Child carries aid to Union mother as guard relents
During the Civil War a ten year old girl Dora Nettley travels from Martinsburg to her sick mother with tea sugar and quinine hoping to pass lines. Lieutenant Graham intervenes secures a permit for her to go while her family later aids wounded on both sides and Dora eventually marries Felix Graham reuniting rival families.
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Dora Nettley
Dora
Michigan
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Sissy
Union
Lee
Dick Ashby
Harrum
Mrs. R
Alice
Spot
Felix Graham
Felix
Colonel Graham
Nettleys
Grahams
Jamaica Lime Juice Ad Promotes Cooling Drink
Raleigh retailer touts Jamaica Lime Juice as pure full strength and excellent when mixed with ice water. Calls it unrivalled as an anti cope and urges readers to buy a bottle from druggists and grocers.
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Raleigh
Jamaica
Unclear fragment on health costs and remedies
The fragment mentions medical payments over the last year, claiming no doctor costs and five dollars on Bitters. It references L Andrews of Boston and a note about ear piercing for a baby, plus a peculiar cure for bladder issues with Bu chu paiba.
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L. Andrews
Bowdoin Street
Boston
Dignity in Pleasure and the Power of Circumstance
A collection of maxims on innocence honesty patience and virtue. It contrasts dignity in pleasure with the soft power of circumstance, urging restraint in speaking ill of disliked individuals and praising the good man who spreads happiness and mitigates distress.
Mission of Law and Prophets in Love and Charity
A sermon urging readers to elevate thoughts and hearts by learning the Law and the Prophets through sincere love of God and active service to neighbors, not through scholastic dogma or worn formulas. It calls for noble living, helpful words, and real faith.
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Legion of the Law and the Prophets
God
The Reason Why sober men win women and praise
A column extols sobriety, arguing sober husbands are more reasonable, companionable, proud, and financially stable, improving home life and social regard. It praises sober men as credit to wives, fostering better health, responsible living, and community respect. A separate anecdote from New York Observer describes a church fundraising card story where a child’s ten cent ask leads to a ten dollar donation.
The Victoria Institute sees growth and debate on evolution
At the Victoria Philosophical Institute a June meeting under Sir Henry Barkly discussed the society’s 1020 members including many foreign affiliates. Profound analyses by Stokes and others questioned Darwinian evolution while confirming the lack of fossil links between humans and other animals. The report also covered Babylonian discoveries, Spenser's arguments, and Egypt explorations with Succoth findings. Parepa Rosa’s final appearance and a story of little Elfin the violinist followed, ending with praise for Parepa Rosa and charity sparked by the performer’s gesture.
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Henry Barkly
G.c.mlg
F.R.S
Chsir
Victoria (Philosophical) Institute
Adelphi Torrance
London
F. Petrie
F.R.S.L
Stokes
J. R. Bennett
Wise-Pres. R.S
Beal
Virchow
Barrande
Hormuzd Rassam
Nineveh
Sepharvaim
Delitsch
Herbert Spencer
Lord O’neill
Egypt
Succoth
Parera Rosa
Parepa Rosa
Elfin
Miladi
Pareps Rosa
Pareos Rosa
Lily
Literary Fame and the Poet Who Chose Pictures
Thackeray preferred drawing to writing while Bayard Taylor felt confined to poetry. On a Western lecturing tour Taylor stayed with a self-satisfied chairman who boasted of his success and claimed to have read everything Taylor wrote. The tale ends with Taylor asking about his poem Lars and the chairman exclaims in disbelief.
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Thackeray
Bayard Taylor
Taylor
Mr. Taylor
Lars
Harper’s Magazine
Ledger Trick Beats Tax Man in Columbus Tale
A Columbus farmer faced an $800 income tax bill and, after reviewing income and expenses with a lawyer, was told to repay a note he lent for a year. The farmer acted, handing over the note and letting Uncle Sam take his whistle. The doctor quizzed the patient who joked the pain resided in his hiding.
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Columbus
Ohio
Sam
No Palace Life Home
A curbstone conversation quotes a drifter who claims he is at home but finds his house in chaos with family, workers, and mess inside. A philanthropist urges him to return to his humble home, invoking a poet’s line about there being no place like home.
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George Harding
Philadelphia
Mr. Harding
Brooklyn
Wall Street
Astoria
Mr. H
New York
Custom House
Sam Hill
Mr. Brown
Mr. Jones
Deuce
Jones
Brown
Extraordinary Nail Lengths Across Asia and Postal Etiquette
An article notes extreme nail growth in Chinese Siamese and Annamese customs with nails reaching 16 to 18 inches and silver nail cases among Siamese nobility. It also cites a Philadelphia Press piece advising sealed letters over postal cards for propriety and privacy, and ends with a quip about barbers being “a man of many scrapes.”
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Theibelles
Beaux
Europe
India
Asia
Postal, Corp
Philadelphia Press
Unpublished Burns Letter Shared at Sheffield Anniversary
A Scotch resident Mr. G W Campbell produced at Burns anniversary in Sheffield an original Mossgiel letter from Robert Burns. The letter shows Burns declining a security request and speaks of pain and respect. Also included are quips about New Year gifts and a seaside anecdote ending with a joke about a house fire and friendship.
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G. W. Campbell
Sheffield
Burns
Mr. Campbell
Robert Burns
Mossgiel
Social duties wear down Washington officials in modern era
The New York Times notes that Harriet Lane’s quip about social duties still rings true as today’s White House scene unfolds with constant balls and receptions. Presidents, cabinet members, top judges, ambassadors, lobbyists, and lawmakers are seen at multiple events daily, making social obligations a grueling workload.
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Washington
Harriet Lane
White House
Buchanan
Supreme Court
New York
Appea
New York Times
Leonard Bacon’s Essay On Lincoln’s Slavery Views
Leonard W. Bacon recounts how his anti slavery writings shaped Abraham Lincoln’s thinking. The piece notes Lincoln’s early use of Bacon’s book as a model in debate and its influence on his cautious, definitive stance on slavery.
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Leonard Bacon
Abraham Lincoln
Leonard W. Bacon
Eonard Bacon
Douglas
Lincoln
Joseph P. Thompson
The Action of Water Across Global Climates
The piece explains water's immense, constant global influence from polar ice to tropical rain. It notes the Khasia region’s four month monsoon dumping 500–600 inches, stripping soil, and contrasts Egypt’s arid dependence on the Nile with Palestine’s wetter climate, highlighting irrigation needs.
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World
Tropics
Khasia Mountains
Bay of Bengal
Egypt
Palestine
Woman avoids church for bonnet envy and rain
A wife refuses church for lacking a new bonnet. Her neighbor’s arrival coincides with a shower that ruins the bonnet. The husband quips about buying a bonnet versus carrying an umbrella, highlighting a witty domestic exchange.
What is a woman’s sphere as a mathematical joke
A witty remark questions the female sphere by arguing it is “always round when you want her, and sometimes when you don’t want her.” The quip uses math humor to claim changeable behavior in a playful, provocative tone.
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