Inheritance of a discontented curate at Waterdell
The Rev Clement Jenifer, a long suffering curate on £150 a year, inherits Waterdell Hall after a benefactor’s will. He travels to claim the estate and confronts a strange night alone, where a ghostly double from his youth accuses him of wasted life and urges him to redeem his time for others.
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Clement Jenifer
Jenifer
Mr. Jenner
Mary
London
Waterdell Hall
Charles II
Thomas Dacre
Waterdell
Dacre
Mr. Jenifer
Jenefer
The Dimly Lit Conversion of Mr. Jenifer’s Night
In a single awakening moment Mr. Jenifer confronts his usurious life and moral decay. A vision of his aged self reveals envy and cruelty, provoking a faltering prayer and renewed devotion. Presence of wealth proves a test, and the prodding insight saves him from total spiritual ruin.
Eye Color Lore From St James Gazette
The piece discusses eye colors from brown to hazel with cultural stereotypes. It links blue eyes to femininity and virtue, gray to steadiness, violet to affection, and brown to passion and cruelty, noting regional and racial associations. Hazel eyes are described as common in fiction yet varied in reality.
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St. Jame’s
Puck
Africa Flooded by Rum Warns Continent to Be Affected
The speaker cites Sir Richard Burton and Rev. James Johnson warning that rum traffic endangers Africa more than the slave trade, urging a powerful indigenous movement to suppress European traders and their drink flood across a continent of over 200 million people. The March 30 Prince's Hall meeting is highlighted as a moment for action to free minds and societies from European liquor influence.
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Africa
Sir Richard Burton
James Johnson
Lagos
Prince’s Hall
Europe
the Contemporary Review
Plank sidewalk contract awarded to J G Rackheit
The Tennessee paper notes with praise that J G Rackheit, described as a prince of gentlemen and czar of culture, has secured the contract to build the plank sidewalk in front of the Gibbons block, lauding him as a man of the old school who recognizes quality plank.
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Tennessee
J.g.rackheit
Longevity and Natural Death Shaped by Wise Life Habits
The Cosmopolitan essay argues that a natural life limit is about five score years and that premature death stems from personal choice and weakness rather than fate. It cites Cornaro and a physician claiming truly natural death occurs when all bodily systems fail together, urging balanced living to ensure a natural end.
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Cornaro
Hoss Shay
Ex-Gov Waller of Connecticut Wins Romance With Mayor’s Daughter
The Philadelphia Times recalls Waller’s early blushes as a law clerk who fell for the mayor of New London’s daughter. Rejected, he pursued business and politics, rising to mayor and national prominence. Despite the romance not ending in marriage, both families later lived neighborly, with strong ties.
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Philadelphia Times
Waller
Connecticut
Loomis
Walter
New London
Designing Silks and Satins for Neckties a Trade in Itself
The necktie trade relies on special grades of silks and satins designed by specialists. About 50 to 75 factories in the country and 10 to 12 top makers produce patterns. Success hinges on being first to market a design, with colable bets on consumer favor. In New York City over 1,200 women are employed by the piece. top finishers earn 8 to 9 dollars weekly. A single necktie may be finished in detail and color variations to supply dealers with assortments.
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Boston
Philadelphia
New York City
New York Mail and Express
He Saw the Mine in Dakota Bell tale
An Ohio man Hobson invested in Black Hills stock for years. After discovering the enterprise was mostly a sham, he confronts the president in Deadwood. The executive boasts the company owns a mine only in a breeches pocket, then dismisses him and returns to selling more stock.
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Dakota Bell
Hobson
Ohio
Black Hills
Deadwood
Somnambulist on the Rails Near Analomink
Engineer Ben Hulifisch of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad reports a woman in nightgown appeared on the cowcatcher while his engine traveled at high speed near Analomink. Susan Cooley, daughter of a local resident, said she wandered from sleep and clung to the cowcatcher before being rescued. Her somnambulism is noted as the cause of the perilous ascent.
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Williamsport
Ben Hulifisch
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Susan Cooley
Analomink
Mrs Harper Sparks Scene Over Arrest at Fidelity Bank
In Cincinnati Mrs Harper wife of Fidelity Vice President stood at Fourth street home stunned by newsboys cries Arrest of E L H prompted her swift rush to the Fidelity Bank where she pleaded with a stern officer, embraced her husband and professed unwavering love amid unfolding drama.
