Old pod-anger days and a pay as you go crisis
An elderly narrator recalls chivalry and hardship in "the old pod-anger days" while a New England tale follows William Taylor an under clerk failing to meet debts. Mr Mason intervenes with a pay as you go plan sparing Taylor from ruin and guiding thrift, ending with Aunt Hannah's aid and a moral on facing crises.
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Hannah
William
Mr. Mason
Bagg Corporation
William Taylor
Corporation
Mr .Mason
Spike
Taylor
Mason
A. B
Mr. Spike
John Randolph
Helen
Silent Yearning Breaks Into Evening Moon
A speaker laments a lonely day as blooms dull and birds sing no comfort. Despite books and music, notes vanish and eyes wander. Twilight deepens, no visitor arrives, and a voice urges Bettie to answer Somgrong at the door.
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Bettie
Somgrong
Reading as refuge for the homeless amid city nights
A Cleveland Herald note urges young men away from home to seek books and libraries as solace and guidance, contrasted with peril of city evenings. The piece cites Archibald Barnes’s penitentiary saga, detailing repeated escapes, prison transfers, and a planned reform group, alongside portraits of his brothers.
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Mora
Candle
Geo. S. Hilliard
Cleveland Herald
Archibald Barnes
Lorain
Indiana
Ohio
Galena
Ill
Columbus Gazette
Barnes
the Gazette
Archibald
Seman
Walter
N. T. Wheeler
Perry County
Law A kind no ia often more agreeable than a rough yee
A curious phrase hints at contrasts in justice and diplomacy, suggesting gentleness can win better outcomes than force. The note implies that softer approaches in law or dispute resolution may yield smoother agreement than harsher methods.
The Cottage Courtship to Matrimony in Old Verse
A rustic tale unfolds from a cottage near a hill where Dorothy and Jonathan plan marriage. The couple’s chat, the weather, and the decision to wed lead to a life of domestic prudence, with guidance on wealth, charity, and household care.
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Jonathan
Dorothy
Young
Walles
Marehy Jonathan
A Letter on Domestic Happiness and Womanly Conduct
Counsel urges a wife to avoid anger and opposition toward her husband, stressing that harmony and trust sustain marriage. It advises yielding over petty disputes, preserving his respect, and nurturing virtue through reading and religious writings to strengthen character and domestic peace.
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Davourer
Precept of Greatness and Virtue in Social Life
The excerpt warns that true greatness comes from serving others and knowing the world to aid one another. It argues suspicion harms virtue, wealth is easy to hide but poverty reveals itself, refinement can enhance any woman, and lying endangers the soul. It notes disciplined upbringing makes useful men by sixteen.
The Lean Intellectual Ideal in 19th Century Satire
A provocative critique argues that great writers owe their genius to lean bodies and temperate living. It contrasts slenderness with corpulence, praising the “Living Skeleton” as a memoir subject and condemning obesity as a barrier to intellect. The piece likens fat to dulling light, urging publishers to favor bone and nerve over flesh.
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Cicerog Demosthenes
Voltaire
Pope
A Skeptic on a Steamer and an Arctic Rescue Tale
A voyage tale recalls a skeptic who mocked religion aboard a steamer and was rebuked by Rev. Isaac Guseman. The narrative then shifts to Dr. Kane’s Arctic expedition with Hans as they chase seals, facing a perilous ice floe and a desperate dog-sled escape.
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Isaac Guseman
Christ
Guseman
Dr. Kane
R. Kane
Esquimaux
Hans
Hane
Pussey
Meer
Toodlamix
Tood
Toad
Veek
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Thens
Wm. McGill
Court Street
Athens
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Stillwater
Minnesota Territory
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Court House
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TOP Norton’s
Main St
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Geo
Walsh
Jewett's Building
Artuens
Knowles
Norton
South End Court St
D. Culley
Athens CO
Ipoffice
Blackstone Clothing Store
G. H. Stewart
Recorder’s Office
J. F. Howe
Washington St
Perkins & Baker
Ealers
Court St
Pickering & Johnson
Root
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J.ballard &Souns
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GEO, Walsh & Son
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Pickering & Carley's
H.W. Carley
Queensware, &c
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Queensware
Poe
W. W. Love
Jtanufacturer
D&c
Columbus, Ohio
MVE
Goodale House
James A. Barcus
J. W. Colier
Chillicothe
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Arnold Ora Burr
Franklin
Sherman
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Congress
the Times
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Providence
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Hill
Borothy
Boston Paper
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Aly
Jonathon
Parson Castor
Patrick Henry
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