Debates on Fiction in 19th Century Library Policy
A long editorial argues that judging a book by its truth matters, not its fiction status. It defends novels as moral teachers, endorses Dickens and Thackeray while cautioning against harmful biases, and praises the press for shaping humane, educated citizens through regular reading.
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Mercantile Library
Bunyan
Bulwer
Caxton
Paul Cugard
Thackeray
Dickens
David Copperfield
Dickins
Culegan
Peoples College
Phantom King Gains Entrance to Convent Gallery
A disguised Philip the Second visits a convent cloister and impresses a tradesman with paintings. The man, believing the king to be a servant, receives a cordial tour and an invitation for wine at St Martin's. The exchange ends with a promise of hospitality if the man visits Madrid.
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Philip
St. Martin’s
Michael Bombis
Philip the Second
Madrid
Investigation details on Galphia Claim inquiry gains
Washington correspondence describes the Committee of Investigation in the Galphia Claim pursuing a thorough inquiry into official actions surrounding the Bill in Congress and its executive approval. It states Cabinet members are exonerated of impropriety and blames a malicious personal resentment against Mr. Crawford for the spread of the libellous allegations.
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N. Y. Courier and Enquirer
Washington
Committee of Investigation
Galphia
Congress
Executive Department
Crawford
N. Y
Union
Brethren of the Order Arrive at New Milleray near Dubuque
Twenty two brethren of the order arrived at Dubuque Town on the 11th from Ireland. Their destination is New Milleray, eight miles west of Dubuque, an establishment owning about sixteen hundred acres of land to cultivate.
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Janesville
Wisconsin
Rock River
Jangsville
H Monterey
Rochester
Wisconsin Argus
Mons
Dubuque
Town
Ireland
New Milleray
Californian Returns After Fourteen Years Abroad
A Montreal paper reports a man who left Laprairie for the West fourteen years ago has returned to Sacramento City. He spent the first year of the gold discovery in California and acquired about 300000 dollars. He has brought the money home and leased his Sacramento land to the Government for 10000 dollars yearly.
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California
Montreal
Laprairie
Canada
West
Sacramento City
Education and Panama Railroad Strike Report
Dr Franklin advocates education as a lasting investment while reports from the steam ship Georgia note operations on the Panama railroad halted due to extreme heat and fever. Most workers have died or deserted, and Col Totten cannot obtain assistance.
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Georgia
Panama
Col. Totten
Inventions of Fire Vapors and Electric Light Experiments
Reports describe Phillips demonstrating a machine that emits a rapid gaseous vapor to trigger flame and then suppress it with another device. The text also details St Petersburg experiments with galvanic street lighting, including a large electric arc in a central tower, coal-point batteries, and color changes, plus notes on a Paris Academy grant for work on phosphoric matches and related occupational diseases.
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London
Nigel Eine
Phillips
St. Petersburgh
Savan
Admiralty Tower
Illuminary
Dresden
Meyerboer
Paris Academy of Sciences
Franca
Dra
Bibra
Ghoist
Nuremberg
Foot-prints of the Creator and early world comments
A passage from The North British Review on Hugh Mill's Foot-prints of the Creator argues early Earth could not support humans during its violent formation. It notes creation's progress with seas, land, lights, and living creatures shaping human genius and labor. The article ends with a fragment about an Southampton resident, Ward, age 100, survivor of Captain Cook’s voyage.
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North British Review
Hugh Mill
Mills
Earth
Miller
Southampton
Ward
Captain Cook
Infallible recipe for curing ringworm in 19th century text
John Skinner of the Plow, the Loom and the Anvil shares a harsh home remedy for ringworm. Heat a shovel until red, press with a cold flat iron, rub oil-exuded residue on the ringworm, repeat once or twice, and the infection will be killed.
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Skinner
Julius Owsar
Butter King report on California climate and soil
The report notes California climate for migrants, describing warm valleys between the Sacramento plain and coast ranges and the mild winters with hot dry summers. It discusses fertile black alluvial soil, drainage needs, and vast valley systems that could support agriculture with proper management, while mentioning sparsely explored eastern Sierra slope and the Colorado region.
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Clear Lake
San Joaquein
Siors Nevade
Atlantic
Union
Siern
Nevada
Siera Nevada
Colorado
Siera Madre
Santa Fe
California
Salt Lake
Gila
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