Hayes Story For bashful Boys By General Hayes
A niece of ex president Hayes sent the New York Tribune two or three tales of his boyhood. One recalls a Connecticut school dinner where a bashful boy had no utensils and walked nine miles home hungry. The General reflects on self talk, naming himself names, and resolving to become a man and a lawyer.
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Hares
New York Tribune
Gen
Haves
Connecticut
Mr. Hayes
Sol
Working Bees’ Tongue Twists in Clover Fields
A Globe Democrat excerpt explains bees visit around a hundred clover heads to gather sugar, thrusting tongues into about six thousand flowers for a daily load. A bee makes twenty trips daily, drawing sugar from roughly 120,000 flowers in a day, highlighting the ease of human labor by comparison.
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Othe
Globe- Democrat
Grave youth argues with summer girl on crowded train car
In a Detroit Tribune excerpt a grave young man in black shoes reads his Bible as a summer girl in a white Eton jacket sits nearby. He protests that she is landing on his feet, but she replies with a sly retort and smiles. He moves to the front platform with a glare.
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Detroit Tribune
Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters touted as digestive reformer
The ad denounces violent laxatives and mineral purgatives as harmful, praising Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a reliable substitute that cleanses the bowels, promotes bile flow, aids digestion, and relieves conditions from malarial forms to rheumatism and kidney trouble with a daily dose of three times a day.
Retired Journalist Proposes Watermelon Coupon Scheme
A retired journalist pitches a business idea to his new employer the grocer Buch. He plans to offer a damaica coupon with every watermelon as a sales incentive. The Indianapolis Journal notes the odd proposal.
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Buch
Ny H
Indianapolis Journal
Wild-Eyed Man Seeks Dramatic Druggist Bargain
A crude dialogue mocks self serving quacks and miracle cures as Lyons style jokes mix with ads for Halls Catarrh Cure Jamaica Ginger and a quip about Baccarat and court summons. The pieces read like an old timey classifieds and humorous snippets from a Shelbyville Indiana drugstore page.
Enduring Health Myths About the Liver Debunked
The passage argues against liver as the weakest organ and claims misconceptions about consumption and disease. It suggests remedies fail to cure and implies personal improvement or return of well being depends on truthful health practices.
An Idea About Milliners Relés Worth Knowing
A compact item notes practical tips linked to millinery relés and care for fashion accessories. It mentions a helpful approach to preventing wrinkles and preserving shape, offering guidance useful to readers interested in dressmaking and hat design.
Cleaning a Carpet with Newspaper and Ammonia
The article advises sweeping a room with torn wet newspaper pieces to trap dust, using larger scraps on matting to lift fluff, then a velvet carpet sponge bath with ammonia and water to brighten. Monthly, add ammonia or turpentine to warm water to deter moths and sponge the carpet thoroughly, changing dirty water as needed.
Hand Made Fancy Folds In Dressmaking
A practical woman explains a perfected method for creating hand made folds on trims. She details bias grain, wide strips, precise basting, narrow whalebone at the fold edge, and careful stitching to achieve artistic, error resistant results. The technique promises efficiency for professionals and improvement for amateurs.
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Mince
New York Ledger
Entertaining Friends in the Country
Mrs Barton Kingsland advises in the Ladies Home Journal on making country house entertaining warm and homelike. She favors a large cheerful sitting room as the heart of the home with travel souvenirs, comfortable chairs, a piano, draped with rich fabrics, a tall lamp, and a palm to create a cozy inviting corner for guests.
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Barton Kingsland
Ladies’ Home Journal
Wrinkles and Worries: Beauty Care Then and Now
Adated discussion on wrinkles notes they appear uninvited and reflect skin care, temperament, and strain. Remedies abound yet avoidance remains best, with daily warm baths, soap, and gentle rubbing to keep elasticity amid modern female pressures.
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Cesar
Controlling Expressions in Sunlight Aimed at Women
The passage laments habits of women grimacing in bright sun and elevating brows. It argues such facial contortions are unnatural and wrinkling, and claims they can be reduced with small conscious effort.
