The Door of Thy Heart and a Wandering Stage Driver
A storm night at Wexford hosts stage driver Heekill and roughs Jenks Powder Bill and Dave. A tense vigil ends with a dramatic rescue and reveal that the foe was a penitentiary escapee, saved by a timely dream and a detective’s warning.
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Ae Jong
Heekill
New Sharon
Wexford
South
Wexford Proper
Necognt
Dave
Jenks
Stowell
Bho
New Breakfast Beverage From Guanara and Guarana
An addition to breakfast drinks may come from guarana, prized by Amazon traders as travel food. The dried resinous juice seeds are formed into half pound chocolate colored cakes. When mixed with cocoa or water and sugar it makes a strong beverage. Guanara, rich in caffeine, stimulates the nervous system more than coffee or tea.
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Amazon
Ita
Indiana
Charter Proposed for Edwin Forrest Home for Actors
A bill before the Pennsylvania Legislature contemplates a home for superannuated or disabled actors. Corporators include James Oakes, Danial Dougherty, Cal J. W. Porney, and Philadelphia’s mayor ex officio. Spring Brook would house it with admission tied to age and tenure in acting.
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Edwin Forrest
Pennsylvania
James Oakes
Boston
Danial Dougherty
Cal. J. W. Porney
Philadelphia
Spring Brook
United States
Tea Making in English Breakfast Tradition
A descriptive snapshot of an English breakfast tea ceremony with silver urns, fine china, and a tea cosy, detailing the elaborate ritual from boiling water to serving tea and buttered toast, as observed by a viewer amid a gathering of polite English women. The text also includes a humorous, misspelled aside about accents and language.
Purpose of the Rattlesnake Rattle in Natural History
In The American Naturalist Samuel Aughey presents Irv observations on why rattlesnakes rattle. He rejects mimicry of cicada calls and argues the rattle gathers mates and may deter or paralyze prey. Examples include a Nebraska dig where a rattle summoned a mate, a fright response, and a rattling defense during a hog hunt.
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Samuel Aughey
Aughey
F. W. Putnam
Wayne County
Nebraska
Dakota County
Baltimore
Adda
Orange blossoms and wild orange groves in Florida
The passage describes Florida orange trees in bloom, their self regulating growth, and the contrast between cultivated orchards and vast wild groves untouched by man. It laments tourist intrusion into orange wildernesses while praising nature's orderly cycles and the abundance of fruit and blossoms.
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North
Heta
Nature
Florida
Urs
H. B. Stowe
Porridge Method for Digestive Health and Liver Stimulation
The text extols oatmeal porridge as a superior breakfast, cooked in a brown pipkin with boiling water and a pale of oats, stirred smooth, boiled an hour, then served hot with milk or cream. Butter or sugar are said to diminish its diuretic benefits and palatability. It recommends cranberries with sauna to awaken a torpid liver.
Parlor Plants Die From Lack of Strong Light
In a dim rear parlor the narrators note small print readable by a little light. A plant placed near the wall dies in five weeks while a second on the table fades after five weeks. The girls in the parlor become pale and sickly, likely from insufficient light, as Dio Lewis reasons.
Lions Attack Lion-Tamer in Algerian Exhibit
An incident at the Exhibition building Thursday night saw Mr. Dozier manhandle a young African lion to enter a cage. The lion attacked, grazing the shoulder and tearing clothing, before the trainer delivered rapid blows with a whip to subdue the rebel beast.
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Dosiar
Mr. Dozier
Dane
Mr. Dosisi
Luuteidle Courier-Journal
Rater of Life and Self Harm Theories
Prof Faraday notes self murder is common in this age as people under 100 may be charged with self murder Providence aimed for a century but people shorten life with unwholesome food trifles passions and accidents Flourin argues life length equals growth time noting bones unite around age 20 and estimates species lifespans by growth periods from man to horse with varying years.
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Jenks
Inferne
Stowell
Hanvens
Nord
Detroit
New Sharon
Popular Defence Monthly
Prof
Faraday
Flourin
Susan B Anthony and Sumner on voting rights debate
A historical exchange recounts Susan B Anthony urging constitutional protection for women's suffrage and Sumner arguing for courts to define rights. The dialogue contrasts arguments about the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments with calls to end permanent qualifications based on sex or race.
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Rene
Susan B. Anthony
Sumner
Miss Anthony
Republi
Saer
Not Hin After All A Savory Tale Of Dining Room Gossip
A humorous literary gossip recounts a couple who sought privacy among boardinghouse guests. A Boston man arrives, a disturbance unfolds at dinner, and eyes turn as the scene escalates with a curious mix of social propriety and intrigue. The piece notes the odd tableau as rooms and routines shift within the boarding house.
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Thaledy
New York Tribune
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