Installment System Promotes Home Furnishings in Rhode Island
Information traces France’s partial payment method to Paris students and notes Megara Flint & Co introducing the system to Rhode Island about twenty years ago. It says the Flint establishment offers low prices through direct sourcing, minimizes loss with installments, and carries a wide range of house furnishings from carpets to furniture, inviting customers to inspect and use weekly or monthly payments.
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Paris
France
Rhode Island
Megara, Flint & Co
Flint & Co
U.S
The Great Unloaded at Bogmore in September
A first person reminiscence recounts the summer at Bogmore, Scotland, involving the Rev. James Johnstone alias “The Great Unloaded.” The narrator details Johnstone’s comic misfires at shooting, his peculiar table manners, his charm with guests, and a mystery about his true identity and possible misdeeds. The piece blends satire with social observation of a sly, extravagant coach and a memory-full character.
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James
Mr. Johnstone
Rascal
Johnstone
Tom
Douglas
Frank
Woodcock
Doudas
Edinburgh
Vickers
James Johnstone
P. S
Walsingham
London
Kitty M’ Isaac
Corpus College
Cambridge
Corpus
Miscellany Aphorisms on Truth and Love
The passage argues truth tests beyond applause or censure and notes that love fosters cunning in innocence. It suggests love possesses the heart, digging deep, like a miser hidden in the dark, feasting alone on inner motives.
Cultivate a love for flowers in children and boys
A Congregationalist urged shaping character by fostering a love for flowers in boys, linking purity with violets and roses. Even with small lawns, plant flowers and teach children to share them with the poor and sick, promising rewards many times over.
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Congregationalist
MenTAt Inactivity and The Hard Work Of Thinking
The piece contrasts easy mental passivity with true thinking. It argues thinking is hard work requiring careful fact gathering, patient analysis, and honest conclusions amid sophistry and prejudice. Many avoid thinking, letting others think for them or mistaken self-perception of thought.
Happiness of Age in Worthy Life and Virtue
A reflective prose piece extols aging as a time of gentle affections, hope, and dominion of virtue. It contrasts noble character with vice, praising friendship, patience, and the spiritual ripening that comes with age, suggesting age can yield eternal implications and veneration.
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Paradise
Eccentric City Man Donates to Charity at Door
In Springfield a man, noted for wealth and good will, chose to visit a public charity instead of the theater. At the door he was mistaken for a tramp and turned away, but he handed out money as he left saying the gift might help. The charity accepted the donation.
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Tom
Johnstone
Bogmore
John
Frank
Douglas
James
Afonsieur le Vieux Alphonse
Springfield Republican
Kind Words Of Sir Walter Scott Charm Melrose Keeper
A Melrose Abbey keeper recalls Sir Walter Scott's generous nature and humor. He notes Scott would visit with notable company, greet villagers kindly, crack jokes, and share pleasant words, despite his vast historical fame.
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Sir Walter Scott
Melrose Abbey
Washington Irving
Johnny Bower
Polite Spaniards at a Station Ticket Window
A Worcester Spy reader recounts how Spaniards waited calmly for tickets at a city station. When a clipped gold coin caused a deduction, the crowd did not push or blame the foreigner. Instead they showed considerate patience and sympathetic interest, treating him as a friend.
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J. B. Hashburn
Worcester
Teetotaler Advice From James Parton On Mental Labor
Bayard Taylor by James Parton argues mental work harms health if fed by alcohol or tobacco. He urges young press workers to quit smoking and drinking, adopt teetotaler habits, eat midday meals, and rest one day weekly to reach longevity and professional success.
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Bayard Taylor
James Parton
United States
Frederick William IV Receives Address at Small Station
A Paris paper recalls the Prussian king Frederick William IV stopping at a rural railroad station where a deputation led by the mayor awaited an address. The moment turned awkward as a neighboring ass brayed loudly, prompting the king to quip, One at a time, gentlemen, one at a time.
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Frederick William IV
Prussia
Paris
Hop Bitters Promises Relief for Malaria and Ailments
Advertisements claim Hop Bitters conquers malarial fevers and associated ailments such as constipation torpid liver and kidneys general debility nervousness and neuralgic pains. It supposedly repairs disease ravages by converting food into rich blood and renewing vigor for the aged and infirm.
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H. S. Flint
Wedding Feast In Deadwood Features Fried Liver And Ice Cream
A Deadwood wedding feast features fried liver and ice cream as part of the celebration. The dish mix draws attention for its unusual combination and local curiosity.
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Iy Deadwood
Drunken mother pleads for mercy in North Side court
In a Chicago North Side case, Mrs Mary, a mother of several children, appeals for leniency as she admits drink has ruined her family. She recounts past suicidality and the kids’ pleas, while Justice Kaufmann suspends a $100 fine to give her another chance amid sobs from witnesses and relatives.
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Alice
North Side
Justice Kaufmann
Mary
Chicago Tribune
Bryant's Health Secret From Early Morning Exercise
Mr Bigelow asks Bryant about health and the poet reveals a life habit since youth. He spends the first hour and a half daily on moderate gymnastic exercise, then bath and light breakfast of milk cereal and fruit with no meat. He eats usual dinner, light supper, drinks little alcohol, avoids condiments tea coffee and tobacco, and rises early.
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Bryant
Mr. Bigelow
The Tomato’s Rise From Love Apple To Commerce
Fifty years ago the tomato was scarcely known in North America or Europe. It was small bitter and half filled with watery pulp. It was called a love apple and not eaten raw. Now it is large compact with smaller seeds, like a red rose, and cooking spoils it. Dressing a ripe tomato as a salad is profane.
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East Indian Seas
Pacific Ocean
Mexico
Central America
New York
North America
Europe
Fish Story From Memphis Fountain Cat Herds Puzzling Feats
The Memphis Appeal reports a resident on Adams street kept a yard fountain with small fish. One night a house-cat watched the water, caught a worm, used it to lure fish, then plucked them from the basin and ate them. The tale prompts science questions on instinct versus reason.
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Memphis Appeal
Adams Street
Kate Arrh Captured After Long Escape in Buffalo
Notorious depredator Kate Arrh is finally caught in Buffalo New York after years eluding top detectives. The notice promotes Dr Sage s Catarrh Remedy as the last remedy for catarrh, urging readers to ask their druggist for a bottle.
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Kate Arrh
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Sage
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