Carradine Finds Love Through Art and Memory
Artist Hubert Carradine recalls a rose crowned unknown child from eight years earlier. He creates a portrait from memory, seeks the girl and meets Lelia Auvernay, now revealed as his lifelong love who had faced hardship and a broken engagement. He offers support and they unite.
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Carradine
Ainting
Nurse
Egypt
Lelia
Hubert Carradine
Lelia Anvernay
Cecil Wyndham
Evertheless
Loreening
Lelia Auvernay
Academy
Miscellany of thoughts on memory forgiveness and virtue
A collection of aphorisms on memory and injury forgiveness noble friendship truth finality, wise provocation, packing cares, and a rural meditation about the mill, field, sunlight, and God.
Wisdom From Failure Guides Discovery
A saying on learning from mistakes emphasizes that failure reveals what not to do and leads to new discoveries. It notes that those who never err have not explored new ideas or paths.
Temptation as a fearful word and alarm bell
The passage contemplates temptation as a frightening term signaling the start of possible endless evils. It likens temptation to a ringing alarm bell whose sad tones may echo for eternity.
Forgiveness Described By Silence Of A Deaf Man
A deaf and dumb man asked what forgiveness is and wrote a reply mixing poetry and truth: it is the odor flowers yield when trampled upon.
Home Is a Spirit Not a Name or Routine
An editorial reflection on home as a spirit and presence rather than a label or routine, asserting that light and sweetness come from inhabitants, flowers, and sunshine rather than material form or method.
Hopeful Seeds In Dry Ground Yield Small Gains
The text muses on human hopes growing slowly like seeds in a gardener’s plot. It suggests perseverance despite setbacks, noting that even wind can scatter results yet some benefits may root in time and maturity.
Inhabitants of Pleasures and Disappointments
A reflection on living amid endless pleasures and disappointments. Reason helps savor the good and endure the bad with measured calm.
Glorious Ascension Visions of Saints Gather in Glory
The piece meditates on biblical translations and ascensions from Enoch to Elijah to Jesus. It envisions a future scene where the risen Christ ascends blessing his disciples and is received by a cloud, leading to a hopeful gathering of saints in heavenly glory.
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Enoch
Elijah
Admire Rightly and Find the Hidden Value in Life
Thackeray and Tillotson argue that true admiration lies in recognizing nobleness and seeking what lies beyond visible excellence. Admiration, like faith, lives by sight, drawing us toward the undiscovered and the infinite in character.
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Thackeray
Tillotson
Sunday School Times
A Man Learns Cure for Cough with Bull’s Syrup
A man grows wiser as he learns the only proper way to cure a cough or cold is by using Bull’s Cough Syrup. The ad urges readers to choose Bull’s for relief.
Chief John Ross and Payne story and speech by Mark Twain
Cherokee Chief John Ross recalls Georgia militia forcing removal, Payne of Sweet Home fame rides with Ross and is released. Mark Twain at New England dinner extols Woman and mocks dress and manners, then notes memory and the rain tree in Peru with a California propagation plan.
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Joan Howaro Paine
Cherokee Advocate
John Ross
Red Clay
Georgia
Washington
John Howard Payne
Payne
Milledgeville
Mark Twaaly
New England
New York
Mark Twain
Centr
Bur
Belfast
Paris
Venice
Spain
France
Africa
Japan
Brazil
California
Ceylon
Rome
Pompeii
Geneva
China
Jericho
Loreto
Peru
Moyobambia
Agricultural Bureau
San Francesco Chronicle
Resonator Aims to Boost Singers Voice Power
Signor Alberto B Bach introduces a London resonator to amplify vocal sound. A gold plate on the palate forms a hollow sounding board to increase volume without harming articulation. It requires practice and aids those with existing singing ability, not faultless voices.
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Signor
Alberto B. Bach
London
Signor Bach
Sulphur Bitters Offer Digestive Cure For Bad Breath
The article claims foul breath from disordered digestion can be corrected by removing the cause using Sulphur Bitters. It portrays the medicine as a purifying remedy endorsed by Health Magazine.
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Health Magazine
Pests Targeted by Home Pest Control Service
A local service promises to clear rats mice cockroaches bed bugs flies ants moles chipmunks gophers in a single treatment. The ad highlights an inexpensive 16 cent per unit rate and promotes effective science backed methods.
Look-a-here colored mail carrier rebukes cruel shaker
A Virginia mail carrier, shaken by a man who kicked his dog, proclaims that if he is shook the whole United States is affected, asserting his role in carrying the mails and challenging the attack on his dignity and the nation.
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Virginia
Massa
Chile
United States
Ely's Dream Balm Promoted As Swift Cure For Catarrh
Medieval style advertisement extols Ely's Dream Balm as a sovereign speedy and pleasant cure for catarrh and cold in the head. It cites Mrs. M. A. Jackson of Portsmouth New Hampshire who says the balm cured years of catarrh after tried remedies failed. The notice claims the preparation is not a liquid or snuff and urges readers to avoid injurious irritants.
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Israel
Ely
Thas
M. A. Jackson
Portsmouth
N. H
Women’s Medical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
U.S
Jadiex
Women's Medical Institute
Wells May Apple Pills Ad Promotes Anti Bilious Carthartic
An old advertisement touts Wells May Apple Pills as helpful against bilious stomach issues and strong heaviness. It markets two sizes priced at 10 and 25 cents.
Radical Cure for Catarrh and Other Remedies Ad
An advertisement touts Sanford's Radical Cure for Catarrh as a complete treatment priced at $1 and promotes Carrier's Little Liver Pills for curing sick headaches. The notice lists druggists and a supplier, with generic claims and promotional language typical of old newspapers.
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Sanford
Carter's Iron Pills Advert Says Blood Nerves Complexion Benefit
An old advertisement claims Carter's Iron Pills relieve paralysis of the heart nervousness tremblings nervous headache cold hands and feet and back pain. Sold by J H Young & Co.
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Carter
J. H. Young &Co
Carter Medicine CO
New York City
J.n.young &Co
Wasted Succor on a City Street
A distressed woman pleads for help crying for succor while a doorway figure ignores her. An old Black man nearby tips his sack of fish and offers the woman a fish, remarking on her taste and choosing not to argue. The scene unfolds as a casual encounter on the street.
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Arkansaw Traveler
Sullivan Purchases High Thermometer For Coal Saving
Sullivan on the cold street observed a row of thermometers outside a store each with a price card saying Your choice for 25 cents He picked the highest thermometer since none registered the same temperature and took it home claiming it would save coal in cold weather
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Sullivan
Ife
Judge of Probate Exchange Sparks Satirical Exchange
Mrs Partington confronts a judge of probate in a humorous exchange. She asks if he is the judge of reprobates and declares she intends to execute her father’s enemies, caricaturing probate proceedings with sharp wit.
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Mrs. Partington
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