Coastwise Courage Beaches Steamer With Six Hundred Aboard
In a raging gale a captain and crew race to beach a burning steamer. A hunter turned helper and a young local lad aboard, aided by Henry and the Old Trapper, guide the vessel toward a rocky shore as flames threaten all. The three stay at their posts, delivering commands via trumpet, until the ship runs aground and sinks with the trio presumed fatefully aboard.
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Henry
Cap’n
Satan
Sartin
Tony
Charles Sterns
Cap
John Norton
Iilet-House
Beekeeper’s Trunk Travel Sparks City Laughs
A Syracuse baggage master returns a trunk containing a hive of bees to the owner after a prior misplacement. The company will reimburse the bees and the patient is expected to recover in about a fortnight.
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Syracuse
Moths Eat an Unused Coat and a Hung Christian
A coat unused is eaten by moths and a Christian hung up to resist temptation is eaten by moths, while both face poor food conditions.
Father and son clash over character and pride
A father admonishes his son to let character shine beyond appearances. The son questions if he should darken his traits to match fear or doubt, revealing a struggle between inner virtue and external perception.
Death cannot be an evil, universal despite time
A short miscellany note reflects on death as an inescapable universal truth, arguing it cannot be considered inherently evil. The remark treats mortality as a shared human fate rather than a malevolent force.
Cheerful face aids invalids as weather stays favorable
A cheerful countenance helps the ill cope with illness similar to how pleasant weather boosts morale. The saying highlights mood and environment as supportive factors for recovery.
Constant effort builds strength through reading and serving
The excerpt urges growth through steady study and through aiding others. It notes that effort yields strength and suggests small acts of kindness, like offering a handshake, as a measure of character and compassion.
Far from Harm, Inner Honor Ready to Withstand
The text urges calm under slander and mockery, affirming that true self knowledge, pure motives, and integrity cannot be taken away. It counsels steady adherence to conscience, noting that character remains intact despite others’ cruelty. The message emphasizes inner strength over external verdicts.
Faith as the measure of strength in moral beauty
Z. P. Powell argues that faith in something or someone is essential to avoid being wasted and lost. He says the soul’s need creates the ideal of moral beauty seen in love from cradle to grave, spanning the babe to the philosopher, and that a pure skeptic cannot exist.
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Z. P. Powell
God’s Law Enduring Through Obedience and Disobedience
The sermon argues that God’s law remains stable regardless of human action. Cholera and health standards illustrate that truth and justice underlie divine law, proven by penalties for violations and rewards for obedience, with Rev. F. F. Emerson cited.
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F. F. Emerson
Not Born To BE KILLED
A 16 year old boy slept through an express train ride at 80 miles per hour near Mansfield Ohio. He awoke near a fence six miles from the train and walked back to the city as dawn broke. He had no memory of leaving the car and survived with scrapes and dirt on his clothes.
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Mansfield
Ohio
How They Live in New York City Beggars and Thieves Cast a Shadow
A harsh portrait decries one hundred thousand beggars in New York who survive without work. The piece claims foreigners, women and children exploit charity, use fake family tales, and flood offices with petty theft and mendicancy. The author calls for laws to confine and require labor.
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New York
Egypt
Washington Remains Reunited With Forbes Family Artifacts
Gen Fitzhugh Lee and ex governor Thomas with J M Forbes of Warrenton Va visit Mount Vernon as yearly committee members. Forbes daughter identifies garments labeled worn by Washington then rescued to Ladies' Association by William D McGregor of Hudson City NY. Forbes recalls wartime removal to Blue Ridge and return of items. They will stay in New York room cases with label noting 1877 presentation.
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Washinerton
Fitzhugh Lee
Thomas
J. M. Forbes
Warrenton
Mount Vernon
Virginia
N. Y
Washington
Miss Forbes
Mr. Forbes
Blue Ridge Mountains
Forbes
Dead Heads and the Press in Public Life
A New York Evening Mail essay argues the public trusts journalists to defend their patrons but harshly judges reporters as lifeless. It notes editors, judges, preachers, and others seek press presence, while journalists toil for unpaid service amid relentless demand. The piece urges readers to view the press as a business necessity, not freeloaders.
