Forbidden Doubts and Reunited Hearts at the Thompson Farm
Robert Thompson returns home to a weary wife Jennie as whispers of past choices echo. Grover delivers a tea set. Jennie spruces the house while the couple confronts regret. Robert forgives, pledges family welfare, and vows to restore the old homestead together.
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Lewin
Ian
Grover
Jones
Lea
Hubbard
Tad
Jane Thompson
Squire Burnham
Robert Thompson
Robert Thomson
Obert Thompson
Mr. Thompson
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Jennie
Squire Grnham
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Laura
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Will and Peter Jones Learn Manners at School
A scene shows Will and Peter Jones clashing with stones and tempers. The teacher admonishes both, stressing gentleness over anger and urging William to become a true gentleman through self control.
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Eoy Heabeee
Peter Jones
Will
William
Ferther
Bert
Walt Thokpeea
Training Mistresses Not Servants for Better Homes
The article argues American women should lead domestic training, not rely on servants. It condemns servant-led kitchens, calls for mistresses trained in cooking and housekeeping, and urges public schools to add domestic instruction to elevate labor and reduce excessive household sizes. It endorses smaller homes with fewer servants and stronger household oversight.
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Department of Public Instruction
Servanta
Sorosta
New York City
The Bargain In Trade And Moral Price Of A Violin
A skeptical view of bargaining in commerce contrasts true value with perceived gains. The narrator recalls paying twenty dollars for a supposedly five hundred dollar Amati violin, warning that the buyer’s pride in such a bargain masks theft of the difference and divine judgment.
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Amati
Beecher
Hints for Ladies Promoting Unhappy Domestic Manners
A satirical admonition encouraging wives to withhold affection and undermine husbands to provoke discontent. The piece warns against support during financial strain and suggests feigning higher social status to manipulate the marriage dynamic. It ends by claiming such conduct yields an impatient, discontented husband.
Quiet Yearning for Two I Loved at First Sight
A narrator recalls two brief loves from different New England settings. In Boston a seventeen year old girl purchases a Gazetteer in a bookstore, inspiring a lifelong, unnamed affection. On a seaside hotel piazza a married woman mother and writer captivates with coastal life and her poised dress.
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Lowell
New England
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Unidentified remedies and social notes from a historic column
A columnist recounts a man claiming a cure for drunkenness with a mysterious formula and notes on the medical claims. The piece also mentions a law banning first cousin marriages, a ball letter describing fashionable attire, a Milfort pegger, blooming peach trees in Southern Kansas, ripe strawberries in Charleston, and Texas cattle versus butter imports.
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Charlenton
South Carolina
Texas
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