Fifteen Year Old on Trial for Bread Theft
In a court scene from a 19th century paper a girl named Mary McGuire, aged about fifteen, defends herself against a bread theft charge. The judge questions her while townspeople react with tears as she explains earning bread all day for her starving family. The court postpones verdict as empathy grows. Also included are brief anecdotes about a Washington county mother and a New York bar-keeper ad.
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Mary McGuire
Mary
Washington
County
New York
Maria
Cowboys Tame Stampeding Cattle on Texas Range
A historical account describes cowherders in Texas keeping cattle from stampeding. Herders ride at speed to calm frightened steers, use ropes and lances, and perform controlled “milling” to guide the herd. The piece also counsels early marriage for young couples as a prudent life choice.
Discoveries by the Micro Scope
Leuwenhoeck reveals animated insects seen under the microscope with vast magnification. A grain of sand harbors mold like a forest of trees and butterfly-like hairs, while a scale covers pores in skin. A single drop of water holds a world of moving beings as leaves host insect colonies.
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Leuwenhoeck
Magnesia Benzole Treatment for Grass Spots
Instructions advise mixing fresh dry calcined magnesia with pure benzole, cork the container, apply to grass spots, or spread paste on spots and wait for benzole to evaporate, then remove mass carefully and brush surface clean.
Strange Dream Foretells Bridegroom Death at Wedding
An eyewitness recalls a wedding where George Cleugh died on the spot after dreaming of a dead brother who foretold his death at twelve o clock. The bride, a cheerful country girl, tried to ease gloom as guests pondered whether science explains foreknowledge through dreams. The brother had long been lost and died years earlier in Chili.
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Texas
Pomeroy
Arta
Carneesa
George Cleugh
Élect
Chili
A Riddle About Skates and Ten Tails
A boy asks his father for skates if he can prove a dog has ten tails. The father agrees as the boy reasones through that one dog has one more tail than no dog, concluding no dog has nine tails, so one dog must have ten tails, and he gets the skates.
The Wonders of Thin Gold Leaves and Micro Worlds
The piece describes gold leaf thinness, platina and silver drawn into hairlike wires, and the microscopic realm with vast living creatures in a grain of matter. It reflects on how heat transforms substances, the scale of the unseen, and the impact on philosophy. It also offers a meditation on occupation as a remedy for grief and sorrow.
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Philosophic Inquirer
Cremation Opposed by Life Insurance Journals
The Life Insurance journals condemn cremation as it destroys identification means vital in medical jurisprudence. The Baltimore Underwriter stresses identity as a key element for claims. A Baltimore risk note warns cremation could allow fraud in life insurance cases. An Indiana tale mentions a man Gale marrying Breeze.
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Baltimore
Weather Channeller Promises Vivid Forecasts For Book
Editor of a country newspaper asserts a humorous weather driven atmosphere for a forthcoming volume. He jokes about rain thunder storms and frost while praising accuracy and warning readers of coming adjustments in climate based on his weather notes. He foresees opposition in Washington yet remains optimistic about public support.
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Washington
Baily
When a clerk and a debutante raise questions of virtue
A series of moral probes questions whether young clerks and married couples live up to virtue. It contrasts a clerk’s fine tastes with his frugal duties, and questions a deacon’s reliance on Christ for salvation. It ends with a cold remedy: hot lemon juice.
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Christ
Wages Question Leads to Saturday Night Brimstone
A laborer asks a boy about local wages and discovers the father’s Saturday night habit. The boy responds that his father gets the money but spends it drinking heavily, highlighting laborer poverty and alcohol as social issues of the time.
An Indignant Woman and a Vindictive Verse
A fiery letter from a woman criticizes a male writer who mocked women who love unsought. She condemns the author with vivid curses, wishing him misfortune and public shame, then argues women sometimes love men despite his faults and scorn. The piece ends on a defense of female affection and passion.
Rules for Measurement of Corn and Liquids
A 19th century guidance item explains old style measurement rules for shocked and unshocked corn, grain, fruit, and herbs, with steps to compute barrels, bushels, and fluid measures from crib dimensions and other dimensions, including a note on a 307 foot acre by square measurement.
Effects of Oscillation and Structural Vibration
A science write up notes how oscillation of heavy bodies causes danger when not broken by vibration. Bridges, bottles, and glass can shatter under repeated notes. Examples include English suspension bridges and a French bridge disaster with losses. A boy asks about Autenchism as the catechism proves hard.
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England
France
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Ulee
Socigigg
Individa
BH. Sherman Smith
Johnnie’s
Khéw
Home ‘Journal
Indiana
Gale
Breeze
Ladies’ Temperance Band
The
Danbury News
Heaven
Jonah
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