Neatness monitors and pride in a mixed sermon fragment
The text describes monitors of neatness calling pupils, then shifts to a moral reflection on pride from a Kingsley sermon. It contrasts desire for personal glory with serving God, warning that self will leads to a private hell and eternal loss of love. The fragment ends with a scattered reference to a sermon and miscellaneous words.
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Istan Rech
New York
France
In- Amery
Watt
Earth
Heaven
Hell
Kingsley
Pe Miceradis
Andrew Longacre
Jesus
A Wreck of a Man
A bleak meditation on the ruin of a dissolute life. The piece depicts a man whose once promising career is wrecked by disease and vice, branded by society and nature. It laments the social horror of unburied sin and the dehumanizing effect of degradation.
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Cain
Perseverance and industry amid 1876 depression
The editor laments widespread poverty and business distress in the United States despite abundant crops. November and December reports place 1876 crop yields among the largest, especially corn, with gains across regions. The piece urges youths to labor honestly, persevere, and support productive work across farms and factories, noting a liquor case in Indianapolis.
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Nature
Compulsory education through ages and regions cited
The piece surveys historical efforts toward compulsory schooling across Sparta, Lycurgus, Charlemagne, Luther, and various German states, noting laws and penalties from 1649 to 1864. It highlights reformers’ view of schools as essential for service to God and cites rights, fines, and attendance statistics, ending with a reference to a northern storm.
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Solon
Mocter Gotts
M.’Duray
Saxony
Bavaria
France
M. Duray
Republic
Prussia
Potsdam
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Switzerland
Zurich
Berne
M. Sandonin
England
Pennsylvania School Journal
Pardons issued for three ex-prisoners from Alabama
A short list names several individuals from Alabama counties who have served prison terms and were pardoned after two years or less. The item notes a meeting of the Democratic State Executive Committee in Montgomery on the 28th of February and includes various local anecdotes and notices from the Moon-Liberty era.
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Collins
Marengo County
Biga
Marion
T. Johnnison
Montgomery
James Bond
Barbour
Thomas ‘@leen
John Tyler
Yéhudeon
John H. Woodward
Sumter
Thomas Jackson
Democratic State Executive Committee
Domestic Recipes and Culinary Tips from a Past Era
A compilation of home cooking instructions featuring Baked Tomatoes with bread crumbs and parsley, Cafe au Lait using milk and coffee, a yeast-raised batter for baking, an onion dish with creamy sauce, beet stew, and Sweet Potato Puddling with spices. Includes fragmented ends and editorial asides on work ethics and gender roles.
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Ava
Federal
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Clark
Harris
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Federal Court
Huntsville
Supreme Court
J. C. Baker
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Courtland
Ala
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Ian Ould
Crow & i
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J.P. Hodges
Oakville
Surroun
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D. F-Dingmere
M.D
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J. T- Masters i
M. D. Venaoes
Walter L. Bregg
Was. Thorington
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Idianapolis
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Wertemberg
Oter
Watts
Faunday
Duane
Joss
Neeragein
Troy
Itheangel
Pacific Methodist
Methodist
Episcopal
Gilbert Hagen
South
Moonlton Advertiser
C. A. Larson
Bloomington
Ill
Senator Conkling
President Grant
Parsley
Cafe Au Lait
Er Eiunen
Pene
Erat Roven
Paradise Pudding
Jane
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