Conscience as a Guide in Truthful Parenting
A Boston Plymouth Church sermon by Mr. Beecher discusses teaching children the whole truth about conscience and temperance. He urges early instruction on morality, warns against exaggerated drug and drink warnings, and shares personal anecdote about tobacco curiosity to illustrate practical, accurate guidance for families and schools.
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Marvellous Mountain Spectre in Nevada
Virginia City Enterprise reports a vivid atmospheric illusion seen in Nevada by R A Marr of the coast and geodetic survey. A spectral figure appeared on a mountain peak with a double circle of rainbow light and a halo around the head, creating a striking, iridescent display amid clear air.
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Loujabe Range
Nevada
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Coast and Geodetic Survey
Paddy Murphy's Queens and a San Francisco poker tale
In a New York club Deacon Sliderback Elder Magruder and a religious reporter discuss Paddy Murphy's two pairs amid fanciful reminiscences of Paddy Murphy in the bonanza days on the Comstock. The tale centers on Paddy learning poker from Dana O Connell Sam Davis and other figures while curious about a seven card draw and a quirky hand that lands Murphy the pot with a misread two pair.
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Small Man in Pea-Green Cart Bets on City Hall Park
A battered, almost nameless man in a huge stovepipe hat pushes a pea-green hand-cart loaded with stereotype plates through City Hall Park. He wreaks a bold mock confrontation with a bobtail streetcar, then stalks away, tipping his hat as onlookers react to the odd spectacle.
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City Hall Park
Park Row
Chatham Street
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Guarding His Dead Son's Body at Foreclosure Scene
A sheriff deputy, serving a mortgage notice, enters a house where a drunken father sits with a revolver as his dead son, age 22, lies nearby. The dead boy had died two days earlier of consumption, and the father, shaken by grief, recalls the illness and their isolation.
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Barker's American Checker-Player opens with 22 lines
Boston dispatch notes Barker's new checker manual offering 22 openings and 534 variations praised by Wardwell and Lyman. Contains 179 pages clothbound for 75 cents, with positions labeled 1114 1116 1112 and endgame by Isaiah Barker. Glove notes and editor letters discuss Kimley Glasgow game and multiple winning lines for Black.
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Feidler Triumph Hangs On Eighteenth Move Drawn Game
A compact chess note describes Ferguson and F. J. Feidler with a draw after an eighteenth move 30.25, while 11.16 favored Black. The Greensburg Checker Club suggested the 18.9 key move, marking a pivotal turn in the contest and noting Feidler’s stance.
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Heffner Wright Match Opens Strongly in City
The twenty game match at Milliken House began Thursday evening March 22 at 7 30 with Mr A J Heffner and Mr H Z Wright. Crowds watched as Wright led 1 0 after the first night while Fridays play levelled the score to a draw. The event drew interest from friends of both players as each side showed notable skill. A subsequent exhibition at McIntyre Peon featured James Wyllie and George Dick with Wyllie winning 2 0 Drawn 18. The New York Checker Club plans a May 7 visit for Charles F Barker to showcase games with top local players. R Martins completed a Scotland tour posting 310 games with 245 losses 60 draws.
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Word Hunt and Puzzles From The Globe Pages
Crossword and rhomboid word games listed for Boston and Plymouth editions. Readers invited to submit word lists from Oscar Wilde letters, with prizes and rules, including alphabetized lists, one side of page, and a three-cent stamp for entry.
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The Troublesome Night of Napoleon Smith in Boston
In Boston, Napoleon Bonaparte Smith, praised for thrift and industry, plots a preprice rise beer purchase with partners Brown and Jones. A late night caper ends with a police escort and a drunken serenade before a window reveals the muttered mispronounced call to identify a husband.
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Absent-Minded Husband and Loyal Wife in Erie Dream
A domestic vignette from a New York Herald piece depicts a husband a drummer who, worn by his work and care, naps after a night out with his wife aboard a carriage near the Highlands. She remains quietly glad, recalling courting days as his whispered question about her name ends their sleep. The column closes with a legal note on passenger liability versus railroad employer responsibility.
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How the Young Man Captured Sarah in Boston
A playful dialogue describes a Boston schoolgirl and a suitor who finally declares his love after seeking bound volumes of the Massachusetts Teacher. The piece contrasts romance with a reality of boardroom confrontation over educational magazines. A medical paragraph follows about heart disease symptoms and a remedy named Dr Graves Heart Regula.
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