Two Smiths and a Humbled Hostess at the Farmhouse
Mrs Copper plans two summer boarders including the rich Mrs Jabez Smith who wants quiet luxury and the poorer Mrs Smith who needs cheap, simple comfort. A mix up reveals the rich Mrs Smith is the visiting nurse and former governess to Freddy Smith, leading to a settlement where one room is kept comfortable for the nurse and the other awarded to the rich guest while tensions ease.
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Mrs. Copper
Peter
buTeau
Smith King
Fred
New York
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diezer
Mrs. Smith
Mrs. Smithy
Margaret
tewarth
Recollections of Lord Hastings and a Bengal life
A narrative recalls an audience with the Marquis of Hastings in India, early military service from 1773 to 1817, and vivid scenes aboard elephants. It notes Shakespearean discussions with Hastings aides de camp and a dramatic account of Hastings’s campaigns against the Pindaris and Marathas.
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Lord Albemarle
Histjage
Barrackpore
Lord Sahib
bahadur
Lord Hastings
Lord ‘Hastings
Roth
DU WARE
East India directors
Francis Rawdon
grenadiera
Bunpker
Bengal
Madras
Bombay
Richard NT
Richard
Edward IV
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Webster’s Oratorical Power at Faneuil Hall
A vivid reminiscence describes Daniel Webster’s dramatic delivery in Boston at Faneuil Hall. The speaker, eyes lifted to the heavens, depicts Webster’s thunderous, almost celestial rhetoric as he praised Nathan Dane and the Northwestern Ordinance.
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Faneuil
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Boston
Hayne
Nathan
Dane
Nordin
Orion
Pleiades
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Uftlag
Mortality Tables Hint At Lifespan Shifts Across Professions
An article discusses mortality tables drawn by Dr. Farr and notes that life expectancy rises or falls with age. It highlights how around age thirty five changes in health occur, and that reaching fifty may extend life to seventy, with ninety near the rare extreme. It compares mortality across clergy, agriculture, solicitors, businessmen, and trades, noting variations by occupation.
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George. Booth
Fifteenth street
Sarah W. Chapman
Silas. Chapman
Chespen
Miss Chapman
Ste
Lawrence
Carlton
Carr
TASC
Turbulent Philadelphia Scene Described in Fragmentary Cartoon
The fragment recounts a Philadelphia street scene near Independence Hall with a Tennessee visitor in ragged dress, crowds gathering, and a rambling monologue about country, language, and a distant engine description. It blends garbled dialogue with notes on a large high pressure engine and mentions figures like Robert E. Lee and Corliss engines.
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Massiney
aleeves
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