Reflections on Human Frailty and Deception in 1888 New York
Howard's Epistle discusses human frailty and susceptibility to spiritual and fraudulent claims. It contrasts famous swindles with enduring beliefs in the supernatural, citing Marsh and Diss Debar, Judge Edmunds, Folger, and broader faith in miracles across cultures, questioning where to draw the line between faith and fakery.
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Propria Perfora
Folger
Edmunds
Supreme Court
New York City
Marsh
Moses
Brother Marsh
Diss Debar
Raphael
Aace
George Washington
Coward
Washington
Chatham Street
Vatican
Webster
Noah Webster
Mr. Marsh
Judge Edmunds
Mr. Folger
Stammerers and Stutterers Lecture in Baptist Tabernacle
Mrs Thorpe of Newton Centre spoke on stammering and stuttering at a Baptist Tabernacle lecture. She traced Moses as a historic stammerer and argued cures require health, balance, slow speech, and patient retraining. The talk condemned quack remedies and noted lifelong challenges for sufferers. The speaker closed with John Boyle O Reilley’s poem Habit.
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Moses
John Boyle O'Reilley
Chivalry at the Griswold House Newsboys Aid Struggling Brother
A handsome drummer recalls a scene as a 17 year old girl struggles to lead her 10 year old brother home. He is resistive and kicked, but newsboys and bootblacks rally, insisting he will go home. Helpers escort the boy briskly to his residence, with the crowd offering further aid if needed.
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Detroit
Griswold
Rete
Taunton Gazette
L. A
Mr. Crown
Old physician offers free remedy for lung and nervous illnesses
Retired doctor claims to possess a simple vegetable formula tested in thousands of cases. A missionary delivered the recipe for curing consumption bronchitis and throat ailments and a radical cure for nervous debility. He will mail free gloves and instructions upon request.
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East India
C. J. Mason
P. O. Box
New York
Washingtons Suburbs Sunday Scenes Across the Potomac
In Christ Church Alexandria the narrator notes Washington's old church pew and a rector quoting George III, then visits Arlington to view John Sherman at the graves and reflect on Robert E. Lee's home. The piece traces Arlington’s transfer after the Civil War, Lee’s ties to Custis, tax seizures, and the ensuing legal matters surrounding the estate and its ownership.
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Washingrton
George Washington
Christ's Church, Alexandria
George III
England
Washington
Robert E. Lee
Christ Church
Washingon
United States
Confederate States
John Sherman
Arlington
Sherman
National Capitol
Lee
John Parke Custis
Martha Washington
Virginia
Custis
George Washington Parke Custis Lee
House of Representatives
Confedera Army
Lees
Pestioned
Gross
Sebee
Bee Son
Parke Custis le
Weashton and Lee University
Fort
Supreme Court
Morgan
Name on a Rose by Electric Needle Color Demo
A New York Mail report describes coloring flowers with an electric needle and chemical methods. It details writing names on rose leaves, coloring carnations with carbolic acid, and applying fumes for edge coloring, noting risks to the plant and the playful idea of a floral code or language of colors.
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New York Mail
Brooklyn
New York
Piano music list from Oliver Ditson Co features Old Folks at Home improvisation
Oliver Ditson & Co presents a varied piano music list including M. B. Richards' brilliant improvisation on Old Folks at Home, The Little Fisher Maiden arranged by L. Knight, Frederick K. Grand March easy tune, and E Meyer Helmund's The Warning. Also featured are A Soldier's Vow, Where Two Roads Meet, Beyond the Shadows, Gounod Mass of the Sacred Heart, Mazeppa Galop Brilliante, Spread Out Your White Sails, Barcarolla by Hofmann, and four hand pieces such as Enchantment Polka Redown, Run of Luck Schottische, Till We Part Gavotte, plus Finger Gymnastics for the Piano and Kayser 36 etudes.
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Oliver Ditson & Co
M. B. Richards
Waldman
L. Knight
Frederick K. Grand
Edwin Christie
Olver Prison, & Co
E. Meyer Helmund
Lovett King
A. W. Draper
C. A. E. Harris
J. L. Molloy
Whte
Smith & Co
Mendelsson
Balfe
Abt
Sullivan
Pinsuti
C. A. Whitte
Ang
Gounod
Stone
White, Smith & Co
G. Bachmann
Mazeppa
Galop
A. White
Fitzgibbon
Josef Hofmann
Barcarolla
Charles D. Blake
E. Haberbier
H. E. Kayser
Kreutzer
Guest at Hotel Vendome Gaffe Sparks Theatre Spoof
Somerville Journal reports a playful exchange where a guest questions a ruckus at the Boston theatre district. A waiter explains the noise stems from Tom Keene performing as Richard Lil, not a fire.