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The
Cincinnati Enquirer
An Anecdote From Washingtons Time of Secret Mails
An old local history recounts Bradford using influence to lure farmer John Mitchel into the 1792 whiskey insurrection. Mitchel helped seize a mail bag, was captured, and faced death before General Morgan granted a pass to Philadelphia. Washington pardoned Mitchel and urged him to avoid conspirators for life.
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Pennsylvania
Washington
Bradford
John Mitchel
Sim
Mitchel
Pittsburgh
General Morgan
Morgan
Philadelphia
Tam
Early Bird Recycler Touts Park Looting Profession
In a pre dawn interview in Central Park a wiry old man describes his scavenger life. He roams for dropped valuables from crowds and events, keeping $3.25 in change and a bracelet so far that morning. He sells found items via lost columns or the Bowery.
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New York Sun
Central Park
Fifty-ninth Street
Mall
Pard
Ben
Bird
Ars
Metropolitan Opera House
Bowery
Market Prices From May to June Across Cities
Chunked price listings for Caicaco New York Minneapolis St Paul and Duluth commodities include wheat corn oats rye barley flax seed hay and butter with assorted per unit costs and ranges. The brief notes also mention US revenue cutter Bear feared in Ounalaska and a Nottingham dye product claim by Buckingham.
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Caicaco
Timothy Peagg
New York
Milwaukee
Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Paul
MiwaukeEe
Ounalaska
Alaska
United States Revenue
Bear
Maclay
Grand Roll of St Josephs Academy Graduates
A list of St Josephs Academy graduates in St Paul highlights prominent women active in charity and society, praising the school as a premier Minnesota educational institution and a nurturing home. Parents seek moral and intellectual development for daughters and are urged to request a prospectus from J Josephs Academy in St Paul.
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St. Joseph's Academy
St. Paul
Northwest
St. Joseph's
Minnesota
Suor
J. Joseph's Academy
Dyspepsia Relief Praised By This Medicine
A vintage advert extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for chronic dyspepsia. It claims the product alleviates many ailments, builds blood, and stabilizes bowels, kidneys, and bladder, while addressing nervous symptoms and debunking other remedies.
A Credit to the City Holy Angels Academy
The Holy Angels Academy on North Fourth Street stands as a proud Minneapolis institution. Located near the city center yet quiet, it offers ample grounds, a stone building with a nearby frame wing, steam heat, large dormitories, eight classrooms, and modern comforts. The sisters have expanded the former Basset home, offering a thorough education and homelike atmosphere. Board and tuition are set at 80 dollars per session. prospective families may request a prospectus from Mother Superior, 643 North Fourth Street.
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Holy Angels Academy
Fourth Street
Minneapolis
Basset
North Fourth St
Detective Tactics and Pulmonary Health Quackery
The article extols arresting criminals and disease alike, praising vigilant detectives and Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for pulmonary consumption symptoms. It claims early symptoms such as cough loss of appetite languor and bodily aches signal consumption and can be cured by the advertised remedy sold by druggists.
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Pierce
Allen's Lung Balsam Promoted for Cures in Ad Text
An 1880s style ad touts Allen's Lung Balsam as a proven remedy for a distressing disease with bottles priced 25 cents 50 cents and one dollar. Separately a notice reports Isaac Hulbert being brought to St Paul from Mora by Deputy Marshal Gus Beaulieu for selling whisky to Indians.
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Allen
Isaac Hulbert
St. Paul
Mora
Gus Beaulieu
Of Interest to Parents at Bethlehem Academy
Hethlehem Academy run by the Dominican Sisters in Faribault Minnesota offers a solid polite education. The school promises attentive, mild but firm governance for the young ladies and a steam heated building with modern improvements. For details apply to the Superioress. Also cures for weak lungs and consumption offered by World’s Dispensary Medical in Buffalo with a 10 cent treatise request.
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Hethlehem
Dominican Sisters
Faribault
Minn
Main Street
Buffalo
Unsafe ear box as punishment warned by doctor
Dr. Samuel Sexton reports over fifty cases of ear injury from boxing or pulling ears. He notes a father witnessed a child die after an ear blow causing brain inflammation, and warns even light blows can rupture the ear drum. Repeated ear pulling often causes lasting hearing impairment. parents and teachers should avoid abusive punishments to prevent permanent injury.
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Samuel Sexton
Foot
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White Cottage
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Nantea
Ottawa Co. Mich
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