Harry Leaves Home Then Returns to Find a Family Bond
A nephew Harry leaves his country home after quarrels with his father and tries city work with three dollars a week. He faces hardship, boards, and poor wages, while guardians reflect on true home values. Eventually a family visit prompts Harry to return home, where he resumes helping as if never gone.
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Arry
Harry
Mary
Sable
City Mail
William
Hearthstone
The Charms of Rural Existence in Mormon Social Reform
The Century discusses Brigham Young’s plan to blend town and farm life in Utah colonies. It describes a central village of four acre plots and one acre lots, with homes, barns, gardens, and near amenities, plus smaller outlying farms. The system aims to reduce isolation while fostering community and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brigham Young
Salt Lake City
Utah
Praise and Praise Worthy Words in Everyday Life
An essay on the value of praising others and avoiding fault finding. It argues honest appreciation boosts effort and happiness, urging restraint from criticism and encouraging positive recognition to inspire better work and intent. The piece cites moral duty and human responsibility in daily interactions.
Mothers and boys shaping virtue for a better world
The essay argues a boy’s first idea of a woman is his mother and that maternal love guides lifelong chivalry. It urges mothers to give definite religious instruction and model obedience self-control purity and truth to prevent unruly boys and vain girls, promising happier homes and a nobler world.
Language quirks tempt learner with fast and prize
A foreign observer notes how English uses fast in varied ways. He reflects that quick, firm, spendthrift, and fasting meanings clash until encountering a sentence about winning a prize. The anecdote ends with his discouragement and a push to persevere.
Columbia College Receives Major Gifts for Library
At the Columbia College trustees meeting in New York on Monday President Seth Low announced a 1,000,000 gift to fund a new library. William C. Schermerhorn added 3,000 for a Natural Science building. Low said the library will honor his father, Abiel Abbott Low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia College
New York
Seth Low
William C. Schermerhorn
Low
Abiel Abbott Low
Undefined color standard debate across science and art
A fragmented text discusses a proposed absolute color standard and its practical limits. It references the Interior Department study, the National Academy, and Marsh proposing a long investigation to establish a data based color standard. Attendant passages mention color hues, porcelain, and critiques of aesthetic influence.
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Howe
Academces
Marsh
France
8Mary
Smith
Presbyy
Aca
Obing
Pettyoon
Marsy
S Menon
Isalyoog
Not compelled to speak of Tolstoi eyes in new work
A fragment from the Philadelphia Record notes a writer in her new Russia piece avoids Tolstoi's described gray green blue eyes, a notable contrast and imaginative feat cited by critics.
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Russia
Tolstoi
Philadelphia Record
Boston Woman's Orchestra Delights at Bumstead Hall
The Boston Woman's Orchestra, a women led ensemble of thirteen first violins fourteen seconds five violas five cellos three basses and players on flute clarinet trombone and tympani, performed admirably. Men filled several wind positions including second flute oboes bassoons horns trumpets and another trombone. Under Miss Lillian Chandler the strings impressed with skill and spirit, hinting the conductor may soon be a woman.
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Boston Women’s Orchestra
Bumstead Hall
Lillian Chandler
Boston Herald
The Woman Who Troubled With Street Wheel Riding
A women’s confession about learning to ride a bicycle reveals fear of public streets and panic outside a riding school. The speaker reassures that not all women are cut for show bicycling and compares the challenge to a fawn becoming a dentist, or lace becoming cordage.
Telegraph Delay Angers Rider on Madison Wire
An Atlanta Constitution excerpt recounts a Madison incident where a man sent a telegram via a Black messenger who believed the message stalled on the line. The messenger spotted a scrap paper on the wire and warned officials that the dispatch would never reach its destination without immediate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Leak
Mistah
Darky
Atlanta Constitution
Adornments and Laces Dominate Current Fashion Trends
A fashion note highlights a surge in lace adornments with heavy patterns like guipure and point de Gênes. Creations in cream white and black use nets and insertions, paired with satin or silk. Capes, ruffles, collars, jabots, and decorative necklets featuring small floral clusters are all the rage.
Walking and Dyspepsia: Exercise Boosts Health
An old physician laments widespread indigestion and debility among workers linked to inactivity. He urges climbing stairs and daily brisk walks of 15 minutes to exercise key muscles and improve digestion, noting many clerks miss work due to malaise.
Rubinstein’s genius shadowed by self criticism flaw
Alexander McArthur notes Rubinstein possessed a superb and unfailing gift of melody yet lacked self criticism and patience. As a youth he produced work without direction, rushing ideas onto paper and failing to revise. This temper led to a fame built on first drafts that may not endure.
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Rubinstein
Alexander McArthur
Innovative carpet and ribbon laundering tips
A description of a layered carpet with a spring edge and guidance on washing decorative ribbons. Ribbons should be laundered like embroidered cloths, protected from heat with brown paper, and ironed while still damp. Scarlet dyes show best, satin finishes look nearly new after washing, but finishing may fade over time.
How Mr Vaux Paid His Bill
The eccentric former mayor Richard Vaux avoided regular checks and bank books. He paid bills by scribbling the amount and creditor on scraps of paper or old envelopes with his signature, a habit bank tellers recognized, and his homemade notes were always accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Vaux
Richard Vaux
Wax Figure Flirts With Riders At Suburban Station
A soap factory near a Reading railroad line displayed a waxen girl in a large window facing the trains. Male riders daily flirted with the lifelike figure, only to learn she was a static display tied to the window as a publicity gimmick.
