The Crows of India Two Species and Their Tricks
Longmans Magazine describes two Indian crow species the great black corby and the gray necked crow. It details their mischiefs in cities such as Calcutta Bombay and Madras including nest thefts frame stealing and spoliation of flowers books and garden crops. It notes crows taunt sick patients and even target domestic animals and wild birds with persistent pilfering.
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India
London
Jerdon
Calcutta
Bombay
Calcutta Corvidae
Messrs. Lawrence & Mayo
Mr. Dewar
Himalayas
Madras
Colonel Cunningham
Longman's Magazine
Walking in the Woods as a Cure for Aging
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Charles H. Coffin discuss nature as nourishment for the mind and aging, praising enduring observation, plainness, and silence. The forest and woods shape manners, reduce vanity, and offer moral lessons, while a painter’s view varies with personal sympathy and experience.
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Nero
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Seeing a Picture Through the Eyes of the Artist
The article urges readers to view art from the painter's perspective rather than relying on personal taste. It argues that judging a painting by immediate liking ignores the artist's method and intent.
New York Tenement Child Describes Settlement Visit
A child living in a crowded New York tenement recalls a happy day with a settlement worker. She describes a large three floor house with many rooms and shiny floors, noting how hard it is to find others among so many spaces.
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New York
Beggar thanks kind lady with penny note idea
A polite beggar replies that kindness would move him to buy a postal card with the money and write a thanks note. The exchange captures a charitable moment in early newspaper prose.
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Catholic Standard and Times
Leghorn Chicken Misidentification in City Scene
A child asks about the chicken, and Uncle Josh identifies it as a Leghorn. She jokes she should have noticed the horns on its legs, reflecting a humorous city scene reported by Chicago News.
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Josh
Chicago News
The Midnight Promenade Unclear Fragment
Puzzlelike clipping from Harper's Bazaar mentions a night out with a figure named She Henry and a confusing reference to a sick friend, creating a fragmentary cultural note with no clear event.
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Henry
Baby
Harper
Razar
Colchester Thanksgiving Tales and Historic Early Celebrations
Colchester residents kept a home grown Thanksgiving a week late to await a New York sloop with a hogshead of molasses for pies. The piece notes Revolutionary era customs with Massachusetts advising November 16, 1776 as a public observance.
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Colchester
New York
Council of
Massachusetts
Witness Admission Stuns As Lawyer Probes Testimony
A lawyer recalls questioning a witness who claimed to have lived in New York for twenty five years but answered I didn't live I was single revealing odd under examination and a sly retort about past life.
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New York
Iasyer
Not a Bit Like a Cat exchange
A dialogue excerpt shows a mother and daughter discussing a visitor named Mrs. Kippur who Agnes says is not a cat, despite Agnes noting she was called one. The girl often warm to strangers and this visitor impresses or confuses them.
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Mrs. Stepswell
Ashburnham Testimony Praises Chamberlain Cough Remedy
Ashburnham Ont April 18 1903 A local rector testifies to Chamberlain Cough Remedy restoring his voice after a severe cold. He states a sample bottle eased the cough quickly and enabled him to perform Easter duties three times. He urges others to use the remedy sold by druggists.
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Ashburnham
Ontario
Chamberlain
Ashburnham, Ont
Exaster
Oncw
F. A. Langrelpt
St. Luke's Church
Chamberlain Medicine Co
All Drug
Youthful Aspirations in a Family Debate
The Boston Transcript notes both children coexists in harmony but face future career choices. Tom aspires to be a retired millionaire while Henrietta aims to be a rich widow, reflecting a humorous social exchange.
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Helden
Tom
Henrietta
Boston Transcript
Smith and Wife Live Apart to Stay Together
A Houston Post cartoon quote notes Smith and his wife quarrel not, as she spends most time abroad and they maintain harmony by living apart.
Electric Bitters Promises Relief for Nervous Troubles
A vintage patent medicine ad claims Electric Bitters cures nervousness sleeplessness and stomach upset. It pledges to calm the stomach regulate kidneys and bowels purify the liver and blood with full satisfaction guaranteed or money back.
Wall Street Tale of a Million and a Half Bonds
An executive officer of a major insurance firm encounters a heated street rebuke over his company’s refusal to invest in his friend’s enterprise. He dismisses the issue with a flippant order for a million and a half in bonds, underscoring tensions in finance and loyalty.
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Wall Street
Patent Remedy Ad for Cholera and Diarrhoea
A vintage drug advertisement urges doubling doses of Chamberlal Colie Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at first signs of disease to ward off danger. It claims widespread user satisfaction and states the remedy is for sale by all druggists.
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Ames
Mall Commission
Watch Braces Buckle Causes Tick Tock Irregularities
A London Chronicle quote explains a reader found the metal buckle of braces disturbed his watch. He now places his spectacle case inside the watch pocket to sever the connection and restore regular timekeeping.
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London Chronicle
Slip of the tongue sparks harsh punishment at dinner
Dialogue between Tom and Dick reveals a harsh reprimand after a mistaken yarn. A Goethe quote frames the piece, while a classified ad seeks women for magazine distribution and census work at Sprague Wholesale Co in Chicago.
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Tom
Detroit Free Press
Sprague Wholesale Co
Wabash Ave
Chicago
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