Golden penny sparks a life lesson in virtue
A girl recounts a childhood test of duty with a shilling and a penny. She helps Tim the Irish boy, buys him a Testament, and faces mischief, punishment, and forgiveness. Her father’s gentle guidance turns the moment into a moral about doing good with humble means and trusting God. The penny becomes a symbolic gold opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfeld
Old Ireland
Orris
Tim
Utm
Papa
Elsie
Annie
Bower
Eyds
Momma
Hia
Orvis
Pope
Perkely
Southoma
St. Paul
Paps
Sophy
Matilda
Sopay
Gill Mstilds
Matilds
Matilde
Wr. T
Livory
Earth
Mr. Ball
Putin
Eays
Ug Potas
Joe
Ball
Sunday Magazine
How Machinery Outgrows Original Calculations
An unnamed speaker discusses inventor optimism and progress in machinery from early firearms to breech-loading repeaters and steamships. They note expectant pride at breakthroughs like Fulton’s Clermont and Brunel’s railway engines outpacing earlier predictions, while warning against hubris as future improvements surpass current perfection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Howe
Iolea
Howe
Grover & Baker
Fulton
Hudson
Brunel
Current Items From Historic News Briefs
The era reports 9500 veterans on government pensions and a Southerner in Beaufort paying a tenant three dollars daily. An Androscoggin resident, aged 72, winters there for thirty years. A Dubuque marriage at fourteen with parental consent. A Buffalo joint stock venture to treat disease by compressed air. A Toledo Wabash and Great Western RR crew faces murder charges for deadly speed. An Indianapolis man, 72, once a leading citizen, now a vagrant due to whisky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaufort
S. C
Androscoggin
Maine
Dubuque
Town
Buffalo
Toledo, Wabash and Great Western Railroad
Indianapolis
Empress Eugenie Plans 300 Model Lodging Houses in Paris
A French project championed by Empress Eugenie proposes constructing three hundred model lodging houses for workers in a Paris quarter. The news item notes urban reform efforts and housing ambitions amid 19th century social changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empress Eugenie
Paris
London
Grand Master Installed as South Carolina Mason Leader
Gov Jama L Cam is named Grand Master by the South Carolina Masons while Muskegon publisher Neva receives an appreciative tribute from citizens. The report notes a $400 grant and references regional impact and local promotions, reflecting a period of ceremonial leadership and community recognition.
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Jama L. Cam
South Carolina
Masons
Tas
Muskegon
Mich
Neva
AES Brew- 4
Tulsa
Nével
Oldest printed book claims and famed Toronto gossip
The piece notes Rev. Dr. E. B. Hall dying of heart disease at 65 in Providence. It itemizes claims to America’s oldest printed book, cites Robert McKnight with a 16th century collection, and describes Parva’s aristocratic cravings for Madame de Paiva’s malachite staircase. It also covers Rhode Island politics mocked by papers, a cigar wager over the Freedmen’s Bureau bill, Grant gifts, and a Baron swindle tale. It ends with Seward’s aging, the jaw scar, and changing features.
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E. B. Hall
First Congregational Unitarian Church
Providence
Rhode Island
America
Robert, McKnight
Pittsburg
Parva
Madame de Paiva
Gov. Smith
Rhode Island Senate
Providence Journal
Convax
Congress
Connecticut
Freedmen’s Bureau
Grant
Boston
New York
Trenton
Ibrary
Agricultural and scientific miscellany in a 19th century page
A collage of notes on cattle, fruit, and farm tech. Reports praise a patent rubber heel firming sale, grape crops on Put-in-Bay, and a small steam engine for a watchmaker. Also commentary on sheep abuse, heavy snow damage in England, and a note on pleura pneumonia in Montgomery County Pa.
Tragic Minnesota Winter Accident In Martin County
A brutal freezing storm near Chain Lake Center, Martin County, Minn., leaves six children frozen and three died. Landsaker siblings Mary 16, Louisa 18, and others aged 12 to 16 perish or suffer severe frostbite after a singing school outing. One boy Devile 14 demonstrates remarkable endurance dragging his brother Francis to safety, while two others require amputations. The surviving boys and the rest of the group endure two nights in the blizzard before rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chain Lake Center
Martin County
Minn
Mary
Louisa Landaker
Wm. Landaker
Presler
Francis
Deville
Amanda
Charles
Mary Landaker
Devile
Winnebago City
Singing School
Wine plant rhubarb spark fuels temperance warning
A correspondent argues that rhubarb wine plants yield drinkable liquor akin to rotgut, with no market demand. Indiana nurserymen push stock like Linnaeus and Myatt varieties, selling roots wholesale for price marks, while editors fail to distinguish true wine plants from rhubarb.
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Tre “Wise Peast
Gascile
Indiana
Myatt
Meatt
Victoria
Litthe Corporal promoted for children by Pittsburgh paper
Fragmented advert from a 19th century issue touts The Litthe Corporal as a top monthly paper for boys and girls. It lists publication in Chicago by Alfred L. Sewell with a yearly price of one dollar and specimen issues at ten cents. Also references patent medicines Swan's Bourbon Bitters and Poan Borasie Warsant with claims of tonics and appetite relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh ‘Christian Advocate
Itiaa
Chicago
Ill
Alfred L. Sewell
Leadig
America
Tom
See
Alfred CL. Sewell
Circolard
Cafeage
Illinois
Insurance rail policy urged after fatal yard accident
A Burlington line accident in Galesburg claimed a worker’s life. His widow seeks aid while the Provident Insurance Company promotes railroad policies and individual life coverage from 500 to 10,000 dollars. The piece advocates broader accident insurance for railroad employees and highlights Provident’s new life insurance department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Galesburg
Provident Insurance Co
Chicago
Burke
Provident Life Insurance Company of Chicago
Isaua
Department of Life Insurance
Columbian Gin touted as purest substitute for imported brands
The Columbian Gin promoters claim a pure liquor distillation from American malt spirits and Italian juniper, advising its use for those needing a genuine article. They deny quack medicine status and note high import duties push consumer interest toward homemade gin. Chicago chemist Doctor Bisney endorses its quality and strength. Sold by W T Shufeldt & Co and druggists nationwide.
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Jean Ingrlow
Masa
Atlantic
Si Amant
France
Charenle
Rowe
The
Morning Post
M. le Baron
Agricultural and fSiscientific
John Thomas
Manchester
N. H
Tor Boston Zracaller
E. M. Stephens
Massachusetts
Theopors Gesnert
Germania Sugar Company
Chatsworth
Livingston County
Germany
Bennelely
Atchison
Miller
Putin Bay
Lake Erie
Weer J. Porter
Bridgewater
Mass
England
Fulham Palace
Bishop Compton
Bishop Porten
Lebanon
Montgomery County
Carson
Montgomery
New England States
Doctor Bisney
Tks
United States
W. T.shufeldt &O
DR. Swain
Bourbon
Swain
S. Water St
N. F. Merrill
Randolph Street
Chicaca
Europe
Baldwin
Carroll
McCormtex
Fairbanks
Vatrhenid
Qreculeal.& Co
LAKM
Owlcano
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