Hidden Strength of a Prairie Mother and Her Five Sons
In a northern Iowa town a widowed mother transforms hardship into learning for her five sons through a shared geology and history program. She guides them from school work to college dreams, shaping each son into a minister engineer and businessman, with lifelong bonds and pride in their mother.
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Iowa
Illinois Central
Dubuque
Sioux City
New England
Daniel
Jerry
Thede
Nate
Johnnie
Theodore
United States
Rhode Island
Shakespeare
Hamlet
Pascual
Isaiah
Johonie
Quotations and Aphorisms Roundup
A miscellany collection presents maxims from poets and thinkers. It includes lines from Cowper Fourier and reflections on modesty defamation knowledge pleasure time and social temperaments. The excerpt surveys moral themes and human frailties in concise statements.
The Newspaper as Public Instructor, A Sermon to Readers
A thoughtful sermon extols the newspaper as a library for the poor and a blessing for all. Lord Brougham hails it as the best public instructor guiding citizens through current events and ideas.
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Lord Brougham
Phillips' Eloquence in Civil War Oration
The Christian Register praised Mr. Phillips for his Sumter era speech on Under the Flag. He spoke of justice and union and foreseeing a world joined under one banner with liberty, a Potomac riverfront scene, the Genius of Liberty, and a starry diadem.
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Phillips
Sumter
Potomac
Genius of Liberty
Mr. Phillips
Christian Register
Truth and trust win a new job for James
After losing a first job for careless mistakes James contemplates lying about his dismissal. He chooses honesty, tells the truth to a prospective employer, and earns a second chance when the previous boss recommends him. His mother and the employer stress that the truth serves best.
Ayan's Sarsaparilla Promoted as Blood Cure
An advertisement claims Ayan's Sarsaparilla operates through the blood as a safe reliable absolute cure for debility constitutional taint or infection and the various diseases and disorders arising from them.
Thackeray's Writing Method and Clerical Portraits Highlighted
Orville Dewey recalls Thackeray dictating at his pace, not composing in long bursts. The novelist worries over public opinion and discusses English clergy portraits, noting Dickens and Goldsmith as contrasts. Thackeray then reads a New York Employment Society lecture about a curate guiding him to a London poor family, moving him to tears.
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Thackeray
Orville Dewey
Walter Scott
England
Henry Esmord
Goldsmith
Dr. Primrose
Dickens
Chadband
Stiggins
Charles Honeyman
New York
Employment Society
London
Lincoln's First Inauguration Hat Dilemma Captures Crowd
An eye catching account describes Abraham Lincoln at his 1861 inauguration stepping onto the eastern platform in formal attire with a new silk hat and gold cane. Stephen A. Douglas assists by holding the hat during the inaugural address, illustrating the momentous scene.
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Lincoln
Capitol
Douglas
Stephen A. Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Girls Who Marry Presidents Sayings Of Mrs Lincoln
A column notes Mrs Lincoln predicted her future husband would become President and that such claims appear in papers. The writer argues this is common bias, not miraculous, noting women often believe their chosen man will rise to great status and train him accordingly.
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Lincoln
United States
Streetcar remark sparks confrontation over pug dog lap
A near-sighted man on a street-car asked a woman with a pug on her lap if she left her other children at home. She became offended and called him a brute.
Vegetine Restores Health to Longstanding Sufferers
The advertisement claims VEGETINE has restored thousands to health after long painful illnesses. It presents a broad promotional note typical of medicinal patent medicine campaigns.
Education And Women Sincerity Questioned
A provocative remark claims educated women should not be trusted to be sincere as their primary aim is to please. The assertion frames women’s education as undermining honesty and hints at gendered social expectations.
Sulphur Bitters Cured My Son Of Rheumatism
A Winchester Massachusetts mother thanks Sulphur Bitters for curing her son after months of rheumatism nightly suffering and inability to feed himself. She credits the medicine and notes education and reading as essential companions to a well rounded life.
