Worth of a Beautiful Maiden in The Old Hymns Tone
An archaic medley of phrases questions the true worth of a maiden beyond wealth and status. It asks if gold or rank, beauty or virtue, define a woman, urging the reader to weigh character, heart, and youth against material treasures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kraat
Huus
Fisher
Varlan
Virauet
Cingulee
England
Public Works Department
I Frente
Iavanes Enquirer
Gts
Lucy
William
Nathan
Toledo Blade
John Henry
Burlington
San Francisco
New York
Philadelphia
Bere
The Earthquake's Power and Earths Fury Across Ages
A reflective essay on earthquakes near Naples Ischia and world history. It notes Ischia's appeal to visitors, cites past quakes from 476 B C to 1909, and recalls Calabrian, Portuguese, Peruvian, and Lisboan catastrophes. It links advances in science with nature's enduring force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liphia
Naples
Italy
Na- Jue
Jephia
Bivi Daily
Ischia
Casamjedola
Ishuml
Selo
Eyean Sea
Euboea
Gean Sea
Greece
Mediterranean
Spain
Portugal
Gibbon
Herculaneum
Pompeii
Judea
B. C
Oeting
Asia
Turkey
The
Sicilies
Frontiers Homes and Memory Loss in Midwestern Settlements
A Cor. NF Post describes a pioneer log home by a river, its sparse comforts, scarred 160 acre homestead, and a nearby sparse garden amid dead pines from forest fires. It notes faint cultural touches, clever children, and neighbor isolation ten miles away, reflecting dignity amid hardship. Also discussed is Midwestern memory loss in middle age, its possible links to illness, and recommended temperate, rest and tonic use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
AuSable
Nous
Hardy
Charles Lamb
Harper's Bazar
A Strange Presentiment and Tragic Deaths Reported
The Utica Observer recounts 1866 events surrounding city editor James Thorn dying of consumption and Abram Fonda, who began his obituary, dying after declaring he would outlive Thorn. The narrative includes Fonda’s fatal fall from a window and notes other misfortunes from a separate blizzard incident in Henieres, Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James §. Thorn
Abram Fonda
Fonda
Mr. Fonda
Jimmie
Mr. Fonda Srose
Thorn
Mr. Thorn
Foods
Aley
Utica
Lewis Jaeger
Henieeres Pa
Humorous utterances and wry wordplay in old papers
A collage of quips and jokes from era publications. It includes playful misnamings like cryclele for baby-carriage and lighthearted barbs about telegraph operators, naval power, and social foibles. Anecdotes span meteoric displays, farm life, and a bustling city scene with humor and regional flavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Commercial Bulletin
Rufus Botts
United States
Susan
Chicago Tribune
Smith
Gilholy
Harlem
Temperance Sermon and Drunkenness Scene Across a Town
A temperance piece features a somber reflection on alcohol’s wreckage through a narrative of a husband crushed by drink and a wife and child suffering. A tavern scene shows old Josh Spillit choosing water to symbolize abstinence, scenes from a campaign debate include Senator Voorhees and a villagers’ call to raise more food, less crime, and a Chicago mathematician cites liquor costs while Dr Holtzapf recalls the harm of drink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josh Spillit
Spillit
Evenin
Mr. Bartener
Voorhees
Theo
Chicago
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Puti
le Peter
Coe
Herte
Tn Cilicia
Pais
Glastonbury
Iland
Constantinople
Linton
Naple
Pertins
Sehamaks
Sicily
Jeddo
Japan
Tekin
China
Grand Cuba
Lisbon
Africa
Morocco
Scotland
Calabria
Messina
Murecia
Lima
Callao
Santa Fe
Panama
Arequipa
Peru
Ibarra
Ottawalla
Catacachy
Waterco
Ake
Port
Jamales
San Salvador
West Indies
Mendoza
Argentine Republic
California
North America
Ne Ludai
Duke of Edinburgh
Ceylog
Wirth
Eien
Cunard
Miboroan
Ange
Reacuer
Stemmer
Royal Humane Society
Matthew Webb
Niagara River
Falls
Dai
Atlantic City
Virginia
Leeds
Tito
Brooklyn
Enat
Toy
Livingstone
Webb
Braysey Inesi
Hardineas
N. Beaminer
Dally White
Newbury, Vt
John Stark
New Hampshire
Mary Quinn
Rochester
Rochester Express
Austin F. Pike
New Hampashire
Sostonist
London
America
Jeff
Heston Herald
Clemenceau
W. H. Huntington
Connecticut
Mme
Paria
Temperance
Wien
Anton
Ara
Pris
Bla
Ald
Inara
Lire
Frames
W. Harper
Union Signet
Tiquar
Brookhaven Peader
Boas
Bsees
Es Regul
Es gerAil
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