Burglar's Odyssey Ends in Old Bailey and Cold Remorse
A young man recounts his staged entry into a London house with burglar Ferdinand Stoneleigh, the eccentric test by an elderly officer, capture in snow clad streets, and eventual conviction. He recalls losing the master in a piano room, a decade in penal servitude, and a long memory of the Davis residence.
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Eton
Eton English
Ferdinand Stoneleigh
Stoneleigh
New Square
Lincoln's Inn
Ele
Stanleigh
Society
Thurlow Square
John Davis
Rachel
Bella
Bradshaw
Davis
Lincoln’s Inn
Walton Street
Old Bailey
Mr. Davis
Brompton Cemetery
Words of Wisdom on Love and Charity in Quiet Living
A compact meditation on living a holy, amiable life. It notes that true friends value acts of kindness, love is aspirational, and sight comes from opening eyes, with serene inner beauty ranking high beside divine influence.
Publicity Or Intelligence Clash Stirs Public Interest
A quirky clash between bold publicity and quiet intelligence captures attention as observers note the contrast between flashy stunts and restrained observation. The scene highlights how spectacle and measured insight compete for public notice.
Thoughtful lament on a world not-made for anyone
A reflective statement contends the world fits no single person and predicts those who believe otherwise will realize their error on a cloudy day. The speaker expresses sympathy for such misguided views and underscores a broader existential critique.
No Man Is Wicked Without Guilt Within
A reflective line asserting that no person is truly wicked and that every guilt borne harms the soul of the bearer, emphasizing internal sting as the consequence of moral fault.
Haste and Rashness Warned as Business Winds Rally
A proverb-like observation likens haste to storms and wreckage while nimbleness is a favorable wind guiding business toward a swift safe harbor.
Envy Stings Itself When Surrounded by Prosperity
A Colton quotation compares envy to a scorpion trapped by brightness, stating envy harms the envious man more than the object of envy as it stings itself to death. The image emphasizes self-destructive nature of covetousness.
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Colton
Duty Beyond Self Imposed on All Humans
The passage asserts that every person bears inner duties to act, work, and influence beyond self. It emphasizes perventently inherent obligations that no personal conscience can fully define or absolve.
Child as Left Hand Taught in Patience
A reflective note compares instructing a child to using the left hand, suggesting difficulty but urging sympathy. It frames the child as the left hand, implying mischief and learning are linked. The tone is cautionary and instructive, urging patience in teaching.
Turning sunshine into night and making misery gratis
Quote attributed to Z. Bushnell notes the irony of turning warmth into suffering and calls out that not all good people approve of the practice, even when some justify it as merit.
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Z. Bushnell
Living in the world shapes spiritual life, says Swedenborg
Angels assure that one must live and act in the world to gain heavenly life. A moral civil life forms the spirit and prepares it for heaven, with no alternative path to the spiritual life.
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Swedenborg
Home Affections and the Sanctuary of Private Life
The piece reflects on memories of home and the sacred comfort of one fireside space. It praises the garden of early youth, the tree, river, house, and school as sources of virtue and humanity, and condemns invading private life as moral degradation while urging a protected inner refuge.
First Steam Whistle on the Missouri River Tale
The 1844 Lexington voyage introduced the first steam whistle on the Missouri river. Passengers, new to steamboats, joked about a safety valve until the whistle blew, causing a stampede as crews restrained panicked travelers. The piece also surveys Mallet’s earthquake theory and related geologic insights with several historic eruptions cited.
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Missouri River
St. Louis
Lexington
Warner
Yocum
Washington, Mo
The Icy End Of The Plank Frustrates A Lesson
A winter tale recalls a Merrimac crossing failed by a man who sinks after the ice slips from a plank. A patient professor and a Western minister story contrast cold courtesy with real sympathy, illustrating how the “icy end of the plank” harms trust.
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Merrimac
How to Tell Mule Marks by Shoes and a Barrel Ruse
A Maryland column explains how to judge a good mule by its marks. It suggests using a barrel to position the animal and a sharp stick to provoke a rear hoof strike, leaving the impression of hind shoes and a superstition about luck.
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Maryland
Ayxn’s Sarsaparilla Promises Blood Purification
An ad claims Ayxn’s Sarsaparilla thoroughly cleans the blood and stimulates vital functions to restore health. It suggests those with a sense of weariness and despondency have impure blood and should take Ayers Sarsaparilla to purify and vitalize the blood.
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Ayxn
MorpDER on the high seas performance remark
A man named Jones joked to a friend about murder on the high seas while they listened to a poor tenor perform aboard.
Hall's Hair Restorer Promoted as Best Remedy
Readers are urged to use Hall's Hair to restore gray hair to a youthful color. It claims to prevent baldness, leave hair soft and glossy, and not stain the skin, advertised as a universal remedy for hair and scalp diseases.
