The Heir of Linn of Galway and the Lost Treasure
The Laird of Linn in Galway dies leaving a prodigal heir with vast wealth and a curse to reform. The heir squanders lands and gold through reckless friends until he tests a hidden chamber and finds a warning and a fortune. He redeems his fate with aid from Richard Lackland and regains his lands, turning governance of wealth into virtue.
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Linn
Galway
Scotland
Leslae
Nearinese
Heir of
Kipletringan
John of
Scales
John
John of Scales
Linu
Kippletringan
Breaak
Orf
Richard Lackland
Heir of Linn
Thunder storm and a German Jew in a biting joke
A German Jew eats a pork chop during a thunder storm and jokes about the fuss over a small piece of meat. He quips about fishing to lure sunfish with a worm as bait, casting it toward a shady brook.
Three Men Gone Crazy Cited in Illinois Paper
An Illinois newspaper notes three men driven to insanity by love, religion, and general principles, detailing their divergent paths and the social context surrounding the cases.
Proverbial Advice on Wisdom and Dialogue
A miscellany passage warns against pride in personal wisdom and urges restraint in arguing with the obstinate. It notes that contrariety hardens the mind and that strong arguments may provoke denial rather than conviction.
Gratitude described as pleasing mental exercise
The passage extols gratitude as a joyful, inward virtue that yields inner satisfaction. It notes gratitude requires no external reward, existing as a natural pleasure even without commands or future recompense, appealing to a generous mind.
Keep It To Yourself The Silent Burden Of Sorrow
A moral exhortation urges burying private grief and avoiding public airing of troubles. It warns that sharing sorrows invites meddling and lasting trouble, while keeping sorrow private allows healing without public scar. The passage counsels self restraint and the relief of modesty.
Coming Era of Public Virtue Dawns in Trustful Time
A nationalist temperance piece proclaims a new era where corrupt public men are weighed and found wanting. Rings of power are crushed by courageous citizens exposing iniquity and burying wrongdoing. The piece foresees a shift to integrity and era of honest leadership as old elites lose influence.
Finest Church in America St Patrick’s Cathedral Vision
A profile of St Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue in New York, begun 1858 and resumed 1864 after the war delay, described as the nation’s largest costliest church. Built of white marble with rose windows and twin spires, it aims for Cologne scale, stretching a full city block with towers 328 feet high and an eventual multi‑million price tag. Construction progress and plans are outlined with expected completion in about four to seventeen years of active work.
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America
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
5Th Avenue
51St
52Nd Streets
Madison Avenue
New York
Hughes
Cologne
United States
Europe
Bijah the Detroit policeman trains stubborn boys with water and faith
A Detroit police janitor known as Bijah is famed for calming troubled boys with a canine mix of kindness and antics. He uses whistling, candy, and a ponding method to quiet a resistant youngster, finally winning over the boy after hours of patient improv. The tale, via the Detroit Free Press, highlights his belief that overcoming a boy is a greater feat than killing ten thousand men.
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Bijah
Detroit
Detroit Free Press
Washington
Delaware
Missouri Republican
Curiousities of Eating and Hunger Across Times
An essay notes readers taught to study economy in diet. It cites an old man who ate once daily and died at seventy after a second dinner, a widow who fed her children buckwheat and molasses to curb crying, and a judge who felt full after buckwheat cakes. It mentions tea, tobacco, and tea’s effect on hunger and metabolism. It also recalls famine-era behavior and tribal practices of once-daily meals.
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Washington City
United States Court
New York
George Eliot Quote on Resolve and Desire
An 1860s reflective line notes that firm resolution costs something to act on. It suggests even with willpower to avoid tempting fruit, months still bring change and longing. The aphorism uses natural imagery to explore inner restraint versus time.
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George Eliot
A Chinese Cure Revealed by an American Dentist
Dr Eastlack describes Shanghai toothache cures performed in temples under umbrellas. A maggot is allegedly removed alive by a bamboo and iron forceps trick, with a hidden maggot inside the bamboo. Patients are hurried away after a rapid operation, convinced of relief though the remedy’s efficacy remains unclear.
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Eastlack
Shanghai
China
Easthack
Frightful Question Affects Memphis Presbyterian Tale
A Memphis Presbyterian story recounts a pastor inviting a stranger into his buggy to cross mud and asking if he was ready to die. The tramp fled in fear dropping a carpet bag, later recovered by the clergyman who gained a coarse shirt, threadbare trousers, and a small backer in the exchange.
