Rates and rules for advertisements in the paper
The notice outlines advertising charges: one inch at $1.00 for a week and 25 cents per subsequent insertion, with twelve lines of Nonpareil type per inch. Special notices for marriages and deaths cost 15 cents per line, advance payment required for transient ads, yearly contracts offered, and limits on yearly advertisers to their own business. Ads must be submitted by Thursday noon. Religious obituary and political notices billed as advertisements.
Dan the Photographer Saves Man in Court Drama
In Wexford, sixteen year old Daniel Bates, famed for odd knowledge and a chaotic den, uses his camera to place the bank fraud case at the center of a courtroom. His photograph proves the accused was elsewhere at one o'clock, freeing the man and earning Dan lasting fame and funds for further experiments.
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Wexford
Daniel Battes
Kingfishers
Orioles
Jearn
Dan
Miscellany on folly of legal maneuvers
The piece argues that a man who ruins himself by law to ruin his neighbor is a fool. It states no one can make right from wrong, just as cork cannot be painted to mimic a stone and sink.
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Heaven
Thought and planning yield business success
The successful men in business are those who think and plan, not only labor with their hands. Thought is developed by contact with other minds through speaking or reading.
Superciliousness and the Meanness of Souls
John Foster argues that sudden elevation exposes littleness in character as wealth or status leads to snubbing former acquaintances. He notes the tendency to forget favored friends and bypass plain people, spotting widespread meanness of soul in society.
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John Foster
Foster
Sunshine as Remedy for All Aches and Pains
A florid, promotional essay extols sunshine as universal medicine and moral balm. It likens sunlit health to Florence Nightingale's Crimea era care and urges spreading sunshine to alleys ships and sickbeds as a soul full remedy.
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Florence Nightingale
Pillow of Promises for Weariness in Christian Work
A meditation on fatigue across society and a spiritual remedy. The piece argues that weary people seek rest not in low hours or luxury but in faith. It promotes a pillow filled with promises from the Bible to ease burdens and offer divine rest.
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Christian
Leave Every Man to His Own Self Esteem, Says Reflective Voice
A reflective admonition urges not to crush others self regard nor expose flaws unnecessarily. It argues that genuine identity and self respect lead to better behavior and warns against judgmental mirrors and harsh truth telling. The piece cautions against forcing one s opinion and emphasizes kindness over corrective scrutiny.
Public Kissing and Circus Horse Echoes in 19th Century View
A column critiques public kissing as excessive and insincere, arguing kisses should signify affection and not promiscuity. It then recalls Astley’s Amphitheatre feats with a horse rescue during a fire, praising animal training and dramatic display. Additional items urge cheerful optimism, citing Johnson and a party anecdote about seasonal happiness.
Paris Dinner Fashion Folly Ends In Quick Collapse
A Paris dinner scene features a fashionable woman whose dress, inflated by an airtight lining, loses shape after a guest pins a flower to her bodice. As the meal proceeds the figure appears to shrink, illustrating the era's risky new styles. The gown collapses before the first course, highlighting fashion vagaries.
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Paris
Iidy
SQUANDERED PRICELESS GIFTS
A reflection on wasted gifts of intellect and character. Julius Hare laments how thoughts and energies lie unused, comparing human potential to countless acorns in a forest where only a rare few become mighty trees. The piece urges living with purpose to avoid personal disappointment.
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Julius Hare
Cream Substitutes Made From Milk and Eggs
A tip for milk buyers describes a cream substitute using one pint of new milk, two egg yolks, flour, sugar, butter, and salt. Beat yolks, mix in wet flour, add remaining ingredients, and pour hot milk over the blend. Stir until smooth and chill.
Goo Bless Our Home gate legend at Western jail yard
Inscribed over the yard gate, the phrase Goo Bless Our Home stands as a religious or moral inscription. The note highlights a jail setting and a folk belief motif embedded in the era’s public spaces.
California Cherries and Uncle Ned in a regional quip
The piece presents Uncle Ned’s biased praise of local cherries and a humorous comparison to California produce. He notes cherry sizes and pricing vary by season, saying in his mock judge-like tone that California cherries cost about twenty five cents per pound for a few pounds and around fifteen cents per pound for a whole quantity.
