Rates of Advertising for News Publication
Advertising rates are listed at $1.00 per square for one week with 25 cents per square for each additional insertion. Twelve lines or less count as a quarter page. Notices for marriages and deaths double the rate. Transient ads require advance payment. Yearly contracts available for immediate business. yearly advertisers have limited privileges to their own business. Ads due by Thursday noon for next issue. Obituaries, funerals and political notices charged as ads.
Rosebud Bride of a World in a Flower Song
A lyric note sings of a Rosebud beloved as a dainty fair flower. The speaker asks how much love is felt, urging the beloved to come with tiny feet and respond to affection. The piece conveys intimate, affectionate sentiment in a tender tone.
Ghostly Tale Draws Curiosity at Country House
A dinner party weighs a supposed supernatural event told by Mr Browne who recalls a tense Rome to Naples journey. He relays a distressing incident in Italy that challenges a rival theory as guests press for full story and exact facts.
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Mr. Browne
Mr. Smith
Italy
Rome
Naples
Terracina
Via Latina
Ceprano
Kingdom of
Mares
Capo di Polizia
Night in the Inn Turned House of Bandits and Ghosts
An English traveler recounts losing his way at Alatti and staying in a dilapidated inn run by a shepherd landlord. Strange nocturnal groans and a shadowed intruder lead to a police investigation uncovering a buried trove beneath the ground floor. The landlord and sons were thieves, and the haunting speech saved the narrator from death. The tale ends with the narrator departing for Naples after an importuning almsman prods at purgatory.
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Alatti
M Knagckles
Rome
Naples
An Irishman Proposes With a Grave Vein
An Irish suitor vows to act as chief mourner at his father's funeral and asks his beloved to lay her bones beside his in a sepulchral after church scene. The demure Englishwoman accepts, though a friend notes the proposal was odd.
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Edmund
Delicate youth orders small beef piece at restaurant
A delicate youth tests a waiter with a drawn out pidgin request for a tiny beef portion while a muscular bystander heckles. The exchange centers on a waiter named Charles and a demand for a very small pork piece and one bean.
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Chawles
Darkey
Xah
Chailes
Albany Knickerbocker Describes Newspaper Borrowers
The piece ridicules news paper borrowers calling them lacking respect and honor, and characterizes them as vampires for their parasitic habit. It frames the situation as a critique of a social ill tied to journalism consumption.
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Albany Knickerbocker
Earth
Society
Young Woman Faces Snowbound Walk Home
A young woman fears she must walk home through heavy snow after a disruption that left her stranded. Local reports note her concern about reaching her residence safely amid worsening weather.
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Snow
Great Beings and the Sun of the Soul
A meditation on inner greatness beyond material wealth and status. It argues that divine soul powers elevate a person above worldly chains and riches, with God's love equating to life and sunshine for the soul. It contrasts fleeting human favor with the sustaining, life-giving light of divine blessing.
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Jehovah
God
Shadow of Self and the Sin of Gossip
The piece laments self exaltation and praise blighting growth and influence and praises modest action for the common good. It condemns spreading harmful rumors and urges readers to speak only words that bring joy and peace, warning religious hypocrisy if one cannot bridle the tongue.
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A. P. Peabody
Christ
Do the Right Thing Teachings on Moral Action
A moral precept urging clear choice for what is right. It warns against waver or deceit and stresses that happiness comes from doing the right thing. The text applies to all, encourages steady effort, and frames virtue as a lasting habit.
Willie and the Writing Prize
A young pupil seeks a writing prize, excels in every line, and is declared winner by a page he claims is his. He reveals the page was written by another boy, accepting the loss to tell the truth, saying he would rather tell the truth than win.
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Willie M
Willie
Charlie
Moses the bootblack and a New York memory
A tribute to Moses a ragged bootblack who worked the Herald corner and Astor House area in New York. Though poor in looks and schooling he was a keen observer of people and a skilled advocate for customers shaping deals with quiet wit. He died, leaving mournful patrons and a lasting epitaph.
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Moses
New York
Bootblack
Herald Corner
Astor House
Wall
Chambers Street
Sle
Herald
Bones, Blank & Co
Styx
N. Y
Great Lobster Pond of Roscoff Transforms Paris Market
An immense seawater lobster pond at Roscoff in Finistère Brittany supplies Paris and markets in Belgium Russia and Germany. Started July 4 with 1500 lobsters and weekly additions. now about 30 000 lobsters and equal numbers of mullet and other fish are kept in basins with iron gates. The operation feeds on conger eels and dog fish and supports ongoing expansion to other fish.
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Paris
Roscoff
Finisteere
Brittany
Belgium
Russia
Germany
Little five year old daughter helps family life
A Dansurr couple praise their five year old daughter who acts as a helper at home. A visiting lady remarks at the child’s charm, and the mother explains the girl calls her father to meals and helps with chores, making life smoother. She is described as very handy.
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John
Carl
Remarkable Dog Returns After Banished Flight
A Scottish dog named Bob of great size earned a neighbor’s wrath by killing a cat. Sent to Brechin, he returned on Sunday morning showing determination to go home. The minister forgave him and Bob leaped with joy, proving the dog’s loyalty.
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Brechin
Johnny
Bob
Anynais
A Toast to Discoveries and Dr Pierce’s Medical Discovery
A toast extols Columbus discovery of America and Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery as a fountain of health. It cites thousands of grateful patients from cities villages and distant lands praising its cure of chronic ailments. The combination with Pleasant Purgative Pellets is praised as the great depurator of the age restoring health and vigor.
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America
Columbus
Dr. Pierce
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