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Somerville Journal
Hotel Vendome
Tom Keene
Richard Lil
de Boston
Dr Dye's Electo-Voltaic Belt and Appliances Ad
Advertises mailing an illustrated pamphlet about Dr Dye's Celebrated Electro-Voltaic Belt and Appliances aimed at nervous debility and health restoration. Offers a belt and alliances on trial upon sharing address from Marshall, Michigan, Oltric Belt Co.
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Dr.Dye
Oltric Bet Co
Marshall. Mich
Immigrant arrival and labor notes dominate brief update
Nearly 4000 immigrants reached Castle Clinton and Newark last week. Congress hears petitions signed by 11,000 Knights of Labor. The pension bill debate stalls amid amendments. Elsewhere, peach crop damage alerts, floods near Saratoga, a fire in Youngstown, and Albany election wins signal a busy, unsettled national scene.
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Congress
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Saratoga Lake
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Mers
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Penn
Eichlary
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Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
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N. B
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Corporal O'Brien
Gunner Hardy
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Halfax
N. S
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Treasury
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Capitol
Burlington
Chicago
Joseph H. Whipple
Pembroke Itting Company
Battle Creek
Mich
East Seventy-fourth Street
John County
Frederick Shannon
N. J
Wallace
United States District Court
Utica
N.Y
Canada
United States
Lacombe
George Henson
Mexico
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Missouri Pacific
Lament
John Kehn
Sam Smith
John L. Sullivan
Liverpool
Thurday
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Sullivan
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Lacrosse
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Chippewa
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Baltimore
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Camp Osceola
Magnolia Bluff
Pensacola
Fla
Naval Brigade
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Yantic
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Pstmaster
City Island
N. Y
Pstmarked Rocheser
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Morris Keiser
Moselem
Keser
Carollton
Powell
Richards
Brown
Cumbeland Tunneuilt
Cumberlan
Eun
Powells Valley Railroad
Crowded Assembly Deliberates Pension Rise and War Rumors
A large crowd gathers as Senator Edmunds pushes for increasing widow General Stannard Vermont pension from 48 to 110 per month. The Senate weighs various crises from Native threats in Montana to labor strikes at the Edgar Thomson Steel Co. and a deadly train wreck near Bradford.
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Bellows Falls
Ryan
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New York
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Mexico
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Ala
Father Hickey
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Andrew Carnegie
Auower
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Minn
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Oak
Ulnois Central Railroad
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Sioux City
Erie
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Pasenger
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Heron
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Board of Pardons
Claragella's Blue Eyes and Pearl Teeth Poem Fragment
Fragmentary verse praising Claragella with vivid imagery of blue eyes, sunset cheeks, pearl teeth, marble brow, golden hair, and incarnadine lips. The speaker offers wealth for her hand, expressing devoted admiration in archaic romantic diction.
Florida's Indian Claims to be Paidi Washington
The House, in committee of the whole, discussed a bill authorizing the treasury secretary to settle and pay Florida's claim for expenditures in suppressing Indian hostilities. A set-off clause would apply any remaining direct tax balance to Florida's claim. A postponement suggestion by Mr. Kean delayed action, and the session proceeded with the Indian appropriation bill after adjourning for time.
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Florda
Florida
Kean
New Jersey
McCreary of
Rontnosy
Grandfather laments boys scarce in modern times
In a Burlington Hawkeye passage, a grandfather sighs that there are no good, true, manly boys left. His wife interrupts from the kitchen, assigning the children Willyum Charlee and Mary to fetch and cut wood for dinner. The dialogue centers on domestic chores and generational views.
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Burlington Hawkeye
Grandfather
Mother
Willyum
Charlee
Robert
John
Mary
Positive Remedy for Consumption Promises Free Bottles
A letter to the editor offers a cure for consumption via a remedy claimed to have permanently cured thousands. The author, Ed Fally, T. A. Stocum, M. C., pledges to send two bottles free to readers who provide their express and P.O. addresses, listing 181 Pearl Street North.
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P. O
Ed Fally
T. A. Stocum
M. C
Pearl St
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