Tom Winter and the church wife that changed him
In Bottler's saloon friends discuss Jem Knight and his wife who goes to church. Tom Winter, a free-spirited man, marries a church-going woman and slowly shifts from a life of revelry to a calmer, family-centered existence. He becomes a steadier father and credits his wife's influence for his transformation and the home’s happiness.
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Jem
Jem Knight
Here
Chicago
Jerusalem
Tom Winter
Tom
Parsons
Gracely
Emily
Secon
Cleveland
Free Trial Bottles Spark Drug Store Trade Boom
The text touts Dr King s New Discovery for consumption as driving a trade revival at drug stores. It claims the remedy cures coughs colds asthma bronchitis croup and lung diseases and offers free trial bottles with large sizes priced at 1. It promises satisfaction and recompense for charitable giving.
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Dr. King
Wisdom Fragments On Life And Character Amid Reflections
A collection of aphoristic lines explores distress, knowledge, and virtue. It contrasts noisy and quiet worlds, notes sleep as a palliation, and cites Chamfort on death as remedy. It praises burden bearing and helping others, linking trials to proved good qualities.
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Chamfort
Knowledge and Readiness Bests Wise Hope for Near Prize
A compact reflection on using knowledge and preparedness to seize upcoming rewards. The speaker argues that foresight alone without readiness yields little, while being equipped with both positions a person to win in the near term.
Two educations shape every man who rises above
A concise aphorism notes that achievement comes from two sources: formal instruction and self-directed learning. It emphasizes the lifelong, personal education gained through introspection and self-improvement after formal schooling.
Great works require perseverance and steady effort
A historic quote about building great things through persistent effort and daily vigor. The saying emphasizes that lofty achievements arise from small, repeated actions over time rather than bursts of strength. It frames three hours of daily walking as an example of steady habit yielding long-term scope.
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Yonder Palace
Johnson
Smile with Christ and keep cheerful service
A brief devotional reflection by Rev. C. A. Smith arguing Jesus smiled and lived like us yet without sin. He urges believers to resemble the Savior through cheerfulness while avoiding vain worldly laughter.
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Jesus
Capernaum
Bethany
Christ
Rev
C. A. Smith
D. D
Friends and life’s seriousness prompt kinder human ties
The passage contemplates life’s fragility and asks whether recognizing mortality would soften harsh talk, reduce suspicions, and mend old grudges. It urges tenderness, recognition of friends, and timely words of kindness to ease weary hearts.
Recreation as Change of Work and Hobby Appeal
The Fortnightly Review notes change of work can be recreation since new tasks engage different brain regions. It warns monotony irks and urges worthwhile hobbies. Reading remains a favored pastime with caveats on selecting suitable books for mood and age.
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Talleyrand
Dean Hook
Bulwer
Our Dairy Bread and the Royal Baking Powder Debate
The article warns against adulterated foods and praises Royal Baking Powder for preserving wheat quality. It argues the baking powder makes dough rise with pure grape acid and bicarbonate, producing carbonic gas and no poisonous residues. It stresses health benefits of wholesome, properly baked bread.
Little Foxes Sermon Excerpt On Vigilance And Virtue
A fragment from Mr. Robert Burdette’s sermon urges monthly reading of the piece. It argues eternal vigilance sustains good character and warns that small temptations erode virtue more than grand trials. It cautions against heroism and urges daily honesty over sensational acts.
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Robert Burdette
United States
Ten Dollar Counterfeit Shocks Dry Goods Crowd in New York
A drunken man tore a ten dollar bill, a crowd gathered as a newsboy collected the scraps. He sold the pieces for fifty cents to a porter, who later reassembled the note. A cashier and an expert confirmed the bill was counterfeit, redeemable at the Sub-Treasury.
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New York City
Church Street
Sub-Treasury
Philadelphia Hoching Telegraph
Philadelphia broker reports Wagter selections and nearby residences for let
An exchange states that a Philadelphia broker has arranged several Wagter selections. The number of residences in the vicinity are now to let.
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Ahiladelphia
Carrying the Nations Money Never an Ordinary Trip
The Treasury official describes how most funds moved between depositories via Adams Express in iron safes, but private messengers with traveling bags carried millions at night. They used trains, stages, and even soldiers aboard cars for confiscation risk, with perilous routes to New York and the West.
