Sermon on Living Together and New Year Wine
Brooklyn sermon discusses temperance and hospitality as Beecher urges temperance at New Year’s receptions. He argues wine is not essential to hospitality, praises progress, and urges young men to refuse when offered. He stresses living justly with fellow men and the moral aim of mercy, humility, and service, concluding with a call for a tender, Christlike conduct in the coming year.
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Lauchter
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Tea grown in United States of Colombia shows promise
New York reports Senor Anible Gonzales says Colombian tea plants tested recently in Paris prove equal or superior to Chinese tea. Excitement grows as rich plantations spread on national savannahs and large funds are pledged for tea production. The Society for the Protection of Poor Children has started the first tea venture, purchasing a large plantation.
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Senor
Anible Gonzales
Philadelphia
United States of Colombia
Paris
China
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Colombia
Gonzales
Bogota
United States
Society For the Protection of Poor Children
Robbery of a Gold Watch During Intoxicated Walk
Shortly after midnight W H Ward of Laurel street Bunker Hill district was robbed of a gold watch and chain valued at 170 while in an intoxicated state. Frederick D Willis offered to help Ward home and after a saloon visit the missing watch led to Willis. He was found with John Ruthe showing the watch and later confessed. The guard was arrested, the watch recovered under an ice chest, and Willis pleaded guilty in Municipal Court and was held for trial at the Superior Court with $800 bail.
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W. H. Ward
Laurel Street
Bunker Hill
Frederick D. Willis
Willis
Ward
Miter
Warren Bridge
John Ruthe
Ringer
Wareham Street
Buthe
Charlestown
Say Yes Crandpop Deserts Court Plea For Reunion
In Philadelphia, Thomas M. C. Giveney faced Judge Alli son in a Desertion Court for leaving his wife after thirty years of marriage. The couple, whose dispute involved drink and temper, agreed to reconcile. A granddaughter’s plea to “say yes” led to a vow to return home together, with plans to start anew after Christmas.
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Philadelphia Times
Thomas M. C. Giveney
Allison
Grandpop
Grandma
Making an Auger Very Profitable at a Ball Game
A New Hampshire genius uses an auger to bore through a fence for ball game view. Hundreds press for holes as a crowd models the outcry for access. The auger earns about two dollars before demand subsides, while the borrower asks a nickel per bore.
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New York Sun
New Hampshire
They Had All Been There
A New Bedford Sunday school anecdote describes a preacher testing children with a question about where they saw a bear. About half the class raised hands recalling a circus, while the speaker omits the intended moral of the tale as a humorous misdirection.
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New Bedford Mercury
One Hundred and Ten Years Old in Livingston NY
Christian Cooper of Livingston Columbia county New York is reported as 110 years old based on a Germantown Reformed Church baptism record from 1774. He remains active and lived in the Fulton house, with a brief 1812 era service to the United States government. Also noted is a promotion for Wilsopia Magnetic Insoles priced at 60 cents.
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Hudson
New York Sun
Christian Cooper
Livingston
Columbia County
N. Y
Reformed Church
Germantown
Robert Fulton
United States
Scalped by Black Kettle Indians in the Big Horn fight
Maryin Holly of Dearborn Indiana, a U S infantry veteran who served with Custer, recalls being scalped during the snowbound Big Horn Valley battle with Black Kettle. He describes the assault, loss of scalp, intense pain, and subsequent recovery, noting Black Kettle survived and Holly later left the army.
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Maryin Holly
Dearborn County
Ind
West Thirteenth Street
Mr. Holly
United States Infantry
Custer
Black Kettle
Big Horn Valley
Holly
Black Kettie
Big Horn Vally
Tie
Wilson
Ime
Hawthorne’s Resolve Sparks The Scarlet Letter
New York Home Journal recounts Hawthorne learning of his dismissal inspiring his comeback. His wife fuels hope with kitchen fire and ink, then he writes his famed novel The Scarlet Letter, emerging triumphant as readers praise the work.
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New York Home Journal
Hawthorne
Will Power Crow and Remedies Cited by 19th Century Text
A humorous fragment cites George H. Butler discussing will power and its decline. Mentions medical figures Maudesly Godding Bliss and Austin Flint and suggests restoring vigor through Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Promotes a remedy available from all druggists as a cure for female system derangement and a means to regain health and vigor.
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George H. Butler
Maudesly
Godding
Bliss
R. V. Pierce
Checkers report from Charles F Barker Cambridgeport
In Boston on January 1 1884 communications for this department go to Charles F Barker at No 8 Houghton Street Cambridgeport Mass Position No 1186 by Isaiah Barker Cambridgeport Mass listing BLACK and WHITE with White to move and draw Position No 1187 Percy M Bradt Omro Wis BLACK
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Boston
Charles F. Barker
Houghton Street
Cambridgeport
Mass
Isaiah Barker
BLACK
Percy M, Bradt
OMRO
Wis
Barker's American Checker Player Highlights Draw Scenarios
Puzzle notes present in Di Rry Depot New Hampshire edition explain White to move and draw scenarios for Position No. 1188 and 1183. It outlines beginner friendly solutions and corrections, emphasizing precise piece placement and strategic draws.
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L. M. Stearns
di Rry Depot
N. H
Ayer s Sarsaparilla Endorsed by Medical Men
The medicine is claimed to expel hereditary scrofula and purporting to be globally endorsed by the medical profession. Francis Jewett calls it the only preparation that does real lasting good. Prepared by Dr. J C Ayer & Co Lowell Massachusetts. sold by all druggists. Price one dollar, six bottles five dollars.
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Ayer
Francis Jewett
Massachusetts
Lowell
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co
Book of Checkers Openings and Variations Printed
Twenty two openings with five hundred thirty four variations and thirty five critical positions, contributed by Wardwell and Lyman, compiled by Charles F Barker. Contains 170 pages, cloth bound. Price 76 cents postpaid. Orders to Charles F Barker Cambridgeport Mass.
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Messrs. Wardwell
Lyman
Charles F. Barker
Houghton Street
Cambridgeport
Mass
Chess Correspondence Notes and New England Match Report
Correspondence from Durango on December 12, 1883 discusses a chess position from The Globe and analyzes a line 2.7 versus 14.18 with Black to win. It notes a friendly twenty game match between A J Heffner and John Busby in Providence, with Heffner leading 6 to 2 and 10 drawn, and mentions future team lineups and a separate Commercial Gazette score between Reif and Merideth.
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Eekly Globe
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Ayrshire Lassie
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Heffner
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Isaiah Barker
Cambridgeport
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Providence
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Boston
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S. D. Merideth
Frederick D. Reif
Frederick D. Reif,layed A Match of Twenty Games For A Special Commercial Gazette
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Merideth
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Benny and the Watermelon in Old Colony Tale
In old P town a feverish Mother Simpson longs for watermelon in winter. Benny, a dozen, braves cold and snow, discovers a hidden ripe melon by the woods. The fruit heals the patient, who recovers swiftly, living many years afterward. A faded ad closes the tale moments later.
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Mother Simpson
Sarah
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