Race for Life in India A Bicycle Tale of Tiger Chase
Colonel Harvie recalls a dangerous return ride in India chased by a tiger during a ten mile race prep. A shikaree's rifle saved him as the tiger lunged from the jungle, with the bicycle and Indian trophies later displayed at camp. The tale ends with Harvie presenting the famed bicycle to his companions.
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Colonel Harvie
Captain Morton
William Staines
Tom Harvie
Eaton
India
Tom
Staines
Harvie
Morton
Plymouth
H. M. S. Ganges
Hooghly
Calcutta
Sahib
Fred Bent
Bent
Oine
Tey
London
Miscellany Verbal Fragments On Wisdom And Justice
A terse miscellany dwells on distrust after deceit and the value of energetic resolve. It argues that justice marks political equality’s start while brotherly love completes it, ending with a moral exhortation to conquer one’s sins.
Religion Provides Present Comfort and Future Security
The quote notes that religion offers partial reward in this life through duty fulfilled and promises complete security in heaven for believers. It emphasizes moral effort and spiritual assurance as the core of religious reward.
Iyenme as Emblem of Peaceful Old Age
A reflective line from Bulwer Lytion extols Iyenme as a virtue of aged life. The phrase evokes tranquil, placid existence and the sense of a creator’s imprint upon quiet graves, suggesting a promise of enduring peace beyond life’s bustle.
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Iyenme
Bulwer Lytion
Consolations of faith through life’s dark passages
A Phillips Brooks reflection likens candlelight in a bright cavern to God’s promises. At first pale and small, the light grows in the journey, becoming beauty and value as one walks through life’s dark passages with faith as guidance.
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Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Rome
Phillips Brooks
Put-offers plague traders American Grocer warns
The piece describes a legion of procrastinators who hinder business by delaying payments, renewals, and orders. It laments customers who neglect timely action while demanding service, and urges merchants to curb these slow payers and prompt them to act.
Sleep Release the Soul Like Death Questioned
A reader links a Suffolk Watkinson family tale to a London Spectator question about whether sleep can release the soul like death. A son in America dreamed of a service scene, waking to recall the events as if present, prompting musings on sleep and the afterlife.
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Ann Taylor
Watkinsons
Lavenham
Suffolk
America
Londoen
England
Small
War Department
Louise Chooses Duty Over Comfort at Mt Pleasant Seminary
Six graduating girls at Mt Pleasant Seminary hear Louise pledge to help her mother rather than pursue wealth, fame, or further study. She recounts Stella Morton’s devotion to family and the toll of neglect, urging a life of service at home.
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Mt. Pleasant Seminary
Louise
Jnst
Stella Morton
Mrs. Morton
Stella
Alice
Mother
Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup No Profit Push Delays Remedy
A tongue in cheek notice laments a druggist hesitating to sell medicine. It mocks low profits from Dr Bull's Cough Syrup and urges immediate release of a sweet oil and licorice cough cure for winter demand.
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Dr. Bull
Decline of Man Nervousness and Debility Ad Plied Cure
An advertisement claims Wells Health for nervous weakness dyspepsia and impotence. It promotes a cure titled Health Never with a price of $1. The copy emphasizes that genius begins as discipline and redirects readers to purchase the product.
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W. Bie
Sulphur Bitters Sent to Catholic Home for the Aged
A. P. Ordway & Co. sent three dozen Sulphur Bitters to a Catholic home for the aged, praised by directors and inmates. A Cleveland letter from T. Walker reports Burdock Blood Bitters restored his appetite and strength after months of debility.
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Messrs
A. P. Ordway & Co
Catholic Unton
Cleveland
T. Walker
PRICE
Ft.co
Foster, Bilburn & CO
Prop’s
Bulfato
N.Y
Not Sold Mule Mexique Gets Postage of Care
A famous Army mule named Mexique, 45 years old with a long service record, faced sale under Secretary Lincoln’s order to dispose of surplus animals. Officers petitioned to retain him, citing tradition and care needs, and Lincoln issued an order on October 26 to keep the mule living and cared for.
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Mexique
Lincoln
Wm. A. Kobbe
Fort Vernon Barracks
Alabama
United States
Tampa
Holabird
Army
William Tecumseh Sherman
Big Spring
Mt. Vernon Barracks
Jackson
Quartermasters Department
Fort Morgan
Mobile Point
U.S
John Tweedale
Boy to the man at the grind stone tale
The speaker recalls how men lure boys to turn a grindstone with rosy talk and false praise. He warns such men trap youths, press hard as tools near the edge, and reward little afterward. Hiring a grown helper is wiser, he says, citing a farmer who refused water or extras.
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Peck
Brown's Iron Bitters Brand Endorsed by Doctors
A tonic praised for nerves muscles and digestion. Rev W B Sarr of Grafton Mass reports benefit for low blood state. Dr W B Prather notes Brown's Iron Bitters has given satisfaction in every case they have known.
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W. B. Sarr
Grafton
Mass
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