Vancouver Recluse Miss Cunningham Bans World From Sight
Miss Sarah Cunningham of Vancouver lives in almost total darkness for three years to avoid the world’s sins. She keeps her eyes closed, never looks in a mirror, and prevents visitors from entering with faces unseen. She drifted to Vancouver in 1848, shielding herself from “the wickedness” and claims church life offered no appeal while she maintained her vow of seclusion.
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Sarah Cunningham
Miss Cunningham
Vancouver
Aie
Misa Cunningham
Evtry
Richards
Saraka Cunningham Seeks Escape From a Wicked World
The correspondent describes Miss Cunningham who claims she never looks at the ground or world due to wickedness. She explains her self imposed blindness brings peace, despite noting the eyes of others and a garret life behind a cheerful parlor.
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the Examiner
Miss Cunningham
Garrets for Artists
The New Orleans Times-Democrat notes artists describe garrets as romantic myth yet real life shows no garrets in New York. An artist recalls searching for such a dwelling and finding no garret accommodations, challenging the familiar tale of the starving genius’s loft.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
New York
France Falls Short in Military Draft After Two Decades
Historical note recalls France’s diminished wartime manpower, contrasting with Germany twenty five years earlier. Mentions Hebrew communities in Italy and an approximate 69,000 Hebretus in Italy, indicating fluctuating population figures.
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France
Germany
Italy
Heroes of the Future Temperance and Abstinence
A Zion Herald poem argues for temperance and abstinence as guiding values. It contrasts day’s work with night’s approach, urging readers to act now, heed past kindness, and strive toward light and home despite hardship. The piece invokes divine guidance and moral duty in a reflective, religious tone.
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Zion Herald
Jimmy the saloon-keeper's boy leads Sunday class tale
In a Detroit Free Press reminiscence a cosmopolitan Sunday school class includes Jimmy the saloon keeper's son who always contributes a dime. A needy boy holds back out of shame until Jimmy blurts out that the boy does not put full, revealing the small silver dime with the boy's initials.
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Detroit Free Press
Jimmy
Tle
Heroes of the Future at Paris Kentucky Convention
A speech by Misa Irene Walker Smalley at the Somerset YWCA district gathering in Paris Kentucky urges women to lead the fight against alcohol and gambling. The talk praises Frances Willard and condemns intemperance while urging women to demand higher standards and empower men to abandon vice. It cites insurance attitudes toward drinkers and notes Catholic opposition to intemperance.
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Misa Irene Walker Smalley
Somerset Y
Paris
Midlan
Egypt
Frances B. Willard
Alcatol
Kentucky
Tasurance
Temperance Record
Ocean
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Financial Times
Wight
Demerita
Ufe
Prudential
John Bright
Ai. H. Hadley
Tennessee Avenue
Atlantic City
Hadley
Leo XII
Ireland
United States
Baltmore
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Singdhis
Saraka Cunningham
Garrets
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