Tragic Relics At Auction In City Sale Of Personal Estates
A vivid description details a city auction of diverse goods from unknown owners. Trunks, wardrobes, musical instruments, jewelry, watches, and oddities fill a long room as bidders vie for every item from lace to a tooth and a horse manual. The narrator reflects on buying items and the haunting allure of auction nights.
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New York
Awaz
Ak Liz
Fame
Anna
Will
Fifth Avenue
Bowery
San Francisco
Paris
Madison Square
Ome
Anectioneer
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Old
Salem
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Hawthorne
London
William IV
Lighthouses and Their Keepers From Damp Swamps to Bright Lights
The article profiles lighthouse life noting how keepers inspect every corner and shine brass fittings. It highlights resilient women keepers like Mrs. Baker and Ida Lewis, the lack of pension plans, Civil Service rules, and a harsh Louisiana swamp beacon. It recalls Sabin's Point and a catastrophic storm in 1906.
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Civil Service
Louisiana
Sabin’s Point
Ember
Alchemy of Jack Frost in Hoar Frost Pictures
The piece explains how hoar frost forms on surfaces, noting heat radiating surfaces attract frost, and moisture from the air deposits as frost on very cold objects. It highlights the role of night cooling, surface radiation, and misty conditions in creating frost patterns seen on gate posts and shrubbery.
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Jack Frost
Pacific Fleet Guns Show Huge Firepower Grading
Harper's Weekly notes a fleet totaling 225000 tons with 925 modern guns. The Georgia eclipses the Oregon in main battery and overall energy, thanks to faster fire and superior gunnery teamwork in crews.
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Harper's Weekly
Oregon
South America
Pacific
Cervera
Santiago
Georgia
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Freorgia
Philadelphia
Charles Wesley and the evangelical revival in Britain
The piece traces Charles Wesley’s birth at Epworth in 1707, his Oxford education, and role alongside John Wesley in founding Methodists. It notes their voyage to America, the impact of Peter Bohler’s visit, and Charles’s hymn writing birth of salvation by faith on Whit Sunday 1738. It highlights Charles’s marriage to Sarah Gwynne, his death in 1788, and the revival’s broad social influence guided by hymns and music.
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Wesley
St. John of Emigtiaae
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Guy de Wellesley
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Bartholomew
Samuel
Charles Wesley
Epworth
Watminmster School
Ireland
England
Richard Colley
Arthur Wesley
Wellesley
Duke” of Wellington
Charles
Christ Church College
Oxford
Lincoln College
Little Band of Believers and Inquirer
Godly Club
Wreete
Toxford
Whitfield
America
Peter Bohler
Luther
Augustine
Paul
Sarah Gwynne
Newgate
William Wilberforce
John Wesley
Carlyle
Montreal
Talks About It Is Your Wife of the Same Opinion
The brief exchange notes the wife holds the same view as the speaker though not in a single position. It suggests ongoing disagreement or evolving stance within a domestic discussion.
Astronomy. He Her teeth are like the stars in Heaven
A playful exchange compares teeth to stars in heaven with questions and answers about why they appear nightly in a lighthearted astronomy themed dialogue.
The Jewsharp Remembered in a Paris Return
A narrator recalls his childhood jewsharp songs and nearby pals, later meeting Edouard Scovel in Paris. He reflects on how small town tunes faded while the famed performer reappears on the grand stage, rekindling old musical memories.
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Chevalier Edouard Scovel
Old Town
Ed. Scovel
Grand Opera House
Paris
Scovel
Cynical Bachelor Reflects On Married Life
A cynical bachelor notes that married life often brings unhappiness and jokes that a woman cannot always tell a man’s peace of mind from a piece of hers. The remark plays on contrasts of happiness and misunderstanding in relationships.
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Fats
Edouard Scovel
Europe
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