Akin to Love in a City School Room
In a single motherhood tale, Miss Orvis mentors Hardy Andrews a boy of seven who lacks a mother. Reddy Lane, a bridge watchman, becomes Hardy’s guardian with Orvis’s aid, as Hardy’s affection for Orvis grows through violet gifts and a hopeful summer plan at a settlement.
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Miss Orvis
Hardy
Hardy Andrews
Wardy
Reddy Lane
Reddy
Ulm
Miss Orgis
Cherry Street
Yessum
Battersons
Orvis
Red
Teacher
Pauline Orvis
Ife
Dix Bridge
Yin
Limander
Heddy
Noe
Miatam
Fle
Vidike
Mr. Lane
Bowery Crossing
Endeavor Settlement
Whiting
Premature Burial Tale From China Haunts Siang Yang
A North China Herald report tells of Tai Lung’s son buried alive in a shallow coffin after typhus. A horse trod the grave, the coffin cracked, and a living man rose, begged for release, and was fed rice soup and wine before being confined in a temple pending proof of life.
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Liangtu
China
North China Herald
Tai Lung
Siangyang
Chicago News
Seward Prophecy: Alaska Vindicated by Time
Summary recalls William H. Seward’s claim that annexing Alaska was his greatest achievement. It notes opposition in 1867 to spending 7.2 million dollars and mockery that Alaska would yield only polar bears and icebergs. It cites Leslie’s Weekly saying Seward’s Folly was proven wrong as time passed.
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Seward
Wiliam H. Seward
Alaska
Ete
House of Representatives
Russia
lLeslie’s
Oldest textbook at Oxford replaced Euclid's Elements
The London Spectator notes a revolution at Oxford as Euclid's Elements, a staple since B C 320 to 85, is discarded. It marks a pivotal shift in mathematical teaching, rivaling famed associations of Aristotle with logic and Adam Smith with political economy.
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Oxford
Lord Curzon
Lord Rosebery
Euclid
Ptolemy
Aristotle
Adam Smith
London Spectator
Stairway of Concrete Demonstrates Interior Innovation
A Philadelphia Ledger snippet describes a hanging concrete stairway using minimal channel bars and expanded metal lathing. The design supports its own weight plus 7,000 pounds of marble, with a 2,000 pound load moved safely, and false work removable in two weeks.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Town Without a Postoffice in Kirkcudbright Shire
A reader recounts an autumn visit to Maswelltown in Kirkcudbrightshire where no post or telegraph office exists. Despite a population over 3,000 and status as a burgh with provost and town council, residents rely on Dumfries, about three miles away, for postal services.
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Maswelltown
Kirkcudbrightshire
Burgh
Dumfries
London
Water at meals sparks digestion, doctors say
In a discussion on hydration, experts argue for drinking more water between meals and with meals. Water aids digestion by moistening food, aiding gastric juice, and preventing constipation. babies and many people naturally crave water during eating. A British snail tasting anecdote closes the piece.
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Oliver
A. Jacobi
Yeast Action and Baking Effects on Dough
The yeast converts starch to sugar and fermentation forms carbonic acid gas and alcohol. Baking drives off the alcohol. Underbaked bread may leave alive yeast, which could continue starch to sugar conversion if stored. Thorough baking kills all yeast and stale bread remains more digestible due to easier mastication.
Influence on Children by Surroundings
Quotation discusses how children mirror their environment due to lacking resistance. Their cheerfulness or melancholy stems from external influences shaping growth.
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Marenholtz-Bulow
Attachment for the plane cited by Mrs A and sheriff
Mrs A notes an attachment for the plane while The Maid explains a visitor, the sheriff, claimed an attachment too. The Maid reports the sheriff being present during Mrs A's absence. Chicago News.
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Yessum
Chicago News
Countin health as a great blessing in life
An exhortation to appreciate health over wealth, noting that financial grievances fade when one is ill. The piece emphasizes that wealth profits little if suffering illness robs vigor and well being.
Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup Adverts Hopeful Dinner Promise
An old advertisement touts Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup with no opiates. It claims to drive the cold from the system by gently moving the bowels, containing honey and tar and tasting nearly as maple syrup. Marketed by Wm F Jungkunz, druggist, 85 Stephenson Street.
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Kennedy
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Stephenson Street
Pockets faced sharp fashion critique a century ago
An antiquated fashion critique from eighty years past condemns pockets on trousers as improper for women, arguing they spoil the look and provoke social scorn. The writer, a male fashion commentator, laments pockets as a vestige making a woman resemble a Yankee.
Library Fire In Strasbourg Destroys Printing History Remains
The Library fire in Strasbourg during the Franco Prussian War destroyed many works including records of the legal dispute over Gutenberg and his associates. The notes touch on whether Gutenberg invented the art of printing and what the destruction means for that claim.
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Strassburg
Ciutenberg
Kodol Advertises Digestive Aid with Claim of Healing
An old advertisement touts Kodol as a healthful digestant that nourishes digestive organs and supplies natural gastric juices. It asserts the product digests what you eat and promises relief, sold by F Fubgkuus druggist at 85 Stephenson Street.
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Vo F. Fubgkuus
Tephenson Street
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