Wary Women's Way Promotes Early Rising and Education
MITCHELL SOUTH DAKOTA edition discusses a mix of topics from sleep and health to women’s education. Highlights include guidance on the benefits of early rising, sleep duration, and seasonal effects, followed by a profile of Rev Mary T Whitney the Pastor of the Second Unitarian Society of West Somerville Massachusetts and her path to preaching.
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Mary T. Whitney
Second Unitarian Society of
West Somerville
Mass
St. Lawrence University of
Canton
N. Y
Webster
Wording for Winning a Husband and Home Made Cold Cream
A period piece advises young women on securing a husband by studying the man’s individuality and cultivating traits he admires. It warns against universal rules and suggests adapting to personal circumstances. Also includes a recipe for home made cold cream and instructions to render tallow by heating in boiling water.
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Margaret Oliphant
Womdbn
Pretty homemade cosmetics and a bonbonniere craft
The article describes making a camphor scented skin remedy with tallow and perfume then chilling in a toilet jar. It includes using emptied eggshells as shells for cold cream and details a bonbonniere craft from drawing paper decorated with forget me nots and gold edges, tied with blue ribbon for gifting.
Higher Education and Womanhood in Balance
Mrs Ly man Aboatt argues in the Ladies Home Journal that higher education for women does not undermine womanly qualities. She warns against public display and debt while praising homes where education for both genders yields happiness and usefulness. The piece contends true higher learning requires mind and character, not just emotions or body.
Woman's Turn-Down Collar Inspires Smart Dressings
A column notes the turn down collar with matching cuffs remains in fashion, pairing especially well with black wool dresses. It highlights Mrs Mallon in the Ladies' Home Journal and remarks on linen contrasts for a sharp black and white look.
Sunday School Review on Nehemiah Prayer and Mission
A compact Sunday school lesson outlines Nehemiah's prayer as catalyst for action, urging humble, persistent prayer to mobilize effort for Jerusalem's restoration. It links Ezra Nehemiah to revival, cites personal examples of faith, and ends with a note on the next lesson Rebuilding the Wall Neh 4:9-23.
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Nehemiah
Temple
Ezra
Babylon
Jerusalem
Job
Israel
Zion
Russell Conwell
Wiliams
Charles Spurgeon
Spurzeoa
Zougz
Mr. Spurgeon
Timeline of Early Steam Transport Milestones
Growth of Steam notes early uses in disinfection in 1280 and highlights several rail and submarine innovations. It lists elevated street railroads in New York 1577, Persia’s first railroad 1873, a submarine steam railroad by Ly La Combe in 1570, China’s first railroad 1877, and the St Gotharh tunnel completion at about nine and a quarter miles amid opposition.
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New York
Persia
Poison in Canned Goods and Kangaroo Destruction Across Australia
The piece warns of lead and alkaloid poisoning from canned foods and urges strict factory inspection, favoring glass jars for safety. It also notes Australia’s kangaroo plague, with high culling and bonuses to reduce numbers, stressing economic impact and ongoing destruction for leather markets.
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Philadelphia Record
Herdwick
South Australia
New South Wales
Australia
England
North America
Shah of Persia described as sole arbiter of policy
The Shah of Persia, central to all decisions, is portrayed as the sole arbiter of the nation’s fortunes. He governs with constant attention to foreign and domestic affairs, earning broad praise for competence and patriotism while his foreign tours and purchases spark internal discontent. The piece notes his secrecy and the public’s uneasy admiration. It also touches on mummy wheat myths and Arab guides profiting from gullible travelers.
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Persia
Shah
Europe
Christendom
Pyramids of
Egypt
New York City
Differences in Opinions and Road Improvements Highlighted
The piece contrasts matters where experts disagree with a tale of Persian inscriptions and a note about a Cambridge professor. It then argues better macadam roads boost farm values, noting England, New Jersey, Ohio, Ontario County and Indiana examples and urging shared taxation to fund road upgrades.
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E. H. Palmer
Cambridge University
England
Old Cambridge
Oxford
America
New Jersey
Ohio
Ontario County
Indiana
J. W. Jenks
New York State Farmers’ Institute
She Observed and the Quiet Dreadful Girl
A sharp observer in a social gathering quips that a donkey brays in perfect octave, prompting silence. The remark exposes how fixating on others’ moras reduces one’s own speech and highlights social discomfort after a singer performs.
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Screechim
Origin of a Slang Phrase Who Eat Crow
origin story from Manhattan Island explains why吃 crow became a proverb. A soldier on Governor's Island shoots a crow, trades with a Dutchman over the penalty, and after a tense exchange must eat the crow to avoid further punishment. The tale evolves into a proverb about enduring humiliation.
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Manhattan Island
Mtg
New York
Tribune
Governor’s Island
Chanbers Street
Ash
Tramp Earns Dinner By Cutting Three Maple Trees
A hungry tramp at a Taylor Townsh farm-house offers to pay for food with work. He cuts down three maple trees, claiming the farmer’s grandchild set them, and the farmer’s shotgun and dogs are kept at bay as the tale ends in a rough exchange reported by the Free Press.
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Taylor Townsh
Sicilian Brigand Alarm Foils Robbery Attempt
A report from Marsala notes a brigand incident targeting a British Vice Consul in Sicily. The pursed-English figure offered $2 under a demand of money or life, then fled as brigands, startled by approaching footsteps, abandoned the scene.
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Sicily
Marsala
Honorel
Hot-Water Slot Machine Merchants Supply Fountain
A hot water device in Paris now uses a 2 inch fountain for public supply. A machine draws water via 454 Tanean pipes into coiled copper tubing of 300 feet, heated by gas. It costs a coin equivalent several cents and produces about eight airs of hot water daily.
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Paris
Alite
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