To My Watch
Poem about a watch symbolizing life’s passage from cradle to grave. The speaker laments speeding hours and wonders what joy those ticking hands have brought, imagining a lasting memory when time finally ends.
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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1893
Page
6
The Vision of the Assassin Portrait
M Theodore, chef de surete, contemplates a string of murders and a promised scientific method to expose the killer by reproducing the victim’s retinal image. Frederick Bouscal tries the technique on a dying woman, fails, and discovers the murderer is his own son, leading to a double suicide by charcoal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Theodore
Parbley
Monsieur
Wrederick Jouscal
Zouscal
Bouscal
M. le Chef
Mr. Theodore
Credit Agricole
M. Je Chef
M. Ile Chef
M. le Chet
M Theodore
Surete
Frederick Bouscal
Ternes
Rue Laugiere
Bouscals
What Is Electricity Its motion rate and usefulness explained
The article explains electricity as molecular motion within substances similar to heat light and sound, differing in rate. It compares vibration speeds to sound and heat waves and notes electricity is versatile because its vibration rate enables rapid transmission without destruction unless transformed to heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electrical Review
Morphine Fiend Unseen Intake From Skin Exposure On Sundays
A chemist notes a woman on Chestnut Street who never drinks morphine yet shows a saturated system. She works in a lab weighing morphine and absorbs it through her skin. Weekdays she is fine, but Sunday nights bring insomnia and distress, predicting eventual breakdown like other addicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Tris
Dominion of
Canada
Hndeavor
Bisworp Thonurn
India
Presbyterian Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Lyman Abnerr
Plymouth Church
Tim International Missionary Union
United States
Enguish Baptist, Wesley, and
China Island
H. BR. WaAneis
England
London
Joseph
America
Rev. G. Furness Ssirn
Constantinople
Galata
Tot Lutheran Church
Germany
Working Dogs in Belgium Report from Liege
Consul Smith reports to Washington that Liege, a wealthy industrial city, has many street dogs and horses. The usual dog draft is six hundred pounds with mastiffs sometimes drawing twice that. A stray line notes a joke about stopping a hysterical wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Smith
Liege
Washington
Europe
Harbess
Man's Greatest Comfort in Religion and Family Ties
A long religious essay extols marriage as the vital path to character and divine likeness, argues philosophy fades beside faith, and urges daily duty to others. It cites Whitelock, providence, and church data, closing with Lutheran and immigrant church statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleaven
Religon
Goldsmith
Wives as power and ancient scripts in brief excerpts
A collage of quotes touches on wives shaping husbands through strategy and endurance, and on the evolution of Hebrew writing from consonants to vowels. It notes women seen as ahead of their time and cites a St Louis Republic summary on language development and misfortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hargot Holt Cahoon
Mwe
St Louis Republic
The Spider and the Fly and a Brave Yellow-Jacket
A Philadelphia Times item recounts an odd encounter by a grocery store where a spider battles a fly and a yellow jacket intervenes. The yellow jacket helps defend the fly, the spider fights back, and the trio ends with the spider dying, the fly buzzing overhead and the jacket retreating wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.me
Coffee as a disinfectant long vouched by scientists
A century-old note from a chemist highlights coffee’s disinfection power. Roasted coffee effectively neutralizes odors and compounds from decaying meat and dung pits, with practical use including sprinkling powder in sinks or rooms and using coffee oil for small quantities.
Training of Children Is Key to Obedience and Manners
A mother admonishes that early discipline shapes future behavior. Children learn to mind when young, and gentle but firm parenting builds love, honor, and obedience. The piece argues misbeliefs about waiting to govern children and urges consistent, caring guidance from infancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnnie
Susie
Too Late Exclaimed Mrs McNagg Burglars Suspected
Mrs McNagg urges her weary husband James to investigate noises downstairs claiming burglars may be present. James responds with a calm line about obedience and never having his own way, hinting at a prelude to a comic or domestic scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Mrs. McNagg
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Jude
Dirk
Earth
M. Pheodore
Frederick Botscal
Frederick Bousa
Via
van Pett
Christ
Arriagh
God
Whitelock
Cromwell
Sweden
Warwick
Ienyth
Bishop Brooks
Hones
Spider and the Fly
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