Amusing Tale of a Country School and Butter
A brisk reminiscence recalls a boy teacher at a district school, Aunt Anna, rough classmates, and clever courtship through a winter term. It also traces a butter quality revolution driven by hotel buyers and factory efficiency improving rural and urban diets.
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STEN
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Anny
Anna
Arntona
Aunt Anna
Patna
Tadkla
Hotel Darter
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Chinese Proverbs and Moral Sayings Across Cultures
A reflective piece on Chinese proverbs and their wit moral lessons. It traces origins of sayings to Chinese literature and folk lore, notes their use in teaching manners and ethics, and mingles anecdotes of students and a schoolmaster with observations on prudence in business and life. The article ends with broad quotes about virtue and restraint from Harper’s Weekly.
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Asia
Peat Poe
Earth
United States
Utah
Nevada
Harper's Weekly
Anil
Peter
Paul
Lowever
Pate
Dowd
Drew York Observer
The Eclipses of 1580 and Global Skies
A detailed notice describes a total lunar eclipse on June 220 and a partial solar event near December, noting visibility in eastern United States and Pacific regions. It also mentions a solar eclipse in July with wide southern hemisphere visibility and a December lunar event with varied visibility, plus other astronomical notes and practical curiosities.
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North
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Africa
United States
Chicago
Moorning
A Strange Sad Story Of Abused Housemaid In Boston
A letter describes a housemaid who rose in high society then suffered abuse after marriage and relocation to Salt Lake City. She fled back toward Massachusetts with help from friends, ending in a new life of hardship. The tale condemns pride and a harsh system, ending with a medical advert for Giles pills.
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Bristol
Mace
Talmage
Almage
Lex Choise
Loras
Boston
Massachusetts
Salt Lake City
Bieteen
Abomina- Cons
Public concern over alcohol and crime in 19th century towns
A Washington report notes 17,000 in Donda called and stopped interest since July, while editorials attack temperance failures and liquor licenses. Letters praise W C T U activity and urge legislative action, arguing alcohol fuels crime, poverty, and social decay, with calls for legal amendments and stricter enforcement.
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Washington
Manay
Land Area Rules and Miscellaneous Nonsense
A garbled page combines farming area tables with assorted Victorian era quips. It lists field dimensions and acre equivalents, then shifts to humorous notes about whisky for rattlesnake pits, a Port Lavaca misprint about a six week delay, abolitionist cost comparisons, a patent medicine ad, and moral reform pleas urging pledge signing and ribbon wear.
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