Religious zeal and secular doubt split Yale in a sermon
A sermon by Rev. I Vermilye at New York University urges students to cling to faith, citing three atheistic college classmates who fell into dissipation. The piece contrasts Protestant orthodoxy at Yale with Sumner's agnostic views, warning that scientific philosophy threatens religious belief and social morals.
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I. Vermilye
New York University
Evangelical
Subs
Dr. Vermilye
Sumner
Yale College
Ity
New England
Yermilye
Seavedo
Ver
Two Doughnut Boys-A Stick of Candy- The Crocodil's Dentist-The Stream in the Woods
Poem by Alice Cary expressing a creed of Christian peace and love as the measure of goodness. It rejects empty piety and emphasizes that acts and outcomes reveal virtue. The speaker condemns selfish schemes and argues love gives sweetness to life.
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Relijsion
Jesus
God
The Candy Craft Exposed in Old Time Factory Recipe
The piece explains confectionery origins with the claim sugar candy inventor unknown and recipe steps from sugar to rock candy and cream candy. It then shifts to a village scene where Ray shares doughnut boys with Tommy Briggs, receives strawberries with a note of apology, and reflects on kindness as the best remedy.
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Grinod de la Reyniere
Coste
Anon
Ray
Rysha
Tommy Briggs
Mamma
Uncle Jack
Tomas Bricas
Poultices in Pediatric Pneumonia Care
Dr J Dorning in Babyshood writes on large flaxseed meal poultices for chest treatment in pneumonia for children aged one to three. Prepare hot thick poultices between muslin layers, cover to retain heat, renew every five to six hours, and use a fresh poultice when removing the old one.
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Dr. J. Dorning
Two Doughnut Boys
Ray pleads with his mother after a conflict with Tommy Briggs over a treasured apple. Mamma Trevor reframes revenge as curbing the boy’s naughty spirit with kindness, and Ray plans to try this approach at the first opportunity.
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Ray
Tommy Briggs
Jack
Trevor
Mamma
Tommy
Rusha
The Plucky Pluvianus Aigyptius Aide to Crocodile
A crocodile lingers asleep as gnats fill its mouth while a small black headed plover uses its sharp beak to clear insects from every corner. The bird’s aid keeps the reptile ready for work and incurs no pay, though a strong friendship is hinted.
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Pluvianus Aigyptius
Egypt
Babylonian loan tablets reveal interest and debt practices
The Egibi tablets show loans where borrowers repay principal plus monthly interest, often tied to tax payments and harvest cycles. Babylonian lenders financed new business by mortgaging homes, with interest around twenty percent annually and repayment by installments.
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Babylonia
Asia Minor
Reluctant Suicide at Chicago Pier Described by Onlookers
A well dressed man at a Chicago pier leaped into the water and vanished while bystanders and a witness police report the scene. A witness notes the recurring drownings tied to morning newspaper photos, with another man seen running away with a newspaper as the crowd reacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Boston Broadside Legacy Shows Early American News Prints
A Boston Public Library collection reveals early American broadsides including a 1696 proclamation by William Stoughton offering blood money for Indian prisoners and a 1755 stamp act leaf printed for Massachusetts. The items illustrate how colonial notices warned and guided the public before imperial taxes.
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Boston Public Library
Salem
William Stoughton
Province of
Massachusetts Bay
Deerfield
England
London
Boston
Holland
Eugene
Poland
Hague
Ryswick
Massachusetts
Boston News-Letter
Gov. Shirley
J. Willard
General Court of
Shirley
Boston Bulletin
Ground values and graveyard stakes in urban land
A Chicago Herald quote discusses NYC land values citing Trinity Church graveyard ground at $125 per square foot and compares to Broadway blocks at $101, Equitable block at $112, and Boston and Chicago prices, noting wide regional differences and speculative peaks.
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New York City
Grand Pacific Hotel
Trinity Church
New York
Broadway
Equitable Assurance Company
Nassau
Pine
Cedar
Boston
Chicago
Chicago Herald
Quiet Rural Life Amid City Quarrels Narrative
A country farmer converses with a city guest about a quiet life while noting a local choir dispute, political tussles, and a labor dispute with a hired man. The exchange underscores peaceful country living against social and political friction.
A Bad Sign in a Traveler’s World
An old man warns his son against subscribing to a new paper, predicting imminent collapse as a rival grows rapid circulation and heavy advertising. The fragment adds a reflective line on duty to scatter benefits and a note that gloom may hinder effort.
