Fisk and Stokes moral tale of wealth and ruin
A New England youth climbs from clerk to rich rogue through a daring but doomed scheme with Jay Gould. Fisk’s rise and fall ends in murder and a life of social exile, serving as a stern caution about greed and extravagance. The piece contrasts virtue and vice amid depictions of wealth, crime, and punishment.
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New England
Fortune
Wit
Charity
Fisk
Utiva
Boston
New York
Spiri
Jay Gould
Wate &O
Eris
Cenwal Park
Wis Zide
Providenes
Hia
Littl
Sroken
Hisnu
Lif
Bookes
Pate
Stokes
Eccentric Romances Of George N Sanders In Cincinnati
The Cincinnati Commercial recalls George N. Sanders once a city beau who pursued a Cincinnati debutante with a painted Alderney cow portrait and a Berkshire boar as feints. After a setback he bonded with editor Miss Reed through letters, leading to marriage without ever meeting in person.
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Cincinnati
George N. Sanders
Ity
New York
Adinvess
Rued
Etter
Boy of eighteen files engine patent promising vast gains
A young Oregon boy, Frank C. Crouch, aged eighteen, filed a patent in Washington for a motive power claimed to surpass steam engines. He, raised on a Douglass County farm, built windmills and waterwheels, later devised a telegraphy on trains, a self regulating boiler water-feed, and a steam engine that expands steam by superheating with air for greater power in smaller space. He aims for safer trains and lower fuel use with his combined engine and boiler.
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Washington
Oregon
Frank C. Crouch
Douglass County
Young Gronch
St Francisco Chronicle
Knocking About in the World Shapes Youth
A reflective piece argues that young men benefit from being knocked about in life. It notes most youths enter life with self conceit, and schools teach humility, placing leaders if worthy and tempering vanity. The rough path leads to self knowledge and revised view of oneself.
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Pouipuss
Nobility of Labore Honors Honest Labor Over Status
The piece denounces social position as a basis for contempt for work and praises the dignity of labor. It argues against those who fear toil and owe status to ancestors, urging the powerful to perform drudgery with the same spirit that defines their class. It emphasizes that honorable work suits both classes and should be embraced.
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Thorn
Lily
Solomon
Digestion and Paradise Blessing or Burden
Fragmentary reflection on digestion as a blessing, comparing it to sunshine and shade. Poses questions about meaning and happiness, suggesting a sensory, optimistic view of nourishment and well being, with a poetic, provisional tone.
Protecting Elephant in Pondichery Garrison Story
During the Pondichery siege, an elephant in the French garrison shielded a theft fugitive. The crowd could not subdue the beast until Governor Lally intervened, pardoning the criminal. The elephant then calmed instantly and allowed its keeper to lead it away.
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Pondichery
East Indies
M. Lally
Sympathy of the Sexes and the Darwinian Gap
A reflective piece argues gender dynamics in love, noting male instincts toward analysis and female passion. It contrasts conquest and vulnerability, tracing how social roles shape desire, trust, and power. The text weighs whether equality exists in habit and circumstance, with a provocative verdict by Gulucy.
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Balton
Darwin
Paris
Sparka
Helf
Tribulations of a Couple of Lovers at Truckee
Read like a disorderly tale from Truckee California about two visiting young men who try to outstay each other on a porch at night. An elaborate wax prank leads to their pants and undergarments getting glued to chairs, causing embarrassment and a comic house wake. The incident ends with release after heated waxing acts and unexpected blemished attire.
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New York Independent
Newmen Hall
Mr. Gladstone
Jubilee Singers
Tennessee
Watchman
Chiselhurst
Holly
St. James Park
Cellini
Lady Cavendish
Lord Lytleton
W. E. Forster
M. P. the Hun
Arthur Kinnaird
M. P
Queen's Chapel Royal
Misses Gladstone
W. H. Gladstone
Mr. P
Mrs. Gladstone
Miss Gladstone
John Brown
Jesus
Gladstone
Truckee
California
St Thia
Staal Gheengetvar
Lesson on Determination in a Classroom Dialogue
A tense classroom scene centers on a challenging lesson as a student protests, insisting on understanding without excuses. The instructor presses for persistence, while the student refutes with stubborn refusals, culminating in a demand to prove knowledge through demonstrated understanding.
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Macbeth
Milton
Carlyle
Jossus
Ton
Henry Ward
Beocher
Underworld
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