The Case for Private Female Education Reform
The article argues that public education for females is inadequate and inferior to private domestic instruction. It stresses three main aims: regulation of affections, improvement of understanding, and moral formation. It cites mothers’ vigilant guidance as superior, warns against overreliance on public schooling, and endorses multiple female instructors and family-centered training for cultivating virtue and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Politie
Daftos
Fulluwa
Alana
Ieee
Puy
Eadauf
Extraordinary care of a destitute tradesman drives self death note
In a late number of a journal a tradesman destitute of food retreated to a forest spot and resolved to starve. He left a note stating he could not obtain work or support from relatives, and that starvation was his aim. He endured cold thirst and weakness, finding shelter and a coin to buy beer before further suffering. He may have lingered until early September, with entries through September and October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HufHantz
Amalla
Rouk
Quarterly Journal of Rakdigi Medisine
Dutch and Palembang clash over throne and troops
An extract dated Butavia reports Dutch forces driven from Palembang by natives led by the Sultan, with over 100 killed or wounded. Negotiations allegedly offered princes for surrender, while Dutch losses and troop movements near Bancha are described. The piece notes Sir Stamford Raffles planned government shift to Singapore and increasing Chinese emigration, with costly coast settlements abandoned as ineffective checks on Dutch power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Umea
Butavia
Palembang
Thane
Setinga
Stamford Nafies
Kille
Camintaioner Mantinghe
Abe
Mernings
Mun
Hinghe
Memenger
Bancha
Muntinghe
Paron
Meau
Alceste
Sincapore
Stamford Raffles
Malacca
Rila
Lagi
Nodf
Hencoulen
Sumatra
Evenia
Anecdotes and natural history notes from an old period
A collection of curious anecdotes and assessments including a dog’s clever trick with a coin to buy bread in Rome, a long note on a fourteenth century manuscript and a Dublin Foundling Hospital rule, plus a dense, combative section on Boschjemanes and Cape frontier relations with Caffres, settlers, and colonial policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Wesbury
R. Wesley
Milfer
Piazza de Spagna
Rome
Sorhe
Forel
Flattover
Germany
Denmark
Con
Rad
Halberstadt
Dublin Foundling Hospital
Taguiey
Froity
Nity
Treland
Loxnone
Blin
Gomeét
Shoaun
Caiurge
Ain
Comerge A Geran Ketronomer Hypothesis On Comets
An Edinburgh correspondence describes Comerge A Geran Ketronomer Hoyer proposing that comets are mere water masses with tails as light rays. He argues they attract impure gas that passes away near approach, emit significant oxygen, and alter planetary atmospheres to aid vegetation. The note adds this theory to the discourse of Count Merbel and mentions the young theorist’s age and status in an audience with Emperor Alexander of Rhista.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comerge
Hoyer
Itreaboden
Aweten
Wille Arium
Merbel
Euerachi
Alexander
Rhista
Edingurgh
Yellow fever tale from Cadiz to the West Indies
A graphic anecdote on yellow fever shows its rapid spread and lethality in Cadiz and the West Indies. An Irish regiment captain, long exposed to fatiguing duties, collapses with fever after dismissing hospital care, illustrating how quickly the disease can conquer even the strong. The account notes the captain’s fear of hospital, the swift progression to fatal symptoms, and the dangers of the climate in spreading the illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cadiz
United States
Witah
West Indies
Deany-Mijor
Euls
Sone
Wotchen
Crispman
Sremloglyunell
Ireland
Spike Island
Cove
Uuwell
Cnemican experiment on Mount Vesuvio Bizarre Royal science tale
An 1818 report by M Gimbernadeh details a flamboyant experiment on Mount Vesuvius. He claims ascent on December 4 1818 and describes a device condensing vapors to produce distilled water tasting of fat and sulfur. The piece references Bank of England and piracy suppression at Aix la Chapelle, with confusion and garbled names throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount
Vesuvio
M. Gimbernath
Rivaride
Veauring
Titans
Willinila
Dickon
Gilmareeae
Bonaparte
Waterlaos
Renisalie
Tuuta
Algiers
Aix
la-Chepelle
Inventions and Public Experiments Stir Paris Heat Lesson
The article describes M. Vale tte's portable water heater and ambulant bath device. It details its alleged benefits for cleanliness without fire, its potential applications on stage coaches and streets, and notes interest from the Academy of Sciences and the Society for the Encouragement of Useful Arts. It also mentions a separate steam and water-raising pump by James Hedder and a court case about an inquest into a death labeled as natural.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deliggu
Perona
Paris
M Valeere
M. Vaiette
Valetta
Academy of Sciences
Society For the Encouragement of Useful Arta
Pls
Detter
Janex Hdater
Court of King’s Bench
Lees
Rhodea
Sail
Sitilac Sieungrances
Returns of Corn and Grain Prices in Dublin Week Ending 1619
Abstract of quantities and prices of corn wheat barley oats and other grains sold in Dublin and Liberties for the week ending November 1619. Details include weights such as 20 stone for barley and 16 stone for rye and notes equating 134 stone to a barrel of flour and other measures of corn and oats. The record lists quantities and prices as marvels of the weights used in the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Advertisements and notices from local offices and merchants
Fragmentary OCR shows a late 19th century page listing advertisements and notices. Names include Jomueron and Ca, J. Wh AD, J. Smith, and various streets. The garbled text references advertising rates and dates, with scattered place names and firms in London and Newham areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Propeietom
Atheir
Pavlina
Stepat
Moma
E. A
Jomueron
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Cape
Aida Stalin
Ynen
Frontiera
Boschjeman
Bouchjeman
Great Fish River
Caffraria
Sten Ypara
Guffraria
Cape Fown
Fish River
Zaraveldy
Anil
Jerurm Dantabla
Ian
Tousa
Aj Ifiough
Ietelpar
Tanger
Chayean
Boman
Crete
James Riddall
Baris
Jatpral
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