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California
Ned
VaLuansLe Ephenrral Positon in Advertising Office
The Boston Commercial Bulletin notes no current vacancy but a promising prospect. A junior staffer handling reception circulars has earned a fortune in one quarter’s pay from advertising and cash, aided by junk dealer contracts and commission from circulars for new agencies.
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VaLuansLe Ephenrral Positon
Boston Commercial Bulletin
Ignorance as Pretence and Language Abuse
Richard Grant White laments pretentious ignorance and the misuse of language. He argues that many hide emptiness behind grand phrases, misleading others and undermining honest knowledge.
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Richard
Grant White
Suicide in Norriston West End Sparks Grim Commentary
A Norriston Herald note mocks the blunt wording of a press report about a young man who shot himself in the West End last week. The paper then quips that if the shooting had occurred in a different area with a specific direction, recovery would have been unlikely.
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West End
Norriston Herald
English lawyer draws up indictment using iron pestle
A historical note says no Irishman surpassed the English lawyer who drafted an indictment accusing a prisoner of killing a man with a wooden instrument called an iron pestle.
Great American Orator Pratt Silenced by College Panel
An unruly scene described where Pratt, a famed orator, was confined in a tight room by college students who allegedly forced him to endure loud smoke and a hostile interruption while declaring the speaker was not to be heard.
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Pelmnnione Pratt
College Oys
How Statuary is Mape A History of Sculpting Process
The article explains mass sculpture from clay to plaster casting to marble carving. It details building an iron skeleton, shaping with clay, transferring to plaster, hardening the mould, and using measuring machines to carve marble busts. It notes plaster reproduction in New York.
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Paris
New York
New Giant Sequoia Grove Found 100 Miles south of Yosemite
California Letter reports a new sequoia grove 100 miles south of Yosemite on a 6000 foot plateau with 10 000 trees spanning six square miles. Many trees are 1200 to 4000 years old with younger generations thriving beneath storm toppled elders. Ancestor trunks reveal buried sequoias 8000 years old. Lakes and waterfalls line the route, boosting travel interest beyond Yosemite.
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Yosemite
California
Do Not Sleep Through the Minister's Sermon Promise
The remark advises parishioners to stay awake during the sermon and gives a playful warning that if drowsiness comes after fifteen minutes, one may sleep with a clear conscience as the minister was given a chance to engage.
Planting Cats for Profit in Garden Folklore
The text jokes that the ground is bare and cats may be planted to gain advantage. It notes you cannot plant cats too early or too many in a hill, and that nothing grows where a cat is planted, yet the cat itself yields enormous profit.
Breakfast for the Outcasts at Francis Murphy Meeting
A Philadelphia Sunday morning gathering at the Academy of Fine Arts annex feeds about 1000 poor outcasts with coffee and sandwiches. Francis Murphy speaks of his life and urges reform, as volunteers serve, sing, read scriptures, and pray, with many attendees signing the pledge.
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Francis Murphy
Philadelphia
Academy of Fine Arts
George H. Stuart
The Suffering of Starvation Over Seven Days
A historical health treatise describes the progressive decline of a starving man over seven days. It details escalating cravings, nausea, hollow cheeks, sunken eyes, and increasing weakness, followed by lingering lassitude and fluctuating bursts of energy as the body fights for survival.
Resolving character and endurance across genders
The excerpt argues that resolve and tenacity differ by gender with men showing strength and women endurance. It contends that lasting habits require repeated good actions and that even mild individuals can form strong determinations through persistent effort rather than instant change.
Turrier Calls for Skins to Make Mats in Lament of Trade
A turrier denounces unscrupulous practices in his trade and urges ladies to bring their own skins to be turned into mats, lamenting the tricks played on the public by unprincipled men in his field.
Witness Questioned At Coroner Inquest Over Actions
A witness was asked if any resuscitation occurred in a coroner's inquest. The reply stated investigators searched the pockets of the deceased after the incident.
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