A Centenary of Mourning and Poland’s Loss
The essay notes a national mourning in 1892 for Poland erased a century earlier by Russia and divided among Austria Prussia and Russia. It recalls Catherine the Great backing Stanislaus and 10 000 Russian troops, Polish patriots led by Pulaski, and Kosci nsko’s 1792 defeat. It warns great powers to avoid blotting out small nations.
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Poland
Russia
Austria
Prussia
Catherine
Stanislaus
Count Pulaski
Koscinsko
Wiman’s Wealth Rules Draw Mixed Fortunes
Mr. Erastus Wiman urges debt avoidance, regular savings via co‑operative banks, land or farm investments, and industrial stocks to capitalize on growth. He warns fortune stories exist both for and against his rules, noting many prosper by ignoring them while others follow them faithfully and stay poor.
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Erastus Wiman
Massachusetts
Wiman
New Barrel Making Method and Meat Inspection Notes
A method to make barrels from wood without staves uses boiling and sheet lamination. Meat inspection shows 54425 hogs examined with nearly 2 percent trichina. cattle 2 048 705 passed with under 0.1 percent unhealthy. Builders seek white cement for artificial stone. Creede mining city now settled with its first circus.
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United States
Creede
Lincoln on Renouncing Erroneous Opinions
The quote expresses readiness to abandon mistaken beliefs once their inaccuracy is recognized, attributed to Abraham Lincoln, reflecting a commitment to intellectual humility and truth over stubborn stance.
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Abraham Lincoln
Juggler Speaks On Skill and Discipline Behind Acts
The Chicago Times quotes Kara the juggler on natural gift, eye for detail, patience, and years of practice. She recalls starting at age ten, refining skills through intense study, and needing peak physical condition to balance plates bottles knives and rings while juggling several objects at once.
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Kara
Chicago Times
Paragons of Filial Pity in Japanese Legend
The article surveys the Four and Twenty Paragons of Filial Piety highlighting stories of loyalty to parents and clever acts. It notes one tale of a boy melting ice to feed a cruel stepmother, another with a mosquito drawn to a child’s skin, a daughter clinging to a tiger to aid her father, and the infantile Rorashi tricking elderly parents. It closes warning about Western ideas threatening Japanese family values.
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China
Japan
Rorashi
Paragon
The Constitution Ship History and Naval Triumphs
Harper's Young People recounts the U S Constitution launched with forty four guns and its notable service. It highlights Commodore Preble's flagship role in the Barbary War, Lt Wadsworth aboard the Intrepid, and Cavalry Hulls capture of the Guerriere in 1812. The ship later defeated the Java, cementing its fame.
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Preble
Mediterranean
Wadsworth
Tripoli
England
Hull
Constitution
Bainbridge
Java
Harper's
Finger Ring Lore and Unconventional Weddings
The article recalls rings used before metal ones including a church key and a curtain ring. It recounts the Duke of Hamilton’s delayed marriage to Miss Gunning at Lord Chesterfield’s house, finally performed at Mayfair chapel with a ring made from a curtain. It notes other odd rings like a leather ring cut from kid skin.
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Walpole
Duke of Hamilton
Misses Gunning
Lord Chesterfield
Hamilton
Mayfair Chapel
To Make Life's Burden Busy
A columnist quotes a conversation in which a woman laments life as a burden and recalls the bitterness of cod liver oil, noting a humorous remedy of using tomato catchup or orange peel with the dose to ease the taste. The piece reflects a Victorian or early 20th century tone of self help.
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New York Times
Rant Against Excessive Book Writing and Immortality Essay
A narrator criticizes heavy book production and the printing press for harming eyesight and causing people to become bookworms. The passage mocks a magazine discussing immortality and anthropomorphic deism, asking readers to define its meaning and urging concise writing.
Van derbilt Wealth Keeps Railroads Growing
The New York Sun notes the Van derbilt family wealth, concentrated in railroads and bonds, compels preservation and growth. Eight heirs inherit at least 10 million each plus an undivided 100 million managed by William K and Cornelius, yielding at least 10 million yearly to reinvest. The estate expands as railways accumulate, raising questions which system will dominate.
