The Beggar Girl and a Jersey Parson Tale
A fragment from a Jersey parson's column mocks middle class piety and dyspepsia when a poor beggar girl seeks bread on the streets. It then pivots to a humorous health note where the parson recounts his own struggle with sedentary ministry life and a remedy involving hard outdoor work and fresh air. He contrasts medical quackery with simple labor and declares renewed vigor from digging and maintaining a garden plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
Ian
Nick Tomourdon
Politeness at the polls in Wyoming territory voting scene
A participant's letter describes women voting freely without intimidation. The author notes hats lifted for Mrs A and herself, men of both parties surprised by the outcome, and women influencing the ballot despite male opposition. Public interest centers on female participation and party dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming Territory
Mrs. A
Democras
Mia. A
Jones
Features Of A Jewish Sabbath In An Orthodox Family
A detailed portrait of a traditional Orthodox Jewish Sabbath from Friday evening to Saturday night. It notes strict rest on the Sabbath, preparations by women for the holy day, and the avoidance of work including horse use, contrasted with Sunday churchgoing scenes in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Adams
Presbyterian
Madison Square
N. Y
Dr. Tyng
St George’s Square
Immanuel
Sabbath Rest Across Fifth Avenue In Atlantic View
A dated Atlantic Monthly October excerpt contrasts Sabbatical rest with Sunday life on Fifth Avenue. It critiques heavy labor by women in boarding houses and domestic service, noting Jewish workers’ Sabbath rest as a model and urging gentler observance of Sunday gives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
Atlantic Monthly
A Japanese Bakery Visit and Mahequi Curious Tale
A traveler with eight companions visits a Japanese bakery and observes a peculiar method for making cakes. The tale describes kneading with dough on hands, soot and soap-grease, and a request to pay for mahequi. The piece shifts to praise of Norman beauty, detailing men and women with oval faces, clear complexions, and a dignified, serious bearing, likening them to a Norman head from the eleventh century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Yacca
Lem
William the Conqueror
Wealth and property in wills and temperance ideals
A Lyon Mercury quote criticizes leaving substantial wealth to heirs, arguing earned money benefits, while inherited wealth often fuels waste. It links property protection to temperance, noting liquor costs tax rolls, jails, and crime. It cites G W Julian on rights and democracy and abolitionist logic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seldon
Lyon Mercury
Prohibition Party
Ground hog tragedy and floating bones coldly described
A farmer near Gilesome poisons a ground hog with strychnine. The animal’s meat is eaten by crows and dogs die after consuming bone fragments two years later. A southern census tale mocks age guessing of enslaved people. A Chicago railway baggage car yields a keg of whisky with shoestone, provoking a sharp reaction from a grocer.
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Chilson
Gilesome
Adminster
John
Earth
Jenny
Massa
Charley
Sal
Jim
Frost
Chicago
Temperance Talk by Billy Ross in Rushville
Billy Ross a temperance lecturer in Rushville speaks to youths about ownership of property and the fate of drunkenness. He asks boys who will own the farms houses and cattle in the future and who will be the drunkards then, urging avoidance of such a fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Ross
Rushville
Minsis
Billy
Lost Dog Notice and Cable Velocity Facts
A fragment notes Professor Guild's finding on Atlantic cable wave speeds from 7000 to 8000 miles per second and how they vary with circuit type and elevation. It also records an odd public notice in Carter County Tennessee advertising a lost white and black dog with a large black spot along Hancock Creek Bridge, Hardy L. Jones plantation, July Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guild
Atlantic
Carter County
Tennessee
Artemos
Hancock Creek Bridge
Hardy L. Jones Plantation
Man Demands Removal On Steamer Over Spouse Claim
An uneasy passenger aboard an Ohio river steamer demanded the removal of a man embracing a woman. The steward declined, noting that a husband may not be forcibly ejected for affectionate behavior, while the stranger insisted the couple belong to him and declared he had gone mad.
Fires and firearms thin casualties in modern war
A historical reflection notes that advancing firearms paradoxically reduce battle deaths. It cites Gorodino with one third of troops lost, Inkerman where no rifled cannon existed, Magenta and Solferino with one eleventh losses, Chattanooga with one thirteenth, and Königgrätz where the needle gun produced only one twenty third losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorodino
Inkerman
Magenta
Solterino
Fhattanooga
Koniggiaiz
The Evil Agency of Honor Traffic Threatens State
A historical remark asserts that a single corrupt man cannot topple society but a sizable coalition of evil agents within government destabilizes the state. It condemns the "honor traffic" as an organized evil that seeks control, urging recognition of this perilous threat and the need to oppose it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hqnor
Discharged servant wins wage case against merchant
The western papers report a dispute between a merchant and a discharged servant girl. She sued for pay, while he billed her for kerosene used and for night work. The court rejected kerosene charges and awarded her full wages. Also noted is Anns Cora Mowatt Ritchie a Swedenborgian who claimed direct communication with her late husband guiding her life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anns Cora Mowatt Ritchie
Dr Willard Parker’s estimate of New York smokers spending daily
Dr Willard Parker estimates 255000 smokers in New York. If each smokes two cigars daily at ten cents, the city spends 17 000 dollars per day on cigars. Over three years this becomes 17 155 000 dollars for tobacco, excluding drinks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Parker
New York
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Mmassilion Independent
J. Frost
P. Welker
Main Street
Story
Welker I Miassilion
Tyapsient Aivers
Massillon
Ba Banks
Union National Bank
Dmassillon
M'Clymonds
M'Cullough
First National Bank
Cap- Erie Street
HUNT
Ital. I. Steels
H. Folger
Massil Jon
Reed's
Anson Pease
Erie Street
Publicians
WH. Gerould
Opera
Erie St
Metz
M.D
North Street
J.reed
Main End
Kill Aireets
Rh. Sowers
Canal Fulton
D. R. Lyon
M.D. J and
Lill
North
Mil Massillon
A. Houta
Canal Fuston
A.W. Ridenotr
Ohio
Canal Street
Joseph Watson
Cashen
Edward Kaciler
Brugsist
Book
Geller
Dr. Porter
B. Chidester
Itumberger & Son
Stark
Wayne County
Wayes
Leigh Pressure
HE. Dickey & CO
Exchange Place
Pe Il
Morganthaler, Jr. & R. Breed
D. BR. Atwater & Co
Elis
Massillon Eicolsior Works
Bayliss
Bumber
M. A. Brown
DR Atwater & CO
Atwater Block
W.E. Ricks & Bro., Dry Goods Mer
H. Falee
Mill Passilton
Iphohive
A. Allen
Massiden
Clinton
Cleveland
Hudson
Cuyahoga
Akron
New Port
Pulton
Millport
Silienca South
Aboad
East Arives
Navarre
Bolivar
Zoar
West Brookfield
E.green
Ville
Dalton
West Lebanon
Mt.Eaton
Winesberg
Wilmot
Jas, TF. Brady & Co
Jones & Co
Fourth & Wood Streets
Bitisburgh
Towin Jarvis
Massillon, Lion Foundry, Millinger & Co
Oundry
Lly
Jowan Iwoskin
Pennsylvania
Massillon Excelsior Works
Richmond
Tremont Howe
B. McCue
Rear Canal
Fulton
Whisler & Kaley
Dielhenn &Son
P. G. Albright’s
C. N. Oberlin
H. Alterkruse
E. Doxsee
Independent
I. Fr. Inch
Olitis
Jersey
Dennis
Price
Hureka
James Parton
Handa
G. W. Julian
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