The Grocer and the Youth Ends in a Cautionary Tale
A grocer entices a youth with rum whisky and a mirror show. He drugs the drink and robs the youth, who wakes later in the street. The tale warns youths to beware of liquor and deceit.
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13 May 1870
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Kokomo Journal in Kokomo, Indiana
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Newspaper
Kokomo Journal
Location
Kokomo, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1870
Page
1
Delicate Photographs and a Caution on Ladies
A conservative note condemns young women sharing photographs with merely acquainted men. The piece urges preserving dignity and self respect, even with accepted lovers, and calls for returning images if engagements end. It adds a stinging warning to sisters and closes with an odd unrelated line about a child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gage
My Father does not Wish Me to Play Cards
A boarding school scene shows four boys playing cards and one refusing to join, choosing to follow his father’s wishes. His stand earns respect, foreshadows future integrity, and highlights three key traits: obeying parents, resisting ridicule, and decisive conscience. The tale ends urging youths to implant truth and persist in virtue for lasting honor.
Wealth, travel, and wood use in 19th century life
The speaker discusses frugal living and generosity, stating no material worries and a preference for daily gains. He notes children handling household duties and enjoying French excursions. The text shifts to U S wood consumption, citing acres cut for railway sleepers, railway-related wood costs, locomotive wood use, and the wood industry’s economic value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
End of the World Talk Between Parker and Emerson
A Milleryt member questions Theodore Parker on the world ending next week as he leaves Emerson's house. Parker replies that it does not concern him since he lives in Boston. Emerson then quips that they can get along fine without it if it ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Theodore Parker
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Milleryt
Parker
Emerson
Boston
Lutkicat Man Forged by Careful Forethought Theme
A fragment suggests a man who makes luck through careful planning and forethought, implying a character study of prudence shaping fortune.
Freemasonry as a social and charitable society
The article extols Freemasonry as more than a casual or secret society, highlighting its social, charitable, and universal usefulness. It argues the Order fosters sociability, reconciles animosities, and aids those in distress, while remaining secret only in means of mutual recognition to prevent fraud. It adds a practical meditation on virtue and perseverance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freemasonry
National Freemason
Color Changing Flower Experiment For Suspended Flames
A kitchen science note describes burning flour sulfur and using high colored double dahlias or zinnias held above the flame to alter petal colors. It warns to avoid inhaling fumes and to perform outdoors on a sheltered piazza to prevent staining curtains and furniture.
One Chance Against Death Sparks Bowery Patient Recovery
A Bowery youth with a wasting disease is told medicine cannot help. After a tense guessing exchange about odds, the patient pleads for any chance and, in a moment of feeble hope, whispers that he is riding on that one chance. The doctor agrees and he survives.
Shave for Gods Sake Prank A Barber Tale
A medieval barber tale from Italy and Spain recounts monks being shaved for free on petition to the Father. A merciless barber shaves a friar with a sawlike razor while the friar endures cold lather and tears. A dog’s loud wail interrupts, prompting the friar to reveal the reason as shaving him for God’s sake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Spain
German Couple Wed After Atlantic Homecoming
A German youth in Lee Masa longing for home wrote to a girl in Germany. She crossed the Atlantic to Lee after their shared faith and courage and was joined by her fiancé on a late train. The couple married the following day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Masa
Germany
Atlantic
Pastor recalls cheerful Sunday School concert mischief
A church pastor at a Sunday School concert jokes that he fought to keep his feet still after hearing the boys sing, then a six year old answers with a humorous diagnosis of chilblains, sparking a light moment.
Beauty Without Honesty Quote
A line notes beauty without honesty as poison hidden in gold, expressing caution about deception and value.
Too Much Marrying By Form Of Law
The writer argues there is excessive urging and coercion to marry, often by those who should know better, leading to marriages without real compatibility. He condemns incenting single people into unions and calls for moral understanding to prevent untrue marriages and lifelong discontent rather than stricter divorce rules.
Simplicity in Prayer in Pulpit Talk
The Examiner and Chronicle urges pastors to pray simply as a child speaks to his father. It notes one preacher who prays plainly and personally, not as a polished evangelist, yet with a loving, trusting heart. It asks if more pastors should adopt this plain approach.
Lawyer Beats Publisher in Minnesotan Push
A book agent recounts visiting a lawyer to subscribe for a new book. The lawyer reacted harshly and struck the agent, who then retaliated by assaulting the lawyer and paying ten dollars. The agent claims this led to widespread sympathy and increased subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Fragmented 19th Century Portrait Salutes Hair and Light
Giles Jenkins remarks on a woman's hair as if illuminated by nimble fingers and sunlit strands. Joe Bowers echoes the sentiment, noting the hair’s bright, catching light as a poetic reverie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giles Jenkins
Joe Bowers
Regimental Regret and Oddities of a Gilded Age
A drill instructor leads a mock funeral drill, noting each recruit’s “look of regret.” The piece advertises Benham Brothers music compilations for $1,500 in value, then recounts a Treasury clerk finding a mouse in her hair, and a Sabbath gin incident involving Rev. Smyth. It closes with a caricatured list praising French officialdom and guards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Washington
Conductor Quits Names After Rhode Island Gaffe
A Taunton to Hartford traveler recalls asking a conductor if all stations were named. The conductor confirms. The traveler jokes that Rhode Island was not called, highlighting a humorous misnaming on the Fishkill road trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taunton
Hartford
Fishkill Road
Willimantic
Rhodefeland
Centenarian quits tobacco after eighty seven
A centenarian who learned to smoke at fifty quit at eighty seven, noting it made his head unsteady. he said his nerves improved afterward. Readers aged eighty seven and older are urged to consider this experience.
Woman Seeks Husband in Period Lafayette Advertisement
A brief 19th century notice speaks of a Lafayette woman proud of a dress she wove herself and seeking a match. Proposals by mail require a reply stamp. A chance to secure a good wife is advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Man protests work near church. fires at Wisconsin prison shops
A Middletown man complained about several men with teams near a church on a Sunday. Meanwhile at the State Prison in Mion Wisconsin, workshops were burned causing losses estimated at 150,000.
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Middletown
Connecticut
Mion
Wisconsin
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