To Let Inquire Within Ailing House Seeks Boarder
A comic power struggle over renovating a brownstone unfolds as Nahum Briggs and a spinster aunt clash with would be tenant Barbara Wylie. Barbara, a widow and mother, offers to rent the house on condition of keeping a single boarder, prompting reflections on youth, memory, and practical poverty. Barbara negotiates with Briggs while a brood of young girls watches, hinting at a coming marriage and the fate of the old home.
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Ecome
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Tion
Nahum
Nabum Briggs
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Barbara Wytie
Barbara
Tai
Anid
Brigga
Tam
Tome
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Meck
Barbera
Sam
Brigge
Briggs
Dictatoriafly
Harbara
Ehyly
Worrow
Nathan
Nat ‘Han
Partey
Naham Brigg
The Crown of Wild Olives and Judas Money-Lovers
A verbose meditation contrasts John Ruskin and the Crown of Wild Olives with a critique of money seekers like Judas. It argues Judas acted from greed, misreading Jesus and preferring personal gain, and uses his betrayal to condemn modern money worship as a common vice.
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John Ruskin
Judas
Iscariot
Judsa
Uhrat
Mim
Christ
A Curious Page of Oddities and Gossip in Wisconsin
A Marion, Wisconsin man of sixty years is described as a life of restraint never drinking alcohol or gambling, with a rare public mention when his name appeared in print. The piece juggles humorous tales of fashion, manners, and moralities, mixing parlor philosophy with a stream of curious facts, misprints, and social quips. It also includes trivia on education, patience, and a Pennsylvanian lawsuit, plus short curiosities about anatomy, astronomy, and history.
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Marion
Wisconsin
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The
Christ In Church
Sie Ip
Greac
Araola
Melancholy advice and prison escape plot fragment
Fragmentary OCR text covers a common loner essay on melancholy and female virtue, several unrelated notes on domestic scenes, then a lengthy report about a State Prison escape plot led by Bordlen with eight confederates, its thwarted attempt, and officer vigilance, plus political board proceedings and assorted clippings.
Reading for the Young in Education and Reading Habits
The article argues that parents guardians and teachers should choose reading for children that elevates mind character and love of books. It stresses varied reading avoids fatigue public and school offers adds periodicals and music and warns against overreliance on elite masters who lack practical teaching gifts.
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Benehit
du Fen
Schuul
Texan Amendment Vote Reported In Throckmorton Era
The Vieutueloual Améridment in Decek under Gov. Throckmorton is described with a vote tally of 28 119 for and 28 400 against. The legislature yet to ratify the amendment, with looming deadlines and delays noted. The piece comments on possible late ratification and future prospects for southern terms and governance.
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Throckmorton
Eople
Texico
Astrdifi
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