Cost Comparisons of College Living for Women Students
A survey lists annual board and tuition costs at leading women’s colleges: Mount Holyoke about 200 dollars, Baltimore’s Woman’s College 8300, Wellesley 350, Smith 350, Vassar 6400, Bryn Mawr 475. Additional personal expenses include toilet, travel, music, lectures, society fees, and entertainments, with room decor often chosen by the student.
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Mount Holyoke
Woman's College
Baltimore
Wellesley
Smith's
Vassar
Bryn-Mawr
Nail cleanliness in medical practice for infection control
The passage stresses the importance of clean nails and hand hygiene for surgeons and assistants. It advises using a nail brush, soap, and water before touching a patient or instruments, and to disinfect hands thoroughly, noting that deposits under nails can poison wounds and cause infections.
Glove Care Advised For Heat Wearers
The author urges women to remove hot weather kid gloves by turning them inside out and air drying rather than blowing into them. Gloves should be aired briefly and then stored stretched in a glove box to avoid wrinkles and color changes.
Homeward Hospitality Ceremony Cited by New York Evening Post
After guests arrived the mother walked through rooms with a dignified air, lighting the house with a taper. The master lit fires and warmth filled the home as all sang Home Sweet Home. A four summers old maid lit the dining room lamp as bread was broken, adding hospitality to the home.
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New York Evening Post
Handmade linen handkerchiefs rival costly examples
Women stitch fine linen handkerchiefs from small squares of linen lawn. They finish hems a third of an inch wide with new stitching and embroider initials in corners. Common motifs include fleur de lys and tiny corner numbers. lace, when added, uses Val enciennes lace.
Learning to Swim for Water Safety Education
A New York Ledger piece argues for regular swimming lessons in youth education to prevent drownings. It urges practice in self rescue and group rescue with teachers present, warning that panic can sink both rescuer and victim.
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New York Ledger
Barefooted girl battles rattlesnakes in Clover Gap den
Leckie Parker, a nineteen year old skilled rifleshot with a Winchester, roams Clover Gap and Rattle snake Creek for ginseng. She barefooted fights a den of rattlesnakes, enduring hours of danger until sixty three snakes are dead, a feat noted by the Fredericksburg Star.
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Clover Gap
Rattletlesnake Creek
Leckie Parker
Winchester
Fredericksburg
Rainy Sunday Sparks Witty Exchange in Old New York
A weathered scene unfolds as Mrs Hichardh and Mrs Richard riff about Providence tempering winds to the shorn lamb. Gotham Mann and H Slinger appear in a New York Recorder moment, with a waiter tipped and a toast to frugality amid foggy windows.
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Hicharch
Providence
Hichardh
Richard
Gotham Mann
H. Slinger
Chicago
New York Recorder
Eastern diners blamed for napkin habits in scornful talk
Mr West Monroe criticizes Eastern diners for careless eating. He mocks napkin use and sloppy lap placement while Mr Fort Wayne questions the 50. The exchange highlights regional dining etiquette attitudes.
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West Monroe
Fort Wayne
Cook-Well Questioned On Cooking Capacity
A fragment from Tit-Bits shows a Lady testing an applicant for a cook’s position. The Cook responds that if the paper doesn’t prove his skill, she should ask his policeman.
Bunco Man Outsmarted By Englishman Puck Tale
In a playful exchange Chapple jokes about being swindled by a bunco man who mistook him for an Englishman. Puck relays the incident with a smile, noting the clever con and the dead fellow’s vanished goods.
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Chapple
Puck
Puck Quips Over Fashion and Reserved Tables
Whimsical theater style chatter skewers social manners as Puck jokes about reservations and a fashionably aloof Grace Willoughby. The dialogue highlights social rituals and the playful voice of the era in a satirical exchange.
