A COMMON EPISODE OF LOVE AND DUTY AT A SUMMER PARTY
Elizabeth Howard faces a heart torn between Reginald Branksome and Major Anson during a garden party. Mrs. Howard pushes for an arranged engagement with Branksome, while Elizabeth contemplates true love and mounting family expectations. A grave moment ends with Major Anson kneeling by a seat, a pallid Elizabeth and a silent, peaceful vow.
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Ita
Iawa Tennis
Era
Izabeth
Brisis
Lova
Tove
Alock
Emma
Lizzie
Rita
Mrs. Howard
Reginald Benesomommnan
Hurself
Miss Howard
Elizabeth
Brawney
Tahies
Hudsons
Anson
Miles Mivay
Pee
Lizer
Janie
Major
Reginald Branksome
Hibarty
Major Anson
Starlhss
Wien
Hanie
Mr. Branksome
Reginald Brankcome
Ashyile
Farming Scraps and Household Notes From Madison Conn
Farmers at Madison Connecticut harvest nearly 600 bushels of corn despite a neighbor’s illness. The piece covers potato losses, new farming machinery claims, cattle feed tips, fall versus spring asparagus planting, salt use for cows, and guidance on dairy and poultry practices, with miscellaneous domestic advice and a short moral on sleep and household duties.
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Madison
Conn
Michigan
New Jersey
Sanborn
Seventh street quip on husband’s temper in Washington Republic
A market-area conversation overheard on Seventh street features two women joking about remedies for a husband’s temperament. One woman suggests rubbing the spouse with hartshorn liniment to “straighten him out,” reflecting a humorous, colloquial tone in a 19th or early 20th century Washington Republic item.
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Elizabeth
Mrs. Howard
Washington Republican
Remarkable Hawthorne Writer Never Used Italicized Words
A Hartford Courant correspondent, closely tied to Hawthorne manuscripts, praises Nathaniel Hawthorne as an extraordinary writer for never using italicized words in any of his works, asserting his style supplied all needed emphasis.
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Harper's Weekly
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Moston
John Sobie Vski
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Franco
Spain
Italy
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Russia
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Balkan
Ias
New Orleans
Denigerat
Hartford Courant
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Mra Howard
Howard
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Lizaie
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