A Prayer and Vision of Death in Beecher and Laveau Lore
A Beecher sermon on readiness for death and New Testament hope contrasts with a Creole portrait of Marie Laveau. The piece juxtaposes religious exhortation on mortal certainty with George W. Cable's Century excerpt describing Laveau’s queenly Voodoo authority and her final days in New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Cable
Marie Laveau
Louisiana
Quadroon
New Orleans
Congo Square
Malvina Latour
Seven Times Seven and Birds in the Wind
A fragment collection features a counting rhyme about seven times seven and a longer tale from Harper's Young People describing crafts with crystallized popcorn sheep and stockyard ideals, followed by a Babylonian Hanging Gardens vignette from Youth's Companion detailing queen and king, terraces, statues, and marble-pillar architecture.
Christianity Proposes Purity Starts With the Heart
A passage argues that true virtue requires a pure heart, claiming a good life cannot exist with a corrupt heart. The speaker recalls a man attempting a difficult feat near a muddy spring, illustrating the challenge of genuine morality.
Atlantic City Portrait By Charles Dudley Warner
Harper's Magazine writer Charles Dudley Warner visits Atlantic City describing wooden shanties, vast plank walks, identical hotels, gaudy paint, and the sea’s untamed majesty varying in color and motion as crowds gather for excursions and amusement along the shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Or & Space
Charles Dudley Warner
Harper's Magazine
Coquelin Ousts Itch Tale On Boulevards
An anecdote recalls Coquelin after a London engagement strolling on the Boulevards when an unknown man grabbed his hands and asked about his welfare. Coquelin replied that, while in England, he visited Scotland and caught the itch, prompting a swift exit to a nearby drug shop.
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Coquelin
London
England
Scotland
Man blows lungs at dime museum in humorous skit
A dime museum acts feature a man using a lung testing device while a fakir and onlookers react. The performer Granger boasts of years blowing a dinner horn in a deer and dumb asylum, amid jokes about cigars and crowd payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granger
Fakir
Kentry
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon AHistoric Overview
The essay outlines early garden use across civilizations from Egypt and Assyria to China India and Greece. It notes gardens as cultural centers with temples frescoes and statues and highlights the Hanging Gardens of Babylon as a famed ancient marvel linked to biblical Babylon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Assyria
China
India
Greece
Babylon
Old John the 38-Year-Old Horse of Newark Station Hotel
Thomas Langdon owns Old John the long serving horse at Newark Station Hotel. At 38 he is reputed the oldest in New York, once a dependable worker for 27 years. A black 1300 pound draft, he has been mostly retired this winter though in good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas Langdon
Newark Station
John
Mr. Langdon
Train Delays Baffle Passenger Asks Conductor
A Dakota branch line passenger questions two hour lateness. The conductor explains Monday trouble. He must tend the baby while his wife does the washing, and vows to depart before sunrise tomorrow. Eastelline D T Beil notes the quirky delay reason.
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Dakota Road
Eastelline
D. T
Beil
Human vanity and judgment in fault
A historical aphorism notes men excuse their own faults while harshly criticizing others, reflecting a common moral observation on self perception and social scrutiny.
The Humorous Rant on Cooks and Epicurean Quirks
A sprawling, satirical essay argues that bad cookery drives human history and character, tracing foodie foibles from ancient oystermen to Napoleonic hunts for a cook, then pivots to modern attempts at artificial fuel from coal dust and the efficiency of compressed fuel in Europe and the Mediterranean. It notes practical brickmaking from coal dust, shipping to Egypt and Turkish ports, and safety against spontaneous combustion, ending with a hotel advertisement for the Grand Union in New York.
