Costs and commerce and social reform mix in late 19th century musings
A mosaic of quotes and observations debunks social ills and seeks economy. Thoreau on rooting out evil, war talk sparked by poems, living costs and trade, disease spread by flies, and gender divorce disparities surface. Streams of opinion urge banking choices and billboard regulation as well.
Idol in a Canal Returns to Disturb Campion
The scene follows Campion and Sybil dealing with the idol's return as doubts about past danger and loyalties surface. Sybil affirms her faith while Campion wrestles with fear, inheritance of a scandal, and a looming social consequence at a late evening soiree. Nebelsen and Babcock plot romance amid family tensions and occult jokes.
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Sybil
Nebelson
Ronald
Damien
Red Riding Hood
Sybi
Papa
Lionel Babcock
Babcock
Hilary
Mrs. Staniland
Eleanor
Perceval
Cybele
Nebeilsen
Nebelsen
Barent
Tule
Nebelsem
Felicity
Mahatma
Sussex
Thibet
Yong
Academy
Relativity of Knowledge in Philosophy
The concept says knowledge is limited to appearances tied to our faculties and never reaches the true essence. The thing in itself is unknowable and absolute knowledge is impossible. Our understanding is phantasmagoria, knowing appearances without confirming their truth or magnitude.
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New York American
Honeyfield Ditch Case Rules Ditch A Stream
Judge Clyde at Charles City Indiana handed down a March term decision in the Honeyfield ditch case. Honeyfield must open the ditch within sixty days and is forever enjoined from filling it in again. The ditch drains land across Honeyfield’s farm about a mile north of the city. The ruling treats a legally placed ditch as a lawful stream of water.
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Clyde
Charles City
Honeyfield
Too Much For the Class
A substitute teacher faces a math lesson when Mary has five oranges and Gladys adds eleven more. The class hesitates as they must compute how many remain after Mary gives six to Winifred, with a girl offering apples as the usual unit.
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Mary
Gladys
Winifred
New York Tribune
Boy Topsy Story From Kansas City Star
A brief Kansas City Star item recounts a Swede pupil named Yonny Olsen who dodges ages and dates noting not born yet and having a stepmother. The exchange with the teacher highlights humorous misunderstandings in a school setting.
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Yonny Olsen
Bane
Kansas
Barbados Pigs Trained as Pets Roam Among Hen Flocks
Locals keep Barbados pigs as pets and teach them tricks while allowing the animals to roam freely among hen flocks, illustrating a curious domestic arrangement in rural life.
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Barbados
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