Young Vermont man drawn into broker scheme in Boston
Henry Standish, a Vermont native in Boston seeking work, is pressed into a broker’s plan to marry a wealthy heiress. The broker promises ten thousand dollars if Standish weds the heiress, while securing a secret control over her inheritance and keeping the arrangement silent. Standish accepts after sworn secrecy and a hundred dollars advance.
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Henry
Mandy
Count Fizzle
Joseph
Standish
Henry Standish
Beggar Heroine and the Heiress In a Romantic Ruse
Henry Stanpisa wins Amelia while posing as a noble suitor, exposing broker Obed Harding’s scheme to seize her fortune. Amelia sacrifices wealth for love, the scheme collapses, and Henry secures the heiress’s fortune with Joseph Jones’s aid. They marry and depart for New York leaving Harding exposed.
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Amelias
Henry
Hirer
Amelia
Obed
Mr. Harding
Joseph Jones
Henry Stanpisa
New York
Harry
Child Rearing Principles and News on Kossuth
The piece critiques harsh home schooling using terror and repression, urging teachers to guide with play and active life. It cites a New York Times note: Kossuth may be leaving England for Turkey, with Paris police reportedly searching earlier. It adds a Cincinnati listing: Park items priced at 3.50 and 4.40.
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Kossuth
New York Times
England
Turkey
Paris
Bos
The Effect of Poverty on the Mind
Dr. Channing describes poverty’s damaging impact on intellect, noting the poor’s focus on immediate needs, stunted future vision, and limited social contact. He laments class prejudice, urges humane views, and argues wealth-driven civilization misfits the poor’s constraint and isolation.
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Dr. Channing
Autumn’s Lesson of Life Hope By Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher moralizes on Autumn, arguing life remains in decay. He notes seeds in every flower, buds in leaves, and cycles of growth and rest. The heart should take courage, trusting resurrection extends beyond Christ to all living things.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Christ
Falsehood and Distrust in a Woman Separated by Lies
An anguished meditation on the ruinous effects of falsehood on a weak woman, cut off from fellowship both human and divine. The text laments disunion caused by deceit, noting the soul’s isolation, breached trust, and the pain of scandal within intimate bonds.
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Alore
Cedars of Lebanon Turned From Forest to Sacred Grove
The Cedar of Lebanon has diminished from a forest to a sacred grove guarded by a priest and protected by superstition. Isaiah’s prophecy has been fulfilled with Lebanon now a fruitful field. The cedars occupy barely two acres in ground. The mulberry tree thrives, offering fruit and useful leaves as harvests rise in autumn per the Quarterly Review.
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Cedars
Lebanon
Quarterly Review
Aristocracy or Appetite in a Humorous Exchange
A little girl asks her grandmother to buy cucumbers. The grandmother declines, explaining she would hate to be seen carrying them home since cucumbers are only a cent apiece. The vignette plays on social pretensions and frugality.
Young Woman Bound Over in Matrimony Over Hearts
A lighthearted note from the paper reports a young lady accused of breaking a young man's heart has been bound over in matrimony to smooth the rift and keep the pieces together.
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Secret
Oliver Optic
Boston
Vermont
J . Peset
Harpine
Fanny Fern
Cincinnati
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