Mabel Gordon and Con Creighton's costly scrape ends in love
In a tangled tale of offers and fortune, Con Creighton pursues Emily Cummings, then discovers a penniless fate after his uncle dies intestate. Emily ends the engagement with grace, and Con learns Mabel Creighton is the heiress he loves. Mabel reveals she is kin and prefers happiness over money, leading to a marriage secured by affection rather than fortune.
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Emily Cumming
Mabel Gordon
Ile
Con
Mabel
Blairs
Emily Cummings
Liler
Earth
Creighton
Miss Cummings
London
Piccadilly
Arthur Kay
Gray & Meyers, Solicitors
Gray
Cummings
Emily
Benedict
Mr. Creighton
Arthur Gray
Shoe
Miss Creighton
Mabel Creighton
Grandpapa
Grandpa
Grandma
Care Yourself Health Book Offered for Postage
A pamphlet titled care yourself promises medical guidance and colored plates. The advertisement urges readers to send three 2-cent stamps to A. P. Ordway & Co. in Boston to cover postage for the one hundred page book.
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A. P. Ordway & Co
Boston
Mass
The Size of a Man and His Ability to Deceive
A concise reflection notes that a person’s stature does not determine the truthfulness of their statements, highlighting how character matters more than physical presence in judging honesty.
When Unkind Feelings Arise Prompt Prayer Then Action
The passage urges turning from harsh thoughts toward others to prayer, insisting every good deed earns reward if motives and efforts are sound. It warns against using only others’ hands while their hearts and heads oppose the plan, likening it to a crushed oil source and a contrite heart yielding holiness and grace.
A Helpful Word Compared to Railroad Switch
A historical reflection notes how a timely kind word can avert ruin and save a soul from death, likening it to a switch on a railroad track. It questions the criminality of those who withhold such helpful speech.
Temptation Follows Man Everywhere In Life’s Path
A stark reflection declares temptation follows a man across railways ships schools offices and churches, claiming no place is free from its reach and power.
Tongue and Eye as Truth and Intent
A reflective aphorism emphasizes that speech reveals truth through the tongue while true intent is read in the eye. It contrasts easy verbal opposition to the heart with the hard work of interpreting inner meaning beyond spoken words.
Morality Crusade Speech Denounces Evil Reading
Anthony Comstock, leader of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, told a National W C T U Convention audience that preserving youth morality requires stopping books that poison morality and purity. He warned evil reading and intemperance as twin devils harming children and urged mothers to lobby for moral protection to ensure future generations of virtuous citizens.
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Anthony Comstock
New York Society For the Suppression of Vice
America
Gentle manners and optional civilities across cultures
The excerpt discusses polite customs in foreign travel and domestic life. It notes that Anglosaxons are less inclined to elaborate politeness, contrasting with French courtesies such as yielding chairs, offering shawls, and kisses on greeting. A Moliere reference illustrates family politeness.
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France
Moliere
Insured Home Provisions in a New England Cottage
A narrator recalls a weathered red cottage with an insurance plate Insured Mutual Hartford and reflects on the value of protecting homes against loss. He urges fathers and mothers to secure home insurance to shield loved ones from ruin and tragedy.
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IsUrep
New England
Mutual
Hartford
National Temperance Advocate
Byron and the theatre of fame and vanity
A critical reflection on poets and celebrities who perform a perpetual tableau vivant under public gaze. It cites Byron’s craving for a fragile, ethereal image, his restricted diet, and his discomfort with genuine self beyond fame, urging future artists to be plain and authentic rather than puppets driven by sentiment.
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Byron
Thorvaldsen
Rogers
History Of A Country Town Hatsters and Scandals
A satirical sketch from the Danville Breeze and an amused postal card scene mix local characters and wry humor. It ridicules small town figures like Bill Rivers and Duzenberry while lampooning post office chatter and domestic mail routines with sharp, folksy wit.
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Bill Rivers
Jerry Bluenose
Young Snngsby
New York
Skinner's
Duzenberry
A. L Singabout
John Ridley
Thaddeus Barnstable
Danville
N. Y
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil Sold as Pain Remedy
Advertising copy promotes Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as the grand household remedy for burns scalds bruises and all flesh pain. It cautions buyers to seek the genuine product for best results.
