Parquisities and a Calf Named Parkie in California
An elderly California rancher woman visits the Pacific's Woman's Board column, recounting a life full of travel and thrift. She details parquisities like butter jars, eggs from two hens, and a prized calf named Parkie, which her husband plans to sell. After a stingy sale, she finally receives ten dollars and refuses it, choosing to donate thirty dollars to missionary work, while her tale underscores women's rights and resilience. Hard-boiled eggs for missionaries conclude her generous plea.
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The Drummer Boy in Napoleonic War
Feb 1807 in Prussia. Napoleon tours a freezing battlefield at Eylau. A twelve-year-old drummer loses his legs but is spared real danger by the emperor who learns his name Marie Francoise Siebert and his family story. The scene blends war realisms with Napoleonic affection as troops bury dead.
Siebert of the Fourth Regiment Dies After Wounding
Napoleon's battlefield bulletin notes Siebert, a Fourth Infantry soldier, severely wounded as a cannon ball shattered his knees. He begged to be carried to kiss his mother and brother, but died on the field after an old man shielding him was killed. Napoleon sent his head orders to honor his colonel. The tale ends with Siebert receiving the emperor's promised hero's tribute.
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Happiness and virtue in a Middleton proverb card
Miscellany offers timeless maxims urging perseverance, temperance, punctuality, self possession, and frugal time use. Emphasizes dignity, guarded speech, intolerance of immoral views, measured discourse, and careful accounting of conduct and final outcomes.
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Middleton
Education of the Eye in Everyday Skill
Professor G Wilson argues that trained sight aids many tasks from nailing straight to drawing and coloring. Education of the eye improves accuracy in form, color, size, and distance, boosting any calling. Even limited eyes benefit more by careful training, as worse vision demands greater education to repay it.
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William Tell
G. Wilson
Last Drop in Village Bar Sparks Selfless Refusal
A tavern landlord refuses to sell alcohol after a drunkard recounts his ruin and begs for one last glass to hasten his end, choosing to save others instead. The tale is followed by thoughts on the art of leaving a room, finishing a public moment, and the challenge of concluding sermons and speeches.
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Honie Journal
How To Plant Peas and the Curious Serial Tales
An 19th century reader shares detailed pea planting steps for multiple varieties including Little Gem Laxton's Alpha and Champion of England with spacing, sowing depth, and crop rotation. The piece blends agricultural guidance with a pair of short anecdotes, one about John Harris Leeds rising in Hartford and another about eccentric English wills and humpback lore.
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M'Lean
Champion
England
E. P. Roy
Harper's Magazine
Shave you a mother-in-law joke in court tale
A man asks a disconsolate person if they shave a mother-in-law. The reply is a quip about having a father in gaol. The exchange frames a grim folk humor moment under pressure.
Doctors Gave Him Up Hop Bitters Says Cured in Ten Days
A reader claims Mr. Godfrey was given up by doctors but recovered completely using Hop Bitters, after only ten days of treatment. The account asserts the remedy was the sole cure and urges others to try it for loved ones.
A Sick Senator Tested By Allan's Anti Fat
A Washington tale notes a United States Senator’s obesity as a disease likely to prove fatal. Chemistry endorses Allan's Anti Fat as a safe remedy, with chemists calling it harmless and beneficial. Sold by druggists.
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United States
Washington
Allan
Rhode Island State Library Act Amended 1879
Public laws from the January 1870 session authorize a five hundred dollar annual appropriation for the Rhode Island Historical Society to preserve and catalog state property, acquire books on state history, and copy town records. The society must report annually in May on expenditures and all state books and papers in its keeping shall bear the state ownership mark. The act takes effect upon passage.
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Rhode Island
Providence Plantations
Field’s Point
Kettle Point
JosHua M. Addeman
Amendments to Civil Appeals and Registry Statutes
The text outlines Chapter 743 amending civil appeal rules in real estate cases and Chapter 745 amending birth death and marriage registration duties. It details appeal conditions, bonds, and effective dates, plus town and city duties to collect birth statistics in January as required by law.
Public Laws Provisions on Militia Census and Birth Records
The text outlines duties for militia enrollment and census of ages five to fifteen, with compensation rules set by local town officials. It specifies blank forms to be provided by the State Board of Health, the Adjutant General, and the Commissioner of Public Schools, and requires duties to be reported to the Town Clerk by February 10. It also repeals conflicting acts.
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