Health and Correct Carriage in Police Justice Narrative
A composite piece discusses police matrons and care for fallen women based on Mrs. Barney’s address. It recounts Sally, a long-imprisoned woman, being gently soothed by a policewoman who helps with hair and dignity, then guides her to court. The narrative emphasizes kindness over punishment and the need for supportive caretakers in police work. Secondary material argues posture and mental effort shape physical condition and intelligence, warning against reliance on quick fixes for bodily issues.
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Sin
fito
Sally
hind
Afterlife Hope and Comfort in a Congregationalist Verse
A reflective verse from Susan Cogtecie in Congregationalist envisions gates of pearl and the Paradise beyond. It speaks of sorrow dissolving, tears becoming seeds of joy, and life’s hardships transformed into harmony under the will of the Lord.
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Susan Cogtecie
Congregationalist
Billingsgate market chants and a streetwise youth tale
A fragmentary, vivid sketch contrasts Billingsgate fish market cries with bustling Friday morning chaos and a New York fire scene. The London market’s shouts mix with slang as buyers haggle over cod, whiting, soles, haddock, and lobsters while a jeune homme and a dirty barefoot boy exchange sharp banter amid the crowd. A brief New York interlude shows a dandified youth mocked by a streetwise child, exposing class tensions and resilience.
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Billingsgate
Webster
London
Uillingsgate
Yarmouth
ullo
Jere
Efere
Tlera
TED
Keep Your Hearts Warm and Music Education
A music professor urges careful early teaching for children, warning against delaying quality instruction for later polish. He argues that years of poor training corrupt potential and that a solid, continuous foundation is essential for a true musician, while urging readers to keep their hearts warm through empathy and diligent effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon Hall
The Iron Plant Ledger Error and the Fly Speck
In a large iron industry office an accounting discrepancy of 3000 pounds of scrap iron stumped clerks for days. A young office boy, noticing a fly speck beside a digit, realized it should be four, correcting the column totals. His quick sight saved the office, earning him a promotion.
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witters
offlee
setap iron department
Philadelphia
Antelope Wary After White Man Tactics In Prairie History
In early days antelope could be lured with a rag or fluttering canvas, but their wariness grew as hunting tactics and deception spread. Livereating Johnson, a noted hunter and fighter, notes that antelope see through coverings and avoid risk, making it hard for hunters to approach within range.
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Livereating Johnson
North America
An Old London Cabman Remembers 1962 Season
A Colman as a charalist relates an interview with a retired London cabman who recalls the most profitable period as the 1962 second great exhibition year. He prepared for foreign visitors by learning to say My fare is a shilling more in twenty five languages.
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Colman
Italian Bath Protects Iron From Rust Says Paper
An Italian paper reports tron ar ticles may be shielded from rust by sinking them near the bath’s negative pole in a 20 quarts water mix with 75 prin of chloride of manganese and about seven ounces of nitrate of ammonium. Current deposits a manganese film on the items, preventing rust. End of Servitude Mrs Bloomer Did you ever! Miss De Talent marries her manager. New York Weekly.
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aimuionia
French gallantry faux pas at a party ends in pardon
A French guest treads on a lady's toe at a party and apologizes with a bow. He explains in broken English that he forgot his "tier scope" to see the little feet of Adam. The exchange turns humorous as the phrase mishears become a joke about optics.
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mada
adam
Word list misfires in classes and odd dictionary quest
A teacher in a public school assigned definers and sentences for words. A girl searched for ehasm and asked if it meant gap. The teacher said yes but the paper read When T am sleepy I always chasing. Another district tale shows a girl analyzing Bank-note as a primitive bank plus note, meaning bank and set down by a stream.
Trace of girl in Youth's Companion chemical analysis
A slender school of technology student offered a humorous self analysis in the style of chemical ingredients listing various clothes. It concludes with the line about the girl as “a trace,” reflecting a playful, literary aside from Youth's Companion.
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school of technology
In the Art Gallery and Christ’s Divinity Debate
A dialogue about Jones’s lack of work in a gallery leads to a discussion on what he draws and a cartoonish punch line Tooth. The piece then quotes two periodicals praising the recognition of Christ’s divinity and its impact on Christian theology, noting Paul’s belief and its influence on creed and study of his epistles.
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Jones
New York Truth
Christ
Pauls
Christian Inquirer
The Baby as a Subject Through History
A compact meditation on how babies have rarely been treated as beings in their own right. The author contrasts ancient utilitarian views with modern ideals, noting that many cultures still see infant life as expendable unless it promises utility, with savage peoples sometimes less regressive than half civilized nations like India and China.
