Easterham Hall Governess Weds Bear-Taming Bachelor
Lettice Mainwaring travels to Easterham Hall for a governess post and forms a bond with Mr Easterham and two boys. Despite initial frictions, she charms Electa Easterham and the wary bear becomes a love match. The tale ends with a wedding ring and a vow of lifelong stay.
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Madame Molizny
Sam
Lettice
Letty
Verhaps
Lily
Electa Easterham
Madame Moligny
Lebty
Olive Daytors
Eleela
Mr. Easterham
Easterham
Providence and Potatoes in Faithful Labor
A devotional piece emphasizes trusting God while actively working. It cites Christmas Evans and his wife in a tale about Providence and potatoes, then links biblical figures like Noah, Moses, Paul, and Peter to busy, practical toil. It argues faith and works go together and urges prayer paired with diligent action.
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God
Paul
Apollos
Christmas Evans
Catherine
Christmas
Providence
Noah
Abraham
Moses
Gideon
David
Elisha
Daniel
Peter
Matthew
James
John
our Salvation
Paw
Getting a Boy to Take Castor Oil
A loving mother negotiates with her son to swallow castor oil by trading for circus perks. The boy insists on a pony and other rewards before agreeing. The tale ends with a reflection that daily duties define higher ideals and character.
Paris Aides for Marseilles Workers at Nancy Speech
Paris readers witness Victor Hugo and Louis Blanc at the Chateau d Eau Theatre urging funds for Marseilles workers. Hugo envisions Africa's colonization and railways while Blanc critiques revolution and state duties. A long, varied column ends with a tale of courage and a dinner table quip about American gentry.
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Nancy
Thiers
M. Victor Nugo
Louis Blanc
Chateau d’Eau
Marseilles
M. Victor Hugo
Victor Wugo
Africa
Paris
Victor Hugo
M. Louis Blanc
France
Ife
Mathieu De Montmorency
Rivarol
Montmorency
Bourines
Constable De Montmorency
Crecy
Marshal De Montmorency
monseigneur
Cardinal De Rohan
Madam De Brionne
Thoughts Versus Temptations and a Florist Rosebud
A reader recalls that thoughts rival beasts in danger, urging vigilance to keep minds clean and hopeful. A young man buys a rosebud for his fiancée at seventy five cents, asking if it will keep, and is told it will endure. A drunken congressman proclaims self worth and is met with a quip about divine responsibility from Horace.
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Letty
Lety
Lettice
Lettice Mainwaring
Main Street
cate
hoble
Duke of Wellington
Nurrah
Napoleon
Wonders of the American Continent
A compendium praising American landmarks and records. Niagara Falls, Mammoth Cave, the Mississippi, Chicago grain port, Lake Superior, and the Croton aqueduct are cited as the world’s greatest in their class, with notes on Pilot Knob, and Pennsylvanian anthracite coal deposits.
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Niagra
great upper lakes
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Mississippi
valley
Philadelphia
Chicago
Lake Superior
Pacific Railroad
Pilot Knob
Missouri
Croton aqueduct
New York
Pennsylvana
Moral Maxims and Animal Decomposition Claim
A compact list urges ethical conduct such as integrity prudence and restraint with rules about avoiding vice debt punctuality and polite behavior. The second sentence asserts cows and pigs resist decomposition longer than sheep and horse while the latter are drier and decompose more readily in soil.
A Man with a Memory Buck in California Sermon Echoes
A California man reputed for an extraordinary memory could repeat sermons nearly verbatim after hearing them. In Middletown a clergyman verified the feat by comparing the spoken repetition to the manuscript. Separately, two Indiana boys suffocated in a grain elevator accident when pulled into a drawing patch during grain unloading.
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Buck
California
Middletown
Gohen
Indé
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America
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