Telegraph Wires and a Fancy for Mock Romance
A telegraph operator recounts a prankful courtship across wires that leads to a theater rendezvous. A girl at a distant station lures him with flirtatious messages and a fabricated photo. He travels, meets the girl, but discovers she and friends set him up in a playful reversal at the theater, ending with him pairing off with Agnes Miller and Sam Atkins with Ellen Ormsby.
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Sam Atkins
Sam
Lin
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mmy ehuntmer
Tom Toster
Foster
Ellen Ormsby
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Agnes Miller
Agnes Miler
Miss Miller
Allins
central square
Miss.Miller
Nellie Ormsby
G. station
Mr. Atkins
Miss Ormsby
Specialist. Mary and cement bottle mishap pun
A playful exchange features Mary asked about securing a water pitcher handle. She replies she started the job but dropped the cement bottle, turning the moment into a punny miscue.
Poverty of Wealth in Satirical Reflections
A compact meditation on wealth and happiness arguing money cannot buy contentment or virtue. It quotes Socrates Diogenes and musical figures to illustrate true riches lie in nature, beauty, and inner calm rather than possessions. The piece also notes harsh conditions in underwater navigation, highlighting fatigue and sleeplessness.
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Monsey
Socrates
tub
Diogenes
Beethoven
Turner
Joshua Reynolds
H. Carnagey
Leslie
Conscious Virtue as Foundation of Happiness
A reflection on virtue as the sole basis of happiness, arguing that worldly wealth power or status cannot quell inner guilt. The quote attributes this view to Lord Chesterfield, contrasting common beliefs about happiness with inward peace.
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Lord Chesterfield
Brigandine usage in Jeremiah Xivi coat of mail
The word brigandine appears in Jeremiah 4 13 to denote a coat of mail. Mitton notes the phrase then calls for putting on all thy glorious arms including helmet and brigandize of brass.
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Mitton
A Left Handed Compliment from a Handsome Woman
A witty remark about a handsome woman who smiled yesterday and a remark on how even beauty can show a sense of the ridiculous. The exchange captures light humor about appearances and public perception.
Mary Lyon’s Latin feat a Sunday study marvel
In St Nicholas Mary Parkman recalls Mary Lyon founder of Mount Holyoke who learned Adams Latin grammar in one day. On Friday she memorized the grammar and Monday afternoon recited declensions and conjugations fluently until daylight waned. She says she studied all day Sunday and found the rules similar to English grammar.
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Mary Lyon
Mount Holyoke seminary
Mount Holyoke college
New England
St. Nicholas
Mary Parkman
Ashland
Amanda
Mary
Wrong Number and the Hearts at the Telephone
A brief meditation on telephone misdials shows how callers reveal character. Some respond with anger and a harsh hang up, while others offer gentleness and understanding, turning an accidental call into a pleasant incident.
Fashion's Changes and royal origins of style
A Chicago News excerpt argues fashion in earlier eras began in royal courts to hide deformities, but now these absurdities are being discarded as humanity moves toward styles that reveal rather than conceal.
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Chicago News
Old Salts Planning Another Sea Courtship
In a brief wedding note from the crowd of onlookers, a couple prepared to wed with calm assurance. A bystander remarked they were not afraid, since both had crossed the seas several times, implying life at sea has tempered them for the marriage voyage.
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Louis Post
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