The Brades and a Promising Young Suitor
In a Virginia planter tale, Mrs. Winthrop notes a budding romance between William and Elizabeth as they tour the Brade home. At a supper and garden walk, Roswell Brade and his wife reflect on the social scene, while Elizabeth and William confess a deepening passion seeking patience before their union.
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Robert
William
Margaret Winthrop
Mrs. Winthrop
Elizabeth
Bess
Old England
Pharaoh
Grandfather
Solomon
Abigail
David
Roswell Brade
England
Will Shakespeare
Blackfriars
London
The Humble Snail and a Boston Evening Tryst
In a flirtatious exchange a young couple argues over restraint and impulse. She jokes about the snail and resists a kiss, then urges him to see her father before he leaves. They share a brief kiss before she scolds him to forget the affair, remarking on impudence as he departs.
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William
Boston
Lesson Theme and Scriptural Focus for April 12
This lesson centers on Luke 16 11 to 24 highlighting repentance and divine welcome. The golden text proclaims joy in heaven over one sinner who repents. Primary topic explores responses when we do wrong. Secondary topics examine the Father’s welcome to the prodigal son and church guidance for repentant members.
Prodigal tale of love and danger in the Brade home
William and Robert pursue land and marriage with the Brades while rumors and prudence test their resolve. Robert flatters Bess while a cautious mother weighs his rogue reputation as the tract of land and overseer Amos Todkill shrink into a parish life.
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William
Amos Todkill
Plymouth
Robert
Brades
Mr. Brade
Bess
Margaret Hooper
Jeffersons Yes to Houdon Brings Worldly Sculpture to America
The St Louis Post-Dispatch notes Jefferson welcomed French sculptor Jean Houdon in 1784 to create a Washington statue. Houdons bust of Countess Sabran sold for 80000 to a New York collector, while a smaller bust of the artist's daughter fetched 245000, a record for sculpture. The piece praises Jefferson for recognizing Houdons genius and advancing American art.
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Jefferson
Jean Houdon
Washington
Houdon
Oe Sabran
New York
Harkness
L'Enfant Buried in Arlington Cemetery
The body of Pierre Charles L'Enfant, planner of Washington, rests in Arlington Cemetery. Born in Paris on August 2, 1755, he died June 14, 1825 at Chillum Castle in Prince Georges County Maryland.
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L’enfant
City of
Washington
Arlington Cemetery
Pierre Charles L’enfant
Paris
Chillum Castle Manor
Prince Georges County
Maryland
Boundless Resources Quote Verses A B Simpson
A B Simpson states that God is boundless and that human limits come from us. He argues that asking thinking and praying set the measure for blessing, which is according to the power that worketh in us.
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A. B. Simpson
Prayer Opens the Way to Divine Grace
The note reflects on prayer as a pathway to God and a conduit for grace, suggesting prayer opens the soul to the divine and the life to infinite mercy. It quotes J. H. Jowett on prayer guiding the heart and spirit toward grace.
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J. H. Jowett
Pacific Islanders Go Back to the Primitive
The article notes a shift on remote South Pacific islands as disappearing ships end regular contact. Former exchanges of goods for supplies have ceased, leaving natives to revert to pre contact life and self reliance, with life described as possibly happier hidden from modern commerce.
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South Pacific
Tom White
The
North American Review
Australian Earns Living By Banns Objection Scam
A British gentleman in Sydney devised a scheme during church banns readings. He loudly objects and exits, prompting the couple to pay him to keep silent. Some pay cash or jewelry, while honest pairs pay nothing. The Bulletin notes a modest income from the scheme.
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Sydney Bulletin
Ruse Saved Indian's Life in Vermont Legend
A legend from New England tells of Merruwa com et also known as Joe English, an Indian guide who evaded hostile hunters by leaping from a cliff on a mountain near a fort in Old Dunstable. The pursuers thought him dead, but he hid on a ledge until nightfall. The incident occurred in Vermont.
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New England
Joe English
Merruwacomet
Old Dunstable
Vermont
Nuraghi of Sardinia an Enigmatic Stone Towers
Sardinia hosts about 8,000 Nuraghi rock towers scattered mainly in the north. These unhewn stone structures rise to around 100 feet with round bases and have been variously described as burial chambers temples granaries or refuges. They are cave like inside unlit by windows and now largely abandoned to decay and snakes.
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Sardinia
Ireland
Stonehenge
Where the Shillelagh Grew In County Wicklow
A travel note highlights Wicklow as a charming Irish holiday destination with villages like Rathdrum Arklow Glenealy and Shillelagh. The piece mentions the Avonmore valley the Devil's Glen and the famous Shillelagh blackthorn wood cut in 1698 and reputedly sent to Westminster Hall for roofing.
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County Wicklow
Ireland
Rathdrum
Tyrol
Avonmore
Vale of
Avoca
Devil's Glen
Glenealy
Arklow
Shillelagh
King of Leinster
William Rufus
Westminster Hall
Giant willow holds 1772 plow with Warren legend
In Warren Maine a giant willow in a field bears an ancient wooden plow marked 1772 and the caption first plow ever used in Warren. A tale says a young farmer feeling the call to the Continental army left his plow in the bushes and the tree grew around it.
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Warren
Maine
Lewistown Journal
Boston
Cat exacts revenge for its killed kitten in Volhynnia
A mother cat killed a two year old child after witnessing a newborn kitten burned in a country house. The incident followed the baby's play with the litter and its later fatal attack by the cat.
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Volhynnia
Distance Shortened Wife and the Car
Humorous exchange from the Boston Transcript about how distance feels shorter with a new car. Husband quips that the car even makes their house seem closer to the poorhouse, reflecting lighthearted mid1900s urban life.
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Boston Transcript
Tanlac advertised to ease indigestion and gas
A Tanlac advertisement promises relief from gas bloating and stomach pain and cites Mrs. Arvena Bowers of Topeka Kansas who reports improvement after use. The ad claims quick relief from indigestion and dizziness and offers a money back guarantee if it fails to help.
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Arvena Bowers
Topeka
Kans
Tanlac
Gosh I Have to Jump for Every Passing Car
A quip contrasts a sparrow’s life with constant danger as the speaker notes the urge to leap at each passing vehicle. The line evokes urgency and peril with a wry, observational tone.
Grievance Cited as Untreatable by Nursing
A Los Angeles Times line notes that certain grievances cannot be cured by careful nursing highlighting the limits of patient care in ordinary settings.
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Los Angeles Times
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New World
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Heydon
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P. B. Fitzwater
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Western New Newspaper Union
Prodigal
New Boston
Monticello
St. Loula
L’enfant’s
Island of the
Mary Jane
Plough
Jayne
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Jayne & Son
Philadelphia
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