Food Before Bed and Rise Aids Sleep and Strength
Dr Hodges argues that eating before bed helps prevent waking unrest and morning sluggishness. An after dinner nap or a mid night milk drink can ease sleeplessness and backache, while a nourishing breakfast aids bathing and dressing for the underfed.
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Boston Society For Medical Improvement
R. M. Hodges
Boston Gazette
Leprosy Scene in Jerusalem Leper Village
The correspondent recalls entering the leper village near the Zion gate in Jerusalem with a friend. They encounter a noseless woman washing clothes, then gruesome sights of stumps and bandaged faces provoke a plea for charity and a sense of fear before leaving for the hotel.
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Zion Gate
Cor. N. O. Times-Democrat
Curious Collection of Charlestown Relics and Glassachord
Dr. William Hovey shows a Charlestown trove including an eight day clock by Benjamin Bagnell of Boston circa 1720, a glassa chord instrument, coins from 1793 to 1884, a diploma from 1887, whalebone swift, a Revolutionary era umbrella, a sampler from 1797, decanters used in 1732 Charleston, and an aged cider bottle labeled Eben’s Breed 1805. The finds include artifacts tied to Morse family history and local commerce.
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William Hovey
Bunker Hill
Benjamin Bagnell
Boston
Samuel
Wyman
Charlestown
Dep Uce
Abigail Burnham
Chebacco
Essex
Mass
William Goodhue
Charleston
Robert H. Thomas
New York
Peases
State Street
Court and
Hanover Streets
Archibald Babcock
Philadelphia
United States
Congress
Jackson
Dunn & Co
Mercantile Library
James T. Fields
Daniel N. Haskell
E. P. Whipple
Pacific Ocean
Martha Story
Fitchburg
Dr. Morse
Morse
Telegraph
Charlestown Square
Boston Globe
A Home Snuggery a Golden Room in a Wooden House
A description of a private home retreat called a golden room where family comfort rules. It envisions a tranquil space free from formality, with love and content as its core, a moral lean-to beside the house where peace and companionship prevail.
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Erie
Advertising Rates and Policies for Transients
Rates listed for transient advertisements include one dollar for one week and fifty cents for each subsequent week. The text notes twelve lines of nonpariel type and mentions marriage notices and business notices. Yearly contracts are allowed with terms based on the advertiser's immediate business, and ads must be submitted by Thursday noon to appear in the next issue.
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A. Greene
Phenix
Hope Street
Pela
Largo
Father pays fine or paddling? boy favors harsher penalty
In a Marseilles consul’s family tale, a boy named Willie Taylor admits cutting a school desk and faces a dollar fine or a lick. His father offers a dollar to spare him, warns of future punishment, and the boy later says he favors a heavier fine rather than repeated flogging.
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Will Taylor
Marseilles
Hudson
Wis
Mercy
Willie
The Cotton Bale That Hinted a Murder
A Pennsylvanian recalls Texas cotton clerks tracking bales from field to mill. One bale traced to England revealed a missing boy’s body, leading to the conviction and hanging of a man for murder.
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Texas
England
Liverpool
New Orleans
Galveston
Europe
Bride of the Esthete Fainting Fit Over Odd Dinner
A Philadelphia correspondent reports a scene where Mrs Oscar Wi offers bizarre dishes sunflower dried and lily of the valley, while the bride faints after hearing a request for beef, potatoes, bread, and ale.
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Oscar
Philadelphia
Cali
Baby Born in Cemetery Sparks Deathless Croup Cure Appeal
A baby was born in a Marshalltown cemetery recently and newspapers warn that neglecting Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup leads to babies dying in graveside neglect.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Parker's Tonic Promises Cure For Working People
A health notice urges men women and girls in stores offices and factories to improve health. It claims many are weak sick and trapped indoors and promotes Parker's Tonic as pure sure and pleasant with many cures cited.
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Thep
Berna
Parker’s
A Nice thing A refrigerator Remarkable Escape
Mrs. Mary A. Dailey of Tunkhannock Pa endured six years of asthma and bronchitis with no relief from doctors. After using Dr King s New Discovery last October she found immediate relief and was cured gaining 50 pounds in a few months. Free trial bottles available at D H Young Co s Drug Store. Large bottles 50 cents and 1.
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Mary A. Dailey
Tunkhannock
Dr. King
D. H. Young & Co
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Vy Bull
A.C. Meyer
Bob Prop
Baltimore
B. A
Chew Lange
All Druggista
Dehac Eee Ean
DR. David
Kennedy
Pemphici
David Kennedy
Rundvat
Peterson’s Magazine
Peterson
Charles J. Peterson
Chestnut St
Des Crawford Munro
Otis Munro
Reginald
Cambridge
South Kensington
Samuel Kneeland
A. M
Mallet
Iceland
Java
Hawaii
Sandwich
Phillipine Islands
Meditterranean
Jerusalem
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