War and Peace Office ideas spark from Dr Rush letter
A Washington correspondent recalls Dr. Rush on war and peace noting the need for a Peace Office to curb military excesses. He suggests signs over state court houses warning against war and lists ironical offices like butchering humans and creating poverty to illustrate harms of conflict.
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Journal of Commerce
Washington
Rush
War Office
Cabicle
United States
Wer
Intellectual culture sustains life and vigor, urges women to study
A long antiquated discussion argues that mental cultivation extends youth and health, urging women to embrace languages and sciences. It notes educated societies show longer, steadier health and warns against mental rust from idle living and excessive business.
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Hubbard Winslow
Journal of Health
Germany
England
France
Indies
Singing in the Family Elevates Devotion and Morality
The article argues that family singing strengthens devotion, bonds parents and children, and wards off vice. It claims sacred music uplifts the soul, fosters virtue, and correlates musical cultivation with improved morality, warning that declining taste for sacred tunes parallels moral decline.
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Terae
Courts of
Paradise
Bed and bedside of a drunkard letter extract
A letter from a lady recounts a dying drunkard's bedside scenes. His wife and oldest son imitate his vice, while a 15 or 16 year old staggers in and sleeps through the death. The funeral follows as the boy remains intoxicated and disrespectful at the procession. Observer report.
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Tao
Blacksmith's Boy and His Hammer Folklore Tale
A wandering narrator recalls meeting a penniless blacksmith's apprentice in rural Pennsylvania who crafts a hammer from iron scraps and asks for a reading book as payment. The anecdote praises perseverance and notes later success, alongside a Demosthenes tale about shadow and dispute.
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Pennsylvania
The Conquest of Austria and a Boston Cleric’s Prank
A historical sketch recounts Napoleon’s siege of Vienna with vivid details of bombardment and destruction. It notes Maria Louise in the imperial palace and Napoleon’s strategic moves, followed by a humorous Cincinnati anecdote about an eccentric clergyman who tricks congregants into attending a Boston sermon substitution.
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Austria
Arabia
Europe
Danube
Ajoleon
Walla
Vienna
Napoléon
Iisuay
Deaih
Maria Louisa
Napoleon
Imperial Palace
France
Hungary
Quips and Quips and a Turbid Excerpt from a 19th Century Page
A collection of short witticisms and anecdotes. An Irishman explains why he answers in English to Irish speech to keep his friend Jemmy in the dark. A Quaker answers yes and no to excise commissioners about why they sit there. A Sandy Hill Herald editor complains after a man asks to change a fifty dollar bill. Miscellaneous notes include reflections on burial customs and contrasts between the brute and the angel. A remark on Decatur and tribute discussions ends with a quip about paying powder with ball.
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Demoathenes
Megara
Demosthenes
Clint
Jules
Thia
Jemmy
Sandy Hill Herald
Fenton
Laron
Washington
Pallin
Frivad
Eaton
Jan
Katon
Panny
Annergy
Italy
Hambleton
Haly
America
Mr. Eaton
Panton
Jason
Philadelpha
Akon
Henry Fenton
Hartford
Fragments on Wants and Provision for Life
This excerpt argues that nourishment is common while essential equipment of life costs more. It contrasts a luxurious lifestyle with simple needs, suggesting only luxury and social display drive demand beyond basic provisions for friends or the needy.
First and Last Quarrel Ends in Tragic Return
In Philadelphia a tale unfolds of Fenton and his wife, misled by a forged miniature and a forged death. Fenton seeks forgiveness after jealousy drives him near madness, then a railroad accident wrongly claims his life. His wife, near death, recovers faintly as truth reveals a haunting misperception and a miraculous revival.
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Bayley
Bradford
Hope
State Streets
Dots
Aphopas
Naples
Hus
Levant
Thira
Cecil
Cincinnati Advertiser
Boston
Mr. S
Excise Office
Nathan
Aurora
Ansonors
Decatur
Algiers
Dey
Commodore Decatur
The
Philadelphia Magazine
Grace Sewell
Il—L. B
Mia Seymour
Fanny Fenton
Mr. Seyimour
Jane
Mrs.Seymour
Mrs. Seymour
Mrs. Penton
Mr. Fenton
Mrs. Fenton
Seymour
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