Harper's Magazine December Number Preview
The December issue begins the seventy second Hart B's Magazine with Miss Woorsus 3 novel kRist Angels and Mr Howenns's Indian Summer. New editorial dept led by Wood Howells pages January number and a major series of papers shaping American literature at pleasure resorts. Featured writer Cuartis Dipriya Warner and illustrator C15. Reinha ke The Vac AZINE promises attention to American subjects by top writers and artists.
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Harper's Periodicals Subscription Notice
Harper's Periodicals listing detailed annual prices for Harper's Magazine Harper's Young People Harper's Bazar and other titles. Includes subscription options rail Canada delivery discounts three year back issues and binding details with cloth cases and index pricing. Address Harper & Brothers New York for orders and payment.
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Harper's Bazar Promotional Overview
Harper's Bazar blends literature with flower art and current fashions from Paris and New York. It includes weekly illustrations and patterns for home dressmaking, cooking, etiquette, needlework, and housekeeping, promoting practical, stylish living with high literary merit.
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Lin
Paris
New York
Harper's Periodicals Subscription Rates and Volumes
Harper and Brothers offer per year rates for Harper's Bazaar Magazine and related titles with options for bound volumes and cloth cases. One year 40 dollars with free postage in US and Canada. bound Harper's Bazaar volumes priced at 7 dollars per volume plus binding, orders via post office order or draft.
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Young People
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United States
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Harpen & Brothens
Harper & Brothers
New York
Constable Frick’s hard duty and soft heart tale
In this vivid narrative Constable John Frick recalls enforcing eviction on a cold March day. He clashes with a drunken husband and saves a distressed mother and child, then confronts the man again years later as a reformed, grateful neighbor.
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Craigly
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Sevholm
Jane
Elsie
Snow
Thad
Mrss Sevholm
W. Whitworth
Cleveland
Curious and Amusing Negro Wedding Described by Memory
A recollection details a colored wedding under old regime with Tom Menzies officiating in pomp. The ceremony features vows between Mr Irvin Johnson and Miss Mary, with ardent emphasis on God and family, ending with a hymn about salvation.
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Thomas M. Field
Irvin Johnson
God
Mary Ones
Mr. Irvin
Miss Mary
Getting Rip of Ants From the Kitchen
A New York Observer reply outlines several ant control ideas. Camphor dusting on shelves is said to repel ants reliably. A hoptoad in the kitchen is suggested as an unfortunate but effective pest deterrent for a time. Another method uses a sugar soaked sponge in ant hubs, boiled, then reset to trap the insects.
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New York Observer
L. M. II
Morant Receives Stone Memorial Costing 50000
Morant, who sought bread, is to be honored with a monument in Vienna costing fifty thousand dollars, far beyond the earnings of his life. He died in poverty and his uncoffined body was buried in a potter's field trench.
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Morant
Vienna
Ile
Arizona Steamer Mate Injured Foot Healed by Oil
S B Dourrey, mate of the steamer Arizona, suffered a badly jammed foot. Thomas Eclectric Oil cured it quickly and was praised as unequaled for fast pain relief.
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S. B. Dourrey
Arizona
Thomas
Electric Bitters Sold At Fifty Cents A Bottle
Advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a universal cure for liver and kidney ailments biliousness jaundice constipation and urinary disorders. Claims quick action guaranteed satisfaction or money back. Also cites Ely Cream Balm for nasal discharge and a local testimonial from Corning New York. Sales pitch includes a Boston Budget quip about whiskey and a promise of proven efficacy.
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J. H. Young & Co
Visitor to the Sanctum Echoed by Warning Voice
A Boston Courier line imagines a guest entering a sanctum with a smug line only to be halted by a thunderous command to Go back and shut that door. The vivid quip captures a moment of sudden interruption and comic clash between bravado and authority.
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Boston Courier
Truce and Trouble in the Parish Tracts
A miscellany note urges mercy in church disputes and warns against petty quarrels. It cautions that scoffing and fault-finding drive people to desperation and destruction. It warns fortune can mislead if it smiles too warmly, turning prosperity into a tool.
A Mother's Love
A Pittsburgh Chronicle meditation on a mother's sacred private trove. A worn knife, a broken top, and knotted spools rest in a bureau corner, cherished as holy relics kept from prying eyes, recalled in tender, lyrical glimpses of memory.
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Golconda
Pittsburgh Chronicle
Sound Advice from an Arabian Princess Casket Tale
A teacher presents an Arabian princess with an ivory casket to be opened after a year. She finds only rust and a parchment urging that neglect stains character, while inner jewels renew with pure deeds, advising to treasure the good within.
Portrait of Gladstone As Man Of Habit And Moderation
An 60s-era observer recalls William Ewart Gladstone at about sixty noting his neat appearance and head for thinking. He valued manual labor, moderation in eating and drinking, and warned against overtaxing himself. He recalls Gladstone saying wine aids mental work but he can work with water. He recalls a dinner remark on Cavour and Bismarck.
