Fortune teller visit inspires a moral lesson
In a Green County Iowa house a shower drives a family indoors where children mock a supposed gypsy fortune teller. Their mother reveals the con, teaching self-reliance and that destiny is shaped by effort, not magic. The scene ends with the family planning for the future and a hopeful, orderly life.
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Clem
Baby
Victor
Clement
Mamma
Ted
Pearl
Aes
Jake
Lute
Global salutations of diverse peoples in historic notes
A catalog of greeting customs from nations and peoples including Hollanders Italians Laplanders Mohammedans Moors Guinea Pelew Islanders Persians Poles Romans Russians Siamese Spanish Swedes Turks Washoe Arabs Bengalese Bohemians Burmese Ceylonese Chinese Egyptians English Ethiopians and others, detailing how each group welcomed or saluted visitors with unique gestures and phrases. It references religious overtones, ceremonial acts, and social norms observed in greeting practices across eras.
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Adien
Guinea
Austria
Washoe
Nevada
A Bachelor’s Woes on a Bitter Winter Night
A humorous verse depicts a single man’s pitiful plight as winds howl and snow blankets the earth. He shivers in a cold house, hides his nose and toes under bed clothes in yarn hose, then rises at dawn to find them frozen. The tale contrasts bachelor misery with married repose.
Ministers Dead In America 1871 72 Ages Averaged 52
From October 1871 to October 1872 twenty five Lutheran ministers died in America. Ten were between 60 and 70 years old. The average age of all was 52 years and 21 days.
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America
Religious Reading and Theologian News Digests
A long column surveys religious life in the United States and Britain, noting church memberships, priests, and lay participation. It cites John A. Brown’s philanthropy, church pew pricing in Philadelphia, and the scope of Protestant ministers’ incomes. It mentions the First Presbyterian Church in Lexington’s aid for the deaf, Yale chapel plans, and historical notes on St Peter’s Cornhill. It ends with reflections from Mrs. Stowe on aging furniture and social memory.
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St. Peter’s
Cornhill
London
Bishop Beverage
England
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Hyon
Gypsey
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Green County
Iowa
New School of Skeptical Science
Great Britain
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Lexington
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Philadelphia
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Baptist Union
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Oberlin
Cathedral of
Pekin
China
United States
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New York
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Ohio
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Boise City
Territory
Presbyterian Church
Mount Pleasant
Alabama
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Yale
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Durfee
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Mail Register
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Chicago
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Yellow Creek
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Stockton
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Silver Creek
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Stephenson County
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Sephanson County
Knowlton
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Richard Meyer
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Chancery
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Henry M. Barnum
Casper Hessentius
Gasper Hessenius
Lena Hesseniur
Hxecutrix
Holland & Co’s
Billiard
Holland
Stephenson Street
Nebraska
Eq. D. Line
Main Oflicah
L. D. Line
St. Cincinnati
Mercantile Prize Association
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W. Y. Herald
World
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Staaes Zeitung
Franklin
Lane
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Hattie Banker
Charleston
Lovlisa T. Blake
St. Paul
Plano
Samuel V. Raymond
Boston
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Burlington & Missouri River
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Burlington
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Atchison
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Pullman's Palace
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Republic
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G. J. Bliss
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Farmers Fire Insurance Company
Wilcoxon Opera
Freeport, Illinois
Daniel Adamson
Magor
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Oyster Saloon
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