Dreams of the Blind and the Power of Hope
A Philadelphia West Home for the Blind superintendent recalls blind dream experiences. He explains dream vision differs by age at blindness, noting lifelong blind people often dream of touch and sound, while those blinded young see memories of past vision. A New York inventor who faced ridicule found success through perseverance.
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Superintendent Hall
West Philadelphia
Mr. Hart
Ofanya
Johny
Commodore Garrison
Mississippi
Garrison
New York
Directien to Speakers on Reliz ous Topics
Practical rules for public speakers drawn from Moody and Quaker sayings emphasize brevity natural delivery and audience focus. Tips include waking listeners avoiding showiness invoking clear examples and using song between remarks while avoiding excessive movement or filler words.
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Directien
London
Evangelist Moody
A Cheap Rat Trap Technique Described by J T Adams
J T Adams reports a simple rat trap using a medium tin lard can filled two thirds with water, topped with cottonseed to lure nocturnal rodents. He claims about 83 rats captured over four weeks, with water and seed replaced weekly, noting effectiveness comparable to Pennsylvania oils after examination by Dickson.
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J.T. Adams
Butler Herald
Remarkable roof-top photograph of five wire workers
An amateur photographer on a house roof captured five telegraph wires and several workmen as if forming a colossal musical clef. The scene inspired him to try playing Paddy Stole the Rope on a piano. The passage shifts to advice on winter study and career skills, urging improved handwriting and cheap drawing-books for aspiring draftsmen.
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Paddy
A Touching War Event and Odd Notices
A wartime tale recalls Miss Annie Pickens, daughter of South Carolina's governor, dying after a Union shell interrupted her Charleston wedding in 1863. The scene, the hurried ceremony, and her final smile are told alongside a Denver lawyer's quip about a lynched client. Also noted are a barrel factory in Union Springs, a joke about money in youth and age, a New York cashier screening for vaccination, and a Forest City Florida jelly and marmalade plant starting with 810,000 dollars.
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Haseen
Annie Pickens
South Carolina
Charleston
Andrew de Rochelle
Pickens
Miss Pickens
de Rochelle
Sunshine as a necessity in children’s happiness
The piece argues Miss Mulock’s view that love and sunshine are essential for child development, not mere material care. It contrasts parental focus on food and clothes with the need for divine love conveyed through human kindness, using a sun metaphor for growth. It also weaves in humorous and historical snippets from Wall Street, Lincoln, and other items.
Circus wreck and mortgage sale shocks Monroe crowd
A chaotic scene followed the foreclosure of a Gile's Circus mortgage in Monroe. Animals including sixty five horses and camels were sold, elephants and lions moved to new owners, and crowds watched as mortgagees acquired most animals while laborers pressed for wages. Reports tie Vanderbilt’s death to stress from the era’s business turmoil.
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Jas
Gile
Monroe
Chetopa
Kansas
Georgia
Supreme Courts
United States
Adam Forepaugh
Lon Sells
W. W. Cole
Jack Robinson
KE. J. Campbell
Chien
Paught
Mr. Campbell
O. BE. Carter
Atlanta
St. Louis
Savannah Weekly News advertisement and price listing
An early 20th century ad for The Savannah Weekly News promotes its 12 page condensed format with a full resume of world news, editorials, stories, and market reports. It highlights the Savannah Morning News tie, enterprise quality, and subscription rates around 0.25 yearly with discounts for clubs.
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Savannah Weekly News
Savannah Morning News
Family Journal
America
J. H. Estele
Savannah
For Sale A No 1 Farm Near Carrollton 234 Acres
For sale a well kept farm two miles from Carrollton comprising 234 acres with good travelling nets outhouses and an orchard. Ten open or whitk sella and part no less than 100:nerea. Terms one half cash balance in twelve months apply at this office.
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Carrollton
Nerea
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