A Birthday Doll and a Harsh Lesson on Envy
Dora celebrates a doll christening with her siblings, but Fan's jealousy leads to the doll's destruction and a rift in the family. Mrs. Thorn sends Fan to a reforming school, where she returns repentant and reconciled with Dora and the others.
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Dora
Beatty
Mrs. Thorn
Dolly
Thorn
Dorothy Kester
Delly
Fan
Dell
Deg
Jessie
Beda
Harry
Ned
Violet
Mammy
Eve
Kelly
Susanna
Violet Frances Rothy
Furia
A Woman's Economy at the Park Street Exchange
A Detroit Free Press piece recounts a man returning home to a wife busy sewing and a cold dinner. He visits the Woman's Exchange for a hot lunch, learns the pie and rolls are her own, and realizes his wife has long practiced economy. A friend notes the irony of budgeting at another's expense.
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Detroit
Sue
Katrina
Mr. Yager
Gould Schmile
Deir
Herr Yager
Lake and Battle Echo Through Ancient Night
An evocative poem recalls a timeless lake and mountain landscape where ancient wars fade into a silent shore. It contrasts a star’s questions with a centuries old memory of tents, spears, and a burial chant as the lake remains still across a thousand years. A separate tale follows a raven’s crafty pilfering, as a gentleman’s pet hides a hoard of miscellaneous items in a garden with comic cunning.
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Iodis
Gorilla Nests and Ole Bull Tales From Old Observations
Natives describe gorilla nests high in trees lined with fern and grass with solitary groups, usually in September to November, avoiding humans. The article plus anecdotes celebrate Ole Bull a famed Norwegian violinist, his early talent, bold personality, and notable encounters with royalty.
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Jules Janin
Ole Bull
Savage
Longfellow
Wayside Inn
Gorilla Valor and Tribal Tales From Gaboon and Beyond
Survivors recount gorilla encounters with Gaboon tribesmen, noting the animal’s fierce defense of its family and brutal tusks. The piece also describes a brief local legal blurb about a will, plus an anecdote about Treasury guards and a humorous immigrant accent dialogue about remarriage and Mormonism, ending with a coughs and colds ad.
Perfect guarding of public treasuries praised
The Baltimore American notes that while private homes and banks can be breached, great public treasuries are rarely robbed. It cites visitors from England who were surprised by the lack of guards at the Treasury and contrasts with the Bank of Daylent where military presence is required to access the building.
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San Francisco
Imperial Palace
Raphael
Ole Bull
Denmark
Norway
Rossini
Bologna
Lucca
Naples
Bernadotte
Sweden
Stockholm
Treasury
Col. Webster
Capt. Cobaugh
Baltimore
Washington
Marshalltown
Monisi
Tierce
V. Lawrine
Janesville
Wis
Ad. J
Partour Fire Ars CO
de Boane
Express
Blocti
Hick
Keneas City
The Drama, Moral Taste, and the Actor's Plight
The article argues drama has a moral mission shaping taste and society. Actors face isolation, night work, and limited social contact, enduring sincere pressures and temptations. The author praises actors, noting their virtue and the need for greater honor for both male and female performers.
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O. B. Frothingham
Atlantic
Vistus
Sermon Draws Leadville Crowd as Detective Interrupts
A Leadville congregation listens to an itinerant preacher describe the luxuries of a clear conscience. The scene ends as a rear pew observer spots a New York detective outside, causing many to flee while only the dean stays to hear the conclusion.
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Leadville
New York
Waltham Watches Favored for Morrison by Melbourne Observatory
In consultation with Government Astronomer R L J Ellery, The Age noted two Waltham watches bought for Mr. G E Morrison were tested at Melbourne Observatory for two weeks. Ellery judged them better suited to Morrison’s needs than any chronometer.
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New Guinea
Waltham Watch Company
Age
G. E. Morrison
R. Li. J. Ellery
Waltham
Morrison
Melbourne
Ellery
Nightwatchman's Light and Childish Reply Tale
A sailor serving as lookout is kept aloft for an hour and then says he sees daylight as the light. A baby asks for more peanuts and the mother prompts the gentleman with a playful question. An advertisement claims Piso's Cure for Consumption is pleasant and certain to cure.
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Poe
Cautionary Proverb on Wealth and Time
A saying compares men who hoard wealth to hungry people who never sit to dine, warning against endless pursuit without enjoyment.
Allen Iron Tonic Helps Sore Melancholy Men
An advertisement from St. Paul Minnesota touts Allen's Iron Tonic Bitters as curing melancholy nervous prostration and debility. It asserts one trial is enough and all bottles bear the signature of J. P. Allen.
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Shun
Montaigne
Allen
J. P. Allen
St. Paul, Minn
Complete cure claims in patent medicine ad
An old ad promotes patent medicines with sensational cures for coughs hoarseness sore throat and kidney diseases. It advertises Rover on Cogns Rough on pests and Liver Oil from the seashore, urging readers to ask for these products from druggists in New York.
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New York
Caswell
Haga
Sure Cure for Blind Bleeding and Itching Piles
Advertisement for Williams Indian Pile Ointment claiming rapid relief and tumor absorption. Promoted by C. H. Ward & Co. Des Moines, mailed for 1 dollar. Claims the product cures long standing piles and itching of private parts with instant relief.
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William
C. H. Ward & Co
Des Moines
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