Barbara's Uncle Jacob Brings Hope to a Poor German Family
Barbara Henrich helps her aged uncle Jacob and resists her brothers plans to abandon him. She finishes sewing to support him while her friend Fred proposes a bakery venture and marriage. Jacob reveals a German Bible with drafts in Barbara's name, stored as a hidden fortune.
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Jacob
Barbara
Conrad
Joe
Germany
West
Fred Heiberger
Fred
Babara
Uncle Jacob's Gift Receives Blessing Before Death
In a homely scene, Uncle Jacob reveals a planned giving of his fortune to Barbara and her children. Fred seeks the minister while Barbara learns of the Bible drafts at Psalm thirty four. The blessing arrives as Uncle Jacob dies at dawn, leaving the bakery to the couple with counsel to give to the poor.
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Conrad
Joe
Barbara
Fred
Uncle Jacob
Jacob
Virtue Praised as the True Enduring Good
In this miscellany excerpt, virtue is declared the most noble and secure possession. Beauty wanes with time, riches tempt youth to ruin, yet virtue alone endures. The text argues virtue surpasses wealth and noble lineage and remains with those who embrace her.
Newspaper Notice Fees and the Cost of Publicity
A Union Gazette editorial argues that newspapers must be paid for listing notices and advertisements. It compares free publicity to asking a carpenter to work for nothing and urges readers to recognize newspapers sell space and require compensation.
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Vanderbilt
Only Child and its Lonely World in Family Tales
A harsh portrait of the sole child in a busy family life, described as continually bore and deprived of ordinary shared play. The text laments teasing parents and a life of solitary amusements, longing for companionship, shared joy, and normal childhood experiences.
Chinese Death Customs Satirized in Odd Observations
The excerpt describes Chinese funeral practices with white dressed mourners and festive elements, notes the use of tents and music, and recounts superstitions about spirits and the afterlife in a tone that mixes curiosity and cultural stereotype. It also includes a children’s vignette about a Pink Parrot and Gray Boy and a discussion of sadness as a bodily condition.
Late Admiral Wilkes Remembered As Pioneering Seaman
Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, who died in Washington, stood as a classic naval figure before steam and iron clad ships. He led the Wilkes Exploring Expedition, charting Antarctic and South Pacific waters, wrote influential scientific works, and caused a diplomatic stir with the Trent incident. He was seventy six, retired after the war, and surpassed by younger officers in later fame.
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Admiral Wilkes
Charles Wilkes
Washington
Perrys
Porter
Ingraham
Rand
Wilkes
Antarctic
South Pacific
United States
Europe
California
Oregon
Mason
Slidell
Trent
Seward
England
Farragut
Olimoys
Good Nature and the Mirror of Grief in Social Glasses
A reflective piece argues that life returns what people give it, praising cheerful, uncomplaining behavior while noting grumbling souls are often unkindly treated. It cites Dickens characters to illustrate vanity and self-focus versus altruism, urging self-examination to avoid grievances and find virtue.
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Elijah
Manu
Gara O Thegetrionee
Toth Pitick
Santa Chuzzlewit
Tom
Striking Misadventure Over Stockings Startles West Hill Man
A West Hill resident, in a vague state, dressed in his wife's striped stockings after feeling in the dark for his sooka. He wandered and lit a lamp, then fainted on seeing his legs. He believed a burglar had entered, claiming he saw a circus clown or convict at once. Nobody's safe in these times.
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West Hill
Dress Cost Sparks Heated Exchange Over Gender Roles
A tense discussion centers on dress costs as a woman scolds a man for expecting angelic behavior. She insists she would not be angelic unless her wings could be cut gating, challenging social expectations in a vivid quarrel.
Blue Glass Treatment Reported in Hemopathic Panes
A brief item notes blue glass treatment in hemopathic panes cited in a printing reference dated November. The report mentions a treatment method and potential applications, with unspecified details remaining unclear.
Cooking tips for beans and vegetables from a vegetable cookery excerpt
The article explains soaking beans in warm then cold water preserves nutrients, advises boiling beans with dripping and salt for four hours, and suggests serving with gravy or as a puree. It stresses using plenty of fast boiling water to avoid tough vegetables and explains slicing onions in thin rings to keep them tender.
Thames Butter from Thames Mud Reported by Medical Examiner
The Medical Examiner confirms the production of butter from Thames mud in small to moderate quantities. Workers harvest oleaginous globes along the north bank below Dagenham, where grease from drain pipes and kitchen slops is processed into a food fat resembling Russian tallow, drawing public curiosity.
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Thames
Dagenham
London
Lancet
Slim man warns youth in Pearl Street saloon
An elderly, gaunt man in a worn suit confronts a verdant country youth at a Pearl Street saloon bar. He claims the whisky is tainted with a demon's spirit and warns that its dregs bring remorse and death, prompting a tense standoff over the drink.
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Pearl Street
Distilled temptation leads to ruin in a bar scene
A frightened man warns of the deadly lure of alcohol as the other impulsively drinks the whisky. The bar atmosphere deepens a moral struggle with temptation and doom hinted, while the young man flees in despair.
Benefit of Being Knocked About in the World
The article argues that a young man benefits from facing real-world challenges and being humbled. School and life teach him his true place, reducing vanity and developing steadier character as he gains experience and perspective.
