Duty and the perils of shirking in 1880 Georgetown College piece
An essay urges readers, in the tone of a late 19th century column, to perform duty without shirking. It cites Wellington and Napoleon as contrasts, argues the neglect of duties harms leadership, and concludes with a call for personal responsibility and public example.
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Teuttildan Thore
Wellington
Donreelf
Rive
Ead
T. A. Amogre
Georgetown ‘College
Laaves
Plodding Boy Sells Labor Becomes Blank & Co. Pioneer
A city quest for work leads a lad from a rural home to a merchant who hires him to plough, rake, and hoe. He pursues honest labor with faith, later earning a place with Blank & Co. and blessing the day he toiled.
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Blank & Co
The Early Rose Potato Theft Chronology
In Lycoming County a farmer Adam Waldron imported Early Rose seed potatoes and stored them in a hillside barn. While away two weeks, his seed was stolen by a trusted neighbor Sudleigh, who confessed after Waldron confronted him privately at a post office. Sudleigh agreed to repay with repentance, avoiding a public search.
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Weekn Lycoming Co
Haglesville
Adam Waldr
Countey Pedice
Auberg
Frere
Patel
Wal
Hatte
Adam Waldeon
Orf
Uwehavild
Waldron
Nisn
Waddrow
Sudleigh
Biot
Buit
Adleigh
Bearn
Sudisigh
Lave
Women Education: Calls for Self Reliance and Household Skills
A group including Anna Dickinson and Grace Greenwood discuss female education emphasizing self reliance, bread making, sewing, housekeeping, and prudent spending. They urge girls to resist both vanity and flirtation, learn crafts, and cultivate steady, moderate habits to sustain independence and avoid poverty.
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Anna, Dickinson
Grace Greenwood
Telephone Story of a Grandmother and the Doctor
A late night alarm brings a worried grandmother to summon the family doctor. In a tense telephonic scene the doctor instructs lifting the child to the phone, hearing a mild cough, and reassures the anxious mother as night yields to dawn.
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Miamma
Balyed
Grandmamma
Leoul
Grandmadma
Aidy
Maid’s deceptive birth data in Bible tale of marriage plan
An anxious maid devises a ruse to alter birth and death records in a family Bible to secure a husband. She hides in her chamber and rewrites dates then places the Bible where the fiancé will read the corrected entries revealing age and lineage. He ends the courtship, learning the deception and exits.
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Heald
Anaid
Mauiden
Baen
Angelina
Toll Gate Encounter on the Plaque Road Near Chicago
Distant tumbling voices describe a gate keeper questioning travelers on a rough toll road near Chicago. The dialogue hints at magic or misfortune as two riders challenge the toll and pass with demands and hurried replies.
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Chicago
Soll
Iafieen Cuenta
Midnight Confession Turns To Domestic Dilemma
A distressed group discusses how to handle a drunk husband after a late night incident. They consider waking his wife, calling her, and even hiding him in a wagon while debating the right course of action and the consequences for his family.
A Fearless and Truthful Judge and a Boston Merchant
An anecdote recalls Judge Parsons of Massachusetts who ordered a jury for a merchant case. Col. Thomas Perkins, Boston’s leading merchant and Parsons’ friend, tried to pay a fine to avoid service. The judge scolded him and insisted he appear, declaring he would compel payment if needed. Perkins defended paying as disrespect, while the judge pressed the duty to serve.
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Fudge Parsons
Thomas Hi. Perkins
Boston
Parsons
Col. Perkins
Perkins
Perking
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Eeditor & Propeieter
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Victorian College
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Clare
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Oniex
Freer Press
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Rockwood
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Henry Grist
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Ominion Hotel
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Agnew
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Main St
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Roasin House
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Netare
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Halton Co
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Halto Co
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Nicklin
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Federal Bank OF Canada
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