The Conscience Fund and Its Curious Credits
The article traces the conscience fund started in 1863 as repentant defrauder payments to the U.S. government, later merged into miscellaneous receipts. It notes funds totaling about 162,914 dollars from 1865 to 1874, with later estimates around 250,000 dollars, and highlights peculiar explanations and notable donations including a 15,000 dollar note gift and a smuggled dress duties case involving a English visitor. Clergy often forward contributions anonymously, and the fund has long resisted earmarked use or public accounting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilfillan
England
Customs Division of the Treasury
United States
Song I Loved Through Grief Echoes At My Grave
The speaker pleads for one refrain that once connected them to life. He asks a loved one to sing the familiar song even as he faces illness and burial, resisting tears and somber dress, insisting the cherished tune endure beyond death.
A Letter Brings Minnie Into Wealth and Woe
Minnie Velsor receives a life changing offer from Mrs. Carriscourt for a $5000-year position in a Fifth Avenue home. She moves in with anticipation of independence, while her mother fears disillusionment as class tensions surface with Cleona Carriscourt and Geoffrey Fletcher observing the new arrival with mixed interest and resentment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Velsor
Minnie
Mrs. Welsor
Mamma
New York
Paul St. Eustace Carriscourt
Fifth Avenue
Mrs. Carriscourt
Miss Cleona Carriscourt
Geoffrey Fletcher
Jove
Miss Carriscourrt
Cleona
Mrs. Fletcher
Minnie Welsor’s Rise From Governess to Wife
Minnie Welsor endures scorn from the Carriscourt household then overcomes her harsh fate. Dr. Lethbridge rescues Minnie from ill treatment to a loving home where she becomes a respected wife and mother. Cleona Carriscourt, once cruel, seeks mercy as Minnie forgives and offers a chance at renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beauty
Mr. Fletcher
Geoffrey Fletcher
Minnie
Cleona Carriscourt
Mrs. Carriscourt
Cleona
Hugh Lethbridge
Lethbridge
Lady Allison
Doctor Lethbridge
Mrs. Fletcher
London Bachelors League and Insurance Scheme Revealed
A historical sketch recounts a London move by respected unattached men a generation ago to form a League of Bachelors. It details proposed rules including canceling engagements, defending against breach of promise, and a Bachelors Insurance Office insuring against marriage, with questions about age, parents, mania, sentimental fits, and poetical habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
League of
Bachelors
Hymen
Felo de Se
Bachelor’s League
The Dangers of Low Kerosene Lamp Light
An earnest warning on kerosene safety notes that dimming lamps risks emitting invisible gases, causing headaches, dizziness, and possible death. It explains how chimneys regulate oxygen flow and cautions against penny-pinching on oil, urging prudent care for health and life.
Menhaden in America The many names and shifting ranges
The article catalogs the menhaden’s 30 names across regions from Cape Cod to Florida, notes Goode’s finding of parasitic crustaceans in Chesapeake catches, and explains fluctuating inshore and offshore movements with theories on northern range retreat and possible causes including temperature shifts and bluefish presence.
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Atlantic
Cape Cod
New England
Connecticut
New York
New Amsterdam
Virginia
Professor Goode
Chesapeake
North Carolina
Florida
Chesapeake Bay
New Jersey
Cape Ann
Gulf of Maine
Maine
Massachusetts
Long Island Sound
Cape Hatteras
St. John’s Bay
N. B
Bay of Fandy
Goode
Sea
Menhaden Ecology and Industry Surge Noted
Scientists detail menhaden feeding on mud and algae in estuary bottoms. They describe their sieve like mouths and gizzard stomachs indicating plant matter intake. Breeding mysteries linger with offshore shoals suspected as spawning grounds. The oil and fertiliser trade expands on Long Island with new steamers and factories and multi million dollar investment.
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Goode
New England
George’s Banks
Florida Keys
Long Island
Summit Descent and Narrow Highway Gallop
A narrator details a perilous mountain descent by coach with steep slopes and icy sections. Horses surge forward in a life risking race as Jehu commands the leaders and wheelers. The ride shifts from danger to relief as the road widens and scenery improves, ending with a note that everyone should experience such a ride at least once in life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tie Arden Uinte
Jehu
Siege of Geneva Ends in Harsh Punishment and Tragic Wife
Tale recounts a Duke of Savoy attempting a nighttime assault on Geneva, only to be repelled as prisoners are executed. A captured officer’s wife humbly pleads at the gallows but is denied contact as she mourns beside his body. The narrative closes with moral reflections on duty and beauty rather than a direct news report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savoy
Geneva
Mustard plaster frenzy at city drugstore
In Philadelphia Dr Henry C Chapman coroner physician bursts into a drugstore and demands three yards of mustard plaster for an urgent patient. The joking scene shifts as the doctor explains a giraffe at the zoo has bronchitis, prompting the apothecary to produce a record sized plaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Chapman
Philadelphia
Twelfth and
Chesnut Streets
A Spanish Dinner Described In A European Hotel
The narrative recalls a Spanish dinner with a bare dining room, coarse linen, and unappealing garlic flavored dishes. Courses number seven or eight with fish late and a strong garlic presence. Grapes in October sell cheaply, chocolate dominates, and bread and butter are scarce compared to France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castile
Spain
France
The Homemaker as Head of Household
A domestic guidance piece urges women to embrace motherhood as the highest profession. It stresses daily household oversight, cheerful, well lit rooms, practical furnishings, and a calm, respectful approach to servants, with an emphasis on neat dress and balanced work and rest.
First English coffee house opens in 1692
A 1692 opening marks the first coffee house in England reflecting a cultural shift toward public sociability. The quote praises overcoming anger with kindness over hatred and stiffness.
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England
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the Conscience Fund
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