Marriage by greed foiled by wary uncle and true love
In a Saratoga hotel a mercenary flirts with elderly Cole men Burke who seeks to test Lucia Frothingham’s intentions toward his nephew Frank. He engineers an eavesdropped interview that exposes her mercenary motives. Frank, alerted by his uncle, refuses the match and praises his uncle’s stubborn care as Lucia is exposed.
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What I Love by Mary K Hanly in School Journal
A poem praising steadfast affection and virtue. It celebrates a loving eye and true heart, praising light, confidence, uprightness, and constancy through seasons and nature. The speaker cherishes honest eyes, firm steps, fair features, kind hands, and minds that endure doubt without wavering.
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School Journal
Sirius the Dog Star Brightens Winter Skies
A detailed exploration of Sirius in Canis Major covers its rising after sunset, its prominence in winter skies, historical beliefs about its influence on agriculture and climate, its apparent motion and distance, its size, color changes, and the incredible scales of its system, with notes on spectroscope findings and comparisons to Alpha Centauri.
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Alpha Centauris
Huggins
A. X. Bartlett
Detroit
Fros Press
Florid Woman With Poodle Stirs Sidewalk Scene
A stout florid woman in rich dress walks Olive Street leading a very small vicious poodle. The dog snaps at pedestrians while its shaggy body and elaborate blanket conceal most of it. The onlookers reflect on changing times as the Latin ditty appears.
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Clinton
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Dubuque & Southwestern Railroad
Farley
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Perdition
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Cie
The English Hotel Clerk’s Train Time Blind Spot
Curtis Guilp recalls an English hotel clerk unaware of train schedules despite constant proximity to arrivals. A porter, with Bradshaw’s Guide, finally confirms three forenoon trains and two in the afternoon. The barmaid, already there eighteen months, defers to the porter, illustrating narrow departmental awareness.
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Curtis Guilp
Commercial Bulletin
Great Northwestern Railroad
Liverpool
Chester
Henry Bowring
Appetite and health in the body's balance across seasons
The article argues appetite should regulate itself, praising natural hunger as a marker of health. It notes appetite wanes in warm weather and heavy meat diets heat the blood, advocating more vegetables and fruit. It suggests occasional vegetable regimens and warns against coercing appetite.
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