The Broken-Hearted and a Prisoner's Tale of Pain
Abridged prose blends Prentice’s sentimental portrait of a 17 year old girl in an eastern New England village with a medical anecdote about a pauper child brave in dentistry. The excerpt contrasts beauty and sorrow with reflections on desire mortality and the human spirit.
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George D. Prentice
Puister
New England
Sue
Ries
Deati
Earth
Temple of All Hearts
A Great Talker Coleridge’s Eloquence and its Limits
The article praises Samuel Taylor Coleridge as a great talker whose daily loom of ideas sparked inquiry and knowledge. It notes his eloquence arising from manner and a resonant voice, yet admits even he could tire listeners and bore guests, citing Walter Scott’s frustrated dinner remark Zounds.
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
de Quincey
Coleridge
Walter Scott
Card Suits Across Traditions Through the Ages
The article traces the history of playing card suits from ancient uses to the present. It notes four-standard suits in early Halian cards acorn cups coins and awards, later hearts and diamonds replacing some, with Spanish copa oro baston espada and French cours carre, and mentions Germany’s retention of hearts bells leaves and acorns.
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Germany
The Charme of Virtue Pursuit and Reward
A short moral reflection on virtue as a universal attainable goal. It extols perseverance, viewing every difficulty as progress and every contest as victory. Early pursuit is urged, promising timely rewards for steadfast virtue.
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Otack
London Truths Prize Letters Spark Editor’s Flood
The London Truth prize for best refusal to a marriage proposal drew flood of sample letters. Portia Miranda Pink Domino Angelina Sarah Acton and others offered witty, sharp or humorous rejections, while a Telegraph snippet recounts George Saniller’s record speed on an automatic telegraph sender as observers cheered.
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London Truth
Portia
Cadpax
Miranda
A. P
Telegraph
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
New York
George Saniller
Pittsburgh
Icamiller
Idamiller
Mernder
George
Hank Cowen
Patsy Ayers
the Devil
Birthday reflections and health warnings from Burdette
A fragmented column excerpt urges saving health for old age, warns against overindulgence, and notes aging truths about eye strain and heart law. It includes Burdette's birthday musings on turning thirty five and humorous lines about an alarm clock and church bells.
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Burdette
Anecdotes of Laura Keene and Travel’s Effect on Americans
The piece recalls Billy Otis as Laura Keene’s admired Lord Dundreary and his stage pranks. It also notes Otis’s secret prayers before performances and his death after illness. The second part, adapted from Scribner’s Monthly, argues Europe spurs American humility, art, and learning while preserving attachment to home and liberty.
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Laura Keene
The
Baptist Weekly
Billy” Otis
Lord Dundreary
President Lincoln
Miss Keene
Carpenters
Otia
J. G. Holland
Scribner's Monthly
America
Europe
Obedience of Children Viewed as Key to World Progress
The author argues that global improvement in intelligence civilization and morality would accelerate if children followed divine injunctions to obey parents. Every parent desires their offspring to rise higher, yet progress is hindered by children who misjudge their parents experience advice and love.
Bangs Sparks Snippet at Atwater Street Rookery
A man in shirt sleeves sat by a doorway on Atwater street when a casual acquaintance asked if a woman seen on the corner was his wife. The exchange touched on her bangs as the two debated the look and the man’s claimed advantage in a brief, candid street dialogue.
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Atwater Street
Bill
Novel drunkenness treatment ends in rough discipline
A Dubuque wife devised a new method. She welcomed her drunken husband with brandy, then tied him to a bedpost and whipped him with a rawhide until he was tender as a beefsteak, reports the Telegraph.
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Dubuque
Telegraph
Digestive Weakness and Health Remedies Highlighted
The text links nervousness to digestion and stomach weakness, promoting Hep Bittera to purify the blood and aid organs. It cites a postal card with dense writing, mentions W. D. Wilson of Ottawa, and advertises the World's Dispensary Medical Association offerings including Dr. Pierce remedies and Catarrh Remedy.
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Dr. Pierce
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
N. Y
London
England
Dr Kings New Discovery touted for throat and lung cures
An 19th century style ad extols Dr Kings New Discovery as the sole cure for throat and lung ailments. It claims over one million bottles used in a year and offers a trial bottle for ten cents or a dollar for a full bottle, with Jerome Allen of Greencastle Indiana promoting it. Also Bucklen's Arnica Salve is advertised for skin ailments with a similar refund guarantee and Jerome Allen selling it.
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Dr. Kings
Dr. King
Jerome Allen Greencastle
Ind
Bucklen
Jerome Allen
Detchan
Jerome Allen’s
Conrad Cook
Greencastle
Sellers' cough syrup sale notice touts 5 cent bottles
The ad promotes Sellers' Cough Syrup as the most pleasant and efficacious remedy for coughs colds croup hoarseness and whooping cough with over a million bottles sold recently. It claims relief and benefits not found in other mixtures and marks price at 5 cents per bottle via local druggists.
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Wilscod Pt Pal
Burlington, Vt
Falesmen
Berens
Als
Sy Fos Ste T & CO
I - Christians
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Fleetwood
Christ
Nook & Rimle Co
Day
Jana
DAY Kidney Pad Co
Bole Proprietors
Toledo
Ohio
Teuths
Hop Ritters Miz. Co
Rochester, N. x
Foutz
Fonta
David
Baltimore
Geek
Larne
C.F. OY
Contemporary Review
Lanark
Polly
Duan
Pink Domino
Edwin
Angelina
Smr
Sarah Acton
Tutce
South Bend Herald
W. D. Wilson
Ottawa
Fr. Wilson
Chicago Tribune
N.Y
CH Harp
Scetts
Rolling Mill Cooper Shop
John Rilrby
Leibig’s
Bsaldby Landes & Co
C. Cook, Perking & Co
Plymouth
Diana
National Pub. Co
St. Louisa
Chienaga
KE. Detchon
Didsous
Fostetters
Hostetter
Erie Eam Ao
Shiloh
C. Cook
Shilow
C.cook
Byu
R.E. Sellers & CO
Pitteburgh
Mc. Allister
Allpuepiets
Mnicks Street
N York
Becaet
Roy
Sanford
Nasil
Oregon
Larug
Aeroc
Cook &Coq
U.S
Epherim Brown
Goys
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