The Crooked World and the Millennial Engineer
In a railroad town Jim Barclay faces ruin after a wreck blamed on him. Ichabod Turner proclaims a crooked world to be fixed, leading to a crisis when he seizes a locomotive. Turner dies in a dramatic bid to “set things right” while Jim is hailed for averting further disaster and regaining hope with Dell.
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Ichabod Turner
Jack
Jim Barclay
Jim
Dell
Messenger
Bill
Great Corporation
Jim A
Ichabod
Eager Dell
Startling New Discovery for Consumption in Daily Use
Physicians are astonished by Dr King's New Discovery for consumption and lung diseases now curing patients considered beyond help. Hundreds of doctors are adopting it in practice. Trial bottles are free at J. H. Young & Co.'s Drug Store. regular size is $1.00.
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Dr. King
J. H. Young & Co
Coats of Arms Sleeves and Medical Offers
Dr Kaufmann promotes a cure book with illustrated plates. Send five 8 cent stamps to A P Ordway Boston Mass to receive a copy free.
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Worts
Dr. Kaufmann
A. P. Ordway &O
Boston
Mass
Furnace Compared to Singer Reaches Upper Register
A furnace is described as like a good singer able to reach the upper register, illustrating performance and capability with a musical metaphor.
Companionable Wisdom and Moral Wit in Everyday Life
Miscellany offers maxims on living day by day with gratitude and diligence. It contrasts true friendship with false ones, praising candid peers who warn and support, and defining companionable people as ones who uplift without fueling envy or complaint.
Brave Little Daughter Saves Noble Father
A nine year old girl Lady Catherine Graham pleads with Queen Mary in Windsor Castle. The queen, moved by the girl’s sorrowful gaze at a portrait of James II, pardons Lord Preston and reunites him with his daughter.
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Miss Strickland
England
Mary
Lord Preston
James
Catherine Graham
Thankful for the common gifts of nature and life
The writer urges gratitude for everyday blessings from God, noting even simple things like the seaside thistle remind us of beauty and memory. He argues that all things deserve thankfulness, especially the common heritage of the poor given free of cost.
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Grindon
Sunflower's industrial promise noted by colonial horticulturists
The sunflower now praised beyond aesthetics for industrial value. Baron von Muller lists its seeds for oil, its fiber for textiles, blossoms for dye, and seed cake for animal feed. Chinese use of fiber and oil and bee food from flowers are cited, with calcareous soil preferred and potential yields up to fifty gallons of oil per acre. Colonies and India.
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Baron Ferdinand von Muller
Baron von Muller
Victoria
India
Falls Route at Last Gives Full Niagara View for Travelers
A Newport report laments drunkenness as a public danger and urges moral awakening. The piece praises a new Michigan Central through East and West route offering extended Niagara Falls views from Buffalo to Niagara Falls village, with a closer, fuller sight from Falls View and better river perspectives along the way.
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Falls
Niagara Falls
Kalamazoo
Deown
Maine
Kalmazoo
Michigan
Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Central
Oshkosh
Niagara River
Michigan Central Railroad Company
Ile
New York
Buffalo
Tonawanda
Grand Island
Niagara Falls Village
Alls View
Niagara City
Canada Southern
Duties of an Editor from a Bygone Era
The passage lists humorous editorial duties and hypocrisies, urging cheerfulness, punctuality, local coverage, fairness to readers, and loyalty to advertisers. It skewers the profession’s contradictions, noting the editor’s bid to serve both the public and private interests while balancing costs and profits.
WRECKED BY VEGETABLES AT WEST WASHINGTON MARKET
A man in a fine suit enters West Washington Market and is deluged by vegetables. A ten pound beef liver hits his hat while an egg smashes his eyeglass and an escaped turkey snatches his cane. Police escort him to a hotel as others try not to laugh.
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West Washington
New York
Burdock Blood Bitters Promoted by Mrs Dennis Smith
A Louisville reader named Mrs Dennis Smith endorses Burdock Blood Bitters for cleansing blood impurities and achieving a clear complexion, recommending constant use and noting unprecedented clarity of skin.
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Dennis Smith
Louisville
Careless Speaking in Speech Development
A Christian at Work column discusses common language errors such as unstressed syllables and slurred speech. It cites a high school conversation showing boys mispronouncing words and phrases and argues these students could improve with effort to speak clearly.
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Wiltercan
Jer
Hadder
Jerfind
Jer Goelone
Bill
Joe Wenterlong
Jerstay
Christian
Pocket Book Afloat Tragic River Tale
A Vicksburg Negro planter falls overboard while the boat backs away. His pocket book with $116 drifts off as he clings to his hat. The yawl rescues him just as he sinks for the final time, asking if the pocket book was saved. He learns it was lost and laments the irony of being saved without his treasure.
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Vicksburg
Jacksonville Union
Word menu causes comic moment at uptown table
A mother explains to her son at a table d hote that menu means bill of fare in French. The boy quips menu it prompting a pale reaction from the mother who calls for water.
Hot Milk Aids Digestion and Appetite And Raw Tale Of Cape Mudge
An article extols hot milk as highly digestible and nourishing for weak digestion and recovering illness, advising it with meals and solid foods. A later tale recounts Cape Mudge Indians looting a steamer and an incident with muriatic acid causing burns, ending with a vow to avoid bottles and visit Victoria Blue Ribbon events.
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Cape Mudge
Victoria
B.C
Conductor Waives Fare to Help Desperate Woman
A Philadelphia railroad conductor paid a woman’s fare to reach her husband’s deathbed and let a passenger take credit. He says after ten years on the road he has learned to do his duty without praise, noting many travelers may exploit kind acts for sympathy.
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Philadelphia
Vermont farmer confuses census taker with his marriage status
An old Vermont farmer jokes with the census man about marriage. He denies being married, then clarifies his childless status, then reveals he once was married. The anecdote ends with the punchline that he still hasn’t remarried after having twenty two children.
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Vermont
Clever remark sparks a laugh in the reading room
A young woman reads a sensational tale of a girl driven mad by a sudden kiss. Her uncle rebukes the idea with a gruff question. She wittily replies that she went mad for more, prompting a lighthearted exchange.
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