Beware of Aventea and American competition at home
The piece cautions that US production power and transatlantic business vigor threaten domestic producers in the United States. It argues protection cannot return, urges improving locally made goods, and notes the broader impact of American imports on labor and capital in native industry. A separate item recounts a Virginia and Tennessee railcar anecdote where a sleeping servant misinterprets a lamp in a tunnel, prompting a humorous misunderstanding.
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United States of America
United States
New World
America
London Globe
Dureaus
Richmond Dispatch
Virginia and
Tennessee Road
Mollie
Nimpo Hosts Surprise Birthday Tea At Primkins Home
Nimpo gathers her school friends for a birthday tea arranged by Mrs Primkins with help from Augusta. The plan expands into a large, chaotic party in the Primkins’ back chamber and yard, featuring improvised foods, hidden sweets, and barefoot games, ending with spent stockings and a happy girl hopeful for forgiveness.
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Nimpo
Mrs. Primkins
Primkins
Val
Hector
Madaid
Augusta
Olive Thorne
St. Nicholas
Manly virtue and cautionary maxims of life
A compact collection of aphorisms and proverbs on action restraint humility and character. It contrasts merit appearance and virtue while urging abstention from wrath and measured judgment, citing sources from Manu Caucasus and Golden Sands.
Notuine's Fragile Dawn Across Empires
A terse reflection on how fragile thought grows from infancy to maturity and how interruption can derail it, while mature ideas hold power capable of overturning large powers. The piece contrasts infancy with maturity and suggests resilience of ideas against disruption.
A Resolution on Power and Chance by Goethe
A quoted Goethe line reflects on control versus chance, suggesting that a speaker’s intent yields to unforeseen events. The proclamation notes that authority may falter when faced with surprise, highlighting the fragility of guaranteed execution of commands.
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Goethe
Horace Greeley on money and honest work
Quote attributed to Horace Greeley warns that the darkest moment for a young man is planning to obtain money without honest effort. The remark reflects 19th century values about industry and integrity and is cited as a caution against shortcutting work for wealth.
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Horace Greely
Saintly Suffering and Storms in Whitefield Sermon
An account of Whitefield addressing sailors in New York with vivid nautical imagery, urging duty as a storm gathers. The piece links illness to divine discipline, citing Payson Baxter and Hall as examples and asserting sickness as a sanctifying school beyond any academy.
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Whitefield
New York
Security of Christianity in its benevolent strength
A. Afacaulay argues Christianity’s real security lies in its moral benevolence and humane appeal. The system fits human hearts, consoles mourners, and illuminates death, surpassing mere force. He cites ancient rulers and emperors who failed against noncarnal weapons and a kingdom not of this world, warning that power harms faith more than opposition.
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Porphysy
Diocletian
Club of Honor forms to aid Katy Surgens with fines
A group of Wayland Academy girls rally to curb slang and improve speech by forming The Club of Honor. Stella Stevens leads with a plan to fund Katy Surgens’ comfort through small fines for slang and irreverent phrases, tallying to gifts and visits.
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Academy of Wayland
Ion Under
Stella Stevens
Stella
Loafers
Katy
Walter Simons
O. E
Club of Honor
The Crowning Discovery Of Allan's Anti Fat
A dated testimonial asserts Allan's Anti Fat reduces seven pounds in one week without weakness, claiming it regulates digestion and curbs excess assimilation of food. The notice, from Ellsworth Kansas dated July 13 1878, is billed by Botanic Medicine Co Buffalo NY as a universal remedy for obesity.
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Allan
Ellsworth
Kan
Botanic Medhine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Taylor
Bane Forp
Messrs
Weera & Vortren
Noaston
Mass
Samrony
Pacife
Henry Wirts
Aurora
Wells, Fargo &Co
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Providence Furniture
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Syeo
Boston
H. R. Stevens
Boston, Mass
Golden Sands
Edward Payson
Richard Baxter
Robert Hall
Bean Hill
Tim
Tom Wheeler
Andersonville
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Mates of Advertising
Catarr
Sanford
Dr Sanford
Canadas
Weeks & Potter
Collins
Diexxarsa, Mo
J. W. Sells
Bammis
Firat Nat. Bank
Mors
James Lewis
Bryant, Lr
Jane
J. R. Pearse
State Street
Juiatol Hotel
Ines
Otis Munro
EALER
Corner State
Thames Streets
Constitution and
High Streets
J.lane
Formosa
Japan
John Lake
Usher Brothers
Thames Street
Ealers
Hope
Church Atrecta
Bosworth & Fish
First Glass
Jowest
WM. F. Paull. L
A. Shler
J. A. Miller
Ornhill Biscuits
J. B. Munrko’s
N. Cole
St Tixson & Co
Portland, Maine
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