Nothing for Nothing Theme in Watts Dialogue
A brief Indiana newspaper exchange notes the idea that nothing is gained without work. Tommy laments frequent punishment, while Potts recalls a garden last year that provided food and kept poultry supplied until frost, highlighting frugal rural life.
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Watts
Potts
Indianapolis Journal
Love Me True Through Silent Glances
Dialogue shows Myrtylla seeking assurance of affection and Harry replying with observations of attention from other girls as proof of his interest. The exchange emphasizes trust built on perceived admiration and social dynamics.
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Myrtylla
Harry
Butcher Snubbed Tongue Question in Philadelphia Record
A brief, humorous exchange notes Mrs Youngwife-Bridget asking if a butcher offered a sheep's tongue. Bridget replies she couldn't see clearly, adding that the butcher did not stick his tongue out. The snippet reflects a comic, everyday street-side moment from the era.
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Bridget
Philadelphia
Whispers of a Humorous Irish Conversation
A light dialog shows Mary Ann and Moike trading playful banter about nail care and a joke about finishing a manicure, captured in a rural speech style. The exchange emphasizes wit and friendship in a casual setting.
Married Man's Delight clock and social quips in humor columns
A collage of comic exchanges notes a clock titled the Married Man's Delight with hands stopping at ten nightly and ongoing ticking. It also includes light social banter about visitors, a dog in a child’s safety scenario, and a tramp encounter, all in a comprised newspaper humor tone.
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Jankins
Unlucky thirteen noted in light conversation
A remark by Pipkin and Potta reveals beliefs about the number thirteen and its misfortune, with Potta recalling a bad experience buying a suit that did not wear well, prompting a brief exchange on superstition.
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Pipkin
Potta
Brown-So Tillipy Death Reported in Detroit
In the Detroit Free Press item, Jones confirms the death occurred this morning with no last words spoken. His wife was present at the scene.
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Brown
Tillipy
Jones
Detroit Free Press
Missing word puzzle answer leads to bemused exchange
In an Indianapolis Journal exchange, Yabsley asks about missing-word contests and Mudgee confesses that the word was yes but she could not say it. The quip hinges on the double meaning of a simple affirmative.
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Yabsley
Mudgee
Indianapolis Journal
Dock Rats Travel the Lakes and Ports Aboard Ships
A Chicago Tribune account recounts seafarers observing dock rats swarming docks and climbing ropes to board ships. The speaker notes rats come from many regions, travel between vessels across ports, and even worldwide, with dramatic Jamaica rats seen moonlighting on a recent night.
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Rush Street
Chicago
West India Service
Jamaica
Chicago Tribune
Noisy quarrels and eccentric fashions in a lively column
A collage of humorous vignettes and letters from a 19th century pages. Maud-She mocks fashion with absurdities like a No 3 shoe on a No 6 foot and a 23 inch corset on a 30 inch waist. A landlord and exchange dialogue inflame the humor with witty asides and rival papers.
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Maud
Ethel
Cashgirl Wanted Sign Echoes a Math Problem
A window sign reads cashgirl wanted and a playful exchange follows about twice two and adding one. The dialogue reflects a light moment where Nellie is asked what five would be if one is added.
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Hin
Gothix
Jinks
Cashgirl
Bible Society works through translations across many tongues
The Rev. Alvert S Hunt outlines the American Bible Society manual noting scriptures printed or distributed in 4334 languages and dialects. He cites broad support from British and Foreign Bible Society and other groups, with global circulation nearing universal reach and few legal barriers today.
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Iby
the &x Aittle
Alvert S. Hunt
American Bible Society
Sinai
Foochow
Swatow
Shanghai
Soochow
Canton
Ningpo
Amoy
Corean
Ebon
Marshall Islands
Gilbert Islands
Kusaien
Ponape
Mortlock
Dakota
Muskogee
Delaware
The Call to Duty Over Youth and the Value of Home
A reflective piece argues there is no life phase free from right and wrong urging youths to seek reverence and ambition rather than carefree pleasure. It contrasts a house with a home, defining a true home as a loving center shaping a child’s character toward heavenly aims.
