Bound Girl Phoebe Lockett Finds Musical Freedom
In Bloomington orphan asylum Phoebe Lockett is chosen by Mrs. Marchell for potential, then secretly nurtures a talent for violin. After clashing over music, Phoebe secretly practices in the garret until a concert reveals her gift, earning Mrs. Marchell’s approval and a return home where music becomes a family passion.
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Marius Marchell
Orphan Asylum
Bloomington
Venus di Milo
Deborah Dove
Enuer
Sarah Jackson
Mrs. Marchell
Phoebe Lockett
Phebe
Caroline Purple
Deborah
Phoebe
Marchell
Charley Marchell
Old Moses
Phabe
Charley
Phebe Lockett
Miscellany reflection on temper and virtue
The passage asserts happiness comes from tempering desires to fit circumstances and praises the soul growing stronger endlessly. It envisions eternal light and continual virtue and knowledge, appealing to human ambition and a virtuous life.
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Addison
Reverence as a guiding virtue for young women
An editorial urging young women to cultivate reverence for God, parents, elders, and the Bible. It argues reverence fosters patience with aging relatives, respect for clergy, and gentleness, warning that flippancy toward sacred things marks a lack of true gentleness.
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God
Dr Holmes on the Press Compromise Quote
The passage attributes a wartime reflection by Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes on prioritizing bread and newspapers. It contrasts wealth and simplicity, noting readers must have both reading material and sustenance, and imagines a future where only bread and the newspaper remain.
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Dr. Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Newport
Saratoga
Europe
The TrRin GENTLEMAN: A Guide to True Courtesy
A short moral piece from Qhia Chronicle outlines traits of a true gentleman. It urges tidiness, restraint, respect for all, discretion, and courtesy, warning against snobbery and domineering behavior. It emphasizes politeness to servants and avoidance of vulgar talk or public boasting.
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TrRin
Qhia
The Art of Living With Fate and Opportunity
An essay compares life to a whist players hand and the cut in cards. It urges accepting providence, doing one's best, and waiting for a fresh chance, warning against chasing happiness or clinging to sorrow. It stresses valuing near opportunities and not delaying deeds to the Hereafter.
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Tosaree
Recreation for Girls and Child Reading Styles
A discussion on reforming girls education through recreation and outdoor play rather than rigid constraints. Advocates playgrounds and active games to improve health and learning, challenging the notion that activity harms refinement. Also surveys animal ear movements as a window on warlike emotion and praises progressive teaching methods that emphasize gentle, engaging, playlike learning.
Strance Case Reveals Lost Jeweler Returns to Cleveland
A Cleveland jeweler Mr Cowles who vanished on New Year died by own hand feared. He reappeared last Monday after a mysterious letter to his daughter. At Bellaire he recovered briefly then went insane demolishing saloons. He recovered and worked in a hospital, memories failed except with watches. He recognizes literature and politics and can recount public events and names.
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Strance
Cowles
Cleveland
Bellaire
East Richland
Mr. Cowles
Wanderer
General Grant Visits San Francisco After Pinafore Quip
At a Lotus Club banquet in New York, Colonel Hay told a Generals Grant San Francisco arrival tale. A delegation greeted him on board a steamer and urged him to hear the opera Pinafore, praising the unarmed, innocent man for declining the chance to listen.
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Lotus Club
New York
Gilbert
Sullivan
Hay
General Grant
San Francisco
Mayer
Impressions of Salt Lake in a San Francisco paper
A woman narrator recalls Salt Lake City with harsh scenes of shabbily dressed women and many children, noting violence and degradation. She contrasts this with Brigham Young’s grave, described as dilapidated, and laments the lack of memorials or tears for the Prophet.
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San Francisco
Salt Lake
Brigham
Education Reform in Primary Schools and New Techniques
The School Committee supports removing primary schools from grammar masters control and placing them under three Supervisors to improve early education. It argues better teachers, gentler methods, and freer development are needed for young learners, with pilot work on Wall Street and stronger grading to follow. Chinese pirates pose another dangers tale, detailing ruthless attacks on merchant ships, brutal boarding, loot, and disciplined punishment for captains who resist.
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Boston Journal
Eliot
Wall Street
Pacific Ocean
China
East
Chinese Coast Service
St. Nicholas
Vigilant crowds misfire in murder cases
The Christian Leader laments mass anger as innocent youths face arraignment over murder amid intrusive gossip in Massachusetts. It argues zealots hunt imagined criminals while genuine offenders threaten law’s safety, urging moderation and restraint in suspicions and punishment.
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Massachusetts
Two Young Swells Race to Steamboat in Comic Fare
In a muddy harbor scene on the wharf two stylish youths dash for a steamer. A benevolent bystander urges them on as spectators cheer, the pair leaping onto deck amid clapping onlookers before the boat sails away.
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Corso
Ministers Have Their Fun at Saratoga
A Louisville Courier correspondent reports clergymen at Saratoga sharing jokes at their own expense. A racy tale about an Archbishop, a Duchess and a pinched leg provokes laughter, easing prying propriety as ministers enjoy recreation and forget ailments during their visit.
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Louisville Courier- Journal
Saratoga
Ishop Whipple
Minneapolis
Cuyler
New York
Schenck
Potter
Charles Robinson
United States
Canterbury
Lonon
Gan
Oriole Attacks Spaniel Over Nest in City Tree
A natural history note from Rochester Union describes an oriole nesting in a front yard tree and repeatedly attacking a resident spaniel. The bird pecked and swept at the dog especially as young fledglings appeared, chasing the dog into the house during a Sunday incident.
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Rochester Union
Father Is Getting Well With Hop Bitters Use
A Rochester woman reports her father improves after long illness once Hop Bitters was used. She notes the disease had been declared incurable and expresses gratitude for the tonic’s perceived relief. The letter underscores hope from Hop Bitters amid chronic illness.
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Rochester, N. Y
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British Quarterly Review
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Blackwood
Edinburgh
Leonard Scott Publishing Co
Barclay Street
BREST
Blackwood’s Magazine
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Barclay &17
Lin
Mr. Marchell
Darwin
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