Stanzas on Faith and Morality Follow a Tale of Love
A long moral discourse urges prayer and obedience rooted in faith, linking cheerful health to righteous living. It then shifts to a domestic vignette about Bessie and Mrs. Wallace, sharing a tale of Hattie Roy and Joe Hewberry, a thwarted romance, a marriage, and eventual happiness, followed by a courtroom poker anecdote with humorous misinterpretations of rules and a trial outcome.
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Bessie
Mr. Irving
Mamma
Mrs. Wallace
Georgie
Fannie
Hattie Roy
Joe Hewberry
Hattie
Roy
Joe
Hewberry
Cora Cushing
Nettie
Mr. Hewberry
Fred
Jon
To Give Is to Live in a World of Shared Light
Poem contrasts sun and rose with generous living. It argues generosity lengthens life and distributes wealth of light and beauty. It emphasizes selfless acts, aiding others, and widening one’s influence by helping humanity. The piece asserts true life lies in open-handed giving.
Pioneer Racket in the Baldwin Barroom Tale
A seedy tourist at the Baldwin bar retells founding days of San Francisco and debts traded for tobacco. The bar keeper and oldest resident challenge his story insisting on consistency as a lounge scene unfolds with a lunch counter departure.
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Baldwin
San Francisco
San Jose
Joe Barker
Sally
Kissing Bush Tradition Faces Elmira Change
A holiday custom with mistletoe hangs in many homes, drawing couples under it for a kiss. In Elmira the tree is discarded and couples kiss where the person stands, as the proverb says nine times out of ten she changes her mind under the mistletoe. Procrastination is blamed for missed chances.
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Elmira
A Tame Heron in a Garden Tale
A writer describes a tame heron raised from a nest by a yard owner. The bird frequents a small pond and acts like a fish hunter and toy hunter, tossing leaves and branches, then pouncing on mice at dusk. Its main fault is eating too many small birds.
Legal Principles and Civil Notice in Pennsylvania Case
The text outlines that a deed becomes valid notice when left for record at the recorder's office even if misplaced in the wrong book or omitted from indices. It notes lunatics are liable for necessaries and a good faith purchaser from a lunatic may not keep both property and price. It also states architects not performing labor beyond plans are not entitled to a mechanic lien, and usurious interest after debt maturity is not valid consideration. Additionally a mortgage satisfaction recorded by mistake is not conclusive between parties.
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Pennsylvania
Recorder’s Office
Devilish bridge folly in an Austrian tale of Abbot Gerald
In a mountain hamlet, a boastful stranger in black offers to build a reckless bridge if a young millwright signs a soul contract. The abbot outplays the devil in a chess duel, saving the millwright and the village by fooling the tempter. The tale also notes Dr. Robert Brown's Asiatic origin theory for American aboriginals.
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Einiedlin
Christian
Montain
Gerald
Satan
Abbot Gerald
Honor Bright
Uage
Robert Brown
Esquimaux
Japan
Kuriles
Arctic Sea
Cape Horn
North
South America
Asia
Origin of American Indians Divides Anthropologists Across Theories
The article surveys competing theories on the origin of American Indians. Blumenbach places them as a distinct variety, while Latham’s model groups them with Mongoloids. Morton and followers argue a separate continental lineage, Prichard suggests an early division among world nations and deep antiquity.
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Blumenbach
Latham
Asia
Morton
Nott and
Glidden
Prichard
Department of Nations
Rules on Home Education and School Discipline
A collection of old adages on child obedience and conduct in education. It lists methods for raising disciplined children, preferring firmness with gentleness, avoiding anger, and teaching truth and self denial, followed by humorous classroom anecdotes about flogging and favoritism.
Readings on readiness and courage from 19th century figures
The piece recalls ex senators McCreary and Goldthwaite and comic Foote episodes to illustrate quickness of mind and action. It shares Napier's note on two o clock courage and cites a British light infantry incident where a mad bull is impaled by bayonets, framing readiness as meteoric but sometimes fleeting.
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Foote
Napier
India
Set Right at Last in Detroit Office Confusion
A Detroit citizen on Congress Street witnesses a windy confrontation between two men. An observer with a stiff neck corrects himself multiple times while explaining he meant participate not palliate or precipitate. He finally admits the intended word was participate as he leaves.
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Congress Street
Detroit
Citzen
Paying for a Good Thing Circus Joke Turns On Lookers
A Detroit scene shows a circus wagon with trained Animals sign hauled to a blacksmith shop for repairs. A man laughs at a prank, admitting he did not tumble for an hour, then joins others for a drink, saying he’s always willing to pay for a good thing.
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Africa
Griswold Street
Detroit
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