Jack Dawsons Pilgrimage Ends Back in Maine
The poem traces Jack Daveson leaving Maine seeking mastery in Vermont, Kansas, California, Australia, and London. After wandering and failing to find a place matching his mind, he returns to Maine to farm again, concluding the best path is staying put where you are.
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Jack Daveson
Maine
Vermont
Jack
Dash
Kansas
California
Australis
Australia
London
Gladstone
Fete
Mat
Hood
Orphan Adoption Mixes Up Aunt Azalea Story
In a bustling New York scene, Uncle Jared schemes to adopt a destitute girl. A misidentified applicant arrives as a fifty five year old orphan Edna. Azalea Consternation, Mark’s mockery, and a comic twist end with Azalea marrying David Denyers and Jared conceding the folly of adoptions.
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Denyers
Azalea
Mr. Mark
David Denyers
Uncle Jared
France
Twelfth Street
Uncle Jay
David
Mark
David Denvers
Jared
Jared Arden
Mr. Arden
Epsa
Grantsboro
N.Y
Mark Arden
Edna
Jay
Tami
Azalea Arden
New York News
Mischievous Literature and Crime Reform
An editorial argues that dime novels fuel burglary and murder by glamorizing outlaws like Jesse James. It cites a Decatur incident where two teens killed a farmer after burglary, prompting local booksellers to drop such fare. The piece urges wider reform, noting modern cheap fiction can still corrupt youths and should be curtailed nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Illinois
Macon
Chicago
A Crime Against Education Prompts Plea for New Schoolhouses
The American School Board Journal warns that over 100,000 children are barred from public schools nationwide due to crowded facilities. In major cities like New York, Chicago, St Louis, and Philadelphia, thousands of pupils lose admission or access to night classes. The piece argues the nation faces a crime against education and urges immediate construction of more school buildings to meet demand.
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United States
New York City
Jaster
Chicago
St Louis
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Ocean
American School Board Journal
New Plan for Killing Cockroaches
Peddler and customer exchange in a fragmentary Indianapolis Journal item about buying cockroach poison. The peddler jokes about the poison causing fattening and heart failure in pests, with a quirky line reflecting the era’s style.
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Le’m
Indianapolis Journal
Love and Gentleness In Christian Home Harmony
A Sunday sermon urges love and forbearance to curb fretful temper. It argues that gentle, respectful dialogue heals conflict between spouses and children, citing scripture and Hannah More to claim temper is curable. The piece highlights prayers, grandmothers, and ready grace at life’s end as moral lessons.
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Carlyle
Hannah Moore
The Storm Chilled Traveler and The Gospel of Work
The passage recalls a tale of a storm bound traveler who, saved by a stranger’s warmth, finds meaning in selfless service. It urges restless, discontented readers toward active ministry, suggesting personal burdens become blessings when others are aided. It cites Baptist and mission statistics and notes Talmage on selling single sittings in Brooklyn Tabernacle.
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Hualf
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
New Zealand
American Board
India
T. B. Pandisu
Presbyterian Board of Home Missions
Talmage
Brooklyn
Not Born to Die That Way at Barns Mine
Michael O'Reilly nearly fell fifty feet in the Barns mine shaft when a ladder broke. He grabbed a pipe to stop the fall and swung back to the ladder aided by another miner. Doctors treated a fractured ankle and bruises. he is home in Duolin Gulch with his wife and child in Butte, Montana.
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Michael O‘reilly
Drs. Wells
McCrimmon
Duolin Gulch
Whistles On Swords For Skirmish Line Tactics
United States army officials discuss a new warfare method adopting whistle signals for infantry officers to command dispersed skirmish lines. General Miles notes the system extends the cavalry bugle code and aids communication from end to end of the formation, while some detachments warn of possible failures.
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Wong
Miles
United States
Forsyth
Fort Reilly
Maus
Texan Hospitality and frontier welcome in early Texas
The excerpt recounts 19th century hospitality on the southern frontier. Travelers arriving at a log cabin were greeted with a night invitation, fed with venison and ash cake, and offered a bed on a buffalo robe. Visitors carried the latest news and could be paid for by returning. A joked tale of gunpoint coercion is noted as exaggeration.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Rarley
Mr. Williams
Sam Houston
Texas
Bia
Per
Firing Gung at Sea and Shipboard Turbulence
A vivid account describes the fear and discomfort aboard a line of battle ship during large gun firings. Decks are cleared and secured, cotton wool stops ears, and the concussion shudders the hull. Glass shatters, woodwork splinters, carpenters repair damage, and sailors stumble across the deck while officers stagger from the blast. The engine room remains the least troubled area. The piece then shifts to a metaphor about the philosopher and the handling of fortune and health.
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Fms
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Jack Dawson
Miss Arden
Hackman
Mischievous Literation
Christ
God
Heaven
T. de Witt Talmage
Ladies’ Home Journal
Earth
Mary McCoy
Mission School
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