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Treasury
Adams Express Company
New York
Astor House
Sub-Treasury
Sub- Treasury
Lewis Will
United States
New Jersey
Washington
Lewis
Carson City
Santa Fe
San Francisco
St. Louis
Atlantic and Pacific
California
Cape
New York Mail and Hopress
Accidental Sparks of Discovery Through Everyday Trifles
A reflection on how accidents spark valuable inventions. Galileo's pendulum idea arose from a cathedral chandelier swing and sugar refining benefited from wet clay. The piece praises observant minds who notice and apply small incidents to big advances.
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Biddy
Godlden
Monumental Bouquet Honors Sultan's Anniversary
Count Abraham Camondo presented a nearly four yard high bouquet for the sultan's throne anniversary. The lemon tree structure bore a crescent and inscriptions in French and Turkish. Eight bearers were rewarded, and ten workers spent a week crafting the floral marvel, praised as artistry exceeding London's West End displays.
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Abraham Camondo
London
West End
Pall Mall Gazette
Dr Seth Arnold’s Cough Killer praised by Mary E Buaker
Mary E Buaker of Mattapan Mass reports on April 6 1885 that Dr Seth Arnold’s Cough Killer always gives relief. It is sold by druggists at 25c 50c and 1.00 with doctors needed occasionally for biliousness constipation and related issues using Seth Arnold’s Bilious Pills 265c.
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Mary E. Buaker
Mattapan
Mass
Seth
Maine Teacher Encounters Former Students in Prison
A Maine schoolmaster recalls seven vulgar, profane boys in his class. He visited Thomaston State Prison and found three of them serving time and four more at the Reform School.
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Maine
Thomaston
Reform School
Cold in the Head and Catarrh Remedy Ad
A period advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as a safe agreeable cure for common cold in the head and catarrh. It claims the remedy works in all stages and offers a price of fifty cents.
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Kifid
Ely
Burns Autograph Letter to Miss Benson Revealed
James Russell Lowell presents a Burns letter to the Massachusetts Historical Society. The note dated March 21 1798 from Robert Burns to Miss Benson at Dumfries describes meeting, admiration, and a playful incident at Arbigland with Mr Craik and Mrs Basil Montagu noted years later.
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James Russell Lowell
Massachusetts Historical Society
Robert Burns
Barry Cornwall
RB Burns
Miss Benson
Married by Their Son
A Des Moines Leader item recounts a dramatic tale from Ottumwa. A son, just ordained as a minister, married his own father and mother in the minister's room that night, explaining the secrecy and social risk of a county where the parents had long lived in an unmarried arrangement.
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Des Moines
Brilliancy in Conversation Says Beeks Quote
A reflective quotation attributed to James C. Beeks discusses life as a balance of past present and future. It compares bright speech to a lighted candle while warning that clipping the wick can snuff out brilliance.
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James C. Beeks
Methuselah Name Question Sparks Family Query
A brief exchange from Harper's Bazar features Bobby asking his mother if Methuselah had more than one name and whether Methuselah was his first or last name. The mother dismisses the line of questioning, ending the moment.
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Bobby
Methuselah
Harper’s Bazar
Seaside Meeting Sparks Compliment About Husband
A charming scene unfolds as a speaker addresses Mrs Gush praising her husband. The remark alludes to a seaside meeting and a moment described as heavenly, hinting at romantic admiration.
Libelous label sparks cross city opinions
In St Louis a man a hog label is deemed libelous while in Cincinnati the same term is viewed as a compliment. The Boston Post notes the contrasting regional reactions to blunt characterization.
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St. Louis
Cincinnati
Boston Post
Postage Stamps Offer For Medical Week Illustrations
A notice invites readers to mail three 2 cent stamps to A. P. Ordway & Co. Boston for a copy of Dr Kaufmann's Medical Week containing 100 color illustrations of value to every family.
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A. P. Ordway & Co
Boston
Mass
Portraits of husbands and wives in letters of Lowell and peers
The Chicago Tribune piece recalls Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s widowhood and family life, noting his restraint after the loss of his first wife Maria White and his devotion to his second spouse. It also sketches Richard Grant White and William Dean Howells as husbands who balance home life with literary work.
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Longfellow
Miss Appleton
Lowell
Maria White
Cambridge
Richard Grant White
William D. Howells
Larkin G. Mead
Gogthe
Balf
Chicago Tribune
Cough Syrup Claim Prompts Cautions On Packaging
A testimonial from H. S. Hodson of 46 Hanover Street Baltimore Maryland says less than half a bottle of Dr Falk Bulls Cough Syrup cured a severe bronchial affection. Warning to buyers: avoid dealers selling Salvation Oil in unlabeled or damaged packaging and insist on perfect, genuine packaging priced at 25 cents a bottle.
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H. S. Hodson
Hanover St
Baltimore
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