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Ife
Martineau
Earth
Notes and Comments on Religious Figures and Missions
The item notes 1700 churches built in Arkansas over ten years by various denominations. It reports a Young Men's Christian Association organized at Damascus Palestine with twenty six charter members. It cites 485 London City Mission staff missionaries and foreign teachers. It recounts Rev Dr Edward B Palmer of Boston attending Barstow College commencements since 1856. It mentions Dr Samuel Haut of Trinity College Hartford declining Vermont bishopric. It notes Rev Henry Herrick of Woodstock Colorado as Yale’s oldest living graduate and survivor of the class of 22 alongside Rev Dr Edward Beecher.
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Arkansas
Youne MrEx
Christian Association
Damascus
Palestine
London City
Edward B. Palmer
Bostow
Barstow College
Samuel Haut
Trinity College
Hartford
Episcopal
Vermont
Henry Herrick
Woodstock
Cuono
Yale University
Edward Beecher
Wild fig trees in Everglades island center
Reports from Gen Harney era describe two wild fig trees in the Everglades islands fighting palmettos. One tree killed, the other toppled but its top remained, encircled by dense growth. The Indian name ho co moth is noted by the St Augustine News.
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Everglades
Harney
St. Augustine
New Aneroid for Mountain Travel By Edward Whymper
Edward Whymper introduces a new form of aneroid designed for mountain travel and astronauts. It stays at normal pressure inside a tight outer case and only opens to read. then pressure is restored by a small pump. This preserves accuracy under low atmospheric pressure.
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Edward Whymper
How He Got Sumner Autograph and Accommodation Notes
A short anecdote recalls Charles Sumner replying to a boy seeking his signature with a witty note about education. The text then explains accommodation notes and the conditions under which a maker cannot recover funds, or must honor a third party for value received if indorsed.
Red White and Blue Song Across the British Empire
The song Red White and Blue originated in Great Britain and was altered for American use. During the Crimean War it was performed in theaters music halls and streets across the British empire wherever the red white and blue flag flew in Europe Asia Africa America or Australia.
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Great Britaan
United States
British Empire
Europe
Asia
Africa
America
Australia
Cure Constipation with Syrup of Figs
Purporting to cleanse the system gently, this excerpt promotes Syrup of Figs as a permanent cure for habitual constipation and for stimulating the kidneys and liver to healthy activity without irritation, claiming relief from headaches, colds or fevers.
Schemer to Brown Proposes Dinner and Payment Plan
Brown pressures old man to settle a house account then invites him to a club dinner. Jones responds with thanks and willingness. Brown suggests sending money now and meeting that night. Judge records the exchange as a casual dialogue.
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Brown
Jones
Cheap Excursions to the West From North-Western Line
The North-Western Line offers low rate harvest excursions to Northwestern Iowa Western Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Manitoba Nebraska Colorado Wyoming and Utah. Tickets go on sale August 22 September 12 and October 10 1893 and are valid for return within twenty days. Stop over privileges apply on the going trip. For rates and details contact ticket agents or W A Thrall Chicago.
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West
Northwest
North-Western Line
Iowa
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Manitoba
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
W. A. Thrall
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Chicago
Wabash Railroad
Pacific
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
R. G. Butler
Detroit
Mich
F. H. Tristram
Pittsburg
Burlington
Kansas
New Mexico
Indian Territory
Texas
Montana
Eustis
Ill
Fora &Dlub
Beecham’s Pills Advertises Quick Nervous Relief
An old newspaper snippet touts Beecham’s Pills with claims of curing headaches chills loss of appetite and nervous tremblings for 25 cents a box. The text contrasts voices about noise and mentions a distant building.
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Beecham
Bargain Counter Crush Kills Woman
In a crowded bargain counter incident yesterday a woman died in the crush. Witnesses recall the anxious shouts and frantic pleas as shoppers surged for sale items. The tragedy prompted officials to review crowd control at retail events.
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Crammer
Puck
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