Education of Girls by Bishop Fenelon
Translated from the French this excerpt outlines teaching methods to mold girls into sincere, prudent, and religious individuals. It stresses engaging storytelling, sacred history, reverence for God, and avoiding ridicule of faith while guiding girls to speak concisely, resist flattery, and resist deceit. It warns against false shame and artful misrepresentation, urging honesty and self control.
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Fenelom
Isaac
Moses
Jesus Christ
Temple
Mary
Joseph
Lazarus
Jerusalem
God
Camp diseases darken wartime toll across empires
The piece notes rampant camp diseases devastating armies from Prussia to Russia and Britain. It cites statistics across conflicts, including Washington’s forces, Wellington's, the Crimea, and the American Civil War, arguing disease often kills more than battle. It warns winter campaigns strain medical care and notes Nightingale’s era reforms.
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Washington
Lord Wellington
Crimea
Florence Nightingale
Union
France
Prosela
Character and Beauty Unite In Lasting Attractiveness
The piece argues appearance reflects character and that inner beauty grows with life. It recounts a public man whose pure character transformed readers’ views, noting influence comes from virtue rather than money or status, and that true charm outlasts age.
Drunk and Fallen Man Laments His Life Mistakes
A dramatic call condemns drunkenness, depicting a young man’s ruin and the impact on family and home. The speech contrasts the man’s downfall with the sorrow of a wife, mother, and sisters, urging reflection on the harm of alcohol.
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Druck
Pirenk
Ito
Sunday School Founded in Wisconsin Settlement
A pettifogging lawyer and manager describes establishing the first Sunday school in Wideconsin to attract American families and exclude foreigners. He ran it one season, sent to the American Sunday School Union for a library, and kept the school active all summer. Eventually Christian families joined, and the school was handed to them as the settlement grew more pious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wideconsin
American Sunday School Union
Usl
Pretty Woman and the Myth of Female Beauty
A reflective essay argues that women shape society through beauty and daily labor rather than public addresses. It likens female artistic development to painters at work and notes the inevitable imperfection and fading of beauty as age or night disrupts the day.
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Raffaello
Michael Angelo
Pastry
It asserts that genius is not required to excel work that is steady and quiet, and that natural results reveal one’s true calling. Greatness will follow peaceful effort, while frantic ambition yields hollow outcomes.
Satirical Poem Describes Corruption as Idle Fishing
A fragmentary satire depicts corruption as a hollow pursuit. The doy is shown as fishing for men, styling prey to suit its schemes, while the idler causes no trouble by striking at an empty hook.
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Aga
Mohawk peace function anecdote and banishment remark
A fragment recalls a Mohawk peace function where a man refused to condemn a killer amid proof of his guilt. The accused’s defense is quoted as a quip about banishment and life with limited punishment.
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Cannelton
Thomas J. DE LA Hunt
Jerry County
Indiana
Thint Street
Bet
Washington and Taylor
Arber FL. May
Nas
Mason
B. Havriene
Q. Deane Ebruler & Hatfield
Attorneyeat Law and Notarya Public
Sixth Street
Adams
Ind
Tyeber J. May
Washington Street
Ww Henning
Perry
FFICE
Third Street
Washington and
Taylor
Revoxver
True. Prumb
Attorney AT Law
Sae
Court House
Alan
Ryfera
English
Indianapolis
Wesers
McKillop
Cinelnath
Ohio
Abendroth Broa
New York City
J.B. Stallo
Cineinath
Lamb
Pavnaster UC
Army
Louisville
Tyk
Bemiss
Chas. Fais
Fale’ Drug Store
Cotton
Ty M. M. Howard
Staving
Atagnes Brucker, Physician
2D Indiana Volunteers
Otties
Troyerry County
E T. Runcie
de Aurtet
First Street
Walnut and
Chestnut
Evanaville
Gino
DR. Mageniss
Main
Evansville
Orfice
Tye
McIntyre
India Corner
Fifth and
Taylor Streets
Ysician
Yell City
Planning Mill Company
Mumbold Street
Bev
Eighth & Ninth
M. Kreisle
WM. &. French & CO
Main Street
iKw
Jewelry
Chas. Tiaury
Tell City
Seventh Street
Court Mouse
Bela C. Kent
Kent & Brotuer
Liquor & Commission
South Side
Cea
Albany
Bite
F. W. Dourman
Rawesville, KY
Dell
Aprayine
Ter
Stor
Paria
Matec
Lea
Camelon
Perry, Spencer
Vanderburgh
I. Uwess
Ebl
Tiwwnes Polk
Bay
Cloverport
Polk & Shoemaker
James Vick
Rosheeter
Sewford and
Perry Counties
Tod
Wow & Settlement
Onigrow Ékewrer
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