Peter Punch Heroism Fails as a Peddler Seeks Love
In Beanville a Yankee peddler Peter Punch hopes to win Charity Chase. He fancies heroism after saving a woman he misreads, but comic misadventures ensue. A staged rescue, mistaken drowning, and a later sea incident end with Peter acknowledging Charity’s steady affection over grand gestures.
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Peter Punch
Peter
Charity “Chase
Charity
Beanville
Diggins
Mle
Miss Delong
Lucifer
Mr. Punch
Misa Delong
Miss Delonge
Elay
Louisa
Shoepe
Louisa Delong
Panch
Literary notices and art in June periodicals
The Alprine and Luk Aldinn present landscape and figure studies by Kruseman Van Elten and W R Hubbard, praised for light and life. Moran, Kessler, Coomans works noted, plus Verses and poetry in The Avrins. Also reviews of The Pur enonocican Journal and The Science of Sense, with subscription details and authors. Neal Dow revisits old grounds in England.
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America
Kruseman van Elten
Granby
Conn
United States
Hellwig
Coomans
Peter Moran
Verboeckhoven
Moran
Verboecckhoven
W. M. Cary
Kessler
Old
Amsterdam
Hermann
James Sutton & Co., Publishers
Maiden Lane
New York City
What Shall We Do With Our Daughters Teach them morals and practicality
A prescriptive eighteenth century style guide urges mothers to educate daughters in cooking, sewing, budgeting, and household management. It warns that thrift and self restraint save money and protect from poverty, while advising lessons in honesty, work, and prudent marriage timing.
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Grod
Receipt tale and wreck find in scattered paper
A city lawyer and an Choctaw man debate the use of a receipt in a trickster tale. The Charleston ironclad explosion fragment travels over a quarter mile, showing blast power. Reports note a dog hydrophobia scare in Dellavan while Forest Grove, Oregon, yields a cherry red pigment.
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Kiser
Tie
Heben
Apostle Peter
Charleston
Cooper River
Marshall's Wharf
No Direct Promotion From Associate to Chief Justice
The notice reviews historical path of Chief Justices, noting no one rose directly from Associate to Chief Justice. It traces John Jay, Oliver Ellsworth, John Marshall, Roger B. Taney, and Salmon P. Chase, highlighting intertwined service in other offices and long tenures.
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Chase
Supreme Court
John Jay
England
New York
John Rutledge
South Carolina
Washington
Sento
Oliver Ellsworth
Connecticut
John Marshall
Virginia
Adams
Jackson
Roger B. Taney
Mr. Chase
Marshall
Taney
Artificial Stone Seeks to Reform Building Material
The London Society of Engineers tests a new artificial stone made from sand and boulders, heated drying, digesters, and chemical bonding. It progresses from crushed sea-boulders to a cohesive, sparkly moulded material rated for strength. Separately, a note cites growing public discontent with government, warning of a widening opposition to the Grant era in Congress.
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London Society of Engineers
Grant
Congress
London Parks Vast, Cost to Close Ayde Park Raised
London has 6118 acres in public parks, far exceeding modest hopes of ancient cities. Queen Caroline asks Sir Hubert Walpole how much to shut Ayde Park for royal use. he replies three crowns. Other large parks like Wind amt and Blenheim, Taxton, Folgerton cover about 2000 acres each.
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London
Ayde Park
George II
Caroline
Hubert Walpole
Windamt
Eoghind
Blenheim
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Miss Sawyer
Aliss Scoyer
Reigate
Norway
Jelena
Elizabeth Coomls
Brunswick
Trudy
Elizabeth
Coombs
Orleans
St. Louis
Tansill's Choice
Thrall & Mumford's
Thrall& Mumford
Thrale & Mumford
Dolly Varden
Thrall & Mumford
Sordain
Thrall & Mumpford
City Drug Store
Tay
Thrall & Mumford’s
Babbitt’s
Dr. Price
Mrli Thrall & Mumford
the Register
Co. V.siliater
Literary Notices
Purenonocican Jourdan
Karon
Schwartz-Senborn
Vienna
Austria
Emily Faithfull
Justus von Liebig
Wells
Ballou's Magazins
Juxe
Ballou’s
Ballou
Thames & Talbot
Bromfield Street
Doston
Mass
R. Wella
Broadway
Jes* Neal Dow
Dellavan
Forest Grove
Oregon
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