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New York Sun
Commodore
W. H
William K
Cornelius
Vanderbilts
Wealthy Palaces Arise Yet Public Baths Benefit All
The author argues against private palatial residences in America favoring public works. Private palaces degrade republic tastes whereas public baths offer beauty and utility for all, echoing Greek temples and Roman baths. A simple home plus a divisible bathhouse uplift for tenement dwellers.
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America
Republic
Greece
Rome
Calling for stricter discipline among ministers
The author laments numerous cases of ministers going wrong and argues for longer training during student days. He says only those who have endured ordeals and discipline should lead as preachers, and warns that gossip harms the holy office.
The Green Country Man Swindled in City Trade
A man from the rural area carried $800 to a city and exchanged it for a brick he believed to be counterfeit money. He planned to use it in trade and get rich, but was later swindled out of $300, restoring a harsh moral lesson.
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America
Two New Words Emerge in Language Debate
The article defines a "was-er" as a person who has been something he cannot be again and an "is-er" as the fellow riding the current top wave at the moment, signaling a linguistic trend in progress.
Rules for Correspondents Recalled in Country Paper Style
A compact reflecting the observance of news writing norms for rural papers. It underscores concise, factual reporting, proper names, and a civic tone while noting reader habits and the village paper's intimate link to city readers. The piece echoes The New York Sun’s vignette on village news voice.
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New York Sun
Local papers an investment for communities
Editors provide vast free space for community benefit and do the most work for the least money. Subscribing supports local journalism as a financial investment, not charity, benefiting towns financially.
A Vision of a Perfect Town and Local Economy
The passage describes a town where farmers support home merchants, laborers spend with local tradesmen, and a reciprocity between workers and producers sustains commerce. It calls perfection rare, even as an ideal toward a more advanced millennium.
Mysterious Chest Yields 8000 In Gold After Death Near Canton
John Donner, a solitary farmer near Canton Ohio, died Monday. In examining his effects relatives found a securely locked chest which was broken open revealing eight thousand dollars in gold silver and currency hidden inside.
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John Donner
Canton
Pittsburg
Dr John Bulls Sarsaparilla Privides Notable Cure Claims
An elderly physician endorses Dr John Bulls Sarsaparilla as the sole patent medicine he recommends for debility and blood diseases. He notes its use as a tonic with iodide of potash in severe blood poisoning cases and praises its efficacy as a blood cleanser and alterative. A testimonial from Gr Byron F Franklin of Little Rock describes dramatic recovery after seven bottles, with wholesale agents listed in Cincinnati and Fairfield.
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John Bull
Gr Byron F. Franklin
Little Rock
Ark
John D. Park & Sons Co
Sycamore St
Cincinnati
Ohio
Bradshaw & Thoma
Fairfield
Guaranteed Worm Remedy Ad from John D. Park & Sons Co
An advertisement claims a universal worm remover will cleanse children or adults of worms, improve health, appetite, and digestion. It urges readers to consult a druggist, price 25 cents, sent by John D. Park & Sons Co of Cincinnati with Bradshaw & Thoma as Fairfield agents.
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John D. Park & Sons Co
Sycamore St
Cincinnati
Ohio
Bradshaw & Thoma
Fairfield
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James Sullivan
W. E. Bradshaw
J.S. McKenney
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Jos. Rieksber
T M. Byrnes
T. R. Howlett
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Geo. W. Ball
R. F. Rateliff
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Fulton
J. W. Bean, M.D
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M.D
Ffice
Hufford
Calvin Snook
Fairfield, Iowa
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F. R. Smith
Clarke & Junkin’s Drug Store
G. P. Martin, M.D
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D. H. Worthington
Nalls
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Rcesdience
W. Fordyce, M.D
Ffice Over Risk
Hoffstedler & Whitham’s
First East Street
R. C. Sayers, D.V.M
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J. B. Monfort
Harris & Cuddy
T. L. James
Owa
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I. D, Jones
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F. Simmons
Raney & Simmons
Bell's Grocery
C. D. Leggett
M'Kemey
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Chas. P. Sipple
District Court
Robert F. Ratcliff
1St East Street
M. A. McCoid
Leggett House
Parsons College
RAS
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B.S. McElhinny
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