Abel's Lesson Ends in Reconciled Home
In a quiet rural scene Mrs. Blodget waits for Abel while her husband taunts and mistreats her with jealousy. After Abel accuses her of infidelity, she hides at a neighbor until he learns loss of control harms his home. Abel seeks her, Jonass offers a grim warning, and she returns to a chastened, better-ordered marriage with vegetables from Mr. Cram.
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Abel
Satan
Farmer Cram
Mr. Cram
Sam
China
Ata
Mrs. Blodget
Old Cram
Hhis
Sle
Nancy
Tom
Letty
Jonas
Mr Cram
Millpond
Miscellany Observations on Wits and Fortunes
A miscellany piece notes clever outwitting of the world by appearing wiser, warns that careless extravagance leaves a hole in the pocket, and claims misery follows sin at a fixed distance as sure as a needle points to the pole.
Life on an unknown sea and the discipline of zeal
A reflective piece contrasts life at sea with the defiance of darkness. It defines zeal as a blend of will intellect affections passion and force directed at achieving a goal. It muses on the necessity of fun for the mind and cites a philosopher warning about schooling without play areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Life
Farrar
Inlaying Furniture Trade Seeks Women Workers
A New South Wales employment notice invites women to join the inlaying of furniture. Ivory and other forms of marquetry are used and the delicacy of a woman’s touch is highlighted as particularly desirable for the craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nsw
Goop and Seeds of Thought in Quiet Conversation
A reflective meditation on simple words as seeds that sow beauty in distant places. The author uses imagery of flowers and trees to describe how kind and holy speech can brighten barren landscapes and lonely spaces.
Hannsome Versus Homely Lady Sparks Transformation
Gossip column notes a striking change in Mrs. Snowell after taking Sulphur Bitters, touted as a great purifier. A passerby remarks on her improved complexion and asks about the mystery of the makeover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Snowell
Athas
Garfield Family Moves to Mentor Farm in Quiet Retirement
Mrs. Garfield leaves Prospect street Cleveland for Mentor farm seeking peace after President Garfield’s death. The home is remodeled for memorial rooms and papers moved to the Mentor residence. Family members include Harry at home, James studying law, Molly leading Paris mission work, and Jeff Rudolph with Grandma as they adjust.
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Garfield
Prospect Street
Cleveland
Mentor Farm
Sandma Garfield
Solon
Hiram College
Mrs. Garfield
Grandma H
Prospect Street House
Mentor
Union
Jeff Rudolph
Grandma
Harry Garfield
St. Paul's School
Concord
N. H
James R
Boynton and Hale
Molly
McAll Mission Society
Paris
Prospect-Street House
Hotel Guest Bills Reveal High New York Rates
A New York Tribune item reports room charges at top hotels with guests paying up to 115 dollars per night and daily sums of 50 to 60 dollars for private service. Notable names include Admiral Maxse, John W. Mackay, James McKlenry, President Cleveland, and Madame Barrios.
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New York
Hoffman House
Maxse
John W. Mackay
Hoffman
Jas. McKlenry
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio
Victoria Hotel
Cleveland
Dean
Fifth Avenue
Windsor
Madame Barrios
Langham
7. Y
Exy's Cream Ball Remedy for Colds and Cxtarrh
The Spirit of the Times notes Exy's Cream Ball as a celebrated cure for cxtarrh hay fever and cold in the head. Described as a safe pleasant non liquid remedy sold by reputable druggists. Immediate relief claimed with no odor and usable anytime. Attaches of the office supposedly testify to its effectiveness.
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Exy
Spirit of the Times
Uncle Eph the Georgia healer and the alum borax cure
An elderly colored man known as Doctor Eph performs improvised medicine for a horse injury. He administers alum water and borax with dubious methods until the trained surgeon arrives. The tale moves to a Maine anecdote about a train passenger and a love-struck farmer, then to a country minister’s homely New England visit.
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Ern Sera
Georgia
Tre
Eph
Massas
Uncle Eph
Esculapius
Todtor Smith
A Plucky Youth and the Cool Reply of Young Tims
A Georgia paper recounts a sixteen year old boy entering a house by window and being mistaken for a burglar as his father fires six shots. The boy remains unfazed and simply says he waited to avoid interrupting his father. The tale earns the family praise for his calm under fire.
