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Newspaper

Savannah Weekly Echo

Location

Savannah, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1883

Page

4

Major Trixton Seeks a Wife in Portville Bustle

In Portville, Major Trixton, a rich bachelor, buys the long vacant brown house across the park, drawing gossip as he seeks a wife. Miss Agatha Fontaine, a sewing girl, makes shirts for charity while rival ladies scheme. The major discovers honesty and devotion in Agatha, marries her, and exposes Miss Bruce’s deceit.

Fair Feminine Society Tortville Major Trixton Park Trixton Portville Miles Rideau Paris Mr. Rideau Major Trixon Rideau Serena Silver Cophetua Trixon Gertrude May Gerrude Iris Erminia Bruce Bruce Diana Miss Bruce Agatha Fontaine Erminia Agatha Yasue Froulignac Harmon Fontaine Caroline Hal Fontaine Ida Hedge Bertha Mrs. Fontaine Miss Agatha Miss Brucé Miss Fontaine Ida Mamma Major Helen Forrest Graves

Parisian bred daughter rises to run New York typing firm

A Washington Capital account profiles Miss McRae, granddaughter of Louis D. Henry, who became chief director of a downtown typewriter office in New York. After a turbulent family fortune, she built a thriving business with a fleet of machines, earning praise from Judge Dillon and other officials. The piece notes her Pope Pius's blessing amid her ascent in a male-dominated city.

New York City Louis D. Henry Washington D. K. McRae North Carolina Buchanan Paris Italy France Vatican Pius Holy Father New York Miss McRae Dillon

Struck at Last and a Wedding Thunder Proclaimed

De Maurice asks Miss Fitzroy if she fears lightning as a storm gathers in the west. She admits fright yet hints at acceptance, while the Bavarian band in Hartford cues a wedding-like thrumming of anticipation.

Wise Words On Duty Character And Hope

A collection of aphorisms on guiding virtue and national spirit. It urges ruling passion shaping character, forgiving faults, sunny days outweighing cloudy, enduring life’s small trials, and faith that right actions sustain freedom. Emphasizes steady effort, courage to duties, self reliance, and finding joy in work.

Tito

Siftings From The City And The World

A wide sampling of curiosities and trivia from Paris to Nevada, West Africa to Hanoi. Notes on food, animals, and culture include counts of horseflesh shops, a 3200 pound cow in Kansas, copper in bread, Dahomey sacrifices to crocodiles, a Nevada moving house, and beliefs about world creation by animals. Also brief folklore on Petrel birds and sailor superstitions.

Paris America Chase County Kansas Dahomey West Africa

Memory and Washington Stop a Lawmaker’s Oration

An ambitious legislator in a Western assembly prepared a speech praising General Washington but faltered repeatedly, failing to proceed past his own name. A witty member interrupted, noting that it was not proper to praise Washington, triggering laughter and a rapid halt to the speech.

Hanoi Tonquin

Cramps in Swimming Warned by Reader Letter

A New York Sun letter warns cramps stem from overheating and long immersion. It advises frequent bathings not exceeding fifteen minutes, floating on the back to relieve cramps, then resuming swimming gently until the danger passes.

New York Sun New York Society For Science Jadoes Roboo Aron Department of Life San Francisco New York White House Toly Warner Namsili

St Jacobs Oil Praised By Congressman And Champion Driver

A congressman and champion driver Dan Mace hail St. Jacobs Oil for jaw pain aches and sprains. They assert the product offers relief, noting its value and status as first place for bodily pains.

St. Jacobs Dan Mace St. Jacobs Oil Drote Charles A. Vogeler A. Vogeler Baltimore U.S.A

Indirect Reproof Often Beats Direct Counsel

The passage argues that indirect measures in reproof or counsel are more successful than direct approaches. They show greater thought and wisdom, align with how the mind works, and avoid offense, reducing resentment and easing reception.

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