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Mr. Gladstone
Statesman
Sikeness
Bismarck
Gladstone
Cavour
Lippincott's Magazine
Cough Syrup Promises Panacea Despite Opposition
Advertisement notes Salvation Oil as a universal remedy and claims Dr Bull's Cough Syrup has made all other cough remedies obsolete. It asserts persistent pain for those who endure and promotes enterprise as capable of affording such relief.
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Salvation Oil
Dr. Bull
Broadway Cats Polite Stores Peculiar Neighbors
A Broadway policeman recounts affectionate cat lore from shops along Broadway in New York. He describes Maltese cats politely assisting customers with collars at a furnishing store, and similar well fed cats in drug stores who deter mice and greet regular customers.
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Broadway
New York Sun
Thirtieth Street
New York
The Turkish Bath Scandal Told by a Doctor Tale
A doctor in Chicago advertised medicated Turkish baths to cure consumption and malaria. He locked a patient in a glass-sided box, watched the thermometer rise, and the man begged for a fork to test if he was dead, revealing a grotesque medical fraud.
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Fred Winters
Chicago
Mountain Road Reverie Turns Sour In Desertioned Peak
A road trip dialogue turns comic as a professor laments the mountains after a breakdown and fiery landscape, preferring the Sahara to the badge of nature he once praised. His tantrum disrupts the party and the recording angel logs no Texas entries for a stretch.
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Sahara
Gehenna
Texas
Short horse and cashier proverb comes to mind
A compact proverb notes that a short horse is hard to manage until caught and compares this to a short cashier, implying patience or capture is needed before progress.
The Broker s Clerk
A wall street clerk tracks a $100000 theft from bonds hypothecated to George S Seney. The clerk finds extra bonds in the bundle, returns the proper ones, refuses a souvenir payment, and leaves with the banker predicting a future fortune.
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Earl D. Berry
Wall Street
New York Times
George S. Seney
Seney
Uncle Paul and the funeral rite of the old German community
Uncle Paul, a frugal Pennsylvania German retiree, valued funerals highly and attended all within reach. On a notable occasion he stood beside the coffin at the end and announced to the assembly that the diseased friends may now view the corpse.
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Uncle Paul
Paul
Why Lake Geneva Appears Especially Blue
Prof. Tyndall explains the lake’s striking blue color as caused by tiny mineral particles from glacier dust carried in by glacier streams. These particles are so small they do not settle, and they scatter blue light while absorbing longer wavelengths, accounting for the blue of both Lake Geneva and the Mediterranean.
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Tyndall
Lake of
Geneva
Lake of Geneva
Mediterranean Sea
Millocker’s Life and Works Highlight Viennese Composer
Millocker, youngest of Viennese operetta writers at 43, gained early backing from Suppe who made him conductor at the Thalia Theatre in Graz. He later held a Vienna post from 1869 to 1883, writing incidental music for seventy farces and burlesques. His eight operettas reflect a fondness for Mozart.
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Millocker
Beggier
Suppe
Thalia
Graz
Vienna
Mozart
Brotherly Advice Passes On in Light Exchange
In a brief exchange, a son admits ignoring his father's advice yet plans to help another in equal need. The dialogue underscores a moral about sharing guidance when personal use diverges from generosity.
Widow Seeks Sympathy To Remarry
A hushed exchange reveals Mrs Yamspinper grieves a loss yet aims to stir sympathy to remarry. The dialogue hints at social pressure and remarriage expectations within a tense family scene.
Hen flock beats cows in net profit claim
An agricultural authority states that 100 well cared for hens yield more net profit than four good cows. The sunlit inference suggests hens would lay more eggs and generate higher returns, even if fowls are not highly cared for.
Hunt's Remedy Promises Kidney and Liver Cure All
For all diseases of the kidneys and liver physicians prescribe Hunt's Remedy. The medicine can search and root out every ill of kidneys or liver. Hunt's Remedy cures bilious headache costiveness and dyspepsia and purifies the blood.
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Hunt
Advertising rates and rules for transient notices
Rates listed for one inch one week one dollar with twenty five cents for each additional week. Twelve lines nonpariel type equal one inch. Special notices before marriages and deaths cost double. Transient ads require advance payment. yearly contracts on reasonable terms. Ad space reserved by Thursday noon for next issue.
Discipline for Polite Upbringing in Children
The piece argues early consistent discipline to teach politeness, self restraint, and respect for property. It contrasts strict, adamant methods with patient steady guidance, emphasizing independence, self-reliance, and planned nonphysical punishment.
Youth Responsibility Message Urges Honest Action and Honor
A brief exhortation to young people to remember they are the hope of their parents and country. It stresses mindful conduct, steadfast work, and striving to be an honor and glory to family and nation.
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