The Aldine Art Department 1874 Chromos and Design Quality
The Aldine showcases wood cuts rivaling steel plates in delicacy and finish, with American designs by Moran and Woodward. Subscriptions offer access to foreign masterworks via an American process, at low cost, plus seasonal chromos and a special “Thoughts of Home” Italian exile image if preferred.
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Europe
America
National Academy
Aldine
Thos Moran
J.D. Woodward
Selected Story Kasper Hauser's Mysterious Life in Nuremberg
A May 1828 incident follows a lone youth in ragged dress who cannot walk, speaks little, and bears a note claiming to be Kasper Hauser. He is sheltered by a captain, questioned by officials, and soon observed by scholars, clergy, and the public as a strange case of a boy raised in isolation.
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Love
Nuremberg
Esqatarm
Schwolishaz
Nuremburg
6Th Regiment of Light Horse
Light Horse
4Th Esqatarm
Poe
Pallas
Kasper Hanser
Kasper Hauser
Kasper
Anselm von Feuerbach
Bavaria
Parsons
Prince Imperial
Russias
The
Foundling
Herr von Feuerbach
Earl of Stanhope
Magistracy
Anspach
England
Castle Park
Trysting-Place
Binder
Village Post Office
Odd Invention Keeps Cradle Rocking With Churn
A curious device uses ropes pulleys bolts hooks levers to operate a cradle rocking chair and a churn simultaneously. Aimed at homemakers who stay at home the contraption lets a woman rock the chair while her hands tend to stockings or a book.
Gate Name Tags for Farmhouses Proposed by Correspondent
A newspaper correspondent urges farmers to paint their names on gate entrances for easy locating of residences. A tin slip six to eight inches wide, affixed to the gate, would provide a neat and effective identification method for strangers seeking the residence or a specific person.
Room For Escape and The Last Day
The passage compares temptations to fort sieges and hidden exits, noting a back stair allows escape and that God provides a way to endure temptation. It reflects on the inevitability of a final day and urges prudent living with forethought for unknowntomorrows.
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France
Blindness and Spiritual Strength in Adversity
A reflection on blindness as a path to spiritual vigor. The speaker welcomes obscurity, valuing divine presence over worldly sight and noting the Deity’s tenderness as vision fades. The text emphasizes inner light and sacred protection over bodily impairment.
Motherly Influence and the Power of a Mother's Smile
The piece argues that a mother's tenderness shapes a child's view of Providence and destiny. It notes how a kiss from a mother inspired Benjamin West to become a painter after he sketched a sleeping infant, highlighting maternal affection as a pivotal life influence.
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Benjamin West
Attention to detail drives business success
The text argues that diligent, accurate, everyday effort is essential for progress. It emphasizes that small errors in daily transactions decide trust and outcomes, and that virtue and capacity must accompany consistency to avoid repeated corrections and annoyance.
The Village Library Opens Worlds Across Time
A small local library offers vast journeys to readers and their children. It promises voyages with Columbus, battles with Napoleon, and scenes from Dickens, Luther, Loyola, Saladin, and Washington, inviting exploration of history, religion, and adventure from home.
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Columbus
Napoleon
Syrian Desert
Dickens
Luther
Loyola
Peter the Hermit
Saladin
Iceland
Washington
Benedict Arnold
Northumberland
St. Helena
Young Mechanics and the fate of the republic
The piece argues that the future welfare of the country rests on intelligent sober young mechanics. If they remain independent and virtuous they will counter monopolies and corrupt politicians. if they become idle and poor they risk becoming tools for rich artful men and demagogues. It notes that knowledge is power in the mechanical arts.
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Republic
Housekeeping misadventure and village post office gossip
A comic tale follows Mr and Mrs Fallwidth starting housekeeping after a wedding tour, detailing a chaotic rush of purchases and tinwork mishaps, then shifts to Village Post Offices with a critique of gossiping clerks and meddling neighbors in the country town.
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Fullwi
The Jimmyjohns and the Kiss That Stopped Crying
Mrs Diaz narrates in Our Young Folks a comic tale of twins known as the Jimmyjohns. As toddlers they fell often and cried, but Mrs Plummer found kissing them shut the crying mouth. The brothers ran to kiss, cheeks wet, crying mouths awkwardly closing.
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Jimmyjohns
Johnny
Jimmy
Silent Gambling in Brussels Restau rant
In a Brussels restaurant two men sit silently with beer mugs as a fly catching game unfolds. After fifteen minutes one proclaims victory and pays the other. A curious onlooker learns they are wagering by attracting a fly with drops of beer, sugar tipped to cheat.
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Brussels
A Woman's Call for Domestic Training in the United States
A letter to a Chicago newspaper argues American women receive defective education. The writer urges intensive domestic training from age eight, advocating five miles of daily walking and home-making tasks. She says no civilized country endorses such domestic focus more than the United States.
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Chicago
United States of America
Under Current in the Mediterranean Confirmed
The article notes a persistent in flow from the Black Sea and Atlantic into the Mediterranean, balanced by a deeper outflow. It cites a captain sinking a basket of stones to prove a deep under current, and says Dr. Carpenter, after dredging in the Mediterranean, will publish details confirming the outflowing under current.
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Mediterranean
Black Sea
Atlantic
Great
Midland
Strait of Gibraltar
Carpenter
Value of Onions in Nutrition and Daily Life
The Pacific Rural Press notes onions are a staple in consumption, especially in Spain and Portugal. It highlights their nutritional value noting dried onion contains 25 to 30 percent gluten, comparable to peas and grains, and that onions aid sustenance when eaten with bread by travelers.
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Pacific Rural
Spain
Portugal
Phenomena of the Brain and Its Sensations
The brain is insensible to pain yet essential for sensing all parts of the body. Cutting the brain causes unconsciousness to pain, and removing brain portions can kill mind but leave basic life. A brain region seems dedicated to intellectual faculties from instinct to reason.
Henry IV and the sparrow lesson on mercy
A Quaterly Review passage recounts Henry IV of France twice whipping his son Louis XIII with his own hand. The king punished sparrows for sport and told his mother to fear his future cruelty, predicting a descent into harsher tyranny.
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Henry IV
France
Louis XIII
Henry
Ietter
Quarterly Review
Quote on truth and lies by Francis Pope
A reflective line warns that telling a single lie requires twenty more to sustain it, illustrating the burden and folly of deception attributed to Francis Pope.
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Tape Street
A. Greene
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Jennie
Attle School
New York Mail
Thomas Moran
Colorado
Congress
East
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White Mountains
New Hampshire
Green River
Wyoming
Morap
Newark
N. J
Messrs
James Sutton & Co
Thos. Moran
James Sutton & Co., Publishers
Maiden Lane
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