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W. A Carleton
Deacon Carleton
First Baptist Church
Winchester
Mass
Patagonian Giants Debunked by Captain Jim Pennington
A Stonington sea captain known for calm, candid tales shares how he measured Patagonians. He and his mate tallied five hundred individuals ashore to find every person stood five feet nine and a half inches. Later voyages added two hundred seventy five more, confirming the same height and debunking reports of giants.
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Jos
Jim
Stonington
New York
Yale
Uncle Jim
Cape Horn
Pennington
Patagonia
Harpers. Magazine
Barnum Persuades Star to Aid Charity on Atlantic Voyage
On a transatlantic liner bound for New York a charity concert drew many performers except one reluctant star. P T Barnum intervened and the singer agreed after recalling a past prize in Barnum's first baby show, thirty years earlier, proving grateful for the showman’s earlier favor.
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New York
Liverpool
P. T. Barnum
Mr. Barnum
Harper’s Magazine
Parker's Tonic Promises Hope Amid Diagnoses
A reader emphasizes that doctors may fail or help, noting it's never late to try Parker's Tonic. Michael Guilfoyle of Binghamton NY was cured of rheumatism after ten years, and R W Mosher, a local druggist, testifies selling over a thousand bottles due to its reputation for cures.
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Parker
Michael Guilfoyle
Binghamton, N. Y
R. W. Mosher
Same City
Filial Ingratitude Quotation Grips Reader
A sharp Provocation on gratitude and family duty echoes in a line about a mouth harming a hand that feeds it. The text frames a dilemma of reliance and betrayal within kinship.
Spraxs Riant. A Proven Remedy for Croup and Colds
Statement from Wm. Kay of Buffalo N Y praising Thomas Eclectric One as the best remedy his family has used for croup and colds. Contains an endorsement from a named individual and address.
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Spraxs Riant
Wm. Kay
Plymouth Ave
Buffalo, N. Y
Amendment to Public Provisions for Indigent Insane Act
Passed at the May Session 1884 this act amends chapter 435 of the public laws and chapter 75 of the public statutes relating to provision for the indigent insane. It changes section 20f and establishes an effective date of March 1 1885 or upon passage as stated.
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General Assembly
A. D
Recorder of Deeds
Joshua M. Addeman
Amendment to school committee powers and duties statute
Chapter 402 amends section 2 of chapter 56 Public Statutes to require each town's School Committee to hold at least four regular meetings annually at times and places fixed by general order. The act takes effect on passage and all inconsistent acts are repealed.
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General Assembly
Amendment Act Amending Indigent In Sane Provisions
Chapter 454 amends Chapter 348 to modify Sec 9 to set seven day July 1885 as the act’s effective date and repeals inconsistent acts with passage triggering immediate effect. The measure updates provision for indigent care and related reforms.
Amendment to district meetings under public statutes
An 1884 act amends chapter 52 to require School Committee consent before any special district meeting is called for subjects acted on within six months. Acts inconsistent with this provision are repealed.
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General Assembly
Amendment fees and truancy provisions in old statutes
The act amends Chapter 406 to set town clerk fees for filing attachments and lien accounts and repeals related provisions. It also revises Chapter 457 to empower town and city councils to address habitual truants by ordinances and to designate confinement and instruction for wandering children, effective after passage.
Bachelors Abundance Prompted by New City Plans
A New York Letter argues a vast number of bachelors thrive because marriage costs chase men into solitary living. It notes apartments, meals, church pews, opera, carriages, and servants deplete funds, pushing men to delay marriage until wealth accumulates or a rich match appears.
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Prarline
James Pyle
New York
Instruction for Working People in Copenhagen Grows
A system of instruction for working people in Copenhagen attracts great interest with over 3,000 attendees at autumn classes. There are 186 classes taught by 132 teachers across 17 houses, including 15 women’s classes covering hygiene chemistry of housekeeping and elementary sciences.
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Copenhagen
Ayer's Cathartic Pills Endorsement for Liver Torpor
Advertised as a vegetable remedy tested for forty years, Ayer's Cathartic Pills are promoted as the best cure for bilious complaints digestive system disorders and torpidity of the liver with claims of costiveness and digestive irregularities.
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Ayer
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