Widow Winton Steals Grapes and Captures Love
In a woodland tale a bold Widow Winton helps herself to Esselmont grapes while a tall stranger appears. Mistaken identity as the new rector fades as love blooms with Guy Esselmont, heir to the estate, who proves amiable and charms the Widow.
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Winton
Glen Cottage
Isselment
Fanny
Charity Hall
Miss Charity
Esselmont Woods
Teac
Canada
Besolmont
Asid
Sandy Macpherson
Esselmont
Anny
Charity
Miss Charity Trail
Guy Esselmontl
Kind Words Do Not Cost Much Yet Do Much
The piece extols kind words as inexpensive yet powerful. Soft words calm the speaker, while harsh words aggravate anger. It contrasts various types of words and urges widespread use of kind words to improve dispositions and comfort listeners.
Semi-Annual Report Notation of Receipts and Payouts
The document records total receipts and payouts per vouchers filed with the County Board. Amounts shown include 181 08 dollars and 526 02 dollars. other figures appear as 0eeeeee and 657 10. The text is fragmentary but indicates financial accounting activity for a reporting period.
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County Board
I Have Seen a Parade of Lives and Fates
A reflective piece recounts varied lives from youth to old age. It recalls a young man selling a farm then dying in an asylum, a restless farmer, a spendthrift, a daughter’s doomed marriage, dishonesty replaced by candor, child folly draining parents, a frugal wife rescuing a family, and a man misled by his wife’s counsel ending in poverty.
Training for business men urged as nation needs more professionals
The Burlington Hawk-Eye urges parents to invest in a thorough business education for sons, arguing thousands are needed in commerce beyond military and professional graduates. The piece highlights the value of practical talent and urban and rural opportunities in business careers. Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer is advertised as a versatile hair restoration product praised by doctors and endorsed by Massachusetts officials, claiming benefits from gray hair reversal to dandruff cure and scalp nourishment.
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Army
West Point
Navy
Newport
Burlington Hawk-Eye
Hall
Vegetable Kingdom
Massachusetts
A. H. Fretageot & Co
Temperance town talk and a bus man’s reply
A traveler asks about a temperance town and plans to stop at a drug store. A bus driver confirms no saloons in the county. A telephone operator at a dinner unexpectedly greets the group with Hello while asked to say grace.
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Grace
Notches of Promises Define a Man in Respectable Circles
A quote underscores that status among respectable people rests on keeping promises rather than making them. It emphasizes character and reliability as the true measure of a man’s standing in society.
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West
Beecher Speeches for Garfield Reflect Fitness of Things
The remark frames Henry Ward Beecher as a fitting advocate for James A. Garfield, aligning public speaking with proper timing and political alignment for the era. The statement underscores Beecher’s influence in sustaining Garfield’s public image and policy agenda.
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Beecher
Garfield
Light Net Noise Moral From a Saratoga Lawyer Joke
A Saratoga bar member recounts a court anecdote with Judge Pratt. The judge tells a tale of a man lost in a thunder storm who prays for more light and less noise, implying the counsel mildly suspects the joke targets him.
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Saratoga
Pratt
Referas
Dangers of Swings and Hammocks Oppose Careful Supervision
Health Monthly warns swings and hammocks pose risks to children and adults. An English girl of ten died of peritonitis linked to persistent swinging, while a woman suffered spinal illness after being thrown from a hammock. The piece urges secure installation and regular inspection and adult supervision to curb careless play.
Kendall's Spavin Cure Advertised as Unprecedented Remedy
Proof positive claims Kendall's Spavin Cure cures spavin, splints, curb, and all unnatural enlargements without blistering. The advertisement touts unprecedented sales and states the remedy is sold by early druggists, urging recognition of Kendall's Spavin Cure by name.
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Kendall
Tead
Cats Disappear as Sausage Demand Rises in Town
A curious note cites cats vanishing at season while sausages gain popularity among locals. The column humorously links the phenomenon to dining habits, while a separate financial item notes City of Glasgow Bank shares falling less due to directors losing rights after their imprisonment.
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City of Glasgow Bank
Boots and dogs shape Chicago lore of pride and wit
The tale claims Chicago bought the city for boots, fostering pride at never finding footwear large enough. It adds a quip that sitting low invites danger from a ferocious dog, while a wise choice is to seek a high perch in a tall tree.
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Chicago
Weather Prophet Henry G. Vennor A Montreal Native
Henry G. Vennor a Montreal born scientist aged forty known as the weather prophet with diverse accomplishments is highlighted in this notice.
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Henry G. Vennor
Montreal
Bathing Women Scare Themselves With Ocean Escape
A humorous Boston Transcript tale follows two women leaving a bath house who fear a burly policeman, then react to waves and pebbles as they advance to the water. They stage a comic, chant like exchange and finish by flaunting their towels and dresses, declaring the sea “juas lovely” and refreshing.
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Toonope
Boston Transcript
The Times: A Model of Respectability and Readability
The Times is described as a sixteen page paper with nine pages of ads. It targets moneyed readers, appeals to aristocracy bankers and merchants, and is widely read at news rooms and clubs despite lower circulation. It eschews sensational images and maintains impeccable grammar and style under Delane.
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London “Times
London Times
Times
Daily News and Telegraph
Daily
The
Delane
Dr. Johnson
Be Kind to the Soap Agent in A Lament
The piece speaks of a soap agent with a father and mother who knew him in youth. It envisions a western village where loved ones hope for his welfare. It calls for tender burial under a weeping willow with birds singing, and urges deep planting of the grave.
De Girardin urges French youth to learn English and Spanish
Emile de Girardin recommends young French men abandon Greek and Latin and instead study English and Spanish, arguing these are the languages of the futuro. The advice emphasizes practical modern languages for future opportunities.
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Taro
Emile de Girardin
Wisconsin Woman Marks Fifty-Eighth Wedding Anniversary
A Wisconsin woman celebrates 58 years of marriage while her husband, now aged, is noted as possibly the oldest. The couple reflects on a long life together, including the loss of a kitchen fire and a history of shared trials.
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G. K. Lichtenberger
Bolton
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Stave & Heading Timber
Pniugie Malls
Call On Duclos CO
New Harmony Stave Factory
Thomas Ferguson
Indiana
Horace Prichard
James A. Cooper
William W. Gray
Circuit Court
Posey
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Mt. Vernon
George W. Curtis
William P. Edyon
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