Speak Kind Words and the Apple Lesson
Ellen, a busy girl, learns kindness from her sister Jane, who longs for a share of an apple. A rash reply worsens Jane’s illness and death, prompting Ellen to seek forgiveness and vow gentle speech for life. The tale ends with a mother’s reminder that true mercy comes through faith and love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Ellen
Het
Jone
Jana
Siilen
Eilee
Roy
Jesus
God
Eilon
King
Lyon Gai
Eilen
Notable Drinks and Degeneracy Among Great Minds
A critical colonial-era essay compares Coleridge Poe and others, noting their struggles with liquor and opium. It portrays Coleridge’s drunken escapades, Poe’s fatal delirium, Byron and Steele as heavy drinkers, and Elisabeth of Russia as intoxicated. The piece warns sober readers to renounce substances to avoid a drunkard’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleridge
Christopher North
Ellary
Laroh
Poe
Baltimore
Douglas Gerrold
Byron
Steele
Rollin
Alexander the Great
Elisabeth
Russia
le Muat
Turning Points and Honest Hearts Across a Patchwork Tale
A boy named Thomas Bent returns a dropped purse after facing temptation at a crossroads of two paths, choosing honesty over theft and earning a reward. The piece weaves moral lessons on turning points, then shifts to brief notes on the first Methodist newspaper in Hindustan, Satirical anecdotes, and a note about Washington Irving’s camera aversion and a famed portrait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Bent
Thomas Uickly
Tom Bent
Thomas
Jamas
Time reform and religious politics cited in 1868 letters
A Scientific American letter argues for universal time and a Greenwich standard, predicting world time with 24 hours and dual local and universal clocks. Other items critique Methodist political influence, warn against church-state fusion, and quote Rev Dr Waldo on Northern religious dominance. Local notices urge charity and share a locomotive reflector invention, plus a Tennessee snake story hoax verdict.
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Scientific American
Spee
London
San Francisco
Greenwich
Grant
Waldo
Chicago
South
Low
Johnston
North
Norriatown
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Tenn
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Savannah
Marldém
W. B Tackett
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Duidentie Machaereml
Hareston
Datton
Ics
Carefu'ly
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Ban Ghrapeed
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Gein
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Avanoult, Ga
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Edward McDonald
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