Diamond Sleeve Button and a Widow’s Courage
Edith Montressor confronts Ralph Pole after he accuses Bessie the widow of theft over a diamond sleeve button. A hidden button is found among rotting papers, exposing Pole as cruel and deceitful. Edith ends their engagement and leaves with Bessie, losing her marriage to save a poor family.
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Ralph Pole
Edith
Mrs. Montressor
Bessie
Bessie Ryan
Avick
Hanal Edith Montressor
Riches and Vanity Warned in Ecclesiastic Tone
The essay urges thrift over extravagance and questions wealth as a source of happiness. It cites John B. Astor’s fortune to contrast worldly riches with spiritual riches, praising faith humility and a contented mind as paths to lasting bliss. It also extols a mother's love, a diligent husband, and the value of character over material display.
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John B. Astor
Unprincipled Neatness and True Family Duty
A writer argue cleanliness should follow godliness not replace it. Neatness must be secondary to spiritual values and loving, patient care for family health and well being. The piece cautions against scrubbing obsession that harms temper and highlights prioritizing essentials over trivial mess.
Rural Life in Germany and Other Observations
A 19th century travelogue contrasts German village life with American farming, noting dense village settlements, windmills powering grain grinding, small brick houses with straw roofs, and communal beer houses. It extols the elder sister ideal, critiques selfish daughters, and humorously exaggerates baseball culture in Troy. A final piece reflects a Yankee abroad in Japan unable to communicate, lamenting language barriers and unfamiliar customs.
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Germany
United States
Athe Ae
Cannibal Feud Sparks Violence on Ovalau Island
A Honolulu Gazette report describes warfare between Ovalau tribes the Levoni and northern inhabitants. After Cornelius informs king Thackombau of attacks, Cornelius is killed and cannibalized. A second clan raid follows, with about thirty killed and presumed eaten as the tribes escalate their conflict.
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Honolulu
Ovalau
Cornelius
Thackombau
Levoni
Cornelious
Ovalan
Salt in It Sermon From a Mother's Advice
A mother uses a bread baking metaphor to teach Annie to season words with kindness and Godly counsel. She urges Anne to season her speech with salt and seek God’s help so her words carry goodness. The tale contrasts tasteless bread with salty wisdom and urges gentle treatment of others.
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Annie
Mother
Jane Wells
Cinnamon and Fossil Elephants in Early Dispatches
The article explains cinnamon production in Asia and its transport to the United States, detailing harvest timing, stripping bark, and cassia buds. It also notes Alaska Yukon findings of Siberian fossil elephant remains, implying a broader historical distribution and potential value to Alaska. It mentions a folk remedy using tincture of lobelia for felons.
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Ceylon
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Asia
China
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North Pacific
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Chicago Evening Post
A Parton Vine from the sweet potato
Plant a sweet potato tuber in pure sand or sandy loam in a hanging basket. Water occasionally as it sends out tendrils and leaves and climbs toward the window top. Visitors will mistake it for a foreign plant.
Sydney Smith Practical Joke Over Edmonton Vicar
A tale recounts Sydney Smith announcing the Edmonton vicarage was given away and the new curate named Thomas Tate. The family, including the widow and three daughters, endure sorrow yet find relief when the revelation makes the benighted truth clear and leads to tears of joy.
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Sydney Smith
Edmonton
St. Paul's
Mr. Smit
Thomas Tate
St. Paul’s
King William’s frugal coat tale and Vermont clergyman
An Economica notes King William’s thrift, retelling a joke where a king pays a dollar for a worn coat he still wants returned. A Vermont minister, famed for solemn funerals, helps a Quaker woman at a gate, prompting a witty reply about hearing him preach.
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Prussia
William
Jean
Porutar
Vermont
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