Brassey's Change of Base in Balky Bottom
Jenny and Lucy Bagley in Balky Bottom win hearts of suitors as Uncle Jacob protects family fortune. Brassey flips from Lucy to Jenny after a palmful of scheming and a trap set by Uncle Jacob leads to a swift exposure of swindling and a pair of old admirers recapturing favor.
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Jenny
Lucy Bagley
Prindle
Jacob Ransoner
Lucy
Jacob
Uncle Jacob
Hiram Hoppick
Reuben Buckman
Cleophas Brassey
Mr. Brassey
Jenney
Hackler
Florida
Family Council
Brassey
Pagley
Reuben Ruckman
Hiram
Reuben
Dag
N. Y. Ledger
Ditmar kerosene solidification idea gains global traction
Telegraphed from Baku, Ditmar's method to solidify kerosene into a tallowlike substance and revert without loss of properties has drawn Nobel Brothers interest. They invest millions in tank cars and ships, plan to market candles from Ditmar processed kerosene, with aims across Russia and Europe as thousands of tons prepare for export.
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Baku
Exper
M. Ditmar
St. Petersburg
Nobel Bros
Ditmar
Nobel
Russia
Tinent
London Globe
Yankee Engineer in Pisa Tower Offer Stuns Paris Paper
A Paris newspaper reports a "Yankee Engineer" offering to raise the Leaning Tower of Pisa to a perpendicular level for 600000 with completion in ninety days. The idea prompts satire about American boldness and potential advertising partnerships on the tower.
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Paris
Pisa
Italy
Banke
Chicago Pribune
Mississippi lad ends life with single barrel gun
David Taylor of Issaquena County Mississippi reportedly shot himself, ending his use of the single barrel gun. Relatives and friends mourn the tragedy, noting his gaze at the firearm and the implied suicide.
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David Taylor
Issaquena County
Mississippi
Farm and Household Tips across the era
A compendium of practical advice on farming methods for drought, orchard crops and soil care. It covers digging wells during severe droughts, planting potatoes and beans for orchard health, sorghum cultivation, horse care in cold weather, horse dosing, washing clothes, and a seasoned recipe for baked corn beef with a salt sugar rub and vinegar glaze.
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Chicago Journal
Chicago Inter-Ocean
How to Make a Hot Bed in the Garden
L Purdy of the Ohio Farmer offers concise steps for hot beds. He favors a sunlit south and east slope, a three foot wide pit filled with fresh horse manure and straw or forest leaves, then a frame and glass cover heated with warm water, followed by soil and sun to ready planting. He also explains making a simple sash with wood strips and glass.
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L. Purdy
Ohio Farmer
Small Fruits for Rural and Urban Homes
The piece urges farmers and city residents to grow small fruits, noting long-distance market transport reduces flavor. It cites estimates from the Rocky Mountain Rural on yields from gooseberries, currants, blackberries, raspberries, grapes, and strawberries and argues even small urban lots can fit fruit beds. One hour daily keeps beds in order, improving health and life quality, urging immediate action per the own State Register.
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Iowa
Rocky Mountain
Prayerful lullaby for a child by Mrs. E. T. Barrett
A tender religious verse expresses a mother’s joy and devotion to her son. She asks God to guard the child’s soul, guide him toward the narrow way, and provide a heavenly home, quoted from Christian Intelligencer.
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E. T. Barrett
Christian Intelligencer
First Quarter Lessons and Selected Topics
The schedule lists March topics on persecution renewal Acts 5 18 32 and the seven chosen Acts 6 1 15 followed by March 18 on the first Christian martyr Acts 7 54 0 and 8 14 with March 25 to review missionary temperance or other lesson chosen by the se.
A Good Conscience And Its Moral Power
An eastern tale frames a king gifted a ring whose power harms the evil mind. Conscience acts as judge and witness, guiding virtue and shielding the soul. Motives weigh in adversity, and steadfast conscience earns heavenly riches beyond worldly wealth.
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Motley
Guido de Bray
de Bray
Christ
Kingdom of Heaven
Readings as a public religious service and the Sabbath
A discussion on the Christian Sabbath as essential to civil society and the laboring classes. It argues that public readings of sermons can enrich worship, justify social gatherings, and bolster church life with well read sermons, singing, prayer, and Sabbath activities.
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Morning Star
Sunday Rest and Moral Value in Labor Debate
Charles L. Bruce argues in Baptist Weekly that a true Sabbath rests not for mere fatigue but to restore workers morally and physically. He says limiting daily hours boosts annual productivity and the laborer gains time for family and higher needs beyond mere material toil.
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Plutarch
Roman Empire
New England
Jesus
Earth
Charles L. Bruce
Baptist Weekly
Stokes Defends Revelation Against Darwinian Drift
At a Philosophical Institute of London meeting Professor Stokes argues science often proves Revelation true. He rejects a continuous evolution of man, urging a literal creation and warning that mixing science with divine intervention is both grotesque and unnecessary. He favors a straight forward special creation over gradual transmutation.
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Philosophical Institute of London
Stokes
God
St. Paul
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