Grandfather Swift and the Honeymoon Trial
Cora recalls a rushed Indiana visit to meet Joe's self made grandfather Swift. She battles vanity and fear as she navigates social pressure, money concerns, and the demand to be “do” for the sake of Joe's prospects. The encounter leaves her changed, learning harsh lessons about self and love.
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Indiana
Joe
Swift
Winters
Cora Gray
Cleveland
Harrington Swift
Cora
Thorn House
Patagonia
Dfather
Pategony Station
Ostler
Brower
White House
Lake Ontario
Niagara
Potomac
Grandfather
New York
Aunt Rower
White
Aunt Brower
Peren
Lula
Carl
Old Genero
Joseph
Grandfather Swift
Poverty and Distress and the Golden Medical Discovery
Essay-like notice linking poverty of blood to anemia and related diseases. Claims Golden Medical Discovery enriches blood, cures root causes of scrofulous sores, debility, and lung ailments. Advises use for bronchial and throat troubles, coughs, weak lungs, consumption in early stages. promotes safety and effectiveness.
Envy as a Confident Yet Shameful Passion
A compact reflection on envy describing it as a force that blends bold self-assurance with deep shame. The speaker notes envy rarely held as a publicly owned trait, underscoring its intense inner conflict.
Mind of youth needs good input to avoid evil
A moral reflection warns that a vacant mind attracts harmful ideas if not filled with virtue. It urges guiding youth toward constructive learning and positive influences to prevent moral drift.
Honest Pitch for Hop Bitters Promotes Trial
The writer endorses Hop Bitters in plain terms, arguing their value justifies one trial and asserting no user would switch to another product after experience. The appeal targets readers with straightforward language, avoiding ornate introductions.
Rhode Island Tramps Law Passes in 1880 Session
Public laws enacted in January 1850 and amended in April 1880 include a new act punishing tramps with one to three years in the State Workhouse and House of Correction, defining vagrants, granting sheriff and constable powers, and mandating town councils to appoint special constables. The measure exempts females, minors under sixteen, blind persons, and town rovers, with posting requirements and authority to trial in justice courts. Other acts amend highway surveying, probate of wills, new trials, and various fiscal appropriations for government functions.
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General Statutes
Secretary of State
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Supreme Court
Law Library
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Bristol
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Washington
Providence
Supreme Courts
County of Providence
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County of Newport
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Senate
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Supreme Cours
Justice Courts
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Rhode Island Historical Society
State Board OF Health
Providence County Court House
Elizabeth
Board OF State Charities and Corrections
Cranstom
Advertising rates and policies for transient notices
Tuesday rates for one inch ads in weekly editions. One week costs one dollar, each additional week twenty five cents. Special notices before marriages and deaths double the rates. Yearly advertising by contract on reasonable terms. Transient ads due by Thursday noon to appear in the next issue. Privilege of yearly advertisers limited to their immediate business.
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Laws OF
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Rhode Island State Normal School
Butler Hospital
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