Mrs Blake's Mountain Visit Ends in Humorous Misadventure
In a rambling summer travel tale, a narrator and Aunt Peggy trek to the White Mountains in a crowded wagon. They endure broken gear, sore feet, and comic mishaps as they camp near Mount Washington, finally returning home with worn shoes and a tale of a perilous elevation climb.
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Peggy
Glen House
Mount Washington
Capt. Chamberlain
Washington
Herridges
Kerridge
Hoss
Squire Herrick
Aunt Peggy
Olks
The Tiger Trap at Staloff's Grand House
An American traveler recalls a dinner with Baron Staloff near Moscow. Suspected treachery unfolds as the host houses a tiger in a locked wing. A night of nerve and music ends with the baroness’s plot revealed and the narrator escaping before the baron’s death. the narrator weds the baroness and the tiger keeper is jailed.
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Moscow
N. Petrovitch
Aron Staloff
Staloff
Petrovitch
Pavlovski
Dragoons
Baron Staloff
Gregorie Altoff
Macbeth
Anfe Baron
Tiger
Miscellany Reflections on Truth Gratitude and Wisdom
Short aphorisms note that truth cannot be dirtied by outward touch. Gratitude is often a covert wish for greater benefits. True wisdom lies in knowing useful things rather than many things.
Sorrows Like Thunder Clouds Righter Quote
A reflective aphorism notes sorrow as distant thunder clouds and warns against overreacting to emotions, urging caution to avoid trading one fault for another.
Beauty That Grows: A View on Vital Energy
The quote links true beauty to growth or energy as its inner cause, framing vitality as the core force behind what is truly beautiful. It emphasizes development and dynamic life as essential to aesthetic value.
Thayer Quote Promotes Unity in Shared Moral Aim
A brief reflection on shared service and upright character urging cooperation even in differing views. It emphasizes faith in God guiding action and the goal of helping people become more virtuous, aligning personal effort with a common humanity.
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God
Geo. A. Thayer
Cheerfulness and faith sustain believers through trials
The Christian should be cheerful, praying in trials and resisting despondency. Those not naturally hopeful can cultivate cheerfulness by daily trust in the Divine Hand, maintaining hope while enduring evil and aiming for the good promised to those loving God.
Continuous twenty four hour clock system adopted by railroad company
A Western railroad company issues a new time card using a twenty four hour system numbered from midnight to twenty four. The article notes this continuous method, used historically in parts of Europe, avoids am pm confusion and replaces the traditional two twelve hour divisions.
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Ante Meridan
Post Meridan
Europe
Ivelmeee
Raat
Tae
New York
St. Paul’s Steeple
John Thwait
London
St. John’s Church
James Rogers
St. Paul’s
St. John’s
St. George’s
Mrs Garfield's Cleveland Home and Family Portrait
A cor respondent reports Mrs Garfield has settled in Cleveland in a modest brick house on Prospect street paid for as an investment. The household includes Mrs Garfield, her mother, sister, and children Irwin Abram Molly and others. Descriptions cover daily life, routines, and the changed demeanor of Mrs Garfield since the president's death.
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Garfield
Cleveland
Prospect Street
Mentor
Larabie
Molly Garfield
Irwin
Abram
Mrs. Garfield
Grandmother Garfield
Molly
Rudolphs
Pours
Harry
James
Langtry Praises American Women and Fashion
English beauty Mrs Langtry in a New York Herald interview compliments American faces hair and hands but says American figures are too plump. She names Mary Anderson as the prettiest American and notes Baltimore as the city with the most beauties. She criticizes street dress as too smart and theater wear as too plain, preferring simple neutral tones and a gray ulster paired with a blue dress and scarlet gloves.
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Mary Anderson
Baltimore
Cat Tannin of the Blapper Marketing Claim
Sting ing irritation and inflammation blamed on kidney and urinary complaints are allegedly cured by Bu- chu paiba in a brief, dubious medical claim from a fragmented advertisement.
Sulphur Bitters Reach Boston Hotel Manager’s Confidence
A Boston hotel manager, J. R. Nasu of the Winthrop, testifies to recovering from a long-standing complaint after using Sulphur Bitters. He urges others with similar ailments to trust the remedy based on his experience.
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J. R. Nasu
Hotel Winthrop
Boston
Flies and Bulls Rough on Rats ad ends pest worries
A brief 19th century classified notice touts pest control products with a catchy line about flies, roaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice, gophers and chipmunks being cleared out by Rough on Rats for 15 cents.
Man Sends Five Dollars for Shotgun in Fraud Ad
Colonel Arthur Peter paid a so called Northern firm five dollars by mail and received a damaged double barreled gun. After testing it in Austin he awoke with doctors around and a grim vow to never fire the gun again.
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Arthur Peter
Ile
Austin
Peter
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