Scotland's scenic wealth and travel life in old writeup
The article extols Scotland's diverse landscape from Ben Nevis to the Tweed and Lochs Lomond with history from Antoninus to Wallace. It notes traveler tips including railroads, parliamentary trains, class fare ranges, pleasant stations, and hospitable rural inns.
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Scotland
Ohio
Ben Nevis
Great Britain
Ben Lomond
Patiesake
Lochs Lomond
Katrin
Trossachs
Bannockburn
Worth
Clyde
Tweed
Poon
Antoninus
Wallace
Bruce
Cromwell
Mary
Tere Inox
Campbell
Burns
Scott
Melrowe Abbey
Abbotsford
Walter Scott
Pleasant Scottish sightseeing with wary travelers
The passage notes venality and extortion in Scotland as tourists visit for three months and spend money. It highlights shrewd locals, the ease of introductions for Americans, and Scotland as a convenient starting point for European travel due to language and cultural ties.
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England
America
Scotland
Europe
Winter and the Family of Seasons in Atlantic Almanac
James R. Lowell argues winter is honest and strong, a better poet than autumn, with winter’s retinue of memories and lessons. The essay extols winter’s sobering clarity, before shifting to a long historical anecdote about General Scott’s protégé Don Carlos Carmona and a fatal incident at the San Carlos Hotel in Mexico City.
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Messenger
America
United States
Peasters Locatl
Jen Sing
Winter
Spring
Summer
Ile
Heine
James BR. Lowell
Atlantic Almanac
Scott
Mexico
Carlos Carmona
Don Carlos
Congress
West Point
San Francisco
San Carlos Hotel
All Americans
Magruder
Bee, Allen
Kirby Smith
Tshama
Harris
Pap
Price
Slaughter
Joe Shelby
Hindman
Maury
Rio Grand
Jubal Earry
Phil Sheridan
Shenandoah Valley
Famillars
Devereux
Carlos
The Interrogation Point Teaches Through Questions
The text argues that a child’s endless questions unlock learning, with parents guiding by answering. It compares engaged teaching to a half hour of inquiry versus being shut in a classroom. It notes lawyers sleep easier than most, regardless of side.
The Glass That Neither Cheers nor Ine Briates
A fragmentary line invokes a looking glass image as a mute observer. The text hints at reflection and ambiguity without clear action or context, offering a poetic snapshot rather than a full narrative.
Newest sensation puzzles express office in Dubuque
A box shaped like a coffin arrived at the Dubuque express office bearing only the address 1 A Dubuque. An inner coffin with a plate identified the deceased as a merchant, revealing the mystery of whose remains were sent. The agent notified a relative but found little cooperation.
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Sloach
SUN
Partizan
N. B
Ck. Miner & CO
New Brounswick
New-Jersey
News York
Dubuque
Herad
1. A
Reflection on Napoleons Life and Death in History
The excerpt argues that death in battle holds glory for a true warrior while contrasting public action with private reflection. It notes Napoleon’s postwar contemplation, his conversations with Las Casas and Bertrand, and how history judges him by both deeds and inner study.
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Lincoln
Sedgwick
Ecstacy
Stewart
Wool
Peabody
Kendall
Walker
St. Helena
Napoleon
Waterloo
Las Casas
Bertrand
Montholon
Costumes of Emancipated Women Revealed in Reminiscences
The piece notes Miss Dickinson’s continent-spanning journey leaving a rural trace in her train. It describes Miss Logan in heavy black velvet with over skirt and gold ornaments, Miss Field in simple white muslin, and Mrs. Paulina Davis at Hartford in a blue satin and black velvet mix with white hair. Mrs H B Stanton appears in black velvet, Newport remarks feature a Roman scarf worn over the left shoulder and under the right arm.
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Paulina Davis
Hartford
H. B. Stanton
Newport
N. Y. Triduae
Minister’s Sermon Pause Sparks Hymn for Amen
A Maine minister famed for long sermons paused for breath and asked what more to say. A congregation voice urged, Better say Amen, in a brief exchange captured in the church scene.
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Maine
Railroads blamed for climate change and drought relief
The article argues iron rails and telegraphic lines alter electrical currents, creating more uniform rainfall and fewer severe storms. It cites Central Ohio and other Western regions as examples, claiming rail networks revolutionize local climates by conducting electricity and dampening droughts and lightning.
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Pacific
Plains
West
Ohio
New England
Loichy Ostrom’s Life Ends After Long Struggle in Poughkeepsie
Lochy Ostrom an elderly Poughkeepsie resident dies on Thursday after a life marked by disappointment and hardship. She never married, supported herself quietly, saved until her death, leaving an estate reported at 256000 dollars though creditors may claim much of it. John P. H. Tallman, Esq., now holds the funds.
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Wr. Frazier
Francis Howland
Athens
Orlock P
Berna Township
Athens County
Ohio
Lochy Ostrom
Poughkeepsie
Lochy
Lodhy
John P. H. Tallman, Esq
The Language of the Eye as Counterfeit Signal
A compact meditation on how eyes betray truth or intent beyond spoken words. The text describes multiple eye expressions—from inviting looks to accusatory gazes—portraying reading emotion, sympathy, and danger in the gaze.
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