Effie Declines Valentine and Chooses Cousin Harry
In the Shawangunk valley Effie Herman rejects Mr. Slingerlnd Valentine despite his plans and wealth. She confesses love for her cousin Harry Berrian, while Mrs Herman schemes to secure the engagement for a richer match. The country retreat reveals a romance defying social pressure and a cautious aunt’s maneuvers.
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Moral Aphorisms on Duty and Conduct
A compact miscellany of reflections on duty gratitude conscience and behavior. Short maxims urge acting in the moment to fulfill duties and warn that inner motives shape outward life. The piece contrasts clear conscience with an uneasy guilty mind and notes the perils of harsh speech.
Hard to take advice from others under similar circumstances
It is easy to advise a person, yet harder to accept the same counsel when from someone else, as people tend to think what they accept as truth and assume others without their own sight are wrong.
Righteousness urged as a path to true success and heaven
The Golden Rule critiques improper conduct among officials and church members. It urges writing righteousness on schools, homes, banks, and churches to guard honesty in business and life. It argues that only the righteous may enter the heavenly kingdom and condemns mere profession without action.
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Kingdom of Heaven
The Theory of Advertising in Continuous Commerce
Advertisers should view advertising as a yearly investment rather than a single outlay. A successful campaign builds lasting recognition, drawing future customers when needs arise. Consistency matters. intermittent ads lose potential patrons to better-presented rivals.
The Crazy Artist and the Countess in Debt
A Brussels painter known as the Crazy Artist Wiertz tests a countess by painting bars and the caption In jail for debt after she claims the portrait bears no resemblance. The stunt causes a city laugh, the price doubles, and the money goes to the poor. Also recounted is Annie Maria Schurman’s prodigious early talents and a critique of American-Paris dining and banking speeds.
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Seeing Circulation Demonstrated by New Blood Flow Method
German savant Dr. C Huter of Griefswald introduces a simple setup to visualize blood flow in a patient. A head frame and lip fixation expose superficial vessels for microscope observation, revealing red blood cells streaming through capillaries and white specks. Tracking flow variations aids diagnosis and treatment.
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Education That Does Not Epicate
Education should fit each boy or girl for the work they can do and should do not the presidency. The mass of people must be laborers in any government, and schooling should prepare them to pursue the work they are adapted to without shaming labor.
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Indianapolis News
UrHotp truth amid division and the cost of truth
A compact reflection on pursuing truth despite social backlash. It warns that individual motives are not the same as truth and cautions against conflating personal bias with verified facts. The fragment hints at moral restraint when facing public opposition.
Buried fifteenth century gold coins found in Rome drain
A boy repairing a Rome house drain unearthed 184 gold coins dating to the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Initial find of one coin grew into a haul of 142 more with dirt from the drain, totaling 184 pieces from rulers such as Alexander VI and Julius II. The coins are described as artful and exquisite, likened to works by Donatello and Cellini.
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Mark Wallace Known for Bravery and Wit in Civil War
The Cincinnati Sun recounts Mark Wallace a Union soldier admired in town for valor. When pressed by a military board about firing angles at three miles, he quipped that he did not fight enemies that far away causing the board to abandon the math test and focus on his character.
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No Better Than They Ought to Be Quote satire
A Hawkeye remark mocks the notion of public fascination with scandalous behavior. It contrasts endless chatter about “no better than they ought to be” with a call for real novelty. The writer suggests society would pay to view genuinely humane individuals.
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Fashionable bead trim mings vs diamond lace cost satire
A quip notes the extravagance of trim fashions by contrasting the cost of a yard of bead trim mings with one hundred fifty cigars and a yard of diamond lace with ten thousand cigars, addressed to women in Brooklyn.
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Girls and Pianos Warning From Bishop Patrick
A sermon-like critique urges girls to avoid piano playing unless they have real talent and persistence. It contrasts musical effort with safer hobbies, extols love of God, and encourages morning devotion to Jesus, urging readers to seek God’s love as daily inspiration.
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John Wesley at York Sermon Sparks Rector's Surprise
John Wesley visits York and speaks at St Saviour's gate church. Rector Cordéau, warned against the "vagabond Wesley," allows him to preach from his pulpit. Wesley, in a university gown, delivers an impassioned sermon as surprised cleric learns the speaker's identity.
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Two Fates of Hartford Cleric and Doctor
Hartford correspondent tells of two Connecticut men in a single city. A gifted Episcopalian clergyman rises then falls amid domestic woes and church clashes, while a young physician arrives as a bachelor, marries into a wealthy family, and becomes a leading city clinician with a princely income.
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America
Feeble Ladies and the Claim of Hop Bitters Remedy
A vintage ad-style passage promotes Hop Bitters as a cure for feeble ladies suffering languor, irritability, and menstrual irregularities. It asserts rapid relief from irregularities and obstructions and promises permanent removal of periodical pain, urging readers to heed the remedy.
Harper's Weekly on moral influence and annual volumes
Harper's Weekly has long exerted powerful influence on public mind through scholarly discussions and superior illustrations. The periodical aims at morality enlightenment and refinement, with yearly volumes starting from January. when no date is given, the first issue after order is implied.
Harper's Magazine and Harper's Weekly Subscription Offers
An old advertisement lists subscription options for Harper's Magazine and Harper's Weekly at various prices and terms. It details annual volumes, cloth bindings, and delivery conditions, urging readers to remit by post office money order or draft to avoid loss, with a note that newspapers should not copy the ad without authorization.
Harper's Magazine Afeggzine Volume Note
The excerpt explains that Afeggzine volumes start with numbers for Jane and Dyevmberta a year and that without a time reference the subscriber begins with the current number. It clarifies the implied starting point for new subscribers and the ongoing numbering convention.
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Dyevmberta
MARPER S Maccazini Complete 59-Volume Set Offer
MARPER S Maccazini set of 59 volumes offered in cloth bands for $225 per volume with express freight paid by purchaser. Single volumes $23 postpaid. Cloth binding cases 38 cents. Remittances by Postal Money Order or Draft recommended. Harpers & Brothers, New York.
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