Kiss and Wed and the Sugar Plum Mix Up
A New Year confection misadventure unfolds as Cyprien sends love sweets to Mile Cesarine and Mme Saint Exupere. The note inside the box causes a comic chain of mistaken gifts across the Beaufourre and Plumier households, ending with a surprised but harmless mix of bonbons and romantic misunderstandings.
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Cyprien
Sid
France
St. Orpien
Angel
Cesarine
Mademoiselle
Monsieur Cyprien
Mile
Cesurine
Mme. de Saint Exupere
Traitress
Mme. de Saint- Exupere
Boissier
Mme
Galoubet
Mme. Galoubet
Emile
M. Plumier
Laure Plumier
Mme. Plumier
Laure
M. Robert
Cousin Casimir
MM. Plumier
Shaudin
Mile. Laure
Casimir
Mme. Trablet
Shandin
M. Cyprian
Bonbon
Shandia
Mile. Gesarine
M. Galoubet
Beaufourre
M. Beaufourre
M. Galoabet
Mme. de Champlatreux
Liaure
Train the Boys for Business, Habits of Punctuality and Order
A Boston paper argues boys aged 12 to 17 need strict training in punctuality, system, and responsibility. It contrasts home idleness with the structured rigor of business life, urging duties at definite hours and personal accountability to build energy and accuracy. It also comments on General Grant as a plausible 1880 nominee, noting the nomination depends on party sentiment rather than merit.
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Boston
General Grant
Grant
Harper's Weekly
Engler and Kight Dissolve Partnership and Open Store
George W. Engler announces a new store for dry goods groceries millinery and more in the former Rogers Hugo rooms with Mrs Mary Drinkwater handling millinery. Wm A Kight continues at the old stand and will oversee settlements and the firm Kight & Co. with renewed emphasis on dry goods nations millinery and jewelry.
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Aving
Wm A. Kight
James E. Rogers
John R. Hugo
Mary Drinkwater
Wm. A. Kight
Geo. W. Engler
Kight & Co
W. A. Kight
G. W. Engler
W. A. Right
Boston Transcript Reports Mills’ Brutal Oversight Incident
In Chicopee Massachusetts a factory overseer seized a girl and spun her until dizzy causing a head injury. The girl’s mother complained and was told to withdraw or be fired. The mother and her three children were discharged and forced to leave the corporation tenement. The overseer was fined one dollar by the local court.
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The
Boston Transcript
Chicopee
Mass
Corporation
Man to have name stamped on fifty million toothpicks
A man plans a bold branding stunt by stamping his name on 50 million toothpicks, a venture aimed at making his mark ubiquitous across households and workplaces. The audacious project highlights marketing ambition and mass production reach.
Man who sighed for wings of a bird
A fragmentary line notes a man sighed for wings of a bird, while implying others were busy with lesser matters. The text presents a curious, literary tone without clear, full context or identifiable events.
Edison and the Babies Cradle by Telephone Power
Edison advances a cradle linked to a telephone to soothe infants. Crying triggers a rocking mechanism that increases with volume, aiming to make babies sleep through sound. The inventor acknowledges possible exceptions with exceptionally strong willed babies.
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Mr. Edison
Edison Sow
Hood Reflects On Battle Of Franklin And Nashville
General Hood addressed the Louisiana Division of the Army of the Tennessee recalling Franklin as a fierce clash. He argued war equals killing, claimed Franklin rivaled Gettysburg and Malvern Hill, and likened his Nashville gate passage to his greatest work amid enemy praise.
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J. B. Hood
Louisiana
Army of the Tennessee
Franklin
Gettysburg
Sharpsburg
Malvern Hill
Nashville
Lord Byron
Remarkable Animal Plunge and Resurrection in Maryland
A male creature fell 85 feet down a shaft in Maryland and was initially presumed dead. It was boisted up unharmed and walked away, yet shortly after declaring the animal not hurt, it suddenly died.
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Maryland
Jersey City Man Arrested After Wife Slapped With Motto
A Jersey City man was arrested after striking his wife across the nose with a red and yellow worsted motto bearing the words Home Sweet Home. Police reported the incident occurred in the couple’s residence and the suspect faces domestic assault charges.
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Jersey City
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NEW Harmony Register
New Harmony
Indiana
Howard Glydon
Bonbons
Cesar~ine
Beaufourres
Piumiers
Plumier
Monsieur Emilie
the Register
Cn. Slater
Bae
Pssoreros
Board of County Commissioners
Posey County
Main Street
Church and Tavern
Peter Heckman
William Hartman
Main St
Bet
Vick’s Floral Guide
Vick
James Vick
Rochester
N. Y
Edison and the Babies
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