Death’s End and Life’s Purpose in a Bard’s Question
The speaker questions whether life has meaning if death ends all and rebukes the idea that truth and virtue are upheld by mere appearances. He argues that courage and reason should guide action, insisting that penance and belief matter beyond fear of death, and presses to define whether life holds value beyond mortality.
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South Pacific
Patagonia
Magelan
Terra del Fuego
Magellan
Essex Institute
Salem
Mass
Samuel Preston
Andrew Jackson
Edward Livingston
Roger B. Tane
M. Grevy
The
Republic
London Globe
Iaas
Tutt
Political Points From The 19th Century Press
A compilation of sharp political jabs and rumors from various papers. It cites Iowa Register Indiana Republicans Cincinnati Commercial St Paul Pioneer Press Louisville Courier Journal Star routes Brady and other figures. Mentions Secretary Chandler New Hampshire votes and Census findings.
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Cincinnati Caramercial
John C. New
the Treasury
Indiana
Louisvill Courier-Journal
Star Route
Brady
Rutherford B. Hayes
Marshall Jewell
National Republican Committee
Washington
Chandler
New Hampshire
Boston Post
Riddleberger
Jaine
Frelinghuysen
Congress
Providence Press
Ohio
Cincinnati
Comly
Hayes
Sandwich Islands
Suicides Plague Reports Across Cities In Plainspoken Note
A New York Sun column lists numerous self destructive acts from varied towns and states. Adel bert Lobdell in Port Deposit and William Ford in Grand Forks are among those who took their own lives after financial or emotional strain. The piece reads as a catalog of tragic responses linked to money fear illness intoxication or relationship woes across multiple locales.
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Adelbert Lobdell
Port Deposit
Harvey Smith
Manchester
Bella Gray
Tamilton
Iowa
Robert Berkshire
Port Washington
Ohio
Mind over body governs truth and habit in decision making
An essay contrasts the incentive power of truth and error, detailing how conscience, motives, and witnesses sway the will. It argues choosing truth strengthens character, while repeated error erodes it, with references to Coleridge Bancroft and Goldsmith and a history of inventions and facts interwoven.
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Coleridge
Bancroft
Itn
Post Cooper
Austin
James Garland
Lynchburg
John Moore
Garland
Wil
Norristown Herald
Break-bone Fever Prompts St Jacobs Oil Endorsement
Jester Mr Boardman W Wilson of Baltimore traveling for A G Alford & Co., dealers in firearms and cutlery, reports being prostrated by break-bone fever. He claims the remedy St Jacobs Oil relieves the illness, citing endorsements from ex Postmaster General James Voorhees and other notable figures.
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Boardman W. Wilson
A. G. Alford & Co
Baltimore
St. Jacobs Oil
James
D. Voorhees
Unbidden guests and Kidney Wort cure tale
A letter from an Illinois girl recalls a mother’s recovery from kidney trouble after using Kidney Wort. The anecdote claims complete cure and renewed energy, noting widespread use since the remedy’s appearance. The ad cites Wells Health Renewer and a druggists depot Swormstedt & Co. listing.
Vast collection of odds and ends from late 19th century news
A mosaic of statistics and anecdotes flows through the page: Chicago police fatalities, 1882 coal output, 13 000 soldiers homes, 51 rolling mills in Pittsburg, Gladstone premiering rights, cash loans on revolvers in Chicago, orange yields in Florida, Baltimore church pews, and Chinese ancestor spirits payments. The item pools brief notes, quotes, and snapshots from multiple cities, with vivid cast of names and places.
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United States
Pittsburg
London
Edinburg
Dublin
Gladstone
Chicago
Marion County
Florida
Baltimore
Yates
Shanghai
Georgia
Man Tricks Creditor With Quick Debt Swap
A Michigan man dodged a $25 debt for a year until pressed by a creditor in a friend’s office. The creditor threatened a suit, but the debtor denied owing money and then obtained a receipt for the sum as a temporary loan. A suit followed and judgment favored the creditor, who showed a clean receipt.
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Mutual Friend
Detroit Free Press
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Thomas Powelt
Sam
Lam
Uncle Lute
Gallilee
Hell
Nelhbor
Wife
Rich
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Buchupaiba
New York Sun
Curtis O. Wallace
St. Louis
H. A. Crist
Des Moines
Geo. Barnell
Jackson Township
Ind
Bridget Scanlon
Lawrence
Fred Strack
Cleveland
Frank McCray
Corning
Knoxville
Caleb Hobbs
Lincolnton
N. C
Homer W. Barnes
Breckville
David Lawton
West Winfield
N. Y
Killian Donn
Elkhorn
Wis
Mary Romey
Mr. Dodson
San Antonio
Texas
Goldsmith
Wakefield
Mohammad
Mecer
Hagland
Firat
California
England
Japan
Nuremburg
America
Geo. von Furbach
United States Army
New York
New Haven
Hogland
Olias Howe, Jun
Society For the Promotion of
Edward VI
Whitsunday
Scotland
Thither
France
Alexander Lord Seaton
Boston
Hezin
China
British and Foreign Bible Society
F. B. Morse
Manhattan Island
Alvarado
Cal
Caattanooga 14
South
Wisconsin
Widder
John E. Owens
Baltimore City
Seler CO
A. Vuuller & CQ
Baltimere
U.S. A
NEW York Weekly Herald
Daily Herald
Globe
American News
the Farm Department
Weekly Herald
Park
Home Department
Werald
Broadway
Ann Street
Chas. C. Cornett’s
Tut
Murray St
N.Y
Bent Short
MD Edy
MFG
Hacket
Wih Steers
TD. Wallis
Main Cross Street
Central Avenue
Dewey
Madison
Main and Main Cross St
Madison, Indiana
Lhumphrey
Bartlett & Mason’s
J. E. C. F. Harper
Germany
Canada
Cuba
Munn & CO. Dub's
Scientific
Park Tow Rec
Foutz
Fontz
David E. Foutz
Baltimore, MD
Moore’s
J‘ Atdote
C.C. Moore
Cortlandt St
Louisville
Indianapolis
Queensville, Scipio
Elizabethtown
JOM. & J. Railroad
O&m
Aurora
Lawrenceburg
River Mails
Hanover
Saluda
Swanville
Lexington
Manville
Bee Camp
Brooksburg
Milton
Stony Point
Mud Lick
Bryantsburg
Rexville
St. Magdalene
New Marion
Jug M. & 1. Railroad
Jeffersonville
Madison & Indianapolis
North Vernon
Columbus
Aco
Mail
Cambridge City
West
Kansas
North Veanon
Hare
BR. P. Gahy
F&m. Ins. Co
Second Street
Mulberry
D. W. Caldwell
O. I
PM. Railway
St Louis
Fxpress
Great West
Aiadison
St. Lou
GAM
FL & M
Ins. Co
Berzazilckin
Williams & Barton
Avoie
Mailison Packers
Louls A. Sheriey
Fik
She Boek
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