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Cain
Abel
Nero
Commodus
Vitellius
Napoleon
Britannia
John Bull
Russias
Great Britain
Ireland
India
Athens
Linnaeus
Joseph Banks
Sumatra
Francis I
Church of St. Sulpice
Paris
Swift
Sheridan
Butler
Dyer
Chicago News
Europe
Mediterranean
France
Marseilles
Egypt
Alexandria
Port Said
Suez
Danube
Constantinople
Faulkner Fails To Weigh In For England Wrestling Match
Faulkner trained near a rail station in England to meet Sam Morse the 120 pound champion. He weighed in light at training but was two pounds heavy at the match site. After a chase to shed weight failed, the stake money went to Morse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faulkner
Sam Morse
England
Morse
Cincinnati Enquirer
Dickens as a Snob in Thackeray’s Shadow
A St. Louis Magazine critique portrays Charles Dickens as a snob of genius. It argues he lacked true manners, feelings, education, and sociable aptitude, noting his failures when writing about ladies and gentlemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickens
Charles Dickens
Thackeray
St. Lewis
Great Western Poul Yard
James E. Gey
St. Louis, O
Great Strike Offer for Cloth Bound Volumes
Rochester Rural Home advertises 150 cloth bound dollar volumes given away with one dollar subscription to a weekly pages. The list includes titles on law without lawyers tenders medical practice boys pastimes farmers guides and a universal world history. Satisfaction guaranteed and shelves stocked by the Mural Home Co Ltd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Donelson
Iceepee Croat
Sye
Mast
Paul
United Stat World I Cyclopedia
Eience
M. Ayor
Be Mural Home Co., Ltd
Seckealee
Wives Earn Their Keep in Early Domestic Quest
In Arkansaw Traveler style, Mrs. Gensing fires the hired girl and insists she can handle housework herself. Mr. Gensing agrees, then discovers the burden of chores, including fires, milking the cow, and washing dishes, as they prove they can get along without the help. The tale highlights frugality and domestic labor.
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Mrs. Gensing
Mr. Gensing
Gensing
George
Arkonsaw Traveler
Danger Signals and Liver Trouble Advised Remedies
An advisory text warns of liver disorder symptoms under the diaphragm and right ribs, worsened by lying on the right side, with risk of fatal abscesses. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to regulate the liver, relieve congestion, ease bile flow, and soothe associated nausea dizziness and stomach discomfort.
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J. ME. Moore
Farmington
All Hops & Malt Bitters CO
Dernorr, Micu
Armor Plating and Torpedo Threats Stir Naval Debate
The article discusses whether armor clad ships still hold up amid new torpedo risks. Experts question bottom armor and crinoline netting as protection, noting they weaken vessel handling and may not ensure safety. It also contrasts enduring nature scenes with technical naval concerns.
Fishermen on the Fifeshire coast fear swine curse and beasties tale
An anecdote from American Angler recalls a sea coast scene near Pittenween where fishermen react to the word swine by guarding their boats, later told as a superstition about beasts entering the sea. The text then shifts to ads praising Star Cough Cure and salt as a cheap disinfectant for health uses and mentions St Jacobs Oil for rheumatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Jesus
Tiis
Belona
Eady
Indy
Henry Ward Beecher
Fifeshire
Scotland
Pittenween
Visitors recall Webster talk and a quip about his death
An 1825 tale recalls boys walking thirty miles from Salem to Boston to hear Daniel Webster, with a child’s wit noting Webster’s death. The text also promotes Dr. Pierce remedies and catalog quips, including testimonials about the Pleasant Purgative Pellets and Favorite Prescription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Boston
Daniel Webster
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Mr. Beeever
Sam Jones
Indianapolis
Jouwrat
Church of God
Heaven
Chicago
Walnut Grove
Michigan
the Elevens
Kitty
Leven
Robin
Kkven
Bessie
Lucy Hayes
Lucy
Mrs. Hayes
Lacey
Harper
Persia
Nineveh
Boston Common
New York City
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Rey
Pierce
Foote
St. Jacobs Oil
Richter
Mary Hinson
Montrose
Kansas
Dr. R. V. Pierce
San Francisco
Ayer
Buckingham
Gault House
Clinton and
Madison Streets
Union Depot
Hoyt & Gates
Tur Worfarc Belt Co
Marshall, Mich
L KR Stricklin
Ra'eigh
Moody
Marsh
Quincy, Mich
S. & A. P. Lacer
Washington
Tus Hemman
Lafayette
Mai, Stowe & Celestow Hi
Spencer's Alligator Press
Dwight Hi
York
Brown
Ron Bitters
C. E. Upton
Nashua
N. 1
W. E. Sutherland
Evangelist
Shelby City
J.C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
Mass
Kower
Abo
Perry Davis
Clark
Hicago
Ark At
Jones
Alan Amt
Danes Bing DR. Radway
Radway
Pasel Wate
Slength
Frazer
Io Lee
Ee Staratisa
Aleman
Amy
Poeori
Rony Parte
Numan
Elbel & CO
Canton
Pullman Palace Car Co
Mason & Hamlin A & Piano Co
É&C
New Orleans Exposition
New Orleana
Russia Cement CO
Glouceste
Seca
Suaran
Rooney
Retungaea
Addic
Utly
Green & Sons
Ao Ia
Mm Ene
I & Sone
Wenspae
Adres
Moma Act Bsowsxon
Worland, New York
Piso
MNERD
Audubon
Lowe
Pino
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