Doris Warren's Fair Romance at the Ocean House
Doris, a maid in Miss Beranger's service, discovers a seaside romance with Barry Pelham during a Saratoga summer. After a perilous pearl theft attempt and Pelham's coercion, John Tampier intervenes, saving Doris and revealing true affection. Doris and Tampier wed, with Beranger gifting back the pearls as a symbol of forgiveness.
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Ocean House
Miss Beranger
Maud Berangyr
Miss Berangyr
Judge Tampier
Doris Warren
John Tampier
Mr. Tampier
Helen
Robert Good-By
Butterfly Doris
Saratoga
Barry Pelham
Ile
Mr. Pelham
Long Branch
John Taxapier
John
Miss Berdhgyr
Pelham
Hackman
Johu
Matrimonial Ties and the Question of a Beau Adjective
A reader asks if beau is the proper adjective in marriage phrasing. The note explores word choice, tone, and historical usage in matrimonial notices and social language, suggesting alternatives and cautioning against awkward or outdated forms.
The Best Book For Business Men Advice From Tribune
A miscellany piece argues that character grows with duty and time and that wisdom comes from study and virtue. It cites a Tribune editor's note advising the New Testament and Proverbs for business life, highlighting a young man who memorized Proverbs and shared copies with employers as guidance.
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the Tribune
American Tract Society
A Child's Laughter Brightens Home and Heart
A meditation on a happy child's laughter as a music that reaches the father's heart. The child, continually learning, fills the home with delight and affection, turning storms away and making each day brighter with imagined gems.
Mark's Gospel as Model of Compact Writing
A London Christian critique notes Mark's gospel as a model of concise descriptive writing. It contrasts leisure with business pace, praising Mark for detailing moments other evangelists omit in the briefest possible manner.
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Gospet
Marx
Mark
London Christian
Ulysses and Orpheus Warn Against Temptation
Judson draws a parable from Ulysses who bound his ears and tied to the mast while the Sirens sang and an encounter with Orpheus who kept playing his lute. He uses the tale to urge believers that Christ’s “sweet strain” can silence earthly temptations and guide the soul away from perilous shores.
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Ulysses
Orpheus
Jesus
Judson
Live for something and leave a lasting good
Quote from Chalmers urges a life of kindness, mercy, and love to leave a lasting imprint on hearts. It contrasts forgotten lives with deeds that redeem and endure beyond time, urging readers to act with virtuous purpose in daily contact with others.
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Chalmers
A Prepared Place Sermon by Bishop Simpson
A visitor recalls a friend’s new house and a father’s plan to surprise his daughter, then connects the tale to Jesus’ promise to prepare a place in heaven. The bishop interprets the parable as Christ furnishing a mansion in glory where believers will reside forever.
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Europe
Jesus
Bishop Simpson
Castelar's Oratory Inspires in Cortes and Jest at Home
The article portrays Castelar as Spain's greatest orator, nervous before speech yet composing fervent, masterful delivery in the Cortes, while a paired comic scene with Spoopendyke mocks expert witnesses and legal jargon, ending with reflections on judiciary role and public sentiment.
Oil on the troubled waters at Peterhead test
London Echo reports a radical Peterhead experiment to reduce surf by spreading oil on harbor waters. A wooden quay building houses a tank and pump that feed oil through pipes to create a surface film. The aim is to blunt wave crests and avert danger to small craft entering the harbor.
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Scotland
Peterhead
London Echo
The Hare and the Fish Fable Travel Tale
A hare and a fish borrow tobacco, plan to travel together, chased by a wolf. The fish cannot run and the hare cannot swim, so they abandon each other. An owl from a persimmon tree notes you cannot know a man until you travel with him.
Four Lives Saved by Cough Syrup Relief
A Baltimore police captain testifies that four children were saved from a severe bout of Whooping Cough after using Dr Bull's Cough Syrup. He describes swollen throats and necks that hindered swallowing and credits one bottle with saving their lives in a single night.
Methodist Raffle Question Sparks Food Ethics Debate
The Canadian Methodist asks if it is right for a Methodist minister to eat fowl won in a raffle. The editor replies that the answer depends on the age of the fowl.
Young man boasted of marrying any girl but failed
A young man boasted he could marry any girl he pleased but found he could not please any. The remark sparked local chatter as residents weighed pride against reality in a cautionary tale of vanity.
