Quixotic search for a perfect wife ends in city life
Marshall labs a country girl fantasy, finds Eleanor Rivington in Ierndell. After a storm delays travel, he courts and wins her, planning a humble home and shared toil. She proves a true partner, guiding him from illusion to a wiser happiness in a city house.
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Charley
Fred Tryan
Marshall
Spain
Miles Standish
Fred
Ierndell
Zenas Patridge
Squire Patridge
Tebu
Lena
Hena
Eleanor
Eleanor Rivington
Cupid
Jupiter Plavina
Tryan
Tias
Charley Marsh
Ferndell
Ele
Prew
IW. H. Bushnell
Ballow's Monthly
1878 Prospectus for The Journal Republicans Value
The Journal proclaims its forty seventh annual release reaffirming strong Republican fidelity and independence. It credits its influence during last fall’s elections, pledges fair discussion of public topics, and highlights rapid printing, telegraphic dispatches, and nationwide news coverage as keys to its status as Indiana’s leading daily.
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Ifayes
Republican Party
Indiana
Western Press Association
Association
Telegraph
Evansville Journal Co Subscription Rates Notice
Payable in advance by mail Evansville Journal Co announces yearly and shorter terms with postpaid options. Rates listed include one month three months six months and yearly terms with payment by draft money order express or registered letter to Evansville Indiana.
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Evansville Journal CO
Evansville
Indiana
Steamer Ada Schedules Between New Harmony and Evansville
The regular Wabash Packet steamer Ada departs New Harmony on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays, connects at Wabash Station with the 3 PM St. Louis and Southern RR passenger train for Evansville, and returns on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays. Freight orders via New Wabash. Captain Mat Cox.
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New Harmony
Wabash Station
Evansville
New Wabash Raniteh
Millinery goods announced by Mrs James Egs in New Marmony
Mrs James Egs invites ladies of New Marmony and nearby to visit her store opposite the Viets Hotel to inspect the new millinery stock. She promises strict attention to orders and moderate prices in hopes of continued patronage.
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Viets Hotel
Ife Loves Me in a Year of Spring
Poem recounting a woman's shift from doubt to joy as love transforms her life. Her beloved Ife brings a revival of hope, linking human love with divine grace. The speaker celebrates renewed happiness, seeing the world brightened by love and prompted to praise.
My Ideal of Marriage In A Frugal Love Promise
In a witty salon exchange Charley and Fred debate marriage's modern sting. Charley vows to wed for love alone and a shared hardship, rejecting wealth and luxury. Fred counters with cynicism about finances, while Charley insists the bride must value him for himself and accept a life of modest duties.
The Russian Soldier as Described by a Nineteenth Century Observer
The officer embodies splendid valor and duty while the private stands as the finest soldier material, a hardworking marcher who endures privations, plus a devout, unreasoning loyalty to the Czar. He lacks self-directed thinking, needs orders, and fights bravely without retreat when orders are absent.
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Ile
Plevna
Cold Feet and Health Tips for Warming the Body
A short, practical piece argues that cold feet arise from poor circulation and offers home remedies. It recommends daily tepid foot washing, a sequence of warm foot baths followed by a cold dip, drying thoroughly, and keeping feet dry to prevent health hazards. It cites a famous minister and a hydropathist as examples of successful cooling methods.
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New York
About Beautiful Women and Inner Worth in Society
The passage discusses the pursuit of beautiful women by men and cautions that inner qualities matter more than looks. It argues true value lies in elevation of thought, generous principles, noble purposes, and cultivated intellect, warning that without these a beautiful woman is but a doll or gilded toy.
Fragmentary quoted dialogue from a period scene
A kindly stranger remarks to a golden haired child while a tense exchange unfolds between Algernon and Evangeline. A muffled sound of a clam falling in mud punctuates a moment of emotion as the scene ends with a vow of love.
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Algernon
Abe
Evangeline
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