Quotations on Life From English and American Masters
A San Francisco Times reader contribution assembles quotations from standard authors. Lines span Young to Shakespeare, Doyle to Milton, praising life, ambition, virtue, and fate with concise epigrams and reflections. The collage binds poets and essayists in a single compendium of moral and artistic maxims.
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Life
San Francisco Times
H. A. Demming
England
America
Dee
Young
Dr. Johnson
Spencer
Daniels
Longfellow
Southwell
Churchill
Rochester
Armstrong
Milton
Dailey
Somerville
Thomson
Byron
Smolett
Crabbe
Messenger
Cowley
Beattie
Cowper
Davenant
Giay
Willa
Addison
Dryden
Watkins
Herrick
Hill
Dana
Shakespeare
Dower and divorce in Mohammedan law and a Texas raid
A 19th century essay notes that marriage dower under Mohammedan law can override inheritance, varies with bride status, and can be settled by magistrate. divorce is easy but dower must be paid. The Mobile Register comment on southern politics contrasts with northern opposition to federal measures. A Dallas uproar follows a nighttime raid by about forty armed farmers who killed one robber, wounded another, and recovered money from several victims, with an inquest pending and notes from a Massachusetts correspondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Democratic Party
Congress
Dallas
Sam Bass
Martin Johnson
Cochran Chapel
Johnson
Saris A. Dix
George Tally
Tally
C. W. Heal
Elliston
James Longmire
Einstom
Tom Cornwall
Odum Curley
Nashville
Tennessee
Edwards
Adams & Leonard’s Bank
Corg Ber
Toomorrow
Massachusetts
Texas
Gilory
Galveston
Polygamy as an Investment in Utah Tale Told in San Francisco
A San Francisco Chronicle account moves from a Utah inn yard tale about polygamy as a business plan to a Baptist sermon on faith. A speaker boasts of multiple wives and land, while Dr. J B Hardwicke recounts a Confederate hospital baptism and a Texas soldier’s death in Petersburg, illustrating devotion and loyalty to Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
San Francisco Chronicle
Tye
California
Bryan Baptist Church
J. B. Hardwicke
Broadway Baptist Church
Petersburg
Virginia
Texas
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Kings Vs Sears Norwalk Sermon Reveals Bias at Norwich Service
A noted Norwich preacher halted a state service to read a blunt quotation from James about rich and poor. He then publicly questioned a gallery patron about a gold ring, exposing the man’s wealth and the seating bias in the crowded church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwich
England
Sharper Carried Out String of Library Heists in New England
A thief journeyed through New England towns stealing the most valuable books allowed from each public library and ultimately sold the collection of rare volumes in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Boston
Railroad Accident at Nashville Kills Passenger
The Birmingham special reports that on the Alabama and Great Southern line a north bound train struck an object at Blyton causing a 25 foot embankment fall. James McFer, son of Rev Dr J B McFer an SM publishing agent in Nashville, died instantly when the baggage car fell onto him. Several passengers were bruised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Birmingham
Alabama and Great Southern Railroad
Bleyton
James McFerran
J. B. McFerran
Southern Methodist Publishing House
Defeat of California Elector Could Have Altered NY Result
A fragment notes that losing one California elector would have swung the Democratic party if it also affected New York, implying a pivotal impact on the election outcome tied to electoral votes and regional dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
New York
The Man Who Thinks It Economy to Skip The County Paper
A Griffith Echo excerpt condemns the reader who avoids subscribing and pays nothing for the county paper. It contrasts such neglect with the farmer who invests in news to stay informed, noting missing tools, shelters, and market knowledge. The piece mocks the chronic critic who borrows the paper, blames editors, and yet is first to demand news each day.
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Grifin Echo
Rumor of Cork landlord shot linked to Czar in parallel tale
A rumor from Limeric claims an Irish landlord with vast estate in County Cork has been shot. The note suggests the landlord and the Czar of Russia share a fate in a connected life boat scenario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limeric
County Cork
Russia
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Kings
Sears
Jack, Archer
Palo Pinto
Callahan
Young, Clay
Stephens
Throckmorton
Montague
Shackelford
Taylor
Parker
Hastland
Peters’ Colony
St. Louis
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Graham
Denison and Pacific
Waco and Northwestern
Land Office
Graha
Bankers
ER. T. Hilliard
Northwestern
Texas Land Agency
Graham, Texas
Choice
Archer, Taylor, Clay
Jack, Parker
Stephens, Callahan
Eastland
G. H. Crozier
News Dealer
United States
Wma. Cameron
Fort Worth and
Weatherford, Texas
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