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William
Bill
Ex President Arthur Linked to Warner Cure Claims
Rochester Union and Advertiser questions doctors handling General Chester A Arthur Bright's disease while public praise and testing claims surround Warner's Safe Cure. An unnamed source touts a $5000 reward for refuting testimonials and asserts many notable individuals have been cured by the remedy.
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Rochester
N. Y
Union
Arthur
Bribie Dhaene
Bright
State of News
The
New York World
Buffalo News
W. E. Kinsel“burgh
Troy Times
Warner
Chester A. Arthur
H. H. Warner
Warner's Safe Care
Couple confronts alcohol trouble in domestic scene
A dialogue excerpt shows a wife reproaching her husband John for repeated late night missteps and near intoxication, noting only two sober nights in the past week. The talking ends with remorse and the meeting adjourns. The piece from the Chicago Rambler presents a domestic vignette on sobriety.
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Chicago
Pettibone Defeated in Tennessee Canvass as Mountaineers Laugh
Ben Perley Poore recalls Major Pettibone, renowned scholar from Michigan University, who failed to win over mountaineers during a Tennessee district canvass. His learned rhetoric opposed by Taylor’s jokes, the crowd roared at humor while Pettibone admitted he would not excite risibles. Result: Pettibone defeated in a district previously 1,500 Republican.
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Parson Brownlow
John
Congress
Tennessee
Major Pettibone
Michigan University
Taylor
Pettibone
Brownlow
Ben
Perley Poore
Boston
The Ground Hog Fable and Its Vanity Lesson
A ground hog fakes illness to gauge neighbors opinions then dies and rises to attend his own funeral. He is praised in the sermon, buys a cane and eye glass, and becomes a showy figure. The story warns against flattery and vanity.
Fragmented Quotations and Remedies From a Past Page
A collection of aphorisms and humorous remarks on human nature and faith. References to a revival, a blunderer husband, and Avrin's Ague Cure claim a universal malarial efficacy. Contains personal anecdotes and moral observations with no clear single news event.
Our Worst Enemies and School Logic Put to Test
A compiled clipping discusses schoolroom arithmetic humor and a Louisville Courier-Journal piece about public school logic versus numbers. It also endorses Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a remedy for vices, biliousness, and various ailments, advocating a sane lifestyle and diet.
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W Ker
Louisville Courier-Journal
Hostetter
Noise and a Hat In Bedside Jest in Buffalonan Visit
A Buffalonan and wife visited his mother in the city. Hosts kept the guest chamber upstairs while the invalid mother slept downstairs. One morning the husband reentered in bed yet wore his hat. The wife asked why not take it off, he replied he feared disturbing mother. She quipped that it might pop.
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New York Sun
Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Promises Relief for Women
Ad copy claims Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription cures painful maladies peculiar to women and urges use by women while warning men not to track mud into parlors, jocularly noting carpet-cleaning anxieties.
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Dr. Pierce
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New York Tribune
My Creed
Alice Cary
BARRY_ BRONTANS
Farmer Robinson
Ben Johnson
Hartford Post
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Mr. Dade
Charles Lamb
Avrin
Axp
Hall
Scholastic
Glasgow
Dr. Foote
City Brewery
J. Helmus
Louisville, Ky
St. Jacobs Oil
Tavares
D. H. Barnaby
Owego
WM. Hall
Voutarc Bent Co
Marshall, Mich
Alustra
L K Stricktin
Raleigh
Lyon
A. P. Lacey
Washington, D.C
Ita
Kinaupy Company
Lafayette
Lad
Carr & CO
Quincy
Richard Cur de Lion
Dr. Sage
Simmons Liver Regulator
J.h.zeilin & CO
Philadelphia
Howe
Pittsburg
Sears
John H
Woodbury
Cart St
Albany
Brown Chemical CO
Baltimore, ND
RSS Cael
Sts
L. Waris
Draggist
Kintner
Mich
C. B. Lanrwrn
Kirkwood, MI
Piso
Wm. E. Roserson
Brandywine, Md
O. L. Rororn
Abilene, Kans
RSA
H., H. Stawse
Newark, N.Y
Ayer
Mary C. Amesbury
Rockport
Emma Tipton
Alton
Dr. J
Ayer & Co
Lowell, Masa
A. J. Tower
Mass
Perry Davis
Isaac Thom
Phytette Merite
Ompeon
Bone
Troy
N.Y
Nts
Nationa Portusarmse Co
Chicaco
HG. Root
Pearl Bt
Mall Free
Ward & CO
Louisiana
T. Felix Gourat
Gouraud
Europe
Pino
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