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New York Evening Mail
Summer Vermin in Fowls Addressed by Remedies
The article explains two pests attacking poultry in summer: lice on birds and mites hiding in hen houses. Remedies include ashes and flour of sulfur for lice, and whitewash plus thorough fumigation with brimstone and tobacco for mites, after sealing openings and using live coals to generate fumes.
Boston Soldiers Monument Promises Landmark Statue
The Boston common monument designed by Martin Milmore will be dedicated September 17. It features a 100 foot column with four corner pedestals of Army Navy Peace and History, four allegorical directions, and a 17 foot America statue with four eagles. Bas reliefs titled Going to the War The Sanitary Commission The Navy and The Return from the War include Gov. Andrew in the first and last panels. Total cost is $75,000.
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Boston
Boston Common
Martin Milmore
America
Sanitary Commission
Andrew
Strange Hydropobia Surfaces Incur Raging Phenomenon
A cryptic report notes hydro phobia described as an incurable rage like condition. Experts seek causes and treatments while public concern rises over its unusual behavior patterns.
Turkish Ladies and European Fashion in Scribner's Visit
The excerpt describes Madame Aali and other Turkish magnates in a ceremonial setting, praising jewels and turbans while criticizing toilets and dress. It notes women wearing European fabrics, trains, and satin robes, with a fifteen year old in bright corn muslin and a regal gem coronet, contrasting Moslem dress with Mahmoud era changes.
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Aali
Madam Aali
Mahmoud
Scribner’s Magazine
Krupp Builds Monster Steel Cannon at 80 Tons
The celebrated Prussian artillerist Herr Krupp is near finishing a colossal steel cannon of about eighty tons. It features a 16 inch caliber, 1650 pound projectile, and 396 pound powder charge. The weapon, built around a steel core with thickened rings, costs about 100000 dollars without carriage. It follows the 56 ton breech loader shown in Philadelphia and shipped to Russia. Krupp intends further giant guns, including a 124 ton model, with over 18 inch caliber and a 500 pound powder charge, costing roughly 167500 dollars without carriage. He also plans a duplicate 56 ton gun for Turkey and a sale to Russia.
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Herr Krupp
England
Shoeburyness
Woolwich
Philadelphia
Russia
Cronstadt
Turkey
Heiress Miss Grant’s Lost Will reshapes Scottish Estate
A romance tale centers on Miss Macpherson Grant a wealthy Scottish heiress who severed ties with a former companion after marriage. Grant revoked a lifelong will leaving nothing to her friend. Her cousin Dr Proctor inherits a vast estate with $250 000 to $400 000 plus four other relatives receiving about $250 000 each.
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Miss Macpherson Grant
Scotland
Indianabob
India
Miss Grant
Cupid
Pilatus
Castoria and its claimed infant health benefits
Castoria described as a remedy for sickly babies and children, promising rest for mothers. It claims to expel worms, regulate the stomach and bowels, and to be harmless with no alcohol, prepared by J.B. Rose & Co. in New York.
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Messrs. J. McClure & Co
Front Sts
Cincinnati
Say
J. B. Rose & Co
Dey St
New York
Pitcher
J.B. Rose & Co
Dey Street
Ingenious Tactics by Scarlett in Nuisance Case
The defense lawyer Scarlett questioned a plaintiff’s witness about her domestic life and children. The judge objected to irrelevancies, but Scarlett pressed on and then declared that verdict. The jury, amused and convinced, returned a favorable ruling for him.
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Scarlett
Abinger
Brougham
Kansan farmer buys reveler for wife for defense
A Kansas farmer bought a reveler for his wife to use for target practice protecting their home in his absence. After a bullet was recovered from his leg and the cow buried, he declared she would batter shoot with an ax.
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Kansas
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