Pain and Hope in Writers and Heroes of Study
A study of how literature, science, and history owe much to pain and struggle. Notable examples include Finsen the light cure pioneer, J R Green the historian, General Grant, Mrs Browning, Heine, Sir Walter Scott, Frank Smedley, Bina Lyall, Clark Russell, and Sir Arthur Sullivan, all shaped by illness, poverty, or war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finsen
Hved
J. R. Green
Green
Marine Bank
Pennilless
Sir Walter Scott
Frank Smedley
Bina Lyall
Clark Russell
Arthur Sullivan
New York Herald
Mirrors in the Middle Ages and early glass backing
The text explains medieval mirror making with thin metal backing on glass and describes German production of small convex gags before the sixteenth century. Glass globes were blown, tin and antimony alloy poured inside while hot, cooled, then cut into convex lenses to produce defined images.
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Germany
The Mexican pega and laborers described in a colonial view
A harsh depiction portrays the Mexican peon as the republic’s backbone while detailing haciendas, wage levels, and holidays. It notes field workers earning about 12 to 18 cents daily, wearing minimal clothing, and enduring leg ironlike restraints seen in their head shapes.
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South
Guanajuato
Midhgecan
Queretaro
Muchacho
Herremozo
Pilgeim
A Straight Tip and a Dining Room Lesson
An Atchison Globe item recalls blunt counsel from a Cincinnati cafe. A dignified patron tells a waiter to quit his craft after a polite exchange about business, offering a stark tip to change careers. The anecdote underlines sharp, humorous social judgment.
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Cincinnati
Evolution of the term gent from respectable usage to vulgar slang
The text traces how the word gent moved from a reputable general term to slang. It cites a 1364 writer describing a supper for gentlemen of Gray's Inn and Middle Temple, Evelyn's note of noisy gents in drink, Queen Victoria's accession era shifts, and Thackeray's 1849 remark on its growing commercial usage.
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Gray’s Inne
Middle ‘Temple
Evelyn
Queen Victoria
Thackeray
How Could She Doubt He Loves Me He Asks Her Love
A Chicago Record snippet portrays a young woman rushing to her mother in joy. She exclaims that a man loves her and asks whether he has proposed, noting he is in the library teaching himself chess with Pepa.
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Pepa
Chicago
Education's lifetime value of schooling analyzed
The text compares earnings of educated and unskilled workers, estimating an average educated man earns $1,000 yearly for a $40,000 lifetime, while a day laborer earns about $450 yearly. The $22,000 education premium is tied to twelve years of schooling at 180 days annually, valuing each school day at roughly $10 to the student.
I Am Not Rich I Bequeath My Brain to Science
A quixotic exchange where a speaker declares he will leave his brain to the college for dissection after death. The alienist answers with mock gratitude, promising to appreciate such a small beanests gift for future students.
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Science Frank
The Minister's Wife Seeks Help From New Servant
A preliminary note describes the minister's wife hiring a new servant. The servant shares tea and talk with a constable during washing day as she fills the copper with water and jokes about paying the doctor bills. The wife jokes about marrying the doctor if the worst comes.
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Bbde
London Telegraph
Imagination Power Highlighted In Curious Exchange
A fragment shows a playful exchange about imagination noting Mabel possesses a remarkable power and the speaker contemplates its reality and value.
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Atchison Globe
Mabel
Agra
Acs
Conia
Eradanet Atlan
Ogun
Atlantic
Beaiaiot
Sommeres
Lalo
Deveree
Terone
Davenport Avenue
Rigne Angles
Tve
Vicksburg
George Nickels
Emma R Edwards
U. G. St .Ron
Atlantic County Court of Common Pleas
American Hotel
Egg Harbor City
State
New Jersey
Harbor City
Atlantic County
Buffalo Avenue
Arago Street
Germania Savings Fund and Loan Ass.ciation Ét
Egg Harbor Commercial Bank
Samuel Kirby
Cpanta
Arles A. Baake
Att'y
Rons Bale
Atlamta
Therese Helts
Henry Heitz
Philadelphia Avenue
Agassia Street
Ree Harbor City
County of
Hew Jersey
Gale
Therese Hetraz
Charles A
Baake
Proctor
Augustine B. Repetto
Nathan F. Mossel
Atlantic County Circuit Court
Nathan F. Mossell
Begn
County of Atlantia
Reppe Lewis P. Scorr
Etto & Refetto
Atty‘s
Sarah U
Emanuel U. Shaner
Joan F. Executor
Turner
E. Q
Morse’ & Co
May
Mal Mall
Jacob Dey. Dey
Philadelphia, Aves
Egg Har
City
New. Jersey
W.H. Sither, Mfg
Woodbury, N. J
Shore Head
Wright Street
Beaumont Avenue
Insurance and Colections
Shaneb
Pleasantville
N. J
Zineman
Optician
Callon
D. C Johnson
Atlantic Avenus
Lantic Grry
Edwards Floral Hall
South Carolina Avenue
Atlantic City
Alrazp
Harris
Harris. Bros
South Jersey
Cinco
Ana -Oxus Bo. Cigara
Virginia Avenues
Louis Lott
Atlantic Ave
N. Je
Amiy
United States
Chas
Englehardt
Prop'r
Cor
Eenhouiede Aye
End Arago Bt
Egg Harper
McClain’s
Hcoma
Barnett Pyle
Copner
North Carolina
Ariang
Atlantis City
Ances Insurance Roon
Atlanticg Safe ‘Deposit Aid Trust.co
N. Bobr. Autatte
New York Aves
Atatic Ctty
NS. Ned
Joseph Lipman
Schaal
Mendel
Bae
Joseph Mendel
Atlantic City, N, J
Olamiap
Agiad
Ede
Broadway
Nevé
Yorks
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