A Case of Mistaken Identity Among Dockside Sailors
A tall tale from New York World recounts Tom Peters and Jack Rodgers two shipmates who share a misidentification across marriages. After a public bar visit reveals Jack may be Bill Williams, the pair navigate a humorous clash of wives and kin as a parson confirms a joint marriage, ending in cautious domestic peace.
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Jack Rodgers
Jack
Jersey
Oxford
Cambridge
Westminister
London Packet
Californy
Pacific
Ned Morgan
Ned
Scotland Road
Liverpool
Isaac Webb
Black Baller
the Exchange
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Widder’s
Ball Williams
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Secur
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Washington
Capt Page
Scotland
Daddy
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Wimmin
Svelcomin
Willie
Bill
Adirondack
Egmont Street
Churchill
Williams
Marri
Bill Williams
Mollie
Mary
Willin
New York World
Internal character versus public opinion in conduct
The text argues that a man’s real character is revealed by minute personal actions, driven by natural disposition, while larger actions are swayed by public opinion and external motives shaping behavior.
Appearances Reflect Hope and Self Confidence
A reflective piece notes that decline shows in a man’s look and dress, but true policy is to present confidence. It argues that friends’ sympathy and help come from appearances of self belief, not from worn clothes or despair.
Washington and the Corporal Displayed Humble Duty
A colonial tale shows a pompous corporal boasting while lifting timber on wartime works. George Washington, passing unseen, asks for aid, then humbly helps and rebukes the stubborn officer. The scene underscores leadership that shares burdens with common soldiers.
Remedy for Diphtheria and Throat Disease
An old remedy touts brimstone gargle with powder of sulphur mixed in water to treat diphtheria. A physician allegedly cured patients quickly by gargling or inhaling sulfur fumes, even in extreme cases. The note claims sulfur kills fungi in humans and plants and suggests room fumigation for chest cold and asthma.
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England
Dr. Field
Honor and Discretion Warn Against Hitting a Downed Man
A terse proverb contrasts honor and discretion urging restraint both when a man is down and when he is not. The line underscores ethical limits in confrontation and emphasizes measured response over aggression.
The Shortribs of Shoreditch and Clapham Mystery
A tale of a prosperous butcher, Mr Shortribs, who retires to Clapham but finds idle life unbearable. He repeatedly visits Margate for weeks, then returns home restored, only to conceal his true trips to Camdentown for private work at a brother’s shop. The piece ends with a digression on land subsidence and the Temple of Jupiter Serapis at Puzzuoli illustrating geological change.
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Rufus Choate
Watts
Brown
Paul
James
Young Choate
Judge Neilson
Albany Law Journal
Bermeo Burcuer
Shoreditch
Clapham
Bishopsgate
Margate
Shortribs
Camdentown
Jupiter Serapis
Puzzuoli
Bay of Naples
Mediterranean
Vesuvius
Chambers’ Journal
Moon Movements Delay Tides and Spring Tide Cycles
A learned explanation details how lunar motion causes the moon to rise about fifty minutes later each day, producing tidal shifts. It outlines spring tides at full moon and the separation of solar and lunar tides thereafter. It notes tides are shallow effects, with Gulf Stream depth and currents not fully known. It ends with a set of moral lessons on self-reliance and practical skills for boys.
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Professor Randolph
Gulf Stream
Turning Slate Into Marble Industry Grows
A new industry turning slate into imitation marble is described. Slabs are surfaced, thickness adjusted, patterns carved, and a marble izing process applied by paring material in a vat and laying it onto the slate. The slab is baked, varnished, repeated six times, then polished for a durable, seamless surface.
Mouse on Eighth Street Car Gives Slapstick Show
A mouse sparked chaos on an Eighth street car as it hopped from a coat collar to a young woman’s lap causing a four-somersault scream and a hat rim refuge of a man with a glass eye. Passengers wrecked two market baskets in an attempt to dislodge the creature, which finally leaped out the window as the conductor readied a punch.
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Colonel Roebuck
Cineinniete Enquirer
Perils of Precocity and Famous Child Prodigies
A historical sketch traces extreme young talents across centuries, noting Quintilian’s sons, Nermogenes, Ko di Mirandola, Johannes Secundus, Pascal, and Henri Henniken. It recalls early mastery in rhetoric, languages, geography, and scripture, yet many prodigies died young, including the Lübeck child who spoke at ten months and learned the Bible by heart before age four.
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Bavaillet
Quintillian
Nermogenes
Marcus Aurelius
Greece
Ko di Mirandola
Johannes Secundus
Pascal
Lubeck
Henri Henniken
Dusting furniture for a clean, inviting home
The article urges choosing easy to dust furniture and keeping carvings clear. It advises feather brushes and clean cloths, old silk handkerchiefs, soft Turkish crash, weekly washing of dusting cloths, shaking after use, and occasional washing of varnished surfaces with warm water. Cleanliness makes a home inviting.
Two Vassar Graduates Fall For Same Man in Tragic End
In a clipped 19th century tone, two Vassar graduates separated by a playful farewell invest in letters and laundry work then, after two weeks apart, both fall for the same man. The fragment ends with an unresolved twist of romance and fate.
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Vassar
Advertising Rates and Policies for Notices and Ads
Classified ad policy explains pricing at $1 60 per inch for one week and 25 cents for each additional insertion. Twelve lines of Nonpareil type equal one inch. Special notices for marriages and deaths cost 15 cents per line. Prepaid transient ads, yearly contracts, and limits on yearly advertisers’ scope are outlined along with submission deadlines and notice classifications.
Coal prices reflect broader economic strain and wage fairness
The article argues that very low coal prices ease fixed incomes but signal broad business depression. It warns wages and profits must align with honest costs, noting miners need fair pay and capital deserves reasonable returns. It states coal supply capacity exceeds near term demand, stressing each class should share in sustainable production.
Mischievous Inanimate Tools Trade Tales At Burlington Hanky
A comic scene unfolds with a sultry stove pipe and carpet bantering about injuries and mischief in a rural Burlington yard. A tack hammer and others join the exchange as an old rheumatic mop eavesdrops, while a wheelbarrow waits for someone to trip.
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Pye
Burlington Han Hey
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