Minerva resolves to be a Mary Not a Martha in a New Year
A dialogue with Minerva on New Year's resolutions, urging wiser living. She vows to avoid trifles and excessive work, lighten burdens, value little acts of kindness, read daily, and shun gossip, while balancing housekeeping with essential duties and personal improvement.
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Minerva
Mary
Martha
Herbert
Liorone
Bybury
Beacon Street
Heaven
Germany
Grmany
Cempaten
Jerusalem
The Number Seven in World History and Myth
A Philadelphia News feature surveys the symbolic power of seven across civilizations. It traces seven as a sacred, natural, and occult motif in Babylonian religion, biblical events, Greek philosophy, alchemy, and royal lore, noting seven days, seven virtues and sins, seven hills of Rome, seven wonders, and seven-sevenths in diverse contexts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia News
Hades
Persian Gulf
Seaven
Plato
Timaeus
Moon
Mars
Ead
Saturn
Jupiter
Venus
Christendom
George
England
Andrew
Scotland
St. Patrick
Elant Ge David
Wales
St. Denys
France
Times
Spain
St. Anthony Sor Seng
Rome
Mary
Christ
Greece
Rienzi
Frederick I
Germany
Kyffhaueserberg
Ringia
Charlemagne
Olaf Rhedbeard
Sweden
Pat
Knowdon
Abraham
God
Cain
Tobias
Jacob
Leah
Rachel
Samson
Livy
Ayays
Sal
Amo
Ahma
Hvel
Ruechlin and Pfefferkorn in Jewish Books and Church Battle
Rabbi Solomon Schindler recounts Reuchlin's defense of Hebrew literature against Dominican efforts to burn Jewish texts. The piece traces Pfefferkorn's role, imperial politics, and Rome’s ambiguous verdicts, noting how Hebrew learning influenced the Reformation era and Jewish peril in medieval Europe. The talk ends foreshadowing the next discussion on Jewish status in Christian Europe and the Turkic world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schindler
Temple Adath Israel
Ruechlin
Pfefferkorn
Rhine
Jesus of
Ree
Ainst
Jerusalem
Rmany
Germany
Vespasian
Os Y
Judea
Crane
Trivange
John Pfefferkorn
Moravia
Maximilian
Kunigunde
Ortuin
Fefferkorn
Remontin
Supreme Bench
Ten
Lready
Reuchtin
Althoug de
Correc
Reuchlin
Cologne
Hoogstraten
Speier
Aronbienco
Rome
Leo X
Perecy
Pope
Cardinal Grimani
Grimani
University of
Paris
Europe
Leo
Havng
Luther
Melancthon
Calvin
Joseph
Prince of
Naxos
Bismarck
Prince Joseph
Arden
Twins Behave Alike Yet Differ in Subtle Ways Across Stories
The writer recalls Galton's twins research and adds two cases. In one, twin brothers quarrel over a trivial issue and each drafts a contrite letter with a postscript, showing identical feelings. In the other, two similar brothers fall for the same dancer and pursue the same verbal cues, yet minor facial cues reveal individual differences.
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Huapin
Muppin
Hus
Antipholuses
Shakespeare
Antipholus
Winter Fashion for Sleighing and Skating Costumes in Boston
A Boston fashion note details winter outfits for outdoor sports with plush muff designs, fur trimming, and close fitting toboggan and sleighing costumes. Redfern showcases mahogany red and blue cloth gowns, black fur embellishments, and a cuirass style bodice.
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Boston
Redfern
New York
Bay Billy and the Twenty Second Maine
An homage to Bay Billy the horse who carried the Twenty second Maine at Fredericksburg. The narrative recalls the captain’s fall and the horse’s leadership at the center of the line, with bay Billy returning to the front to rally the troops as they captured every gun. The memory of the fallen is honored as the roll call ends with Bay Billy’s name.
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Pei
Essorts
Ben
A Pretty Muff Prompts Cozy Home Craft
A pretty muff is described as a fashion winter caprice, trimming lace or ribbon on dress goods or bonnet material. The cut shows a plush muff that can be made at home easily.
