George Washington era civility rules emphasizing respect for rank, restraint in argument, careful speech, and good manners at table, followed by a quip about forks and fingers. It includes Rhode Island temperance laws and state police provisions from 1886, outlining authority, duties, fines, and enforcement to curb liquor, crime, and disorder.
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Washington
George Washington
Nicholas
Oyster Fishery Lease Amendment Passes May 1686
Chapter 599 amends section 2 of chapter 146 to authorize the Commissioners of Shell Fisheries to lease by public auction or other means, in the state's name, tidewater lands not within harbor lines to suitable Massachusetts inhabitants for private oyster planting and cultivation.
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Oneerson
City of
Providence
General Assembly
Chapter 601 amendment to foreign insurance act 1886
An 1886 act amends Chapter 432 to prohibit foreign insurers from restricting lawsuits in this state. If a foreign company in its charter by laws or policies forbids court actions here, the Insurance Commissioner shall revoke its licenses and authority. The state treasurer will reimburse the commissioner's annual meeting expenses from funds provided by foreign insurers.
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General Assembly
Insurance Commissioner
Insurance Commissioners
States
Naturalization Petition Fees Set by New Statute
The act changes entry fees for naturalization petitions to $1.00 with clerk’s fee and certificate also at $1.00. The clerk’s fee on primary naturalization declaration including blank is raised to 75 cents. The act takes effect immediately.
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General. “Assembly
Salaries Fixed for Kent Clerks Under 1888 Act
The act amends Chapter 256 of public statutes to set the clerks of the Supreme Court and Court of Common Pleas for Kent County at four hundred dollars per year. It repeals prior acts as needed and takes effect upon passage, certified by Secretary of State Joshua M. Addeman.
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Supreme Court
Court of Common Pleas
County of
Kent
Joshua M. Addeman
Secretary of
Ely's Cream Balm Dream Remedy Ad
An advertisement touts Wira Ely's Dream Balm as a painless safe cure for catarrh hay fever and colds in the head. Easily applied with the finger it promises relief from the first use and costs 50 cents. A testimonial from Peter Bruce of Harmer Ithaca New York describes prior severe catarrh and nasal bleeding and credits the product with relief.
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Ely
Peter Bruce
Harmer
Ithaca, N. Y
Indolence challenged by a decisive woman with water
A fragment reflects how a woman with a dipper of hot water and a forward impulse shames idleness. The remark uses a humorous tone to note action over hesitation, mentioning a tramp as a prompt for movement.
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Wardwell Lumber CO
Bristol
BR. J
Be Your Own Vector Medical Work Offer
A dispatch promotes a health pamphlet by mail noting low cost postage. The ad urges readers to send three two cent stamps to A. P. Ord way & Cos in Boston Massachusetts to obtain a work on disease causes and home cure with colored plates. The tone is promotional and instructs prompt action.
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Emily Innes
Dr. Ufmann
A. P. Ordway & Cos
Boston
Mass
Tennis Fiend of Lakeside A Novel Character
The Lake George Letter describes a 17 year old tennis fiend who never plays, wears knickerbockers and white gear, haunts hotel balconies, smokes, and uses a racket as a mere prop to chat with girls. Remove the racket and he would resemble a stone mason. give him a trowel and the girls would avoid him.
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Lake George
Millionaire Gifts to Education and Charity
Stephen Girard left most of his 7.5 million estate to Philadelphia area charities. The Astors funded the Astor Library with 1 million, John Hopkins endowed 3 million for a school, Leland Stanford 10 million for a similar purpose, Ezra Cornell 2.5 million to Cornell University, Asa Packer 3 million to Lehigh, J C Green 1.5 million to Princeton, James Lick 4 million for benevolence, and James H Roosevelt 1 million to founding Roosevelt Hospital in New York. The Peabody and Slater Funds and Peter Cooper gifts are also noted.
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Stephen Girard
Philadelphia
Astors
Astor Library
John Hopkins
Leland Stanford
Ezra Cornell
Cornell University
Asa Packer
Lehigh University
J. C Green
Princeton College
James Lick
James H. Roosevelt
Roosevelt Hospital
New York
Peabody Fund
Slater Fund
Peter Cooper
Placid smile urged for women entering streetcars
J Ven Haven News quips that the country needs a scientist to invent a placid smile for women boarding streetcars when they cannot find a seat. The remark reflects urban transit annoyances with humorous social commentary.
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Jvven Haven News
Charcoal Poultice Said to Heal Burns Quickly
A traditional remedy prescribes laying charcoal on a burn to ease pain immediately and keeping it in place for an hour to promote healing. This method is presented as a simple household treatment with rapid comfort and recovery expectations.
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Knoxville, Tenn
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