The Deacon's Dream and a Family's Comeback
A devout rural family faces hardship as son Willie seeks college, daughter Mary longs for schooling, and Deacon Heyworth tightens control. After a moral awakening prompted by a nightmare of judgment, he confesses fault, loosens strictures, and the family unites with renewed hope and shared sacrifice.
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Mary
Willie
Jho
Exrama
Poe
Nathan
Deacan
Thomas
Tid
Nathan Heyworth
Outdoor living in preventing and treating child illness
Dr Melis L Oswald argues that bronchitis and croup stem from overheated rooms and impure air. He urges fresh air, ventilation, light meals, milk or honey water, and back-and-forth arm movement to ease symptoms, warning against heavy sedatives and stimulants during convalescence.
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Hudson Bay Territory
Melis L. Oswald
Popular Science Monthly
The Worst of Everyone Opinion Piece on Detraction
A reflective meditation condemns habitually speaking ill of others and celebrates charitable interpretation. It argues detraction poisons friendships, distorts virtue, and leaves no room for sympathetic judgment or goodwill among those who thrive on negative speculation.
Diverse 19th Century Science Notes From A British Journal
The article surveys topics on industry and science including US railway actions, annual US pin production of about seven billion, bees preferring blue, a Paris Exhibition induction coil creating a forty two inch spark, Census Bureau on coal versus wood fuel usage, cyclone dimensions in various regions, Roman Gatheries marriage prohibitions and deaf-mutes rates, eggs heat absorption, sloop animals oxygen use, and the shift to rolled sheet iron in tin-plate trade with England importing plates from Hamburg.
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United States
Jomn Bubbock
Census Bureau
Egga
M. Arsonval
England
Hamburg
Weighing Wit and Wisdom in Quick-Hitting Jibes
A collection of playful quips and quarries from various papers. The passage collates jests about fashion, baseball, eloquence, city life, and a vaudeville style tale of a clergyman and a runaway dog fight, with snatches of verse and humorous dialogue.
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Denver
America
Boston Post
Philadelphia
Lowell Courwr
What Electricity Is Doing Ex Minister White Talks Exposition
Ex Minister White describes his Paris visit to the Electric Exposition. Mr Edison and the Siemens Brothers display notable exhibits. He notes the electric railroad as a rising success and predicts a revolution in transport. Siemens plans a Berlin two mile road with compact equipment under floor.
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Thomas
Mary
Dascoli
Anil
Deacon
Nathan
Hannah
Deacon Sleyworth
Lizabeth
Mintasho
Buck
Burlington
Momus
Israfe
Zeras
Smith
Fogg
Boston Transcript
Alps
White
Paris
Io Saya
Edison
Siemens Brothers
Berlin
Aarief
Mr. Ite
Siemens
Inerlin
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