Portrait Telepathy via Telegraph Transfixes Paris Lyon Authorities
A Paris Lyons police telegraphy breakthrough reportedly sends portraits to identify suspects. A Lyons official’s portrait led Paris police to arrest a clerk who fled with his master’s money after alighting a train in Lyon.
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Paris
Lyons
London Standard
Neglected Marshal Ney grave in Metz near Pere la Chaise
A Metz correspondent reports Marshal Ney’s tomb in Pere la Chaise is neglected with no cenotaph or readable inscription. The enclosure sits behind lichen covered iron railings amid grand graves, overgrown with weeds and briars. earlier descriptions mention a stone slab once visible.
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Toms
Marshal Ney
Metz
Pere la Chaise
Beranger
Manuel
Marshals
Foy
Gobert
Baron Surrey
Napoleon I
Marshal Ne
Opera audience clash in Dublin over opaque remark
A Dublin opera viewing turned tense when a gentleman mocked a man in front for being opaque. The accused denied the allegation and claimed the remark related to someone named O’Brien, prompting confusion.
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Dublin
O’brien
Understanding Sunstroke and Its Risks
Sunstroke is not limited to sun exposure and can strike at night. It often follows mental or physical exhaustion, with half the cases fatal and survivors at higher risk of future attacks or pulmonary complications. Prevention focuses on staying cool, avoiding overexertion and stress, and limiting sun exposure.
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Asl
Flo
The Richest Man Peter Goelet of New York
Peter Goelet, a New York bachelor from old Gotham wealth, is described as possibly the wealthiest living member of the city’s old families. His fortune stems from his grandfather’s hardware trade and farming lands now covered by six story buildings. Uncle Peter keeps a New York cow on his Broadway corner property, costing twenty thousand dollars yearly, a whimsical private obsession he funds rather than investing in arts or public causes.
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Kong
Shanchai
Episcopal Church
Fifth Avenue
Peter Goelet
New York
Gotham
Peter
Nineteenth Street
Broadway
Goelev
Cren
Ice Reports in Atlantic Transit urged for safety
The Nautical Gazette argues shipmasters should publicly report ice sightings in the Atlantic to warn other vessels. It condemns withholding ice positions as risky, noting recent near ice edge observation near the Banks and ice extending to Flemish Cap.
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Atlantic
Berga
Flemish Cap
Nautical Gazette
Polish Diamonds by Yankee Girls in Boston Roxbury Shop
Henry D. Morse trained six to eight Roxbury women in diamond cutting once Dutch cutters refused to teach American apprentices. He fired the Dutch workers and brought twenty three women to work, as girls from Roxbury fill their places seeking mastery of the trade.
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Amsterdam
Henry D. Morse
Boston
Roxbury
Rates of Advertising in Local Paper
Advertisements priced at $1.00 per inch for one week and 25 cents per week for each further insertion. Twelve lines nonpariel. special notices for marriages and deaths at 15 cents per line. Transient ads prepaid. Yearly contracts on reasonable terms. Yearly advertisers limited to their own business. Ads due by Thursday noon for next issue. Religious obituary and political notices treated as ads.
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Othes Bargail
Public Laws Passed at the January Session 1877 Chapter 586
Act amends an 1877 statute on town and ward meeting quorum and government. It reaffirms immediate effect and retroactive passage language, detailing alignment with Chapter 581 Public Laws and February 27 1877 enactment.
Act on Justice Court Appeals and Jail Definition
An 1877 act amends Chapter 208 to define Jail to include the State Workhouse and House of Correction and the Providence Reform School Section 2 states the act takes effect.
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General Assembly
House of Correction
Providence Reform School
Act Repeals and Reenacts General Statutes Provisions
An 1877 act repeals Chapter 398 of the Public Laws and reenacts and revives parts of Chapter 34 of the General Statutes. It preserves town clerks in office until their term ends and takes effect upon passage as certified by Secretary of State Joshua Maddeman.
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General Assembly
Joshua Maddeman
How to Remove Oib From A Garment
A reader recounts a long cleaning process detailed by the New York Herald for removing dried linseed oil from pants. Steps include aqua ammoniae saturating the spot, ironing, repeating ammonia, salt soap application, and washing with warm rain water. Alcohol and turpentine are noted to remove grease before drying.
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New York Herald
Woman Refuses Telegram Reading at London Post Office
A woman presented a telegram at a London post office and was told the message would be opened before sending. She objected that her private affairs would be read, and left in anger, refusing to send the message.
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London Post Office
A Fashionable Church described by Rother Talwager
The piece portrays a fashionable church where a small crowd gathers after a careful tenner, slips away from shops and hats, listens to a minister who speaks of sins, and to a choir singing unfamiliar tunes, before returning home refreshed.
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Rother Talwager
How to Find What’s in a Name on a Note Back
A short guide outlines methods to deduce identity from a note by examining handwriting, context, and metadata. It suggests cross checking with known contacts, dates, and locations as clues to reveal the name behind the writing.
Thousands of affidavits praise Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy
The piece argues against condemning all medicines after failures and cites many affidavits claiming cures from Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy and Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. It notes nasal bone fragments and loss of smell improved by these treatments.
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California
United States
Sages
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