Nothing but hope in a hungry family
A poverty haunted family faces hunger and shame as Dan Milton, a boy of twelve, finds work to feed his siblings while his father battles drink. A storekeeper withholds wages, but Dan’s resolve and kindness from neighbors help redeem a broken family and crown a vow to build a worthy name.
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Tommy
Mrss Hamlin
Mother
Dan
Bessie
Hamblin
Mamblin Farm
Jared Skinner
Worthy
Mr. Skinner
Mirandy
Milton
Ella Skinner
Miranda
Miss Ella
Harrison
Oakman
Jared
Solomon
Skinner
Dan Milton
Sleep and Faith and The Ride for Your Life in History
A miscellany piece reflects on faith as power and civilization fueled by daily duty. It links calm confidence in God to national progress and explores the poetic image of sleeping flowers as a metaphor for heavenly grace guiding souls. It ends with a historical account of sixteenth-century English post couriers and the origins of mail transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Henry VIII
High Road
Plymouth
London
A Judge Keeps Infant in Drawer After Sleepless Night
A visiting judge, watching a dead baby at a friend's house, grows sleepy. He places the infant in an empty bureau drawer locks it and takes the key. The next day he forgets, but a whispered question at court prompts the truth via the key and explanation, resolving an awkward moment.
Idiot of Ned Recited by Edwin Forrest in Private
The port Southey penned verse titled The Idiot of Ned begins with It had pleased God to form poor Ned as thing of an idiot mind The line was among Edwin Forrest's most moving dramatic feats and those who heard his private recital recall a quiet and pathetic declamation.
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Jared
Jared Skinner
Dan
Bessie
Tommy
Edwin Forrest
Port Southey
Ned
Horace Greeley Saying on Advertising and Trade
A historical quotation notes that a man generous in advertising tends to succeed in trade while a neighbor with the same goods fails. The adage links promotion to market success and highlights the value of bold advertising in commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Greeley
Little Things Well Reflected In A Childs Prayer Lesson
A speaker recalls learning to value small efforts as essential parts of a grand design. On a hill by a lake, he notes how precise, careful work integrates into Nature's harmony. A mother and child example a prayer shift after a father’s death, teaching gratitude for mercies past as well as blessings ahead.
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Mons
Father
Mother
Fatherj
Independence in Thinking and The Convergence of Life and Heaven
A meditation on self-improvement and inner power urging readers to rise above self reproach. It describes nature as a unifying force joining earthly and heavenly realms, suggesting that beauty and thought together form hope, happiness, and a sense of God. The piece laments fear of mistake and champions imaginative insight as life’s true sustenance.
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Harnlé
Earth
Sky
Heaven
Anecdote of General Grant and a Hungry Michigan Boy
L. V. Pierce relates a wartime incident near City Point where General Grant, in plain attire, helps a ten to twelve year old boy who sold fish to support his widowed mother. Grant buys the fish, outfits the boy, provides a railroad pass home, and gives $50, while noting the boy’s truthfulness and hardship.
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Grant
L. V. Pierce
Ohio
City Point
James River
Appomattox
Virginia
United States Volunteers
Bob
Tony
Michigan
Absent mindedness questions from a humor column
A quip filled piece ponders forgetful acts and comic blunders. Questions ask about writing to dead relatives, misplacing faces, singing after hymns, burning a ten pound note, misplacing glasses and pen, and humorous misdeeds with changes and utensils.
The Flea Under the Microscope Reveals Incredible Armor
A microscopic view of a flea shows an armor of polished plates like tortoise shell with quill-like projections. It details the flea’s arched neck bright eyes transparent cases piercing organs six legs with hooked claws and a remarkable jumping ability. The insect can leap many times its body length and lift a heavy load.
New Kentucky Library Adds Iron Brank of Scottish Bridle Past
A Louisville Courier report notes the Ken tucky Library museum acquires a brank or scold s bridle dug from Tennessee. The iron device fits under the chin and over the head to trap a scolding wife s tongue, forcing silence with a two inch inward projection and a padlocked back band. Dr Platt praised its effectiveness over the ducking stool which could cause cold and health harm.
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Blackstone
England
Louisville Courier
Museum of the Kentucky Library
Scotland
Tennessee
Staffordshire
Steamboat Captain’s Visit to Ladies Party
A popular river steamboat captain, set to command a new vessel, attends a port-side party with female passengers bound for New Orleans. He clashes with the drawing room scene joking about the ship and Shakespeare as he endures the social event before departure.
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New Orleans
Ile
Lydia
Ashes as cattle feed cure in Journal report
A subscriber recounts using wood ashes to treat cattle with a habit of chewing wood. Four bushels of leaded ashes fed daily improved condition after pasture exposure, then one peck weekly on ground. Later, one quart ashes mixed with salt given weekly to twelve cattle maintained gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jive Stock Journal
Blood as food and hospital aid explored in Copenhagen
Professor Panum draws attention to the nutritious content of blood. Dr. Neilson seeks to fix blood in edible forms for preservation and use. He proposes two aims: blood sausages and puddings as cheap meat substitutes for the poor, and blood chocolate for hospitals and medical use.
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Broov
Panum
University of Copenhagen
Neilson
Copenhagen
Burning Lather at Mount Vociferous Reveals Rupture
Mrs Partington remarks on another rupture at Mount Vociferous while noting the paper describes burning lather running down the mountain and questions how the fire started.
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Mount Vociferous
EpWIN Pleads Guilty Over Kiss In Cornfield
EpWIN pleads guilty to kissing Angelina in a cornfield where she says the corn was shocked by the incident. The case centers on a moment described as unexpected and startling in a rural setting.
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Epwin
Angelina
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Hope Street
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State Street
John A. C. Gladding
Barrington
Dixson Jily
Journal of the Telegraph
E. M. Plinton
Bridgeton
N. J
United States
John Ik. Gough
Leon Case
Edward Howland
Jos. B. Lyman
E. Edwin Hall
Philip Ripley
Albert Brisbane
F B. Perkins
Hartford
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J. B. Burr & Hyde
Hartford, Conn
Chicago
Ill
Cincinnati
Bristol Gas Light Company
W. J Miller
Secre
Elizabeth Franklin
Bristol
WM R. Taylor
George C. Franklin
R. I
Lawd A. Miller
M W. Pierce, Jr
Skirmner
Chalmers
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