Father’s patient plan foils Hartford escape plot
Peter Raymond overhears his sons planning to run away to Hartford with Clinton Dexter. He hides behind the barn door, weighs his role, and, after a tense night, secretly answers by organizing a cautious trip to Hartford with Philip and Clinton, while guiding discipline and care at home. The tale follows family tensions and tentative reconciliation.
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Peter Raymond
Hartford
Mr. Raymond
Dexter
Phil
Clint
Hemce
Philip
Father
Clinton
New York
Raymond
Abe
Clinton Dexter
Skidmore’s
Columbia
Mr. Dexter
Fifteenth Birthday Changes Father Son Bond
Mr. Raymond confronts his past harshness as he guides Philip and his friend through Hartford. He explains his earlier plans to run away, seeks forgiveness, and gifts Philip Webster's Unabridged Dictionary in a touching moment. The event reshapes their relationship and prompts a lasting lesson on kindness.
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Mr. Raymond
Raymond
Hartford
General
Trinity College
State House
Hi School
Atheneum
Philip
Philip C. Raymond
Peter Raymond
Clinton Dexter
Clinton
Over-Exertion and Its Effects on Nerves and Heart
Long-continued exertion without proper rest causes fatigue, tremor, and cramps due to nerve-centre exhaustion and muscular irritability. Chronic overwork leads to paralysis-like exhaustion in specific workers and raises heart irritability, risking valve weakness and aneurysm, with 38 percent of Civil War heart cases linked to over-exertion.
Ways to cook onions and preserve grapes featured in household tips
A collection of kitchen advice covers boiling onions with milk for milder flavor, grape preservation in syrup with vinegar spices, and sweet corn fodder costs for winter feed. Practical notes on milking a difficult heifer and pickling red cabbage accompany guidance on drain tile drainage and land costs per acre.
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Joy
N. Y
Anthrax of Fruit Trees Linked to a Common Agent
Prof Burrill presented findings to the AAAS Section B on fire blight and twig blight in trees. He described a common living organism causing the diseases, its Pasteur related type, and experiments transferring blight between pear and apple trees with notable infection rates. He noted starch loss in affected tissues and referenced a Fontainbleau mummy case linked to a Paris morgue intrigue.
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T. J. Burrill
Illinois Industrial University
Association For the Advancement of Science
Pasteur
van Tieghem
Rouse you and do your work in weary daylight
Fragmentary verse depicts a call to action as day breaks and shadows gather. The speaker urges someone to rise and labor despite heat and fatigue, noting noon glare and the failing patience of nature as night approaches.
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Walter
Marene
Joseph the Wise Ruler and the Last of Jacob
A Sunday school outline lists Genesis lessons from Joseph the Wise Ruler to the Last Days of Jacob, covering Jacob at Bethel and prevailing prayer, Joseph in prison, rescue, and the famines, with calendar notes from October to December and a season review.
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Joseph
Jacob
Bethel
Egypt
Pharaoh
Exaltation of Character Sermon by Rev Newman at Central Methodist
Rev Dr Newman preached last Sunday at Central Methodist Church on Exaltation of Character. He argued character as the ground of eternal life beyond birth or status, praising righteousness, hating sin, and evaluating true greatness by moral integrity over art wisdom or social standing.
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Newman
Central Methodist Church
Seventh Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Christ
God
Saul
David
Solomon
Absalom
Samson
Paul
Apolloses
Church Union
Thompson the faithful mill manager
A Scottish born superintendent at a Baltimore area mill embodies principle and Christian method. He enforces Sabbath observance by inspecting daily and repairing defects promptly, earning praise from his irritable owner and a testament to his steadfast faith and prudent leadership. The tale ends with the owner’s acknowledgment that Thompson was the best he ever had.
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Baltimore
Thomson
Paisley
Scotland
Mr. Thompson
Thompson
Grange Congress Demands Government Rail Control
A large convention of Grangers and allied groups adopts a platform denouncing rail monopolies and urging federal control. They call for law changes to curb high freight rates, support for farmers, and political action to elect sympathetic candidates. The National Farmers Alliance is formed with officers named Fowler Coffin Wilson Anderson and plans a Chicago meeting in October 1881.
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Pingree
Illinois
Seaboard
Farmers’ Clubs
Supreme Court of the United States
Congress
Grange
Farmers’ Alliance
National Farmers’ Alliance of the
United States
Alliance
William J. Fowler
New York
L. 8. Coffin
Iowa
James W. Wilson
Matt Anderson
Wisconsin
Chicago
Maids Seek To Bar Widows From Widower Marriages
A 1733 Charleston petition by sixteen maids asks Governor of South Carolina to ban widows from marrying young men until the maids are provided for or face fines. It recalls a Portuguese edict and contrasts widows’ marriages with the maids' jealous claims. Johnny Mullens, Nevada highwayman, retires with $5,000 in wealth only to be murdered by his wife Elenora Perkins, who sought his fortune.
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South Carolina
Charleston
Marti
Johnny Mullens
Nevada
Colorado
Elenora Perkins
Hero
Nelson Fairchild
Albans
Borabon
Berkshire
Druegists
Wells, Richardson & Co
Burlington, Vt
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Defiance Co. Express
Frank
Culley, Pusiisuen
Ohio
Harper’s Bazar
Germany
Fontainbleau
Paris
Boston Advertiser
F. W. Faber
Railroad
Wuart
Quack
Zanesville
Jackson
Minn
Republic
Samuel Halt
St. Jacobs
Frazer
Frazer Lubricator Co
St. Louis
F. H. Stoddard & Co
Northampton
Mass
Repprne
Russia
Isaac Thompson
Winstort
Taxe Warner
East Liberty
Philadelphias
Setne Gestasaadeee
Jacobs
Edicine
A. Vogeler & CO
Dr Bulls
Ashington
Athens
Sty Mae
Ge. H. Warner & CO
Rochester, N
Arkansas
Moy
Texarxana
Arx
Iron Mountain
Union Depot
Thomas Essex
Little Rock
Ark
W. A. Kemtall Ltd
Are “Mason & Hamlin
Mason & Hamlin Organ CO
Tremont St
Boston
E. 11Th St
Wabash Ave
W. S. Tupex
L.C. Emersons
A.n.jounsoy
L. C. Emerson
W.O. Perkins
A. N. Johnson
Johnson, Tenney &Abley
Emerson
W. C. Perkins
Tenney & Bagman
Temperance Light
Sercoss
HULL
Oliver Ditson & CO
Lyon & Healy
Chas. H. Ditson & CO
Broadway, N. Y
J.E. Ditson & CO
Chestnut St
Phila
Burnett
JOS. Burnett & CO
Same
Seltzer Aperient
Devegiers
Lord, Stoutenburg & CO
Wabash Av
Railroad Gazette
A Journal OF Transportation
Engineering and Railroad N
Broadway
Graefenberg
Tutt’s
Tutt
Murray Street
New Yorke
DAY
Toledo
America
C. Jevne
Npowder
Oolong
Japan
Souchong
Cta
Co. Jnvne
Madison St
Americas
P. W. Ziegler &O
Arch St
Viitadelphia
I.a
F. Gleason & CO
Summer Street
Jones Brothers & CO
Chicago, IL
J. A. Sheeemann
Cary
Kingston Street
Grant
Chase Pubi Ng Co
J. sterneNs
Lebanon
Gents
National Publishing Co
Ill
Iddr
Halsett&Co Portland
D. D
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Omari
Jay Gnonsan
Detroit, Mich
RS Raretenz
AN. EK
Colt
Sadrow
Price
Cnterprise
Philadelphia
Onan
Oat
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