Order of Temples of Honor and Temperance Founded in 1845
The Order of Temples of Honor and Temperance, begun in 1845 in New York, promotes total abstinence and fraternal bonds. It outlines structure from Subordinate Temples to a Supreme Council, requirements for members, and rituals emphasizing truth, love, purity, and fidelity while allowing a Social Temple for women.
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Order OF Templars OF Honor and Temperance
New York
Trimount Temple
Boston
Temperance Brotherhood
Supreme Council
Temperance Army
Templar
Grand Temple
Temple of Honor
New England memory and the Puritan heritage described
A reflective essay links New England to enduring national character through Puritan faith and civic practice. It contrasts Old World pride with New England institutions and warns against neglecting the regional influence on piety, learning, and law. The piece threads Lowell and a Tale from the Tally for moral insight.
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New
Moses
Egypt
Plymouth
Cephas
Lowell
Highest courage beyond the battle field tribute from North British Review
A praise of the unseen heroes in daily life. The North British Review honors the martyrs not on battlefield racks but in sick rooms and homes. It extols endurance, charity, and faithful service transforming ordinary labor into a living witness to Christ.
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Garret
Christ
Earth
What Noses Are For
A Birmingham Educational League meeting featured a joke illustrating flawed teaching methods. A teacher asked pupils what noses are for and a youth quipped they exist to be wiped, highlighting the need for clearer senses in learning.
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Educational League
Birmingham
England
Leavenworth Claims Largest Fire Drill Advantage
Leavenworth Kansas asserts a road distinction by turning out more people to a smaller fire drill. The aim is for quicker ca caerees, longer stays, and a wetter return home, claiming the town leads in turnout and efficiency among American cities.
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Leavenworth
Kansas
Americ
Sleep and sound as waking stimuli in varied settings
The passage notes how habit can dull noise as a stimulus and barbed silence can wake. It cites an artilleryman, engineer, miller, carriage riders, and sailors who sleep amid noise, yet awaken when sound ceases, illustrating how cessation rather than presence can trigger alertness.
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the Nile
Prerfect Trust in God Gaining Complete Conviction
The author extols realizing practical trust that God directs all things, removing life’s grinding cares. It celebrates total dependence on a infallible guidance, noting human friends may fail while divine watchfulness remains steadfast. The piece urges readers to claim these privileged promises and live by them.
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United States
Muironn
T Vol
Thorauele
Kitio
Turkish Cemetery Stones Feature Bird Attracting Hollows
The Turkish tombstones are flat with saucer-like hollows that collect rainwater, drawing birds to drink and sing from the surrounding trees, creating a beautiful, tranquil scene.
A Man Who Understands His Own Moods
Horace Bushnell argues that a wise man studies his temper and moods before judging others. He refrains from harsh judgments, delays conclusions, and seeks better reasoning, balancing self awareness with openness to reformulated truths.
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Horace Bushnell
Sleep the Cornerstone of Health Says The Herald
The Herald of Health urges that sleep, though not more vital than food, is harder to obtain and most influences morality health and efficiency. It lists benefits from sound rest and offers seven habits to cure sleeplessness, stressing clean beds, exercise, air, room temperature, diet, conscience, and avoiding stimulants.
The Lion's Paw Foot Structure and Hidden Claws
A dramatic nature essay on the lion's paw detailing retractable claws, large pads, and powerful tendons. The piece muses on natural design, comparing it to human inventions like elastic, noiseless stepping and protective sheaths for claws.
Seven Fools and the Seven Vices
A string of archetypes describes the angry man who burns his own house to spite a neighbor envious of life, the robber selling liberty for dollars, the hypochondriac seeking misery, the jealous man who poisons his banquet, the miser starving to fatten an heir, and the slanderer who crafts lies to trap others.
Young Burlington Girl Finds Bird Nest in Window
A Burlington resident left a water fall in a church window and returned to discover a live bird nesting on two eggs. The incident shows a unexpected nature moment in a public space.
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Burlington
Rates for Advertisements and a Moral on Earning
The notice outlines advertising rates: $1,000 square for one week, 25 cents per additional insertion, twelve nes or tcse consts & square, and doubled rates for special notices before marriages and deaths. It mandates advance payment for transient ads and sets yearly contracts on reasonable terms. A moral tale about a boy who earns a thousand dollars by working, showing prudence, education, and time management, contrasts frugality with spendthrift luck.
Quaker Market Scene Ends With Peacock Purchase
At a West Jersey market a Quaker seller lists a peacock for fifteen dollars. A Celt buyer admires the bird’s plume and debates price before purchasing a dozen carrots and the prized bird. The exchange highlights temperate dialogue amid a rural marketplace.
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Prrtand
West Jersey
Society of Friends
Political and legal quips from an Iowa assembly debate
A General Assembly moment features Tom Comm wasi pushing for ending public whipping at the whipping post. An elder retorts about Connecticut punishment while Corwin and Judge P ofNode Indiana offer wry comments on immigration and legal wit in a West court scene.
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General Assembly
Iowa
Bill Fia
Hema
Connecticut
Corwin
Speaker
Wien
Tnodiana
West
Judege P
Druce
Darkey's California Journey Recounts Harsh Reception
A nineteenth century narrative recounts a Black traveler arriving in San Francisco. He describes the difficult voyage up the river, crews wading ashore, no gold found, and surprisingly finding plentiful nafli n food with gums cracking like clay in a brick yard.
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Darkey
California
San Francisco
Ribber
Farmer’s land and self righteously poor proverb
A man notes his land is unproductive and the farmer replies that riches of self righteousness make a person poorer. The exchange uses a moral comparison to illustrate how excess of pride diminishes true value.
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