Lizzie and Stephen a Teetotaler’s Love Trial
In the olden days two young lovers, Lizzie Mortimer and Stephen Houghton, plan a wedding amid Lizzie s abstinence stance. Stephen resists pledging total abstinence, the engagement breaks, and Lizzie remains faithful. Years later Stephen returns teetotaler, apologizes, and credits Lizzie s principle with changing him while she reflects on sacrifice and virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Mortimer
Stephen Houghton
Stephen
Lizzie
Stephens
Phil Lawson
Polly
Eternity Explored in Awe and Devotion
The passage ponders Eternity as vast and inexhaustible beyond measure, surpassing Heaven and Hell. It laments our finite understanding, urges diligence to enter bliss, and warns that mortal ruin is irremediable as the wheel of fate turns toward an unchanging grave. Zervey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heaven
Hell
Home Without Children Echoes of Lost Play
A reflective piece laments an empty house after a child grows up. The speaker describes quiet rooms, orderly routines, and missing noises, contrasting earlier lively days with the present calm. The longing for child life resurfaces in vivid, metaphorical images of a house, garden, and vine without their expected vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trey
Just as I Am Hymn Passed From Sister to Salvation
A little boy found a worn hymn page used by a dying sister and brought it to a missionary asking for a clean one to frame. The piece, bearing Just as I Am and the Lamb of God, sparked reflections on faith and salvation as the sister neared death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
How Glass Paren Weights Are Made Revealing Process
The article explains making colorless glass weights with hemispherical centers containing bouquets portraits or watches. It covers sorting small colored glass tubes placing them in a molten disc sealing with two crystal layers shaping to a hemisphere heating and annealing and polishing the final ornament.
The Wonders of Glass Making
The article explains how hot glass resists color change and differs from metal objects like watches and barometers. It describes paper weights with glass interiors, cloth supports, and the removal process, noting millefiori production in Venice Bohemia and refinement by French artists, with air bubbles as the main defect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Bohemia
A Sailor's Dream The Ragged Boy and the Geography
Judge P recalls aiding a ragged boy, William Haverly, in Cincinnati who saved for a geography. A shopkeeper forgave the rest, gifting the book and supplies, and the boy vowed to study, learn places his sailor father visited, and repay someday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge P
Cincinnati
Perel Mine Ue
William Haverly
Europe
Atlantic
Courage of Captain Haverly Saves Sea Ship
A ship sinks after a severe leak but Captain Haverly orders pumps manned and refuses to abandon ship. He promises land at Liverpool and his steadfast leadership inspires passengers as the vessel sinks moored to the dock. The speaker, Judge P., confirms the captain’s identity and gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
P.a
Piety at Hower
Theodore Parker argues piety should show itself at home before in church or state highlighting the contrast between public religiosity and everyday life. He asserts religious majesty resides in humble, weekday conduct rather than ceremonial display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Parker
Beavers Woodchucks and Otters as Pets in Seven Tales
A fragmentary rustic anecdote details a tame woodchuck that roams free about a house all summer, seeks affectionate petting, and vanishes with autumn. It returns next spring to again charm the owner, described with a comic, affectionate tone. The piece includes unrelated vignettes about a Pennsylvanian farmer and his learned second wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marmot
Beecher
Felon Cure: Salt and Spirits of Turpentine Remedy
A home remedy claims relief for felons on fingers. Mix equal parts dry rock salt and spirits of turpentine, apply on a rag around the thumb, reapply as it dries, and in about 24 hours the felon will be cured. The note warns these finger infections can be extremely painful and disabling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrene
Masaachusetts
Jacob Warren
Warren
Man finds long-lost axe under bed after twenty years
The Boston Advertiser reports a man who discovered an axe forgotten twenty years ago beneath his bed. The tale becomes a moral about house cleaning and life’s ups and downs. A Connecticut pansury wife also cured her husband of singing Shoo-Fly by swinging a shoo fly at his head, causing a headache during a late-night lecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie
Stephen
London
Boston Advertiser
Irishman to Learn Sailor Trade in Wisconsin Prison
An Irishman sentenced to the Wisconsin State Prison was asked which trade he wished to learn. He replied that, if acceptable, he preferred to be trained as a sailor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Peore Hacking Accusations Highlight Online Conduct
The notice condemns individuals who cyberbully or defame others while asserting that those accused rarely defend themselves. It warns of consequences and calls for responsible digital behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peore
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bristol Phenix
Ofice
Phenix
Hope Street
A A. Greene
Munn & CO
Scientific American
Patent Office
Park Row
New York
Tarrant
Ae Ae Lain
B. A. Fahnestock
Wilson & CO
Nassau Street
Astna Manufacturing Co
Salem
Ohio
G. Smith
Groten
Mass
Proctus Brothers
Gloucester
Moss
Bristol
State Street
James Anderson
Westminster Street
Ridence
Opera
Bat Congress
Ss. A. Cooke
Providence
Sitall
Thames Street
Bradford
Ann
Liam
Jos
L. Gardner
Hamza
United States Internal Revenue Collector’s Office
Rhode Island
Congress
Barrington
Wm P Freeborn
First National Bank of
Fromlp
Wm. R. Taylor
Will Beable
William Ames
Sprague Mowing Machine CO
Sprague Street
FR. L
Dr. Warren
Croesi Cnoesier
Eddy Street
Vara
Charles Street
Sutherland
Flint & CO
N. C. Bedell
New England
Scottish Temperance League
Robertiaing
Artesa
Imm:ta
Captain Haverly
Learsip Steono
Pennsylvania
Chuck
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!