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India
China
Strand Magazine
Mutilation Penalty Decried by Early Church Councils
The article cites councils from 660 to 794 condemning mutilation as a penalty. Merida in 660 barred bishops and priests from maiming servants. Toledo in 675 forbade limb mutilation and imposed depose, excommunication, and denial of last rites for violators. Frankfort in 794 forbade abbots from blinding or mutilating monks for any offense.
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Merida
Toledo
Frankfort
Gentleman’s Magazine
Tribute to Woman as Trustees by William Chandler
Hon William Chandler former chairman of the U S house committee on the Worlds fair praises Maine trustees and says women make better trustees than men They manage with home care and ensure male participation noting women show up and others follow Harriet Taylor Upton cites the Warren Tribune report
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William Chandler
Maine
Harriet ‘Taylor Upton
Warren (O
Tribune
Dance Night Prank Reveals Hidden Hair Plait Ruse
In a lively quadrille a young man brandished a long hair plait and asked whose it was, prompting the ladies to instinctively cover their heads. The ruse exposed a sly dodge as a convenience in entertainment. The excerpt recalls Blithers called the worst kind of cheat and a humorous barbed exchange about a $20,000 house sale nearby.
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Canteur Vaudvis
Tsaye
Harper's Bazar
Do you shave yourself all the time asked the barber
Jimpimavagely replies that he stops shaving occasionally for a few meals in a quip captured by New York Truth.
Mistress Gone Out Questioned in Quip Dialog
A brief typographic quip features a servant asked about a mistress, answering that she is not at home, reflecting a lively exchange from a New York Epoch style citation.
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New York Epoch
Festive Religion and the Joys of Faith Combined
A religious essay argues a complete faith blends joy and worship. It praises social feasts and family happiness as compatible with Christian duty, citing Jesus’ example and lessons against ascetic withdrawal. It urges children to learn from joyful faith. Independent.
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Independent
house of God
John the Baptist
Jesus
Jerusalem
Dana
Judas Iscariot
Doubt and Faith on Immortality and Walk with God
A reflection on belief in life after death, contrasting doubts about immortality with Christian assurances. It cites Christ's promise of eternal life and Whittier’s verse, urging reliance on God's promises for a radiant path. It closes with Otto Funcke’s note that walking with God means spreading peace and love.
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pruer
Christ
Tom
Whittier
earth
Christian
Fragmented Quotations and Humorous Snippets Across Page
A mosaic of short items including a Fenelon quotation on peace through faith and law, a remark about improving facilities labeled Increasing Her facilities, and a string of quirky lines from Spotts Why eo sad Bluebumpert Bluecumper about a wife learning French. The page also includes theatrical chatter Beausam of the Stages and a stage-tinged joke about a mother selling apples in a gallery, all presented in brisk, miscellaneous fashion.
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New York Epoch
Beausam
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mm. J. DA
R de TO
BALTIMORE
MARYLAND
gener
South Carolina
Acent
Chestertown
CHESTER RIVER STEAMBOAT
EMMA A. FORD
Rolph’s
Hooker's
Quaker Neck
Eastern Neck
Queentown
Kentreland
Chester river
Light St
Queenstown
Gratitude
Centreville
Tasm
Pier
United States Express Company
United States
Corsica
Crumpton
Spry
Edwin Cleekley
Lippincott’s
MORO PHILLIPS
MORO PHILLIPS CIEMMICAL CO
FRED, PHILLIPS Drrors
South St
Third St
LHI
Mechanica
unt
nis
Trousemaida
M. J. Young
OT & GC. B. MACKENZIE
West BALTIMORE STREET
Dayton
GOTTLIEB
S.F. CREW
L. COULBOURN
CREW & COULBOURN
Wholesale Commission
EFRON
S. Beck
Kent Co
Stevens Bros
S. Charles St
Dey & Kugler
Thompson Ave
N.Y
Produce National Bank
Chestnut St
Phila
JIL
MEDAIRY
GEV. I. MEDALRY
J. H. MEDAIRY ® Co
LITOHGRAPHERS
North Howard Street
KINNAMON
SHIELDS
JOHN A. JONES
THOMAS GAVENDER
MIDDLETOWN
DEL
Wagner's Green House
Place St
EASTERN SHORE
BALLIMORE Cry
GOUEY WILMINGTON
WLSTOR
Willifugten Bugis
Mazuificert
GULDISY
Princ!pal
Third street
Denton
BARNES & MOORE
CONFERENCE ACADEMY
masic
art
Wave Principal
Dover
Paradise
Sixth avenue
New York Advertiser
hiat
School
huanders
God
Otto Funcke
Fenelon
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