Reading through old books for real knowledge and virtue
The article critiques praise of extracts and compendia as shallow sources while urging reading full works like Gibbon, Shakespeare, and Dante. It argues that deep study, not brief glimpses, fosters genuine taste and cultural refinement, noting that classics and moderns both deserve attention and that liberal education elevates communities.
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Gilbin
Ant Thawhol
Gibbon
Girben
Brron
Divinia Commedia
Royal Acall
National Gallery
Sir William Harcourt
Pears
Cicero
London
Blairend
Bone-eating trees and savage myths from distant seas
Readers encounter a garbled tale of bone eating trees of the Louisade archipelago and similar fables about tribes, seafaring tails, and editorial musings on sensational stories. The piece reflects colonial-era curiosity, scattered notes on tobacco consumption, and brief colonial anecdotes about Pacific islands and explorers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Britain
Louisade
Nassau
Tribria
New Guinea
Noathi
Jack Tur
Austraian Ae
Yi San
Satisfactory Trials of a New Steel Gun at Sandy Shoa
The Ordnance V apartment reports favorable results from tests of a new steel gun at Sandy Shoa. Trials used 30 and 32 pound charges with 23 and 9 ounce shot, measuring velocities from 1,320 to 2,145 feet per second and pressures up to 42,100 pounds. The weapon, built from WhitWorth and Midyalu steel, shows promising performance with Du Pont brown prismatic powder.
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Elett-nyh
Ordnance V
Sandy Soa
Welphs Ly
Phe Tau Jad Jackel Wa
WhitWorth
Sau Houpa
Prisakite
du Pont
Rehiark Marts
L.byo Foot
Syrae
Scattered Patent Medicine Claims in Philadelphia Ad
An OCR fragment shows an errand boy harmed, a claim about Dr Ball’s Cough Syrup, Shiloh’s remedies, Wells’ on various conditions, and humor quips. It references patent medicines, an unreliable health advert, and a French military article excerpt. The text mingles ads and prose with stray narrative lines and local notices.
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Philadelphia
Ibis
Dr Ball
Foreign Gossip and Economic Oddities Across Europe
The German War Office mandates telegra phy training for sub-officers. European women outnumber men by 4.57 million. France votes to ban margarine and substitute commodities. An elderly clergy figure in Jerusalem is described as kingly and affectionate. Swiss depths charted for Constance, Senet, and Brienne regions. Paris lab reports show wine, milk, beer, hour, and preserves adulteration rates. A Paris trial reveals details of a dressmaker case with verdict assigning costs to the defendants.
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Thuy
Sivek Argoninmts
Anea
W. Curbin
T. B. Aldrich
Henry Wainss
WV. D. Hawalls
Barard Taylor
Gre Harte
George W. Gable
Maris Iwiin
de Forest
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Javiti
Commissione of Inland Revenue
United Kingdom
Witsin
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Holland
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Austria
Germany
United States
Antago
Russia
SOL
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Wales
War Office
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Fst
David
Evers
Constance
Ulianit
Evian
Brienne
Thin
Lreeme
Gerasunt Roe- Zug
Mewelittel
Zurich
Minipal
Varis
Itaves
Paris
Lerask
Magers
Randinty
Revival of Chulean Geo Sparks Wide Trade at Hamman’s
In a bustling promotion Hamman’s Drug Store gives away trial bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption. The ad touts cures for coughs colds asthma bronchitis croup and throat diseases with free trials and guarantees. Local residents react to the spectacle amid odd social notes and a stray claim about Jerusalem residents and a giant onion in California headlines.
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Hamman
Dr. King
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