Humble Exalted and the Means God Uses in Syria
An article discusses humble instruments chosen by God with examples from scripture and a modern Moslem school in Syria. It shares a story of a mother guiding her three daughters to schooling and a gatekeeper aiding mission work. It also includes a guide on cold bathing, its health benefits, and safe practice.
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Syria
Frayer
Old Mansa
Pierce
OurSong
Wizard Oil. Company
Chicago
Island Home cost $620 to build and furnish
The Dec orator and Furnisher recounts an island cottage tale with imagined reform and a vivid inventory of the rooms. The piece contrasts idealism in youth with practical projects such as a cottage furnished richly, costing $120 in the sitting room and totaling $620 for build and finery. It notes the family’s joy at summer islands and a father’s toast to friends visiting the island home.
Courtship Pie and Water Walk in Prosaic Romance
A poor suitor postpones asking a woman out due to finances. He offers treats, but she declines, finally requesting a simple dipper of water at the first street fountain, revealing a modest courtship that hinges on practicality over indulgence.
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First Street
Boston Courier
Boy Hopes Missing Whalers Turn Up When School Reopens
A young reader in a newspaper expresses hope that several missing whalers will be found soon after school resumes, reflecting concern for sailors and families awaiting returns.
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The
Curious Indian jugglers enthrall crowds with bare-handed feats
A report from India describes cunning street magicians who perform without curtains or props. An Indian juggler wears only a muslin wrap, stands in an open courtyard, and astounds spectators by seemingly miraculous tricks with pebbles and bare hands.
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India
The Arkansas Negro Accused Of Stealing Wood
In this Arkansas Traveler item Col Billings confronts Sandy the enslaved man over wood theft. Sandy denies theft and questions proof while asserting his reputation and faith. The piece uses dated dialect to depict accusation and defense during a rural encounter.
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Arkansas
Col. Billings
Old Sandy
In the Wrong Business
The City Editor scolds reporter Robinson over ice safety in a mock exchange about a boy with skates amid a mill pond. The editor then orders Robinson stopped and discharged, in a satirical New York Sun blurb.
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Mill Pond
Robinson
New York Sun
Young man inherits uncle's estate after failed marriage
A young man advised his old bachelor uncle to settle wealth on his young wife. The plan failed as the marriage did not take place, and the young man ultimately inherits the uncle's estate. The uncle, Bex Butler, earns $125,000 yearly from his law practice.
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Bex Buter
Summer romance ends with a dramatic hair souvenir
Miss Lucinda Tyter visits Farmer Hayseed's farm and falls for John, the farmer's son. After a playful courtship to late August, she tugs out a tuft of his chestnut hair as a keepsake, then John proclaims he quits courting for good and returns home.
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John Wae
Lucinda Tyter
Farmer Hayseed
John
Miss Tyler
Eve
Adam
Beelzebub
Bnut
Man and beast debates and farm gate farce tale
A Washington dispatch opens with a farm gate encounter at the agricultural fair where a farmer insists he has only a pumpkin, corn and a steer to enter. The piece then shifts to Willard family property intrigue in D C and a scientific note on animal intelligence contrasting Descartes and Darwin, ending with a testimonial about St Jacobs Oil from Stevens County Washington.
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Estelline Bell
Boston
Washington
Willard Brothers
C. Willard
Ebbitt
F Street
Joseph Willard
C. C. Willard
Joe Willard
Malebranche
Descartes
Frederic Cuvier
Flourens
Darwin
No Comedy for Her at Amateur Church Fundraiser
Washington Critic reports a church fundraiser plan by the Topnoody family committee. A proposed three act comedy Married Life sparks a quarrel as Mrs Coddle rejects amateur theatricals, insisting on a serious portrayal based on her married life expertise.
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Samuel Coddle
Topnoody
Washington
Stumps the farmer weds city girl learns country ways
A farmer and his city wife clash over daily life with a dog request. The piece notes shifting intellectual fashions and changing tastes, then cites trade data on Chinese dried shrimps and marine products shipped from California to China valued at $3,132,000.
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Stumps
Charles
California
China
Grand Union Hotel Promoted As Superior City Lodging
The notice touts the Grand Union Hotel opposite Grand Central Depot with 613 rooms, cost of one million Gottawny, and an elevated railway to all depots. It claims families can live better for less money at this first class hotel than elsewhere in the city.
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Fay
New York City
Grand Vnsion
Grand Central Depot
Europe
Grans Union
Hallett & Co
Portland
Maine
Paris Halles Centrales Market System Compared To London
The Paris markets are cited as the finest in the world with the Halles Centrales modeled after the Crystal Palace. Nearly 500 porters ensure order as goods are checked for quality, butter weighed, eggs consumption cited at 250 million yearly, and meat kept under care. Parisian butchers are praised for cleanliness and service, reflecting strong market supervision and self marketing by households.
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Paris
Halles Centrales
Crystal Palace
Les Forts de la Halle
London
Architect Epmonp Legendre Cures Severe Cough With Red Star
Archite ct Epmonp Legendre of 419 Sutter Street San Francisco California reports a long lasting severe cough and multiple failures to cure it. He tried Red Star Cough Cure and one bottle completely cured him.
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Epmonp Legendre
Sutter Street
San Francisco
Cal
Patent Bottle Adumes Baby Joke Cites Unclear Claim
A Philadelphia Call quips about a patent infant feeding bottle text that ends with the instruction to unscrew and place in a cool place. The joke notes the phrase makes the baby seem patented rather than the bottle and lampoons marketing vagueness.
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Philadelphia
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