Walt Whitman and Ingersoll discuss immortality at the hermitage
In a Camden gathering, Walt Whitman listens as Colonel Ingersoll delivers a fluent agnostic discourse on the soul's immortality. Whitman, aged and venerable, responds that near life’s end he holds different ideas. The exchange is noted by a professor of English literature and reported by the Philadelphia Ledger.
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Walt Whitman
Camden
Atrife
Hermitage
Robert G. Ingersoll
Ingersoll
Whitman
Shakespeare
Bob
Philadelphia Ledger
Handes Appetite and Other Oddities from Old Tales
A compact column of light anecdotes and quirks from early humor lore. Handel is praised for a prodigious appetite and the habit of ordering dinner for three, a girl writes a joke by letter, a rattlesnake defense uses a hair rope, and a minister recalls a Sunday school coin-giving quip with a candy-smeared boy remark.
The Secondhand Store Tales of Decline in Garment Trade
A New York Herald report describes a metropolis secondhand shop where fine gowns pass from wearers to buyers as fortunes shift. A timid woman relives loss when a gray street dress she once sold for $2 reappears for $9, prompting tears and retreat.
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New York Herald
Gettysburg Bullet Souvenir Tale From War Surgery
A veteran surgeon recalls a Gettysburg scene where a young physician struggles to remove a leg wound. The patient, curious about the time left, reveals the bullet still in his pocket, carried as a war memento after the bullet remained lodged in his skin.
The Vast Scale of U S Insurance Industry
The United States leads global insurance in value with roughly 12 billion dollars in life insurance in force, including assessment policies, equating to about 160 dollars per person or 800 dollars per family. Fire insurance risks run about 20 billion dollars annually, equating to 250 dollars per person or 1250 dollars per family, implying average family insurance assets around 8200 dollars.
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United States
Effect of Domestication on Animal Sympathy
Domestication lessens the strain of survival allowing sentiment to grow and animals often aid the sick. Dogs and cats form bonds, even across species, with a noted raven example carrying bones to a injured dog. Roman fever is discussed as typho malarial fever from bad water and drainage, with Rome’s death rate once higher than Bombay but now among Europe's smallest.
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Dickens
Hungerford
London Spectator
Rome
Bombay
Europe
Stockholm
Christiania
Copenhagen
True Focus and the Cost of Pessimism
The text argues that a habit of viewing life in a distorted negative light destroys happiness and success. It warns that a man who wears a funeral face, fixates on hard times, and fear of failure attracts misery. Pessimism, like optimism, shapes outcomes in life.
Honest warning about theft and consequences
A six month old incident in which a man tried to steal 10 cents worth of coal oil from his employer led to his dismissal. The piece argues that bad conduct brings greater loss than the immediate act, asserting the greater the intellect, the clearer the truth that doing wrong harms oneself. It cites the Aichison Globe as the source of the quote and moral.
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Aichison Globe
Tiny Planets Between Mars and Jupiter
The article notes hundreds of tiny asteroids between Mars and Jupiter found over the past century by astronomers worldwide. Some are tiny, visible only with powerful telescopes, measured mostly by photography and eccentricities rather than routine observation. Harvard and other observatories photograph south skies monthly, while German observatories catalog and name asteroids to aid global astronomy efforts.
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Mars
Jupiter
Iarvard Observatory
Arequipa
Harvard Observatory
Equator
Antarctic
Benares City Sits On Ganges Rim With Temples And Pilgrims
The city of Benares on the Ganges edge features a grand riverfront with ghats and many temples and mosques. Its wealth stems from pilgrims visiting sacred sites, with Hindus comprising about three quarters and Muslims less than a quarter. Old town areas still reveal extensive Buddhist remains.
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Benares
India
Ganges
Why Do Women Value Appearances So Much In Love
A dramatic one act tragedy set in a boudoir with Mrs Jones and Miss Jones discussing love, sacrifice, and diamonds. Jack plans a nineteen diamond bracelet for Miss Jones’s birthday but she reveals she sacrificed five diamonds, noting a year of youth is worth more than gems. Curtain.
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Benedict
Philadelphia
North American
Mrs. Jones
Miss Jones
Milas Jones
New York Herald
A Selfish World New York Weekly Cartoon Debate
A dialogue critiques social inequity as rail monopolies trample the poor. George and Jack discuss a cycle of harm from railroad owners to pedestrians, cyclists, and the crippled, highlighting a widely observed selfish world.
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George
Jack
Nabobs
New York Weekly
Too Familiar Judge And Wealthy Brother Tale
An English judge with a wealthy brother prominent in a manufacturing town is on the bench when his sibling appears and jokes about serving as grand juror. The judge corrects him saying he should be addressed as your lordship. The brother retorts and the judge is fined twenty pounds, a humorous exchange about etiquette and status.
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Handel
John
Turner
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Denton Journal
Welvin Steele & Johnson
Mediterranean
Admiral Goldsborough
Madge
New York Press
Philadelphia Telegraph
Gaye
Metropolis
Insurance Statistics
the Denton
Grain and Flour Exchange
Ee Enton, Maryland
T. Fred. Garey
J.H. Medford
Anager
Fidelity & Deposit Co
Maryland
K.W. Cor
Charles and Lexington Sts
Baltimore, Mo
Edwin Warfield
Harry Nicodemus
Soc
Treas
Bond
E&e
Asa Contractor
Asa
U.S
Asan
Asans
The
Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland
Aed
Deweese & Owens
Denton, MD
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
Delaware & Chesapeake Railway
Paus
Washington
Eccess
Baltimore
Seceses
Wilmington
Clayton
FoCulfield
LSE
P. M
A. M
A. Mip. M. A
R. Wood
Marderhill River
Frederica
Sen
Nathan H. Maxson
Wilt
Eave Frederica
Whrb's Landing
Bowers
Pier
Chestnut Stre
WERD
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Nawkx
Miladelphia
Chester
Philadela
Frederica & Phila, Nay. CO
Farpraica del
Downes
Batimore
Lubin's
W. Lozington St
Baltimore, Md
the Grangers
Mutual Insurance CO
Middletown, Ma
Oscar Clark
Hota
RADE
U.S. Patent Office
Washington, D.C
Star
Standard Navy
Drummond
Pj Heldsteck
J. T
Workman
Jody Tar
Rickie
Brandywine
Cross Bose
Razor
FR. Rice
Greenville
Ennessee Ees
Aungen P
Mateo
Ena
Continental Tobacco CO
Aly
Jo Cauger
C Hy. Brown
Folsom Ave
St. Louis
Kaifa
Taos
IDEO
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Paes
Rees
Remington
Warrut el
Ceaar
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Tes
Jomin W. Crushy, Pan
Denny
Sec’y
Taras
Kent County
Mutuadysuranciso
Dover
Delaware
John T. Carter, Jr
L. Irving Jones
Taper Rae A
Aub. Denton, Ma
Grrensakhopa
Mas
Alex. Noble
Preston
R.T. Carter
Stewart Building
Denton, Maryland
Pliny Fisher
Ira L. Batley
Denton
James 'T, Cooper
Undertaker
Cooper
Uimbalming
Two Johns
CL. Boehm
Two Johns, MD
Canning Houses
R.G. Anklam
Denton Machine Works
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