Work the best cure for strife
A short verse praising industry and labor as the cure for conflict. It contrasts idleness with diligence and asserts that wisdom lies in active effort. The piece encourages steady work as the path to improvement.
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1866
Page
6
A Lesson in the Woods From a Father to His Grandfather
A man with an ailing blind father, living on the edge of civilization, plans to carve a wooden trough for his father's meals after the crockery breaks repeatedly. His son asks about the project and vows to make a trough for him when he grows old. The father refrains, fearing guilt and sorrow, and returns home to treat his father with kindness thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ife
Jigson
Pather
Tam
Human Faces Refined From Individual Expressions
The article discusses facial diversity as a source of social happiness and identity. It argues that every face holds unique conformity and expression, enabling instant recognition in a crowd. Uniformity would breed social evils and hinder parental affection.
The Little Cup of Tears from Thorpe's Yule-tide Stories
A North German legend recounts Fiere the mother who watches her sick child die and, after three days of grief, the departed child returns as an angel with a cup almost full. The angel tells her mother to stop weeping for her child as it is now safe in heaven.
A Speculating Frenchman Charged With Fraud in London
A Frenchman, insured for 100000 francs, faked his death in London to claim the policy. He arranged a coffin and funeral in a Renign Catholic chapel, but the grave was found with shavings and stones when exhumed. Arrested by Belgian authorities after a trip to Antwerp, he awaits trial for fraudulent bankruptcy and insurance fraud.
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London
Leytonstown
America
Antwerp
Paris Insurance Company
Adoption of Constitutional Amendment Slashes Interest Costs
Albany Evening Journal argues that adopting the constitutional amendment would save New York ten million dollars yearly by stabilizing public debt, reducing interest from seven to five percent, and lowering national taxes for New York taxpayers. It asserts debt guarantees would boost investor confidence and fiscal security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
New York
Albany Evening Journal
United States
Congress
Scheme to erp upon Freedmen exposed by foreign agents
A Nashville report from October 17 describes rumors of a slave sale scare among Black residents after vagrancy arrests. It notes promises of freedom in exchange for plantation work in Mississippi and cites a State Department circular warning officials to stop efforts to lure freedmen abroad.
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Cheatham & Beach
Mississippi
United States
Department OF State
Washington, D. C
Middle District of Tennessee
Peru
Tani
Political critique urges sober, qualified rulers in a heated era
The Chicago Journal denounces politicized appointments and calls for voters to choose sober, righteous citizens over party loyalists. It attacks Tom Turner and Erie H. Haines as tools of copperheads in Congress and mocks their campaign as desperate and “lost.” An Irish quip closes with a Donnybrook Fair joke about a fight and learning in youth.
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Tom Turner
Eri. H. Haines
Congress
Washburne’s
Farnsworth
Chicago Journal
Chronic Sore Eyes Remedy Promoted by Dr Myers
An advertisement for a new eye cure by Dr J O Myers and D W Scorr promotes eye health, urging readers to examine cure certificates. The office is listed over Brown's Book Store on Stephenxony Street Kreaport Igols 47-8.
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D. W.scorr
Oflce
J. BE
Brown's Book Store
Stephenxony Street
Kreaport
Igols
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