Rest and Resolve Across a Deserted Life
A young man, Arthur Morton, loses his wealth to a trusted guardian and, pushed by despair, sails into hard labor aboard a merchant ship. He returns years later as a strong, hopeful man, learns the guardian doctor exposed the betrayal, and reconciles with Grace Melburne and Crosby, with grace following forgiveness.
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Arthur Morton
Matthew Crosby
Crosby
Artur
Cape of Africa
Grace Melburne
Dr. Weston
Arthur
Mr. Crosby
Weston
Mr. Melburne
Grace
Rowell Earns About Three Dollars a Minute Walking
A brief note records Rowell earning roughly three dollars per minute during his walk, highlighting a high earning rate for a strolling activity.
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Rowell
Florida Coast in Danger as Autumn Hurricanes Approach
The article describes the yearly hurricane threat to Florida and the West Indies, detailing ferocious winds, flooding, and widespread destruction. It contrasts calm days with the violent storm, notes animal and plant damage, and follows observers and residents enduring the siege, including references to local lodging and athletic events disrupted by the weather.
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West Indies
Plantain and Common Herbs in Home Health Cures
A writer lists cottage remedies using plantain, jamestown tobacco, burdock, nettle, privet leaves, and peach leaf. The note praises simple, at hand plants as cures and warns against overpriced patent medicines while describing applications for sore eyes, inflamed skin, piles, and mouth sores.
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Jamestown
Soda Water and Fountains in American Trade
The passage explains soda water production from carbonic gas and sulphuric acid, describes soda fountain construction costs from $50 to $5,000, and notes fountains in drug stores often cover rent. It highlights many syrups, patent origins in England 1807, $12,000,000 invested in U S soda industries, and price sensitivity from 10 to 8 cents boosting demand.
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England
America
Proposal to base longitude on polar transit through Behring Strait
M de Beaumont president of the Geographical Society of Geneva proposes redefining longitude. He suggests measuring it from an initial meridian passing through Behring Strait between North America and Asia rather than from Greenwich Paris Ferro or Washington.
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M. de Beaumont
Geographical Society of
Geneva
Greenwich
Paris
Ferro
Washington
Behring’s Strait
North America
Asia
Tea Cultivation in the United States Aims for Domestic Tea
Government efforts since 1860s distributed tens of thousands of tea plants in the South and beyond. Samples tested in Washington and other cities show promising quality with a single Columbia, DC, planter claiming five pounds from one plant. Experts note abundance of seed and growing interest.
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India
United States
Charleston
Junius Smith
Greenville
D. C
Commissioner of Patents
China
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Columbia
Starvation in Arctic Seas Amidst Waning Whale Harvest
The Arctic whaling season yields fifty one whales and eleven thousand walruses, far below last year, with many vessels failing to catch. Native populations south of St. Lawrence face severe famine as hunger drives deaths and mothers abandon emaciated children. Ice conditions hinder the Bennett expedition's progress as packs remain stubbornly closed.
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Arctic Ocean
Plover Bay
Diomede Islands
Cape Thompson
Point Hope
Cape Lisburne
Tom Williams
Bouquet
Wainwright Inlet
Point Belcher
Point Barrow
Cape Seege
West Walrusing
Natural History
St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence Island
Cogan
Bennett
Ventilating Bedrooms With Hidden Window Airflow
A simple device allows fresh outer air to enter rooms through small top and bottom sash openings. By raising both sashes about half an inch, an inch gap remains to admit air that is diverted upward by the glass. The current mixes with room air without creating a noticeable draft, benefiting sleeping rooms in cold weather.
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Weston
Rowell
Guyon
Putnam House
Fourth Avenue
Merritt
O'Leary
London
Vaughn
Krohne
Successful Willow Cultivation on Deep Moist Soils
The guide outlines preparing deep, moist ground for osier growth including making and planting on made lands, spacing rows with a stretched cord, and using a leather pad for planting slips. It covers timing, harvesting, ditching, peeling, sun drying, bundling, and expected yields and profits per acre.
Our Robin a Tame House Visitor and Family Helper
A domestic robin visits indoors with ease, bringing oatcake crumbs butter and candle bits for Henry and the children. The bird joins breakfast, hops on plates, asks for crumbs at night through an open window, and sings loudly to gain entry, while the cat lingers as a hazard and the household rescues the bird.
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Robin
Henry
Mark Tapley
Warnings on virtue and self rule from a reflective mind
A collection of aphorisms and moral reflections on life character and belief. The author discusses humility, ignorance, love, virtue, happiness, and the dangers of calumny, linking personal conduct to faith, fate, and habit with references to wisdom figures and religious imagery.
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Heaven
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Florida
Walkers
Osler
FOOD
Thought
Eterni
Socra
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