Growing Old and a Framed Town Tale of Trickery
A narrator recalls aging and changing fortunes while recounting a tale of John Wallace a thrifty hatter ruined by a broker Bryce and clerk Chandler. The story follows Annie Wallace and her lover Chandler as they uncover a note forged or mislaid leading Bryce to pay up after investigation and intrigue.
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John Wallace
Ballance
Eller
Wallace
Annie
Morton
Birle
Bryce
Chandler
Mr. Chandler
Teo
Wuallace
Wallice
Chandier
Ghosts of Long Ago by Hogar How ard Browne
A poetic reminiscence invites the reader to hear the Ghosts of Long Ago in the evening. The speaker recalls voices tears and sacred memories from the past as embers burn and time lingers, the shadows softly moving beside the solitary chair.
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Hogar Howard Browne
Paradise
Survive Our Age to Grasp the Immortal Soul
A meditation on the soul and enduring spirit beyond time. The speaker contrasts present obscurity with a hopeful commitment to the Father of all ages, urging courage and faith to face an uncertain future.
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Channing
How Monzr is Maps. Trial in New York on famed balm of a thousand towers
A New York trial reviews the cosmetic famed as the balm of a thousand towers. The making receipt shows palza oil potash alkohol and white sugar with honey once used. The honey’s extraction from the thousand flowers inspired the name. The bottle and wrapper cost little, yet the product sells at retail for high prices.
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New York
Reisil
Strange New York Lodging Mystery Ends With A Night Scene
In fall 1850s New York a traveler recounts a terrifying night in a windowed chamber with no external light. A knife sharpening sound, a masked man with glittering eyes, and a pistol defense lead to police and an insane asylum fugitive. The tale ends with cautionary notes on wary stays in strange lodgings and a later comic roadside escapade.
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New York
Bowery Theater
Banquo
Philadelphia
Animaus Cooling By Respiration, Says Van derburg
Dr Van derburg argues at the New York Academy of Medicine that only humans and horses sweat to cool the body. He notes pachyderms lack skin pores for sweating, relying on internal respiration for cooling, with many animals showing the same reliance on breath.
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Animaus
Vanderburg
New York Academy
Sarrye
Allan
Women sayings and myths from ancient authors
A fragment summarizes old authorities on women. Haller notes women bear hunger longer than men while Plutarch says they resist wine. Unger says they age but stay hairless, Pliny claims they are rarely lions’ targets yet may pursue them, and Gunter notes they can talk a few.
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Haller
Plutarch
Unger
Pliny
Gunter
The Press and Good Business
The passage argues against halting advertising after starting a business. It asserts that stopping ads damages reputation and invites decline as public attention shifts to new applicants. It stresses the press is a daily necessity and advertising medium.
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House
Dutch Cattle Care and Air Dampness Cited
The passage notes that Hollanders tend cattle with care, even placing leather shoes on their feet when led to pasture, while warning that damp air can cause rheumation.
What Were You Doing Last Night Young Man
This sermonette warns young men against idle wandering and vicious talk. It urges immediate self discipline, warns of future regret, and calls them to form habits and study to build a stable, virtuous life for when they reach adulthood. It emphasizes personal responsibility and prudent associations.
The Philosophy of Common Life by Orville Dewey
Dewey argues that noble deeds exist beyond formal philanthropy and monuments. Small daily acts of restraint, kindness, and wisdom at home and with others write deeper records in hearts and lives than public charity.
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Cannes
Howard
Oberlin
Orville Dewey
Paddy Shannon and the Eagle of Tarifa Folly at St Patrick Dinner
In a New York St Patrick's Day dinner tale, Paddy Shannon, a veteran of the 87th Regiment under Sir Hugh Gough, recalls famed feats from the Peninsular campaign. He boasts of catching the French eagle at Roll Tarifa and a staff at Vittoria, challenging the commander's pride as he faces flogging before the regiment.
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Mr. Meagher
New York
Paddy Shannon
Sir Hugh Gough
Paddy
Halbette
Sir Hugh
Boressa
Tarifa
Garrytown
Hugh
Hugh Gough
Vittoria
Duke of Wellingtom
Princgors
France
Hagland
Remedy for Burns Promises Instant Relief Across Vast Wounds
A speaker touts a home remedy gathered from soot and fresh grease rubbed on cloth as a near instant treatment for burns and scalds. He recounts curing a severely burned boy and claims the method works for extensive injuries, with doctors initially doubting but patients recovering fully. The piece also mentions a lecture by Lawson Sumner on alcohol, a New York raffle ad, and Horace, a six year old who died of croup.
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Lardy &E
Lawoorge Sumner Saye
New York
Horace
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Jewett’s
Orien
Athens Lodge
W. Pickering
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Albany
Ohio
Albany Hotel
W.W. D. Bartlett
Stleet
H. K. Bleckstone
Athens
Wm. McGill
Ehrenreich Buchwald
O. W. Brown
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A. van Vorhes
Stillwater
Minnesota Territory
General Land Ency
A. CG
H. T. ‘Brown
Walker
Daguerrean Gallery
Court House
Main Street
H. P. Ambrose
Norton’s
Main St
Athena
Ctober
E. A. Guthrie
John Welch
Waesh
Wett's
Curo
Knowles
Jaeme
Wits
Seventh Judicial District
Norton
W. Brown
Justice of the Peace
Jor
Alec Notary
South End Court St
D. Culley
Athens CO
Blackstone’ Clothing Store
G. HW. Stewart
J. F. Howe
Washington St
Perkins & Baker
Ealers
D&c
Couriat
Pickering & Johnson
Ealeks
Pickering & Carley’s Luck
J. Tatlard & Sons
N. E
Colexe Square
Geo
Walsh
Pickering & Carley's
J. W. Carley
Queensware
Bond
Acton
Clayton, Kincade & CO
Mary Street
Athenna
W. Love
Anufacturer
Columbus
Omio
James A. Barcus
J. W. Colier
Paint
Second Streets
Evan Proruigror
VOL
John G. Gaxe
Mr. Bryce
George Chandler
George
Georg Chandler
de Quincey
Bay
Bryce’s
Mr. Wallace
New England
Hogarth
Eveon
Rose Standish
Massachusetts
Maine
Neal Don
Church
Tertulian
Lorette
Huntington
Redpath
Ejacu Paddy
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