Missionary Box Changes a Maine Woman's Life
Mrs. Mirandy narrates how a missionary box, given by Mary Pickett, turns her from a dependent skeptic to a grateful giver. Penny by penny, memories of home and loved ones stir generosity, culminating in a three hundred fifty cent total and a renewed faith.
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Meetin
Malcolm
Mary Pickett
Turkey
Providence
Grammer
Stapleton
Mary
Sha
Injy
Japan
I’nin
Father
God
Mary Shecred
Christ
Mrss Barnes
Miscellany Promises and Prudence in Everyday Life
A compact reflection on balancing promises with deeds and the value of results as the true test of work. It urges economic restraint in prosperity and confidence in resilience during adversity. Historical aphorisms attribute lines to Longfellow about unbroken happiness.
Missed opportunities to do good lead to unseen losses
A reflective note on how every missed chance to help others results in intangible losses that accumulate beyond measure. The saying emphasizes responsibility and awareness of daily acts.
Good Nature as Sign of a Virtuous Mind
A meditation on how good nature signals a large prosperous soul and the flourishing of virtue within. The passage links gentleness to strength and frames kindness as essential to character.
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Quotable line from Noah Porter on life and the future echoes a reflective note without a named event or context. The fragment suggests a philosophical or literary fragment rather than a news item or report.
Spurgeon Quote on Urgency and Providence
A terse reflection on human haste versus divine wisdom, urging trust in the Lord’s conscious power and unerring guidance. The speaker frames urgency as a worldly burden and advocates learning to lament within faith.
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C. d. Spurgeon
Training conscience to truth and justice in youth
The text urges educating all faculties of children and aligning their conscience with positive truth and absolute justice. It claims that a person without sorrow lacks love, hatred, hope, fear, memory, or empathy, implying such incapacity is beyond humane humanity.
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Oatingrus Rousarestets
New York
United States
Post Co
Beekman Ast
Hidden Treasure of Napa Valley Indian Claims Treasure May Await
Juan Romero, an elder Napa Valley Indian, recalls a gold mine once worked by Spanish priests in eastern Napa hills around 1825. He says Mexicans later halted work, sealed the mine mouth, and dispersed workers to conceal the source. He hints undiscovered metals and traces of coal and silver exist in the region, awaiting proof.
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Juan Romero
Napa Valley
Cal
Romero
Naps Valley
California
Napa
Tey
Ronifero
Brooks T Head
Ayer's Sarsaparilla Promoted For Spring Health
An advertisement touts Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a universal spring remedy. It claims to cure eruptions boils and eczema from blood disorders caused by sea diet and life on the coast.
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Ayer
Switch-tenders Ladies maids and accepted medicine rule
It advises accepting only medicines proven worthy by long experience. The text notes that others’ experience can help and claims Cherry Pectoral as the best cough medicine ever used, reflecting a common testimonial style.
The Eyes and Eyeglasses Prices Compared
An optician warns that cheap eyeglasses cost as little as 15 cents while similar-looking pairs sell for two dollars, arguing that quality glass and proper fitting protect sight. He notes air bubbles and distortions in cheap lenses and urges consulting a first class optician for accurate strength and fit.
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New York Sun
Gardner's Misfortune at Lime Kiln Club Meeting
A Lime Kiln Club meeting unfolds with President Brad Gardner crushed under a six ton stove injuring him. Sir Isaac Walpole announces the accident during a dramatic scene as doctors surround the cabin. Members approve a resolution expressing sympathy and lament his absence.
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Sir Isaac Walpole
Bradder Gardner
Paradise Hall
Webber
Givendam Jones
Elder Toots
Humble Smith
Sir Isaac
Nayburs
Nashun
Lime Kiln Club
Mash Misadventure: Salesman’s Bethlehem Romance Backfires
A young wholesale salesman, using a forged name, affairs with a Bethlehem girl during trips from Lehigh county. He plans to meet her in town and hides the liaison from his wife. The affair erupts when the girl coincides with his wife at an intimate gathering, leading to a public confrontation.
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Her
Fifth
Lehigh County
Bethlehem
Pittsburg
The Young Woman and the Crab on an Express Car
A crabbing man on a Sixth Avenue elevated train dozes with a crab-net and basket. A guard retrieves a crab that entangles in his hair. A stylish woman boards at Fourteenth Street and calmly discards the offending crab from the window. The man awakens at Bleecker Street and leaves. she continues to South Ferry for the City of Churches.
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Sixth Avenue
Thirty-third Street
Fourteenth Street
Bleecker Street
South Ferry
City of Churches
New York Tribune
Engagement rings and old fashioned design notes
The text discusses three stone rings with a diamond like center and a ruby bezel, favoring rounded wedding bands for the finger. A solitaire pearl on dark blue enamel is cited as a becoming ring for a plump white hand. The dialogue touches on marrying the first love and honesty. Nashville World.
Sleep and meals linked by nature says David M. Stone
A discussion argues that eating before bed aids sleep and digestion. It cites animals and humans, noting a child's stomach needs fullness for natural sleep, while overlooks of late suppers harm recovery. The piece warns against chronic deferral of meals and cites Journal of Commerce.
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David M. Stone
Journal of Commerce
Practical Metaphysics on Worry and Strength
The New York Graphic notes fretting wastes body strength and mind, urging restraint in desk habits and thoughts. Persistent worry becomes habit, draining vitality and health over years, with disease rooted in mental strain and automatic actions.
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New York Graphic
Pious Upbringing Shaped Young Life in Sunday Class
A Sunday school teacher questions Miss Caroline about her upbringing. She replies that without her good father and pious mother she would have been an orphan, highlighting the influence of faith on character.
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Caroline
Rhode Island Public Laws Amend Election Canvass and State Home
The 1885 act amendsSection 8 of chapter 11 to require the Governor Secretary of State and Attorney General or the Assistant Attorney General to form a canvassing board count ballots publish results in Providence newspapers and certify elections. It also amends chapter 418 to appoint three commissioners for leasing or purchasing a site for the State Home and School with a fifteen thousand dollar appropriation and AG approval of the deed before payment.
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Congress
General Assembly
State House
Providence
Board of Control
Rhode Island
Public Statutes Amended on Oath Administration Authority
The act amends chapter 28 section 10 to list who may administer oaths including School Commissioner foremen of grand juries members of house committees chairmen of city boards town councils auditors referees masters in chancery school district clerks and other officers. Secretary of State Josuaa M. Addeman verifies the copies as true.
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General Assembly
Board of State Charities and Corrections
State Board of Pharmacy
Josuua M. Addeman
Secretary of State
Capital Wanted In Village Sparks Odd Plan
A stranger meets a group on grocery steps who insist the village needs capital. After a chorus of requests for investment, the stranger asks how capital should be invested, and a man jokingly proposes spending five thousand dollars on bar soap and barbershop items before heading to the depot for a run.
Salvation Oil Promises Quick Pain Relief
Salvaton Oil advertised as a celebrated American remedy for cuts bruises sprains burns and other injuries. It claims to kill pain and is priced at twenty five cents a bottle advertised by the dancing master as a quick solution.
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Salvation Oil
Hair Balsam Pitches Promises and Bitters Sell It
A laundry list of testimonials touts Parker's Hair Balsam stopping hair loss and restoring growth. Electric Bitters are praised for quick health boosts. Sulphur Bitters advertised as cures for kidney diseases. The clippings resemble 19th century patent medicine promotion with generic claims and local sellers.
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