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Thomas
Perils of the Pass System and a Barbers Clever Aid
A Philadelphia barber named John once shared a medical pass with a prominent physician. When a woman in the forward car became ill, the doctor assisted using brandy and ice, reviving her. The conductor praised the physician, and the barber faced risk of exposure as a fraud, returning home after paying fare.
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Philadelphia
John
Atlantic
Coeecon
Imier
Rass
Ihr
Atlantic City
Bible Shaped Webster’s Oratory and Memory
A Youths Companion account details how Daniel Webster earned the title Bible Concordance of the United States Senate through lifelong Bible study. His early memorization and King James language colored his speech, making Hebrew prophets and Psalms central to his eloquent style and future impact as a great orator and writer.
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Webster
United States Senate
New England
Jame
Senate
King James
Wordsworth
Milton
Coteridge Forged by Addiction and Regret in Edinburgh Review
The text describes Coteridge’s decline through opium use, his feeble health, and his attempt to hide from duty. He seeks asylum in a state hospital, laments his degradation, and relies on friends for support while his son Hartley is sent to college on charity. Southey notes he never writes to family or replies to letters.
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Coteridge
Totterius
Cottle
Hartley
Southey
Edinburgh Review
Abbreviations and signatures in vintage register snippets
A fragmented OCR passage describes a cranky abbreviation system in Illinois and a hotel registration yielding odd readings like Wyandotte and Leavenworth. It mentions a lazy registrant who marked only a J with a hole, and John Underwood of Andover Massachusetts who signed himself in a peculiar shorthand.
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South Aide
Y &c
Kane
Leavenworth
Worth
Wyandotte
James Hole
John Underwood
Andover
Mass
Branching Out Commercial Traveller to Dakota
A fragmented dialogue shows a grocer and a traveling salesman discussing stock and an order. The salesman offers soap samples and mentions adding two boxes of ship for testing, while the grocer notes he never kept that item. The exchange hints at trade seasonality and sample seeking.
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Dakota Groce
Dr Bull's Cough Syrup Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup as instantly banishing bodily pain for twenty five cents a bottle. It claims to help croup bronchitis sore chests and colds with prompt efficacy, and contrasts the remedy with a joking line about a bull in a china shop.
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Durahoch
Buffalo
Jacob Melliser
Manon
Ohio
Thomas
Salvation Oil
Dr. Bull
Hood's Sarsaparilla Headache Cure Endorsed Widewide
Sufferers of sick head ache claim Hood's Sarsaparilla cured them and one man calls it worth its weight in gold. Made by C I Hood & Co Lowell MA. Sold by all druggists. 100 Doses for a dollar.
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Hood
Ilood
C. I Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Parliament Debut Sparks Humorous Language Exchange
A newly elected colonial parliament member, known for his loose use of English, rises to give his maiden speech. He opens with Gentlemen what are we before the house tonight, prompting a swift retort from an opposition member who quips We have th' before the house.
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Crentlemen
A New Idea Embraced in Ely's Dream Balm
A testimonial claims Ely's Dream Balm cures catarrh by cleansing and healing not by drying up. Described as non-liquid and fingertip applied with magical effect after thorough treatment. Price 0c. Emanuel Meyers of Winfield Long Island reports ten years of suffering and praised the relief from the Cream Balm.
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Ely
Emanuel Meyers
Winfield, L. I
Bodily Causes Said To Drive Low Spirits Often
The passage argues that low mood is rarely caused by circumstances and in about ninety nine cases out of a hundred stems from bodily issues such as dyspepsia or a discordant liver, rather than external factors.
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Spiris
Remarkable Texas Recovery From Consumption
Excitement spread near Paris Texas as J K Corley, once helpless and thought near death from consumption, recovered after using Dr King's New Discovery and New Life Pills. He bought a large bottle and two boxes, gaining thirty six pounds. Free trial bottles offered at J H Young & Co.
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Texas
Paris
J. K. Corley
Dr. King
J. H. Young & Co
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