The New York Minicurrent and Braddon Stardom
An advertisement profile proclaims the New York Minicurrent as a premier weekly, highlighting Miss M. E. Braddon as a star contributor. It promises The Doctor's Wife in weekly installments with brisk sales across America. The piece touts Braddon’s status, the paper’s wide circulation, and its diverse literary features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Braddon
Aurora Floyd
Lady Audley
John Marchmont
Great Britain
New Yorkeacury
America
Feliz
Darley, Esq
New York Mescumy
The Superfluous Man Parody Poem of Population
A humorous verse lampoons Smith's population theory by lamenting a single man deemed superfluous as twenty one to twenty two women pair off. The speaker claims fate, not morals, leaves him unmatched while praising uglier men with wives and accepting bachelor status.
Autumn Poem Fragment Shows Rich Fall Imagery
The text paints autumn as a vivid scene with dyed foliage and warm light. It describes trees in clusters, clouds lit by dyeing light, and a mountain morning with purple wings. A gentle wind stirs life in ash beech and maple, as autumn sits like a weary old man along the path.
Stores Tin Ware and Stoves at Thames Street
E P Brownell invites customers to No 133 Thames Street for stoves ranges tinware wooden ware brooms baskets and related houseware. Pumps lead pipe iron links French roll pans waffle irons sad irons hollow ware and chamber pails offered with neat job work and pump repairs.
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Thames Street
E. P. Brownell
Sanford's Challenge Heaters Feature in Brick Portable Designs
An advertisement offers an array of Sanford’s Challenge heaters including brick portable and fireplace models for homes churches hotels public halls ships and depots with or without registers. It touts unrivaled power and warmth and cites testimony from local citizens including ministers doctors and merchants. Sold by John Gladding at 3d Thames Street.
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Anford
John Gladding
Thames
Spring Trade Offers Medal Ranges and Pumps
RANGES PUMPS and related items offered with a supply of Medal Ranges and the latest patterns of Douglass Pumps. Also Iron Sinks, Waffle Irons, French Roll Pans, Egg Fries, Boiler Door Frames, Japaned Ware. Custom made Tableware and Cockroaches? new and second hand. Great variety of Grates and Linings for stove repairs. Jobbing in this line done with neatness.
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W. & B. Douglass
Lincoln Reminiscences by Rev Gulliver in Norwich
The author recounts a reflective interview with Abraham Lincoln after the 1860 campaign, detailing Lincoln's wit and public speaking power. He notes Lincoln’s education limits, his method of learning law, and his humility, concluding with a moral urging true principle over expediency.
Amen to Abraham Lincoln
A reader recalls the day Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation faced opposition and praises Lincoln as steadfast and true. The speaker reflects on Civil War era events, expressing enduring belief in Lincoln and urging fellow citizens to say Amen to him across the nation.
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Fremont
MacClellan
Nerohike
James River
Pope
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Gulf
How to Keep Children Healthy in Cold Climates
The article urges proper food preparation over food type, arguing finely mashed fruits and vegetables aid digestion and reduce stomach irritation. It warns against large lumps of apple or coarse meat pieces and promotes finely chopped raisins and nuts to avoid sickness, stressing overall hearty, easily digested meals for children.
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Ead
American Agricultcrist
Toward Moral Strength Youth Speech Urges Duty and Resistance
A speaker advises young men to resist temptations and pursue noble manhood. The message emphasizes conscience as a guide, the duty to fight for happiness and usefulness, and the cultivation of moral strength by heeding a gentle inner voice over fashionable temptations.
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Spanisa Stan
A Pair of Gentle Words Brighten Friends
If a few civil words will render a man happy he should give them freely Others may share a whispered light from your candle yet your own glow remains diminished by the glow shared with another.
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Ria
Wasteful Coal Use and Home Heating Advice
The piece argues coal costs rise to thirteen dollars a ton and households waste fuel by overloading grates and failing to sift ashes. It cites Scizarivic American tips for efficient coal burning, emphasizes proper damper use, and notes modest coal savings from better management.
Eyes of Bees Reveal Complex Compound Vision
The article explains how bees see through a microscopic eye, noting three simple eyes and two large compound eyes. It describes about 350 hexagonal lenses forming a hexagonal mosaic and analogizes them to 3500 telescopes creating a stereoscopic effect to illustrate bee vision.
Blacksmith Forcibly Quiets Leading Juvenile at Lyon Theatre
A Paris correspondent recounts a scene at a Lyon area theatre where a blacksmith in the pit jumped on stage and thrug the leading juvenile after the youth mocked his family. The man later explained the juvenile was his son who owed him money for board and tuition, prompting the dramatic outburst. Police intervened and the blacksmith carried the youth off after the curtain.
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Paris
London
Lyone
Hormu
Atoud
Preservation Tips From A Curious Text
A fragment offers guidance on cheese handling and storage. It mentions softening under pressure, avoiding deceitful strength, tying a cut portion in a bag, hanging in a dry cool place, and wiping words off with a dry cloth.
Beaton Voter Refuses Democratic Ticket Over Lincoln Dollar
An unnamed voter in Beaton refuses the Democratic slate claiming he will not vote to “get rid of Mr Lincolns,” saying Lincoln made the gold dollar good for two dollars and a half. The remark reflects wartime currency and party tensions.
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An Rehman
Beaton
Lincols
Little friend O. in a warehouse race scheme gone awry
In a small town tale, a four foot two inch boy nicknamed O. is lured into a staged race for ten dollars by a literary man and a wag. The boy runs to the warehouse and back, stops early, and loses the prize when the crowd discovers the rule about stopping.
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Caune
Macy Asell
Morgan
Lit
Which They Prefer
It notes that over half of Atlanta residents favored going North when Sherman offered to remove them from his lines, though they could choose North or South and were provided transport. It argues rebels are unanimous for the Confederacy yet leave the Confederacy at the first chance, preferring to depart rather than endure rebel rule.
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Atlanta
Sherman
Deception and Self Respect in Human Conduct
The passage argues people divide into deceivers and the deceived, linking self respect to choosing one path. It says deception punishes itself through consequences, while those duped feel a brief sting yet retain pride in recognizing the ruse. It notes good, high minded individuals are seldom provoked by deception.
Analysis of Copperhead Terms from Binghamton Riotous Conspiracy
For readers unsure of the word Copperhead this piece offers analysis from the Binghamton Republican with stern charges against opponents of the war. It brands conspirators as disloyal and sympathetic to traitors, calling for recognition of treasonous groups and warnings of anarchy.
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Binghampton
Faith and a Map Prayer at Camp Meeting
A young woman at a camp meeting is urged by a minister to ask in prayer for anything she desires if she has faith. After a dramatic moment with an owl hoot she interprets it as divine signaling her wish. In joy she declares she would take any person the Lord sent, as long as it is a man.
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Bardwell & Co
WEVW
Eesresestiss
Manufaceit
Eich
Eaid
Lincoln
Douglass
Chicago
Norwich
New York
Caild
New Haven
Yale College
Meriden
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Pierce Brothers
TES Star Weekly of America
THE
NEW York Mercury
Hemisphere
Europe
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Allewsmen
Peridical
Americas
Cauldwell , Whitney
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Falcom Street
New York City
Wlau
Jonn G. Sale
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Sal
Loyaretiow
Sug Uspire
George Tilley
Bradford St
Thames 8Street
Anfpoed
Abraham Linceoln
John P. Gulliver
Springfield
Collee
Euclid
Eucllid
Tract Society
Douglas
Mr. Lincoln
Abington
Princcles
White Mountains
Atraham Cincorn
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