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Memphis Presbyterian
Memphis
The Man Who Wasn't PostBeD Belt Fashion Tale
A Rochester woman debuts new belts to carry items from parasols to a watch. A hotel porch crowd gawks as a man jokes the watch is swinging from her belt. She replies with a smile, prompting cheers and the tale’s end as the man muses at home.
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Rochester
N. Y
Provincetown Garden Boom Based on Beach Sand and Loam
A Provincetown resident transformed beach sand into thriving gardens by spreading loam ballast from incoming vessels. The success spurred others to garden swampside bottoms. Cape roads improved with bluish clay, while only one rock specimen remains within thirty miles near Truro, linked to an ancient ice transport from Maine.
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Provincetown
Cape
Truro
Agassiz
Maine
Reason the Doves
Hon. John C. Park of Boston recounts a note to the Christian Union about Calcutta doves after-eggs and early nests. He observes doves guarding their nests with a twig barrier, prompting questions if this shows reasoning abilities in birds.
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John C. Park
Boston
Christian Union
Calcutta
Babies and Bathing Advice Conflicting for Summer Care
A New York Times correspondent notes mothers receive varying guidance on caring for babies in summer. While cleanliness and fresh air are agreed on, dress and diet diverge, with the author favoring letting each baby decide its own best bath temperature.
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New York Times
Yearnings and the ache of departed loved ones in sorrow
The essay reflects on secret yearnings for those gone, and the melancholy of absence. It contrasts hopeful inner light with dark clouds of sorrow, urging higher thoughts to quiet the heart's longing and restore peace after loss.
Orthodox Steed Tiger Demonstrates Sectarian Traits
The Biddeford Journal reports Dr. Allen of Saco owns a white horse named Tiger famed for unusual intelligence. The animal reportedly respects the Sabbath, avoiding church areas except when Sabbath bells ring in Saco. It differentiates prayer meetings from preaching by its behavior after 5 PM seeking vestry visits.
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Biddeford
Allen
Saco
Preservation of railroad ties by Tar impregnation method
Treutlen of Dresden proposes a process for wood ties starting with air drying then gradual hot chamber warming. The wood is saturated under pressure with thick coal tar and filled with sand or ashes, dried and inspected. Coatings use condensed coal tar with asphaltum and sulfur to harden. spikes are dipped in hot tar and splits filled.
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Treutlen
Dresden
Horse meat markets expand in Paris amid growing demand
Les Mondes reports up to forty shops in Paris sell horse meat as food. In 1872 Parisians consumed about 10 000 horses 900 asses and 50 mules. Horses are inspected before sale and meat costs about half beef price. Hippophagy appears to rise with nearly two and a half million pounds sold in 1872 versus under 1.25 million in 1869.
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Hirrovacy
France
Les Mondes
Paris
Useful Advice From Hearth and Home Mirthful Tips
A column of humorous 19th century guidance covers odd safety tips and social quips. It suggests throwing stones wrapped in feather beds, carrying powder soaked in water, sliding down banisters with a surgeon on the stairs, and eating a hot mince pie to avoid studying. It also prescribes keeping poultices ready and wearing boots to the cake pantry, finishing with a tip to be polite via an older brother’s introduction.
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Bors
Toy the Engineer Starts Atlanta and West Point Locomotive
The Atlanta and West Point Railroad narrates Toy the engineer starting the first locomotive. The moment he cried Ready the engine trembled and then surged forward, its throttle steady as it vanished into the night like a sleuthhound on the track.
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Atlanta
Toy
Atlanta and
West Point
Reading ancient counsel on restraint and speech
A meditation on temperance in speech urges careful restraint and listening. It extols the tongue as a powerful instrument for both virtue and harm, advising measured discourse and thoughtful response.
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Hopesteet
A. Greene
TERNS
Tia
Grace
George Turnbull
Westminster Street
Providence, R. I
PERRY
Barnard
Rete’ Turnbull & CO
Providence
N. B
Lucian N. Perry
Po & Barnard
REN
Boys Boots
Hope
R. S. Pearse
Rex
J. B. Munro
J. B. Munro’s
John B. Munro’s
Goss
Maydale
John B. Munero
Mbe
Wardwell & Easterbrook
Lothes Wringers
Thames Street
P. Brownell
Webster
Hayne
North
Theublic
Foote
Mississippi
National Senate
Mr. Webster
Milton
Homer
Demosthenes
Cicéro
South
Jackson
Senate
Calhoun
Massachusetts
Supreme Court of the United States
Marshall
Federal Party
Jacksonville
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