Somebody's Mother Helps a Stranger Across
A ragged old woman stands in the wintry street while children rush by. A brave boy pauses to help her cross, reminding peers that she is somebody's mother and praising the kindness of those who aid others.
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Limestone
Maysville
Ohio River
Clermont County
Ohio
Cincinnati
Fort Washington
Losantville
Virginia Miltary Land District
Scioto
Little Miami
Virginia
Laving
Congress
Indiana
New Purchase
Rushville
Rush County
Clermont
Hamilton
Lewis
The Matching Muse of Passion and War
A lyric portrait extols a partner who can weave wisdom and craft, tend wounds, speak to men, and charm across seas. She combines soft tenderness with bold daring, capable in peace and in love, as the speaker pleads for a steadfast, ardent companion.
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Eden
There Are Gains for All Our Losses
Poem by R. H. Stoddard reflecting on aging and lost youth. The speaker notes time, fame, and praise fade with age while memories of a past love and the grave beside the wintry sea mark enduring losses. The poem concludes that every gain carries a loss.
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Raina
The Passing of January to February in Winter Love
A nostalgic verse reflects on the swift passage from January to February and the enduring power of love through cold winds hoar frost and storms. It contrasts harsh signs of winter with the steadfast growth of love, promising spring’s return despite months of chill.
Springtime Lament in a Cradle to Coffin Echo
The poem laments spring’s return as the speaker broods over lost loves. Birds sing and buds bloom yet the narrator fears no return of a beloved, lamenting broken vows and unseen happiness. A rider seeks to mend wrongs while the cradle points toward a coffin, a stark shift from birth to death.
Grandfather’s Perseverance and Early Settlement Tales
A reminiscence recounts the family’s migration from Kentucky to Ohio and Indiana in the early 1800s. It details land purchases, rugged frontier life, a perilous Greenbriar ridge snake encounter, and the rise of sons who built careers in law, medicine, farming, and politics.
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Lewis
Cincinnati
Greenbriar Ridge
Snake
Father
Tie
Yuechs
Clermont County
Ohio
Murray
Greenleaf
Indiana
Rushville
Indiapolis
House of Representatives
Congress of the
United States
Congress
Franklin Pierce
Indianapolis
United States Mail
Marion County
Lost Dog Bismarck Seeks Owner Amid Odd Details
Personal notice describes a three legged dog named Bismarck with a missing tail portion. The animal responds to Shack or Bismarck and tolerates a penny-pinching finder via a money order reward. The tale includes humorous mispronunciations and canine quirks observed by the owner, including a rink of scars and a distinctive whistle bark.
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Bismarck
Canada
Ross
Sharley
von Boyle
Adams’ Express Office
Thomas
Lord Pembroke's Strict Rule and Dinner Time Ego
The article recalls Lord Pembroke's rigid control over family life affecting his eldest son and his third wife. He dismisses absences, enforces strict limits and daily dinner notices, and even when his wife returns late he calmly offers supper as if nothing is wrong. It ends with a plug for Dr Ball's Baby Syrup to quiet crying infants.
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Lord Pembroke
Lord Herbert
Edward Coke
Miguel de Cervantes
Drum-Major Steals Parade With Brassy Airs
In a military parade a lone drum-major commands attention, delivering a rapid succession of airs while only a few brass bands can match the volume and variety of his performance.
No Ruling in his Night Shirt in Easton and Detroit tale
A Detroit Free Press item describes a humorous scene in a Woodward Avenue store where a woman questions if a man’s night shirt can be dressy. The narrative shifts to a Quaker-driver incident, a mock clash on a sleigh, and a brief zoological note on ant communication along with literary quotations.
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Detroit Free Press
Woodward Avenue
Rhode Island
Thomas
Easton
Free Press
Easton Hill
Bucks County
Southampton
Man
Man of Peace
State House Plans Favor Dome Over Alternatives
Discussion on adopting a dome for the new State house appears overwhelming. Commissioners largely favor a domed design, with experts and public sentiment leaning toward a prominent dome unless a strong opposition emerges.
Dundee Sheriff Clerk Delivers Grim Funeral Inquiry
A Dundee sheriff clerk at a funeral asks a relative about the departed’s age. The relative says the man was very old, likely eighty seven. A lawyer adds a quip that his father would have been 112 if alive, underscoring the humor in aging.
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Congress
Hanover College
Washington
Nally
United States Senate
Indiana
Indianapolis
Dundee
Opinion of Baltimoriza endorses Dr Buil's Cough Syrup
Louis Bruning of 26 Caro Line Street states the product is the best remedy for coughs and colds he has ever tried and has used it with his family for some time.
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Baltimoriza
Wit and Wisdom in Verse and Prose
The excerpt reflects on Chinese beliefs about a poet’s soul passing into a grasshopper and contrasts duty with virtue. It warns that a mind without judgment, a heart without honesty, and a purse without money render life empty. It notes two golden hours lost between sunrise and sunset with no reward.
Consumption Cure Promoted By Golden Medical Discovery
The article argues consumption is highly fatal and rising, criticizes expectorants, and promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as the superior remedy that increases appetite, aids nourishment, enriches the blood, soothes coughing, and arrests tuberculous decay. It claims the medicine cures by addressing tissue breakdown and nutrition.
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Florida
Colorado
Pierce
Golden
Shilohs Cures Promises and Patent Cures Promoted in Ad
A Madison Indiana advertisement touts Shilohs Consumption Cure for coughs and consumption with a money back guarantee if no benefit. It promotes Shilohs Porous Plaster and Shilohs System Vitalizer with prices and dealer Henry C. Firth, Madison, Indiana, also noting Hackmetack perfume sold by the same dealer.
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Shiloh
Henry C. Firth
Madison
Indiana
Henry C. Firth Madison
Ind
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Cumberland Superior Court
Sara Mooney
Robert Strange
McKethan
Judge Strange
Cumberland Court
Mary Moony
Buchner
Jesse
Hague
Darwin
Thomas A. Kempis
Francis Rabelais
Peter
Paul
Thomas Turner
Edmond Spencer
Philip Sidney
Christopher Marlowe
State House
WIT and Wisdom
Death
Voorhees
Firemen & Mechanics
Madison, Ind
A. B. Smith
PD. G. Phillips
R. B. Craig
S. M. Strader
John Niklaus
C. Friedersdorff
Henry Dietz
Pres
T. R. P. Gaur
Sec’y
J.W. Littlejohn
Ag't
C. A. Stanton
Wm. Stapp
Mr. Stapp
Cor. Plum and Main Cross Streets
W. H. Child
J. McKay
Jandly
AM. Novelty CQ
W. Main Cross St
Chicago
C. H. Smith
Western Hotel
Henry Niesse
West and
Ohio Streets
Continental Hotel
Main Street
Main Cross
Second Sta
Tell Wouse
J. Mayer
Ohio and
Mulberry Streets
Steamboat Landing
Ipebt
John Braun
Mulberry Street
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