Habits of Youth and the Power of Perseverance
A reflective piece on forming good routines and avoiding bad habits. It discusses procrastination, exaggeration, and the value of order and thoroughness, urging readers to write a list of bad and good habits on a bedroom door, study examples from childhood, and practice patient perseverance to overcome challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.pteas
Wes
Pape
Nina
Papa
Hwy
Janda
Zon
Dave
Sure Death to Potato Bugs Prank At Town Cir Cus Visit
A Detroit visitor hawked sealed bundles labeled Sure death to potato bugs at a town circus crowd. Buyers were warned not to open until use. one man paid ten cents, found five wood bits and thwarted the scam. Baltimore steam whistle mystery traced to a sawmill by cats wriggling near the wire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stauil
Zriend Yankee
Detroit Free Press
Baltimore
Ewa
Tales of Pike County Fishermen and Sundry Scraps
A long rambling Charleston era column mixes humorous notes on Homeric towns and drinkers with a fishing vignette from Pike County. John C Westbrook and John Gailbard fish Little and Big Walker Ponds while a narrator recalls a clever Pike County man who keeps bullheads in a moving fish box. A hawk steals a trout during a pond outing, leading to a dramatic rifle rescue. The piece closes with brief social commentary and a medical testimonial ad for Kidney’s Wart Lenny and Dr King’s New Discovery.
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Jnatics
John Scott
Pike County
Messie
John C. Westbrook
John Gailbard
Milford
Pat Thre
Little Walker Pond
Big Walker Pond
Walker Ponds
Walker Pond
John
Ito
Tagrim
Gala Ware
Dee Butte
Fountain Basin
Walker
John C
Holar Conroy
Cahill
Gotthard
Carr
Rock Brook
Pont
John CG
Hxes
John G
Mosquito Emergence From Earthen Jar Described
The account notes mosquitoes forming in a jar with earth and sand, one worm-like larva crawling from the base then surfacing as a mature mosquito. Others perform the same process afterward, with size variations among the emerging insects.
Temperance Column and Night in the Pollyg Station
The page mixes a temperance piece praising Hall's Balsam for coughs with a long moral tale. It describes drunkenness as destroying families, a police station scene with a boy and a man in distress, and a vivid, sprawling account of social consequences and a shameless display of impropriety in urban life.
Fragmented Tale of War, Reunion and Conscience
A long fragmented prose piece recalls Civil War veterans, family reunions, and calls for reconciliation. It contrasts battlefield loss with domestic sorrow, depicting a father discovering a son among prisoners, a sobbing mother, and a plea to remember loyalty, peace, and the Constitution amid postwar turmoil.
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Wil
Father Gywake
Atie-goltiers
Chicago
Giles
Benny
Baveridga
Pope
Litte
Geome
Billy
Luce
Areblia
Wineangeigus
Alarbar
Davis
Jem Puskie
Fray Nob
Yuxoo
Candi
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Business Directory
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L. Teer
Ty Aunstake
Gilmor
Pomneys
Spl F
Carmenter
Dork
Apis
Jere Lynch
Avenir
Cedar
Rome
Luv Tames
CIEUD
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Washhitay Street
Yeu
L& Daynton
Muielsants
Uw Gesets Station
Punt OR & Son
Pits
Preston Corness AT Law
Trestant's Asso
Rapidis
Drs.hl
Histine
Ava Ave
Commerci
Park Avenue
Glee Fext
Bray Mepreblicsay
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Py Wan
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Ties Pott
Jima
Uiversite
Wooster
Ad Prautitionars
Gleyehan
Ohio
W. D. Patterson
Jows Ave
Sien Goldsing
Mises
Sirewood
Charles Bolxon & CO
Bwelers
Ned Wi Bliss’ Unnye
Abie Aou
Laylok
W. Dt
Kraecess Rapids
Fairview" Dairy
KURT
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Star Wagnn Bay Factutang Company At
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Fordych, MA
Ureic Ee roMee
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Vaterany
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Tayoula
Canada
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Washington
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Tony
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Ibis
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Lee Gospel
Waals
Richardson & Co
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William
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Charles
Sutya
California Stock Report
Scientific American
L Hays
Jack Summer
W. de Weller
Besy
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Wade
Emokson
Arnica Salve
Litle
Raitroad
Wight
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Uustala
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Union Benet
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Waterhouse Block
Iowa Avenue
Iowa
Jacob J. Egermayer
South Comunceelil Breet
Jowa
Alwait Bivenstock
Tranksict Velisee
IG. F. van Vechten
Offies Mlowa Ay
Union Bank Black
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Transactsa General Besos
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Solow Pack Avurna Bridge
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American Ible Society
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