Betsey Remington’s Quilt and Corners of an Old New England Farm
In a thrifty New England kitchen a Remington matriarch steers preparations for Betsey’s big quilt while juggling errands and neighbors. Betsey longs for Henry Creighton as family cheers, gossiping about courtship, status, and village expectations amid farm chores and homey ritual. Betsey’s plight unfolds through maternal pride, Aunt Polly’s caution, and the bustle of a storied rural household.
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Cily
Molly
Betsey
Sally Nash
Jon
Sally
Betsey Remington
Mother Remington
Jim
Jim Busley
Joe Slater
Wells
Eliza Moses
Mrs. Remington
Beckey
Becky
Henry Creighton
Dee
Squire Lyonses
Enoch
Grammer
Polly
Hetty
Assaint
Aunt Polly
New England
Tory
Ketury
Rover
Roxy Harris
Betsey Remington Finds Love In Quiet Rural Evening
Betsey Remington admires the oncoming arrival of Henry Creighton at the post-office and garden. He asks for Betsey in marriage, offering to join Uncle Job’s store and live as partners, while Betsey dreams of a single wedding and quilting feast turned into their wedding day.
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Betsey
Jim
Rover
Henry Creighton
Sis
Mother Remington
Remington
You Ower
Han
Job
Polly
Mrs. Remington
Sister Hetty
Henry
Holland Purchase
New York
Betsey Remington
Gladstone Acquitted in Ancient Mint Trial
A Wednesday trial, not in law reports, led to the acquittal of Mr Gladstone and colleagues before Sir Frederick Pollock. The piece explains the pyx ritual in minting, the Lord Chancellor’s jury, and the long tradition of coiners being acquitted when duty fails.
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Gladstone
Frederick Pollock
Ciboire
Pall Mall Gazette
Watermelon Seeds and Nobility in China
A Chinese gentleman with long pointed nails marks aristocratic status and aids seed cracking. Watermelon seeds are a cherished delicacy there, served at inns and enjoyed as a snack by all ages, while in the U S boys treat them like candy. A Reading man, sixty five, has been married three times and fathered eleven pairs of twins, totaling forty one children.
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Hamburg
Genuine
A. Vogeler & CO
Battimons
U.S. A
Cookery and farming notes from Country Gentleman era
A miscellany of recipes and agricultural advice including muffins with milk butter and sea foam, pickled peaches with cider vinegar, baked tomatoes, apple Charlotte, onion turnover, tea ice cream, corn digestion notes, sickly plant care, farmers’ observations on horse hooves, and tips for becoming a careful apiarian.
Mixed Diet Favored for Hogs to Prevent Diseases
A Cleveland Herald note argues against exclusive corn diets for hogs, citing veterinary authors and Western Rural. It says hog cholera may stem from single-diet feeding and urges mixed feeds with turnips and nitrogenous foods like wheat middlings to promote growth, health, and timely fattening for market.
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Cleveland Herald
Blind Dog's Buff and a Trusty Hound Game
The Carson Nevada Appeal describes Indian and Chinese youths using a dog in blind man's buff style games. A gunny sack over the dog's head leads him to scent out a chosen boy, with instances across plank bridges and water. White children fail to hoodwink dogs, who seem wary due to past experiences with tin pans tied to tails.
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Carson
Great Salt Lake Length and Volume Report
Surveys note the lake’s greatest length at ninety three miles and width at forty three miles. Current evaporation runs about one inch daily while river inflow is slightly higher. As snow dwindles, the lake level is expected to fall.
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Great Salt Lake
Hollow tree on Broadway native tree yields rattlesnakes
A hollow old tree at the corner of Broadway and Fiftieth Street in New York was cut down recently revealing several large rattlesnakes which were promptly killed. A man struck by a locomotive complained of feeling run down after the incident.
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Fiftieth Street
New York
DAY Hidney Pad CO
Toledo
Graefenberg
Night Verses on Sleep and Strength by Josephine Pollard
Poem excerpt reflecting on sleep as respite from anxiety and toil. The speaker prays for blessed hours of rest to renew strength, then envisions labor resumed at dawn. It asks for divine help to endure daily tasks and, eventually, to behold Paradise.
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Wiese
Paradise
Josephine Pollard
Times
International Sunday School Lessons Third Quarter
The notice outlines August and September lessons for the third quarter. It lists dates August 22 and August 20 focusing on Abram and Abraham intercession from Genesis 18 16 33, with August 25 as a lesson selected by the school and a review of the Lesson.
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Abraham
Charity versus religious gifts in church life and duty
The article argues that monetary gifts to religious uses are not the same as true charity. It warns against confounding church building and upkeep with charitable acts aimed at others. True charity fulfills the royal law by aiding the hungry and needy, done in secret for God, not for personal gain, a distinction the author stresses.
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Legion—Of Fairs
Cornelius
Jesus
God
Quotes on virtue and happiness from Newark church patron
A collection of moral reflections on fault, consolation, and living in the moment. Includes Goethe and Sidney Smith quotes, noting Mrs De Groat's Newark church built at her expense cannot host fairs or entertainments or the property reverts to the original owner.
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Goethe
Sidney Smith
Remarkable Escaped Dog Bruno Returns Home
A sagacious dog named Bruno escaped from a Staten Island residence after being kept by a gentleman, traveled through New York with the New York Packet Company, and eventually boarded a Portsmouth bound vessel. He navigated ferries and streets unassisted, reaching Coenties Slip and then Staten Island to reunite with his old master, proving animal intelligence to some and sparking debate about animal powers.
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Scadenger
Heman Eldredge
New York Packet Company
New York
Staten Island
Bruno
Coenties
Eldredge
Portsmouth
Stark Lewis
Packet Company
Statensland
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Fifteen Cents For Condensed Milk Sparks Bargain War
A Galveston broker visits a local grocery and hammers the price of a can of condensed milk down to a dime with playful barbs about half cans, soda crackers, matches, and a future trade expansion as customers probe for value. The sample exchange hints at local merchant caution and the contractor’s threat to build up a permanent trade within six months.
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Galveston
Galveston News
Dana case at Rochester court sets higher railroad fault burden
Judge Macomber at a special term in Rochester denied a new trial for the New York Central Railroad after ruling that Cayuga telegraph operator Kiefer acted as the Superintendent’s agent rather than a simple employee. Mrs Dana’s damages rise toward six thousand dollars for her husband engineer killed in the Cayuga Bridge collision on August 22 1878. The railroad will appeal to the Court of Appeals. The report also notes flies and a Danbury joke about fireflies in a separate item.
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Supreme Court
Rochester
C. Frank Dana
Cayuga Bridge
Auburn
New York Central Railroad
Dana
Cayuga
Kiefer
Steamboat Life and Perils Highlight Louisville Endorsement
In a Louisville article about Mississippi steamboat days, Captain Chas. N. Corri is singled out and his cure from Rheumatism by St Jacobs Oil is cited. The paper argues such local endorsements support St Jacobs Oil's advertised claims and underscores the dangers of steamboat life.
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Mississippi
Chas. N. Corri
Louisville
St. Jacobs Oil
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