Topics of the Times and a Nation of Reflections
A collage of brief items on journalism ethics executions reporting standards and advertising. It discusses press access to executions in New York prisons political economy of school books and furniture trusts court cases on industrial safety and Colorado justice Colorado supreme court stay for a major case press freedom and the paper’s emblem as national art and refinement. The piece also covers U S paper and iron production trends and the pulsing call for strong national unity after a recent conflict with Chili. It closes with World Fair exhibit funding disputes between New York and other states and a push for an exemplary New York exhibit at Chicago.
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Colorado
Gatves Wits
Tvat
Verde Wien
Aid Publiesh
Supreme Court of
Great Britain
Germany
Republic of the United States
Chili
Jaran
Empire State of the Union
New York
Chicago
New York Journal
Young Artist Paints Knight Portrait Delightful to Dickens
A neighbour’s son, a precocious young painter, drew an aged knight in armor resting after battle. Cottage children offer fruit as the tired figure recovers, catching Dickens’s eye who praises the work yet notes the old knight would need brandy to revive.
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Tie
Dickens
Proverb Origins and Cultural Transfer Explored
G. O. Shields discusses how sayings arise from literary sources and oral tradition, noting popular lines from Hamlet and Night Thoughts, and explains how Eastern oral storytelling and Spanish muleteers shape proverbs. He compares figures like Tony Weller and the Jarvey, and describes how proverbs migrate between cultures through localization and repetition. He ends urging sportsmen to take up farming on government land with quail and venison.
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New York Sun
Young
Sterne
Saul
Israel
Spain
Persia
East
Tony Weller
Jarvey
Ireland
G. O. Shields
Deer Kill at 379 Yards Sparks Western New Mexico Tale
An anecdote from Eddy New Mexico describes hunting in Guadaloupe foothills with a -32 and a .22 Winchester and 1,000 cartridges. The narrator recounts antelope quail and deer sightings, a long shot at 379 yards that felled a buck, and a wife’s reaction, with notes on open season and local wildlife.
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Eddy
N. M
Witt
Guadaloupe
New Mexico
George
Mrs Grundy myth in literature and common use
The article traces the origin and influence of the phrase What will Mrs Grundy say describing its theatrical roots in Speed the Plough by Morton and its spread through notes and quotations by Dr Irving and Lord Coleridge. It notes the phrase entered everyday speech and appears in quatrains and editorials, illustrating its lasting cultural presence.
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Ra. Grundy
Mrs. Grundy
Junius
Sauiry Gamp
Edinburg
Farmer Ashfield
Dame Grundy
The True Meaning of Charity and Its Christian Life
The text urges charity as the core teaching of Christ not as a sporadic act but as a daily duty binding people together. It calls believers to seek the needy, emulate the Good Samaritan, and let every action carry the fragrance of charity aligning lives with the Divine Teacher.
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United States
Christ
Carlyle Snaps At Visitor Over Silence
A young American visits Thomas Carlyle in Chelsea with a letter of introduction. Carlyle talks little and then berates the guest for interrupting his silence after the visitor awkwardly praises Chelsea. The sage asserts he was not speaking and orders silence.
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Thomas Carlyle
Chelsea
Mr. Carlyle
Carlyle
Blockhead
Sunday School Lesson on Cleanness and Heart Renewal
The article reviews Ezekiel 36 26-38 and emphasizes sanctification through inner cleansing and a devoted heart. It discusses the prophet's harsh yet necessary language, the prospect of national revival beginning with personal conversion, and cites biblical and doctrinal points to urge wholehearted trust in God's perfection and renewal.
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Ezekiel
Dante
Isaiah
Milton
Solomon
God
Heaven
Chebar
Babylonia
Douay
Nour
Jesus
Christ
House of Israel
Kingdom of God
David
Homemade salve for chapped hands recipe
A recipe for a hand salve combines camphor gum three drams beeswax three drams spermaceti three drams olive oil two ounces. Melt the ingredients in boiling water and apply the finished mixture to the hands.
New York Central unveils Flyer engine ready for service
A new engine built for the New York Central Railroad’s Flyer is complete and weighs about one hundred tons with tender included, ready to enter service.
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New York Central
Flyer
Costly Piano Leather From Thuringia Grows Scarcer
The article describes piano leather as the costliest hide used for pianos. It notes supply from Thuringia in Germany, passed down through generations, and explains the rare grey-dh’ species it comes from. Prices rise from a quarter to over fifteen dollars per pound.
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Thuringia
Germany
European famines and cannibalism across medieval Europe
An account recalling a catastrophic famine from 1016 and 1193 to 1195 across Europe. It notes crop failures causing extreme deprivation in England and France with reports of people eating dogs and cats and cases of cannibalism as thousands perished from starvation.
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Europe
England
France
How the Ball Will Fall
A note explains that when a gun fires straight up, the ball will land slightly south and west in northern latitudes, due west at the equator, and northwest in southern latitudes.
Christmas Twice a Year in Madagascar
Madagascar may be the only place where Christmas is celebrated twice yearly and two New Year days are observed by the same people. Near Caspar Wyoming a valuable vein of coal is found just beneath the grass roots.
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Madagascar
Caspar
Wyo
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