The Lost Piece and a Quiet Christmas Morning
Martha Rogers helps Moll Pritchett, a fallen woman calling herself the lost piece, find work and faith in a rural household. Hetty’s singing and quiet prayer unfold as Moll rebuilds herself under Martha’s charity, culminating in a providential recovery of grace and a heavenly rejoicing.
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Hetty
Abner
Reuben
Silas
Mrs. Rogers
Martha Rogers
Pritchett
Mary
Moll
New Hampshire
Silas Rogers
Martha
Lord
Church
Emily Huntingon Miller
The
Christian Union
The Needle Through Time From Bone to Fine Steel
The article traces needle history from bone and ivory tools in early uncivilized groups to bronze and steel needles. It notes Pliny’s bronze needles, Egyptian bronze finds four thousand years old, and the later spread of steel needles in Elizabethan England, revived in 1650, with modern needles undergoing extensive workmanship before completion.
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Pliny
England
Queen Elizabeth
The Editor’s Pants Shorten by Family Chain
In Chicago a editor’s trousers proved six inches too long. His wife cut and hemmed them. Her sister and eldest daughter also altered the pants. The editor’s sister-in-law later did the same. By breakfast the editor wore garments reaching only mid thigh, as if a Highland chieftain had arrived.
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ChicaGo
Parker's Ginger Tonic Credited For Early Cure
An Observer advertisement extols Parker's Ginger Tonic as a fast remedy for early disease symptoms, claiming it helps even the sickliest families regain health when used promptly before illness worsens.
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Parker
Dove tombstone honors gunman whose passion lived on
Neighbors erected a tombstone with a white dove for a poor man who died. The widow, tearful, said the emblem was thoughtful and fitting since John loved gunning, making the dove a particularly suitable memorial.
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John
General B F Butzer Still Lives and Cured Patients
An advertisement proclaims General B F Butzer alive and many others cured of rheumatism and neuralgia by a sulfur-based blood purifier. It invites readers to send for testimonials.
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B. F. Butzer
Proverbial maxims and reflections from Lord Macaulay
A collection of aphorisms and essay-like reflections on virtue patience and labor. It contrasts good conduct with bad behavior praising friendship and self discipline. Also includes a lengthy quotation attributed to Lord Macaulay about rest discipline and national wealth through weekly rest and worker vigor.
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Campania
Spitzbergen
Watts and Arkwrights
Lord Macaulay
Get to the Bottom of Things in Education and Character
A stern admonition contrasts studious, truthful youths with flashy cheats. It argues that steady effort, honesty, and focus predict lasting success, while flashy behavior and gaming the system lead to weak character and poorer outcomes. The piece urges seeing past appearances and avoiding sham.
Ballast for the Soul A Sailor’s Metaphor for Moral steadiness
The article compares life to a ship needing ballast to stay on course. It warns that vanity and bad companions make a voyage unstable. True charity and love for the good steady the heart, mind, and purpose against temptations and taunts.
Abolish the toy pistol demand urged by critics
A New York Tribune opinion argues to ban toy pistols citing palm injuries and fatal accidents. It describes loading, triggers, and a Newark death as evidence, calling for an act prohibiting sale to children and asserting constitutional rights do not justify such devices.
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Stella Crane
Newark
Theodore Graf
New York Tribune
Fancy Farmers and the Rise of Modern Agriculture
Fancy farmers have transformed domesticated animals and crops through selective breeding irrigation soil analysis and new farming practices. They sparked livestock improvements from hogs to cattle and sheep to horses and introduced crops like why so many varieties and fruits vegetables and flowers plus notable origins such as the Ear y Rose potato the Wilson strawberry and Concord grape. Their innovations extended to manure soil fertility crop rotation and water distribution reshaping agriculture.
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Suffolk
Berkshire
Britain
Peru
Chile
Vermont
Wilson
Concord
Cream Balm claims clear catarrh cure in Pittston
Ely Brothers Cream Balm from Owego N Y gains praise in Pittston and vicinity with reports of restored smell after fifteen years and a Tunkhannock lawyer cured of partial deafness. Druggist Barber also commends the remedy as highly effective. Price is 50 cents. Aug 15 1879 Pittston Gazette.
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Ely Bros
Owego
N. Y
Pittston
Barber
Mrs Jump of Iowa Records Best Jumps on Record
Mrs Jump of Iowa has just achieved pb for three children. This is described as the best jumps on record.
Postal Department Ruling On Mail and Postage Practices
The Post Office Department outlines rules on mailing, postage, and handling. Pocket knives are unmailable and mail must be prepaid. Post offices cannot be in bars, and letters cannot be opened by police for crime detection. Regular papers not eligible for pound rates with handbills. Notices may contain indecent terms. no extra postage for non indecent content.
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Post Office Department
United States
Department
E Post-office
Kentucky Bride-to-Be Struck Dead in Wedding Preparations
A Kentucky girl was killed by lightning while dressing for her wedding. The Cincinnati Enquirer comments on the tragedy with a controversial remark declaring “There’s such a thing as a girl being too attractive,” reflecting harsh attitudes of the era.
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Kentucky
Cincinnati Enquirer
Death of General Burnside at Edghill farm retiree of Rhode Island
The Boston Sunday Budget recounts the life of General Ambrose Burnside, praising his military service from 1861 with the First Rhode Island Regiment to command of the Army of the Potomac and his Senate career. It details his devoted marriage to Miss Bishop, his postwar quiet life at Edghill near Bristol, and his humane manner, followed by notes on journalists and the Guiteau shooting, including Sergeant Mason’s stark stance on assassins.
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Boston
Ben. Perley Poore
General Burnside
Ambrose Everett Burnside
Lincoln
Washington
Rhode Island
Army of the Potomac
Burnie
Burnside
United States
Providence
Senate
Edghill
Bristol
Mount Hope Bay
Rhode Island First Regiment
Augustus Woodbury
Alderney
White House
Knights Templars of
Richmond
Garfield
Charles Sumner
Gen. Burnside
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mason
Guiteau
Empire
United States Army
Guitean
Hop Bitters praised by Missouri farmer in 1880 letter
Kanaxa Mo February 9 1880 a Missouri farmer praises Bishop Co Hop Bitters saying five bottles helped his daughter after seven years of poor health. The reliable farmer notes she is now in good health and compares favorably with others. The advert ends with a distant note about Los Angeles orange orchards.
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Kanaxa
Bishop & Co
WM. T. McClure
W.H. Bishop & CO
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Hretty
Netty
Nore
Hell
Heaven
Haro
Supreme Court
Germany
Prince Bismarck
Europe
Alsace and
Lorraine
Pall Mall Gazette
Los Angeles
Cal
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