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Reading
Household Hints on Cleaning and Care
Household hints advise sponging woolen goods with strong cold coffee to remove grease. Wear old loose kid gloves during ironing to prevent callous spots. Pack flour around fine laces for twenty four hours to clean. Keep a small paint brush for dusting hard to reach spots. Apply powdered alum to fever sores to reduce unsightliness. Burn pine tar in sick rooms as a disinfectant and sleep aid. Sunlight can revive scorched shirt bosoms after ironing.
The Promised Land travel pitch to Utah
A promotional piece extols a Denver to Utah rail journey via Rio Grande Western as unmatched for scenery and interest. It touts Utah’s landmarks including Salt Lake City, Salt Lake and Saltair Beach, with notes on springs, sanitariums and climate. Send for pamphlets from F. A. Wadleigh in Salt Lake City.
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Denver
Utah
Rio Grande Western Railway
Salt Lake City
Great Salt Lake
Saltair
Alternating Fresh and Salt Water Well On Kansas Farm
A well at Prof. St. John’s farm near Belvue Kansas yields fresh water for two weeks then salt water for the following two weeks, alternating this pattern every fortnight.
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Prof. St. John
Belvue
Kan
Seditious Literature Seized by Turkish Post Office
Photographs of Mr. Gladstone and Professor Bryce were seized and destroyed by the Turkish post office amid Armenian troubles, dismissed as seditious literature.
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Gladstone
Bryce
National Educational Association Denver Excursion Fare Offer
The Chicago Great Western Railway lists a one first class fare plus 2.00 round trip excursion to Denver for the National Educational Association meeting July 5 to 12. Tickets on sale July 4 to 6 and 7 for trains arriving in St. Joseph or Kansas City. Return until Sept 1, 1895. The line provides through cars with modern conveniences.
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National Educational Association
Denver
Col
Chicago Great Western Railway
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Nickel Plate upgrades travel facilities inaugurated May nineteenth
The Nickel Plate road introduces enhanced services for travelers with no car changes between Chicago New York and Boston. Dining cars operate between Chicago and Buffalo in both directions. Daily trains depart Chicago at 8 05 a m except Sunday and 1 30 p m and 9 20 p m to Fort Wayne Fostoria Cleveland Erie Buffalo New York and Boston. Arrival times in New York 6 30 p m and Boston 9 00 p m. City office 111 Adams street depot Twelfth and Clark streets Main 389 Harrison 200.
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Chicago
New York
Boston
Buffalo
Fort Wayne
Fostoria
Cleveland
Erie
City
Adams Street
Twelfth and
Clark Streets
Harrison
Nickel Plate Road
Twelfth
Nickel Plate Unveils New Trains Service
The Nickel Plate road launched its new schedule on May 19 with three fast trains in each direction between Chicago, New York and Boston. Passengers enjoy top dining car service and seamless travel with no car changes, and the city ticket office is at 111 Adams street with depot at Twelfth and Clark. Mr and Mrs Noise are identified as Jasper County Missouri musicians.
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Chicago
New York
Boston
City
Adams Street
Twelfth
Clark Streets
Harrison
Epworth League Rail Offer to Chattanooga via Mammoth Cave
Epworth League travelers can reach Chattanooga by the Louisville & Nashville route with low hotel and cave fees for Epworth League ticket holders. The route runs through Nashville to Chattanooga, near Vanderbilt University, with war battle sites along the line. Obtain route maps and rate details by writing C. P. Atmore in Louisville or Geo. B. Horner in St Louis.
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Epworth League
Chattanooga
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Mammoth Cave
America
Nashville
Vanderbilt University
Methodist Church
Cincinnati
Louisville
Evansville
St. Louis
God Will Strengthen Us to Walk Away from Bad Company
A moral exhortation urges reliance on divine strength to resist temptation and to disengage from negative influences and harmful associations.
Nickel Plate Opens Updated Summer Train Service
May 19 marks the Nickel Plate inauguration of a new train service with a summer schedule maintaining the same number of trains and through service between Chicago Cleveland Buffalo New York and Boston. Journey times are shortened between all listed cities with city and depot contact details in the notice.
Landholdings in Mexico Largely in Feudal Tenure by Thousands
In Mexico a vast portion of land rests under feudal style tenure controlled by about 7,000 families. The arrangement concentrates land ownership among a small elite, shaping economic and social power within the republic.
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The
Republic of Mexico
Where Are We At Question Guides Business Minds
A short note explains how business people in the north west can locate current positions using an atlas with up to date maps and descriptive matter. The atlas, mailed for 15 cents in stamps to any address, is offered by F. L Wartney at Great Northern Railway, St Paul. The item recalls that the first iron ore discovery in this country occurred in Virginia in 1715.
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Northwest
F. L Wartney
G. P
Great Northern Railway
St. Paul
Inn
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Househkeold
Urse
Thare
Tess
Sensibaugh Everts
Womer
Promised Land
London
Nickel Plate
Mr. and
Mrs. Noise
Jasper County
Missouri
Virginia
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