Me Chamtent New Coat and the Dead Minister Sermon
A tale follows a man named Cramtext helping a bereaved son who seeks to clothe his father’s ministerial coat. The coat purchase prompts social duty, a Sabbath travel dilemma, and a comic misadventure with a forgotten sermon found in a dead minister’s pocket. The narrative ends with the coastal reverie, moral reflection, and a return to propriety and charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meaos
Ellen
Dorens
Tee
Dorcas
Dorcus
Vimbucctao
Thad
T Ross
Gushin
Tos
Miles
Gushinggood
Mx Ci
Thal Oseason
Werson
Ecourlsion
Constaile Haler
Clubeh
E Ming
Brother Guehinggood
Tate
Levig Jr
Prince Coming Poem Echoes Dream of Sailors
A fragmented verse recounts The Prince coming with dreamlike images of glory and voyage. Lines invoke green aril, rosy avenues, and a dramatic day when waves, winds, and crowds mark a celebration at sea. Abie Pearson Smith appears as the byline in The Continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ibales
Abie Pearson Smith
The English Mile and the ancient foot measurements
A historical note explains why a degree spans sixty nine and a half English miles, tracing back to Ptolemy and Eratosthenes. It discusses stadia, Greek, Phileterian, and Egyptian foot variations, and how later geographers adjusted figures. Also mentions a modern Hartford item about a seventeen year old Meriden man and an Ohio widow.
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M. Faye
Ptolemy
Eratosthenes
Syenne
Alexandria
Egypt
Eratos Hoh
Beene
Sonbeny
Hirald
Fragmented era quips and oddities from a village store sign
A garbled colonial era collage quotes poems and jokes. excerpts include a Pennsylvania village store sign listing Tea and laters Sugar and Shingles Brickdust and ashes Whisky Tar and other Drugs. lines reference Winburne America elections Uncle Remus and a Burlington Hackeur quip about fathers in lumber camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilsburge
The Use a Stimulus by Women in Temperance Talk
A temperance pamphlet warns of rising stimulant use among women in cities. It argues beer’s spread through restaurants and homes as a stepping stone to wine and spirits, linking casual drinking to nerve exhaustion, petty crime, and ruined families, urging women to resist and curb youthful and parental influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oae Abotto
San Francisco
China
Calive
Central America
Pacific Mail
Barnaentical Journal
Canada
Africa
Avenue Beer
Heer
Temperance Mem and the Temptation of the Dram Shop
A Sydney Herald piece cites 47 000 of 51 000 NSW convictions in 1882 as dram shop intemperance. It warns a young man might drink one beer daily, spending about 1222 75 over years, and notes Grand Trunk Railway prohibits liquor sales. The essay links liquor to weak brains, stunted growth, dulled sensibilities, and poor character in youth.
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Tuk
Sydney Herald
New South Wales
Outer
Grand Trunk Railway
Hannah
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chamtent
Theister
Emoton
Mmary
Dallars; Pi
Coure
Bey
Johnny
Jersey T
Hartford
Havana
Germany
West Indian Islands
Vuelta de Abajo
Europe
South America
N.Y
Science and Industry
J Yous
France
Han
San Antonio
Lover xl
Bina
San Francis Tal
Enzist
United States
Edmants
Rosy Aren
Edward Baribault
Meriden
Conn
Hanford Young Bedick
Oman
Burlington
Stafford
Norristown Herald
Rls
Pleasent
Son
Orwell
Francis Hagen
Philadel Histers
Schuylkill River
Jon Te
Temperance
Ship OF Temperance
Agdali
Rome
Almahouse
Palies Court
Menna
The
Brookhaven Keates
Wwe
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