Did it pay for entertaining strangers in a small town
In Wyndham, Mrs. Carpenter and Clara debate hosting delegates for a temperance convention. Serena Percival's family decorates and prepares, while Mrs. Percival promotes hospitality as a social duty. The town buzzes with visits, praise for delegates, and rivalries over who gains from the exposure.
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Mrs. Carpenter
Clara
Sereny
Mrs. Percival
Jersey
Serena
Cretonne
Serany
Mother
Serena Percival
Smiths
Clara Carpenter
Clary
Mrs. Jackson
Mrs. Smith
Ms. Percival
Wyndham
M rm Swans Worm Strop and Rat Control Elixirs
An 19th century advertisement touts M rm Swans Worm Strop as infallible tasteless harmless and cathartic for fevers restlessness worms and constipation. It also promotes a "Hot buns" roll yell and "ROUG H ON Rats" for rats mice reddies flies ants bed bugs skunks chipmunks gophers and more with draggists selling the remedies.
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M Rm Swan
Miscellany quotes on flowers envy and character
A collection of aphorisms and reflections on flowers as sweet but soul lacking, envy as cowardice, and how truth and struggle shape character. The passage compares word use by wrong and frightened men and notes life as a crucible that tests and refines people.
Quote on hope and design in Creator’s loom
The passage likens hope to a shimmer amid hardship and the bow to a damask flower woven through tears. It reflects McDonald’s view of divine intention threading through human trouble with beauty.
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George McDonald
Breton Sailors Pray Long Way Out to Sea
An old Breton saying while at sea quotes a sailor’s simple plea to God: Keep me, my God, my boat is so small, and Thy ocean is so wide. The line captures maritime faith as vessels venture from shore into vast waters.
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The quote from Rev. C. L. Guild contrasts clinging to shady nooks with climbing the mountains of mind growth. It argues that true growth comes from rising beyond present pleasures and daily acquisitions to achieve heart growth.
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Rev. C. L. Guild
A Generous Mind Brings Comfort in Illness and Distress
The text extols the comfort of a generous mind to feel with the afflicted and the joy of offering sympathy and aid. It argues no one is truly destitute while such mercy remains and no one is wholly worthless when they respond to others' needs.
Talent and tact contrasted as life skills
The note compares talent and tact, stating talent earns respect and wealth while tact provides ready money and practical advantage. It claims tact outweighs talent ten to one in practical life.
Sailor's Barometer as Symbol for Tempest Taming
Garfield's quote compares forecasts to a sailor's barometer, noting how hope rises and falls with war's accidents and weather's extremes, urging a steadier measure for calm seas and safe passage.
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Hore
Garfield
Piatn Talk To A Girl About Daily Toilet Habits
Advice urges girls to maintain personal hygiene and a tidy dressing routine. It lists eight essential items for a room and stresses daily improvement of appearance with simple touches like ribbon or ornament.
Mind Your Business Motto and Franklin Cent Wisdom
An anecdote recalls a clockmaker who asked for a motto for a Temple clock in London and received the phrase Go about your business. The Franklin cent popularized Mind your business as a call to diligence and duty, not meddling, shaping modern views on business management and success.
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Temple
London
Elma
Franklin
Ives
Fragmented Ruminations on Honest Men and Debt
A reflective monologue questions honesty under scrutiny and the sway of money. It notes that purges preserve pennies and that some people remain honest when necessary. It critiques belief in others flaws, warns against buying with others’ money, and ponders debt, virtue, and tombstones.
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Noricep
Wrattay Colored Men and Romance in Real Life
Captain Burritt notes wealthy colored men ledgers across America with figures from New Orleans to New York and Mississippi plantations. A French law tale follows Jean Mistral and Wilhelmine Dombrowska whose love leads to ruin as a once-rich wool merchant disowns and confines his son in an insane asylum.
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France
B. F. Joubert
Lousiana
Marie
Pinchbeck
New York
Roselle
Williamsburg
N. Y
Henry Thomas
Grand Union
Saratoga
Metropolitan
Dr. MacDonald
Gloster
Brooklyn
John Tenycke
America
Ben Montgomery
General de Davis
Jefferson Davis
Joe
Claiborne County
Mississippi
Pamyra
Briarfields
Bruce
Register of the Treasury
Coahoma
Bolivar
St.emy
Revence
England
Jean Mistral
Ile
St. Petersburg
Provence
Wilhelmine Dombrowska
Havin
Poland
Wilhelmine
Fairwell
M. Mistral
Denen
Jean
Call Loan Tales From a Buffalo Schoolroom
A Buffalo school teacher explains finance to her students and recalls a boy asking about call loans. He describes the cycle of lending to a doctor nicknamed Swipes, waiting days for payment, failing to reach him, and finally receiving the loan only after the debt ends.
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Buffalo
John
How a North Pole Boy Marries for Warmth
A dialogue among Sandpipers and a father jokes about a man keeping warm at the North Pole by marrying a grandfather's daughter. A shrill kitchen voice adds doubt about men going there, while a boy seeks shelter on the roof to stay safe and out of trouble.
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Hoffenstein
Herman
Red River
Wilkins
Wilkin
Wilkilh
North Pole
Hool
Oldnough
Arkansas Man Seeks Press Mention For Local Dog Incident
A man offers to pay for his name to appear in the paper, claiming he killed a large mad dog this morning. He suggests a local notice to warn neighbors and asserts no one should say he killed the dog, only that a very large mad dog was killed.
Rates for Advertising and Special Notices in Local Paper
The notice lists advertising rates: one inch one week one dollar, each additional week twenty five cents. Twelve lines nonpariel type equals one inch. Special notices before marriages and deaths double these rates. Advance payment required for transient ads. Yearly contracts offered on reasonable terms. Entries due by Thursday noon to appear in the next issue.
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Vance
Poisoned by Paper Do Not Overlook Wall Buildup
Affects of repapering over old layers without removal. A deteriorating fever haunted a provincial house until Poe observed dimmed glass and murky vapor. Stripping and cleaning revealed deep putrid sizing beneath old wallpaper, ending the fever and restoring value.
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Poe
Advertising Irony A Fire Escape Demonstration
A shapely woman in white outfits a fifth story window and leaps to a wire fire escape. A curious crowd gathers as she is lowered to the ground by a man touting the device, yet no one buys the contraption despite the spectacle.
Bathing guidance for personal hygiene and exercise
A historic notice advises using warm baths with castile soap for cleanliness, with frequency of twice weekly for most, daily cool sponge baths in a warm room for tonic effect, and tepid alternatives for weaker individuals. It emphasizes avoiding tub baths except for cleanliness, preferring warm showers with a cool spray, and notes vigorous exercise reduces need for Turkish baths.
Brown's Iron Bitters Promoted Across Several States
Sufferers from dyspepsia indigestion malaria or weakness are advised to use Brown's Iron Bitters. Dr J P Newman in Ocilla City Georgia says the tonic is very popular and always satisfactory. Rev W H Chapman in Bantmore Missouri calls it a valuable tonic for general ill health.
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Occoa City
J. P. Newman
Bantmore
Chapman
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