The Snow Storm A Russian Romance Unfolds A Secret Marriage
In 1811 on Gabrilovitch estate Mari, a rich heiress, secretly marries an ensign Vladimir after planning to flee. A snow storm scatters them. Vladimir later learns Mari’s family opposes the match and she remains with her parents. Years later Colonel Vourmin reveals he unknowingly married Mari in a mistaken ceremony during a storm near Wilna.
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Russia
Nenaradof
Gabrilovitch
Petrovna
Mari
Pine Grove
Winter
Vladimir Nicolevitch
Jadrina
Vladimir
Schmidt
Ispravnick
Union Corps
Hang
Jadrino
Forst
Nenarados
Gabriel Gabrilovitch
Gabriel
Borodino
Moscow
Mars
Hussars
Vourmin
Petrowna
Love
St. Preux
Wilna
St. Will Lampton Recounts an Exasperated Landlady Tale
In a St. Louis Magazine piece, St. Will Lampton recalls rebelling against a landlady who charged household items to his account. He cites loans of a tack hammer to a refrigerator and the burdens of breakfast chores, culminating in a dramatic farewell as he dusts the palatial ranch.
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Will Lampton
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Tye
St. Louis Magazine
Arabi Pasha Foresees Mahdi Victory and Cairo March
Constantinople correspondent reports a visitor from Ceylon who met Arabi Pasha. The Egyptian leader claims vast influence and predicts Mahdi triumph, arguing European ignorance of Muhammadan devotion and self sacrifice driving his cause. European powers would face a powerful uprising if Mahdi succeeds.
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Constantinople
Morning Post
Ceylon
Arabi Pasha
England
Cairo
Europe
Egypt
India
Pall-Mali Gazette
Forcing a Change of Tongue in Alsace and Lorraine
A commentary notes Germany’s aim to erase French language in Alsace and Lorraine. It discusses Governor Baron von Mauteuffel’s rollback of French debate in Upper Alsace, French loyalty in the provinces, and the wider context of German efforts amid Bismarck’s moves against France.
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Germany
Alsace
Lorraine
France
Baron von Mauteuffel
Upper
Bismarck
N. S. Mail
Flavoring Extract in Cakes Advice From Boston Post
The Boston Post advises on adding flavor to cake after baking. If the flavoring extract is forgotten while the cake is hot, rub the top with a damp clean hand to let the aroma penetrate. Vanilla should be used sparingly as it is largely ruined by baking.
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Boston Post
In Dublin Ga the 1882 birth cohort turns female
Report notes a paradox from Dublin Georgia where every child born in 1882 has so far been a girl, contrasting with a year of all male births per a Saint Louis Post dispatch.
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Dublin
St. Louis
Brooks as Sewers Warns Against Turning Streams Into Sewers
A Sanitary Engineer argues that natural water-courses should not be converted into sewers for household waste. Open channels risk soil and air pollution. sewers must be impervious and properly sized. Towns with arched streams should avoid quick fixes and invest in safe sewage systems to prevent health costs.
Ringworm description and spread in mill workers
The article explains ringworm or herpes circinata, its circular spreading skin infection caused by a microscopic plant, and how it affects body and scalp with vesicles, hair loss, and contagious spread. It notes sheep and wool processing as transmission risks and cites Dr Weir on copper cures and general health needs.
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Weir
Philadelphia Medical and Chirurgical College
A Remedy for Insomnia from the Boston Post
A satirical suggestion to cure insomnia with a nightly rap on the chamber door and shouting through the keyhole that it is time to rise. The piece notes discretion and warns that an overdose could be disastrous, quoting the Boston Post.
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Boston Post
The Courier Journal Comedic Figure Receives Surprise
A Louisville Courier Journal humorist is identified as a woman surprising readers and colleagues. The column highlights the playful impact of her wit and the newsroom culture around female voices in the paper.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Our Young Readers Boy and Man
A poem about Tom who stays up late as a boy and learns to rise early as an adult. It contrasts night owl habits with early rising, noting how attitudes shift with age and the adage early to bed and early to rise, once valued, becomes seen as dull in youth. Harper's Young People.
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Tom
Thomas
Aeard
Harper’s
Minnie at Lawn Party Teaches Hard Lesson on Truth
A mother forbids Minnies tight dress and matching sash for a lawn party. Minnie lies about comfort and attire, learns a harsh truth, and stays home in calico as punishment. The tale ends with a moral about honesty and choosing one honest path to success.
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Minnie
Mamma
Boys and Work Readiness for Boys and Trade Schools
A voice urges boys to consider work and trade education as a path to success. It notes scarce skilled workers and good wages, while warning against hungering for high status without embracing labor. It asks how clerks or doctors will earn and stresses loving one’s work as the path to achievement.
Do Right In All Things Motto for Ned Andrews
Ned Andrews seeks a motto to gain greatness and goodness and chooses Do right in all things. His mother explains true greatness comes from living rightly and the greatest hero is the one who does right. The piece frames moral instruction from Mrs M A Holt in a Baptist weekly.
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Ned Andrews
Ned
M. A. Holt
Baptist Weesiy
Detroit Dog Oil Case Sheds Light On Odd De Funct Industry
Detroit Times reports a startling find as Lyman W. Blakely produced a clear dog oil from drowned pound dogs. Sold for three dollars a gallon to veterinary surgeons and for use by consumptives in claimed throat and lung remedies, the oil is touted as a cosmetic and medicinal product though no pharmacies stock it.
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Springswell
Detroit
Lyman W. Blakely
Detroit Times
Greensboro man restores oxen horn after woodland dash
Homer Moore of Greensboro Georgia recaptured a missing ox horn after the pair bolted into the woods and struck a tree. The horn snapped free but was reinserted into its socket and now stands solid though mounted upside down, causing a slight lop. The ox resumes its energetic pacing and herding pace.
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Homer Moore
Greensboro
Homer
Chicago Times
Theodore Tilton Lives Quietly in Paris
The New York Times notes Theodore Tilton is residing peacefully in Paris and focusing on his literary projects while staying out of public view.
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Theodore Tilton
Paris
Times
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