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Rls
Jean Ktycam
Striking Signatures for Checks in Freedmen's Bank
In a Washington note the article lists numerous society deposits at the Freedmen's Bank. Names include Rising Sons and Daughters of the Vine, Benevolent Sons of the Young Army Shining, Daughters of the First Star of Jacob, Young Ladies' Golden Harp of America, and many others. The piece notes humor in some names and describes small amounts of funds like dollars and tallow candles remaining.
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New York Graphic
Freedmen’s Bank
Washington
Sons and Daughters of the
Vine‘ara
Heasinth Daughters of
Joshua
Benevolent Sons of the
Young Army Shining
Fist National Phoenix Sisters
Golden Harp of America
Daughters of the First Star
Jacob
Sons and Daughters of the East
Loving Daughters of Paradise
Ham
Sisters of the Lord's Delight Society
Heavenly Called Laborers of the
Sons and Daughters
United Sons and Daughters
Mary Sooty
Sons
Abraham
Luna
Daughters of
Revelation
Grand United Sons and Daughters of the
Living Council of the Cross
Young Lambs
Bethlehem
Aid
Shiloh
Adam
The Face at the Window A New Year's Story
Gerald Grant, a homeless boy in a bustling city, endures cold and hunger on New Year’s Eve while a well off stranger, Randolon Percy, initially misjudges him. After a brief chase and reflection, Percy revisits the boy and invites him home, where Gerald finds shelter, warmth, and a future with renewed education and care from the Percy family.
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Gerald Grant
Gerald
Moscow
Randolon Percy
Penury
Mr. Percy
Appy
Ae Gersa
Tia
Aladglin
Iit Pho
Eiis
Perha
Raporia
Early Buckfield Resident Granville Maxim and the Sparrow Ballad
Granville Maxim, an eccentric Buckfield inhabitant, showed deep musical talent and composed popular melodies now called continentals. After a failed love, he contemplated suicide but was inspired by a lone sparrow’s song in a forest camp. He then penned verses and created music that elevated his reputation and left a lasting cultural imprint.
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Lewiston
Buckfield
Granville Maxim
de Vanis
New Year Instrumental and Vocal Music by Oliver Ditson
Oliver Ditson & Co. opens with a piano music collection note worthy for uncommon merit. pieces feature Ravina etude played by 10 year old Josef Hofmann, plus ensemble songs and piano solos by various composers. selections include Serenata, Venice, Watch Night, and several vocal pieces with prices ranging from 25 to 85 cents.
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Oliver Ditson & Co
Ravina
Josef Hofmann
W. F. Sudds
Ltney Smith
Carilion de Noel
Ani
Tai Brookiet
G. Lange
Pater
Eilenberg
Eustis
J. Ea
Venice
E. ‘Ashton An
Isa Morrison
Wal Walter Scott
G. K
Eh Olley
Wheeler
White, Smith & & Bs
E.H Belley
Neo Awe
Papentecs
Doree
C Cleveland
Rommel
Vane Heyse
F. Lemon
M. A. Tipton
Ueger
Have You Renewed The Globe Now Or Never
A political appeal urges renewing subscriptions before February 1 to extend delivery through March 1889. It encourages readers to persuade friends to subscribe and to show their copies to influence Democratic voters.
No Need of Borrowing from Peten Herald Retr
A compact note states there is no need to borrow from the Peten Herald. The item implies self sufficiency or reduced reliance on the Peten Herald for publication or distribution, reflecting a local media decision.
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Peten Herald
Retr
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Texas Siftings
Reuchlin the Upright
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Cornhill
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Frank Gassaway
San Francisco
Wasp
Goldsmith Maid
Dexter
Fellowcraft
Fredericksburg
Maine
Early
Wade Hampton
Hell
Twenty-second
Corporal Dick
Yesternoon
Falt
Ray Billy
Washineton, D. C
the Freedmen's Bank OF America
Pharaoh Hopkins
Youne Risse
Per Galilee Jones
Pres't
Horatio Alger, JR
China
Elf
New Boston Music
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