The Wants of Man and Dora's Waiting Love
A fragment from 1840s fiction follows Prudence Hall and her sister Dora on a New England farm. Dora resists suitors while awaiting Joe Raymond who leaves for Colorado, endures years of letters, doubt, and hope, and returns to claim a life with Dora after seven long years.
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Seth Hallet
Prudy
Prudence Hall
Dora
Mrs. Hall
David Hall
Prudence
David
Joa Raymond
Joe
New England
Theodora
God
Dorn
Jacob
Rachel
Eare
Sunshine
Mariana
Colorado
Dore
West
Denver
Joseph Raymond
Joe Raymond
Herbert
Kniven
Finn Raymond
Dora's Trial Ends In Quiet Morning Court
Mrs Prudence Hull speaks as she mends a blue dress while Dora faces a local court case. The fragment suggests a domestic or community dispute proceeding with a calm, routine atmosphere and no sensational details. The scene centers on a household setting with community figures.
Reckless Mosby Guerrilla Hero of the Civil War
The piece recalls John S. Mosby as a brave guerrilla who repeatedly evaded Union forces. It recounts his bold escapes near Middletown and Warrenton, covert entries into Washington and Baltimore, and daring episodes including a dinner ambush in the Lu Yay valley and a capture attempt thwarted by a feigned drunkenness.
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Mosby
Washington
Baltimore
Middletown
Luyay Valley
Warrentoy
Federal Reserve
Virginia Ble
Danish Law Provision Seeks Severe Penalty
A salutary law in Denmark outlines provisions that would be hard to find in our criminal code or statutes. It prescribes a punishment for a particularly revolting offense, signaling strict temperance in legal penalties.
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Denmark
Duty to aid in mortal danger under Danish law
The text discusses the crime of omitting aid to a fellow human in mortal peril. It cites Danish law declaring that anyone who refuses to help another in mortal danger when it can be done without risking their own life is liable to imprisonment or a fine if the person dies.
How Tacks Are Made Describes early tack production process
The article explains tack fabrication from iron sheets to finished heads. It covers rolling mill sheets cut into pieces, immersion cleaning, cutting, shaping between dies, and head forming by hammering and striking. It notes machine speeds and contrasts with old manual methods from fifty or sixty years prior.
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United States
How a Man Became Insane The Hermit of the Troy Times
A late 19th century column notes that numerous lunatics in asylums stem from self abuse of pleasure gambling speculation and hard drinking. A Bloomingdale asylum case illustrates decline from promise to defaulter and rake. Insanity cases rise with open year prompting calls to expand asylums or curb intemperance.
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Troy
N. Y
Bloomingdale Asylum
Hogarth
To Husbands. How to Treat Your Wife Ethically
A satirical guide attributed to a physiologist outlines harmful marital expectations. It urges men to shirk chores, demand money with petty control, spend on cigars, and neglect family duties. The tone mocks patriarchy by detailing how not to behave and ends with a grim hint at later replacement.
Lodger’s bill at Long Branch hotel sparks humor
A guest is charged fifteen dollars for two days, praised for reading figures like a bank clerk, and jokes fly about a tiny room and sleeping with legs out the window. The clerk quips an extra two dollars and a half due to the unusual sleeping position.
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Long Branch
Yodger
Hallucinations of Great Men in August Popular Science
A discussion of hallucinations attributed to great men, citing Brie de Boismont and Napoleon, Rapp, and Socrates. It notes stars and voices as common delusions among eminent figures, linking visions to isolation, madness, and monomania in genius minds.
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Francis Galton
Popular Science
Danian
Sion
Napoleon
Rapp
Brierre de Boismont
Grout
Socrates
Spectacle of Mormon hideousness shocks editor in Salt Lake
In a letter to the Larens City Boomerang editor Bill Nye reports witnessing a scene in Salt Lake City. He condemns polygamy and describes a grotesque vision of a “crooked-necked old Mormon woman” as he recalls the day, noting the blow of societal justice on men and women involved.
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Bill Nye
Larens City
Salt Lake City
Church of the Latter Day
What a Jack Mormon Is
A San Francisco Chronicle letter from Minersville describes a "Jack Mormon" as a Gentile married to a Mormon woman who neither fully joins nor rejects the church. The writer says such men are distrusted by both sides, claiming they pretend allegiance to Mormons while avoiding polygamy and risking harsh consequences.
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San Francis Chronicle
Anga
Minersville
Jack Mormon
Utah
Weather Proverbs From Folklore Chronicle
A collection of weather proverbs and seasonal sayings dated to a historical period. The lines predict winter strength, spring warmth, and summer drought from clues like January calends, March dust, and May corn, mixing weather lore with practical farming cues.
Spotted Tail Joke Reveals Captain Lee on Truth
Captain Lee discusses Spotted Tail and honesty, joking about a man’s word. The tale recalls tribal humor, palm hair lore, and the tension between Native leaders and white settlers as Spotted Tail joins in the handshake, highlighting crossculture dialogue and memory.
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Spotted Tail
Captain Lee
Tnt
Cail
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Reckless Mosby
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