A Tale of a Mincells and a Banker's Downfall
Frederick Harvey, driven by ambition and a hidden will, marries Hester. His unscrupulous plans unfold as his uncle’s will threatens control, and a ghostly temptation tempts him toward crime. A Christmas eve crisis leads to repentance, forgiveness, and a reformed household with newfound happiness.
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Ling
Hester
Frederick Narvey
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Iswell
Harvey
Laudsoue
Frederick
Ruuper
Mortune
Frederick Harvey
Hester Maryey
Anid
Craft
Cris
Meyter
Frederick Weye
Frederick Marvey
Society seeks funds to aid Civil War religious outreach
The American Tract Society reports vast wartime distribution of publications to the Army Navy and freedmen totaling millions of volumes tracts hymn books and messengers with monthly deliveries to regiments. Facing over 100 new appeals for aid the society plans to expand army missionary work and fund foreign missions requiring at least $60 000 in donations before April 1 to be raised by February 22 1863 in New York.
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American Messenger
Army of the Potomac
North
South Carolina
Haines
O.R. Kinassany
Nassau-street
New York
Sleep and the Brain The Value of Sleep for Health
A historical note extols sleep as essential to brain function stating the brain wastes energy during wakefulness and recovers during sleep. It argues that insufficient rest damages mind and body, urging strict bedtimes and regular rising for all under one’s control.
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Gus Paquiten
A Sherman Letter on War Causes and Duty Near Marietta
Gen Sherman writes from the Mil. Div. of the Mississippi near Marietta Ga in June 1864 defending the Union cause. He contrasts northern and southern actions, laments war’s toll, urges allegiance to government and God, and recalls hospitality from families while warning secession’s illegitimacy. He mentions Ohio and Jacobter as home, and expresses conviction war was forced by the South’s course.
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Sherman
Eadquarters Mil. Div. of the
Marietta, Ga
Afra
Anne Gilman Bowen
Balsimore
Dgan Maram
Sullivan
Dig
Trank
Eav
Earth
Heaven
South
America
Resson
Congress
Jaocuater
Ohio
Mejther
Sigtere
W.T. Smermay
The Small Loaf of Bread Folklore Tale
A benevolent man rewards a well behaved girl Francesca with a loaf containing hidden money while other children squabble over bread during scarcity. She returns the money, the man explains virtue rewards the modest child. The passage then shifts to commentary on Artemas Ward and American humorists in Atlantic Monthly with reflections on culture and publishing.
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Tishnai
Sin
Francesen
Francesca
Chill
American Agricuturists
Artemas Ward
Boston
Malic
Unis Bay
Tubscher Jovey
Westurn
Atlantic
Betsey
Vem
Theives
Origen
Treatment of Frozen Limbs and Thawing Procedures
Text outlines methods for freezing body parts in their native cells and thawing them to minimize tissue damage. It emphasizes keeping outer portions immobilized to preserve internal circulation, ordering thaw from inside out, and maintaining surface cold to reduce pain and injury. The document ends with a fragmentary anecdote and author attribution.
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