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George M. Stearns
Chicopee
Mass
New England
Brussange
Tims
Tima
Atlanta (Ga
Constitution
Captain Mitchell Returns Aboard After Sarsaparilla Help
Captain Mitchell of the bark Antoine Sala, engaged New York and Havana trade, returned home in May infirm with rheumatism. After mountain travel and Hood's Sarsaparilla, he improved and sailed again in command two months later. Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised as helpful. Sold by all druggists.
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Mitchell
Antoine Sala
New York
Havana
Hood
Little Marion Ingalls Embraces Democrats After White House Visit
The six year old daughter of Senator Ingalls, Marion, showed a strong Democratic bent during the 1880s campaign. After a February dinner with the President and Justices, she received a White House autograph from Grover Cleveland. A subsequent private audience included a kiss and a Valentine from the President, and she named her pet cat Grover.
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Ingalls
Grover Cleveland
Spreme Court
Justice Field
Senator Ingalls
Marion
White House
Executive Mansion
Ingalla
Valentine
Grover
The Puck Fable of the Curling Poker and the Bulldog
A boy misuses a hot poker on a bulldog while seeking a clever stunt. The dog bears the wound with fear, and the boy suffers punishment as his father replaces his clothes. The tale warns that bright ideas are dangerous in inexperienced hands and advises muzzling a dog before experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tak Boy
Ture Brin
Puck
Women Cut Their Hair Shorts Warned By Tribune
A Chicago Tribune excerpt condemns spring and summer hair shorting by women. It questions motives behind cropped hair as vanity or eccentricity and notes the social urge for peers to imitate. The piece condemns the trend as a punitive folly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Ayer's Sarsaparilla Promotes Kidney Health
The text advertises Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a remedy to purify and renew the blood to prevent kidney diseases. It claims debility disrupts kidney function causing albumen loss in urine and suggests the tonic restores kidney action and reduces albuminuria.
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Ayer
Ayer's Sarsaparilla Promises Kidney Relief
Mrs. Jas W Weld of Forest Hill Street Jamaica Plain Mass says four bottles of Ayer's Sarsaparilla made her feel like a new person despite kidney complications. W M McDonald of Boston reports long standing kidney trouble improved by the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
Jas
W. Weld
Forest Hill St
Jamaica Plain
Mass
W.M. McDonald
Summer Jr
Dyspepsia and Kidney Complaint Ended by Remedy
John McLellan of Lowell Massachusetts describes years of dyspepsia and severe kidney trouble that left him weak and unable to work. He details poor appetite and emaciation but reports full recovery after using the remedy and regaining perfect health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McLellan
Bridge
Lowell
Mass
Fly's drunken escapade in a Washington hotel
A humorous account describes a fly lured by sugar and whiskey, drinking and misbehaving in wild antics. The narrator details the fly’s intoxicated tricks and the inevitability of its antics escalating, ending with a curious aside about Dr Bull's Cough Syrup.
Absent-minded Congressman Confuses Visitors With Laughable Reply
A Washington Critic anecdote recounts a forgetful congressman who repeatedly says I should be glad to have you do so while a constituent visits with his family. After the guests announce they will stay days and plan to return to the hotel, the congressman’s puzzled departure leaves him wondering for a week why they left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jones
John
Bunker Hill
Amy Arlott
HW Perkins
Congress
Washington
Dr King’s New Discovery Cures Consumption in Bristol
Citizens in Bristol report several friends diagnosed as incurable with consumption have been completely cured by Dr King’s New Discovery. The remedy claims to cure throat and lung diseases including coughs colds asthma and bronchitis. Free bottle offered at drug stores with large bottles priced at 1.
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Bristol
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Kieney
Sida
Ea & Rice
Boon Pwinta
Boston
Ely
Satarah
Jha
Nai
ELY Bros
Druggista
Owego
N.Y
O. Landgell’s
Asthma
Satarre
Beneft
Oliver V. R. Holmes
San Jose
Cal
Careon
A M
Warren
Kan
Germany
T.E. Gates
Philadelphia
Miss
Phelps
P M
Griggs
Ohio
H. C. Plumpton
Joliet, M
Gov
W Brady
Nelson Co. Ky
Martin Fox
Little Falls
N. Y
J. Zimmerman & CO
Wooster
Wayne Co
Porto Rico
Otis Munro
Usher
Munro
Otis Nuneo
Hamois
E. C. Muneo
God
Cao
James MacGregor
Michigan
Detroit
Maine
Boston Record
Dr OC Ayer & Co
Ulsan
Washington Hotel
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