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Theoung
One to Four Weeks of Hop Bitters for feeble daughters
A nationwide chorus from mothers complains of frail daughters with little breath or energy. The remedy proposed is Hop Bitters, claimed to restore health and vigor within one to four weeks, making them rosy, sprightly and cheerful.
German Colony Spurs Change in Southern Farming Practices
A Cincinnati Commercial correspondent notes a German settlement near northern Alabama, founded by John Kullman four to five years ago, now about twelve thousand people. The Germans prosper in cotton and also grow vineyards, orchards, berries, and diverse vegetables, influencing local tillage and improving homes with neat cottages and lush lawns.
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Cincinnati Commercial
Alabama
John Kullman
Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised as blood purifier
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a medicine to build strength, improve appetite, purify blood, and energize the body. It claims to reach every part through the blood, promising renewed life and energy at $1 per bottle or six for $5.
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Detroit
Langing
Mich
E. H. Davis
Hiram E
Carpenter, Henderson, Jefferson Co
N. Y
A. M. Leffingwell
Hoop
Hood
C. L Hoop & Co
Lowell
Mass
Moody
Broadway
Decorative Thanksgiving Plates by Texas Siblings
A family of women describe how to decorate plates by warming them and layering breast meat from turkey, a second joint, cranberries, dressing without onions, and boiled Irish potatoes. They claim friends will praise the artistic display.
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Texas
Questioning cheap cures and quacks in medical news
A reader from Manchester questions the value of inexpensive medicines and quack doctors who abandon the public. He advocates reliable remedies like Sulphur Bitters, claiming it cured his three year catarrh.
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D. P. Clark
Manchester
Freddy Corrects Parsonage Story In Family Talk
A seven year old boy freddies humor highlights a miscommunication about a parsonage. He clarifies to his parents that the kitchen and floors indicate two stories, while his father had claimed three, revealing the family’s lighthearted misunderstanding of the parsonage’s size.
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Rowth
Freddy
Exterminator claims quick vermin clearance for barns and homes
Parsons Exterminator advertises elimination of rats mice and ants from barns granaries and houses in a single night with no fear of bad smells. Markets the best and cheapest vermin killer in the world and says it is sold everywhere.
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Parsons
Cure for Terrible Itching with Cuticura Prevents Scrofulous Sores
Terrible itching and scaly humors, ulcers, sores and scrofulous swellings cured by the Cuticura and Cuticura Soap externally, and Cuticura Resolvent blood purifier internally. Ask about them at your druggists.
Newborn Child Rebuffs Old Age Claim
A gentleman asked a young child how old she was. The child replied indignantly that she was not old but new, turning the question into a witty, lighthearted exchange befitting a gentle street anecdote.
Sanford's Radical Cure for Catarrh Gifted Fragrant Remedy
An advertisement touts Sanford's Radical Cure for Catarrh as a wholesome distillation of witch hazel American pine Canada fir marigold clover blossoms and healing essences of balsam and pine. Complete treatment for 1.
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Sanford
Coconut milk mystery linked to absent pumps
The note suggests a curious claim that there are no pumps where coconuts grow, implying this may explain why coconut milk tastes different or is produced without typical pumping mechanisms.
Cuban Courtship Across Window Bars and Family Watch
The Cuban youth in love endures strict social scrutiny as courtship proceeds under constant family surveillance. He must visit daily, avoid other women, and prove devotion while chaperoned, with frequent stories to placate watchers. The piece notes elaborate intrigues, coded signals, and post marriage retaliation by a sister.
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Cogan
Cuba
Mamma
Par In His Own Corn
A Griswold street lawyer dispenses verbal opinions for a fee while a stranger visits the office seeking Smith’s location. The next day the man returns penniless, and the lawyer notes he would have known this at first. A crusty diner scene ends with the man paying a dollar to be served.
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Foxscorr
Bristol
Aaron Easterbrooks
Elizabeth R. Easterbrouoks
Robert S. Andrews
Eliza
James Bradley
Supreme Court
Holden
Charles A. Waldron
Mr. Spoopendyke
Mrs. Spoopendyke
Porkbill
Colonel Corker
Mr. Savage
Guiteau
Tommy
Fanny
Porter
Griswold
Latvyer
Smith
Man Speaks Through Deeds Over Words in Honest Life
A reflection on character noting that action proves more convincing than eloquent speech. It argues that genuine integrity shines through deeds rather than rhetoric, urging consistency between words and life.
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Tueke
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