Boyhood of Eminent Men and a Phillips Exeter Mentor
A St Louis Republican excerpt highlights Dr. Benjamin Abbott longtime Exeter Academy principal. It recalls his education philosophy guiding youth after 1788 and his vivid reminiscences of Lewis Cass and Daniel Webster as pupils. Abbott credits general studies first then natural talent for profession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Cass
Daniel Webster
Benjamin Abbott
Phillips Exeter Academy
Academy
Abbott
Waterhouse
Washington University
Ins
Maj. Cass
Lewis
Cass
Exeter
Webster
St. Louis Republican
She Works for a Living and the Ideal Wife
A column extols choosing a wife who works for a living rather than fashionable, lazy companions. It argues that a practical, industrious woman with sound sense is a better partner, urging men to value virtue, frugality, and service over social polish and high society trends.
Folly in Dust and Ashes Among Fashionable Circles
A lament on a man’s self-created ruin amid fashionable life. He rushed into danger with eyes wide open. The writer contrasts old fashions of visiting with a view of women darning stockings, suggesting even an impractical woman could be prized in certain circles.
Formation of an Egyptian Battalion 1400 B C
An ancient Egyptian battalion structure is described with captains and 100 men per front rank, nine-men groups under corporals, and 1000-man units led by chiefs. War chariots carry supplies and a bucklered chief, infantry wield bucklers and axes or spears. The text links Egyptian military organization to Moses and the Greeks, and notes the rise of the war horse under kings, with Sesostris commanding 20,000 war chariots at one time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
Egypt
Syria
Sesostris
The Disappearance of the Common Scold in Society
Charles Dudley Warner argues in Harper’s Magazine that the common scold, once punished by ducking chairs and feared in law, largely vanished from modern life. He notes a historical prevalence in sixteenth century balladry and gauges whether shifts in female and male attitudes explain the change, or if science and sociology shed light on human traits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dudley Warner
Harper's Magazine
Fish Eating Plants Described by Prof Baird From England
Prof Baird of the National Museum reports a large bladderwort specimen from England that floats with leaf bladders trapping fish fry. Twelve or fifteen bladderwort species exist in the United States and the plant thrives in Washington carp ponds, formerly used as fish food. He urges carp culturists to destroy it where found to prevent millions of fry losses annually.
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Baird
National Museum
England
United States
Fish Commission
Carp
Washington
The Cineraria in Horticulture and Propagation
The cineraria has gained favor in the floral world since its recent general cultivation. These shrubby plants vary in form and are grown worldwide. They propagate by seed in abundance here, by cuttings, and by division of the roots, producing many hybrids introduced to amateurs.
The Weeping Willow’s Royal Lineage Across Ages
A Newton-like tale links a Pope willow from Twickenham to English and American history. A merchant’s loss led to a twig sent to Alexander Pope, whose tree spawned England’s weeping willows. A British officer’s sapling traveled to Boston, then Virginia on Custis’s estate, and finally to Gates’s lane in New York, tracing a direct line to today’s willows.
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Smyrna
Asia Minor
Alexander Pope
England
Pope
Twickenham
Thames
Babylon
Boston
Gen
Howe
Washington
Bostor
John Parke Custis
Halifax
America
Custis
Abingdon
Virginia
United States
Horatio Gates
Rose Hill
New York Island
Third Avenue
Twenty-second Street
Gates
Twenty-seventh Street
Second Avenue
Gates’ Lane
Twenty Second Street
A Novel Hen and Floral Preservation by Water Shade
A detailed domestic hint describes making a charming lighted floral display by placing a bouquet in a plain glass vase under a glass case then submerging in water to create a water shadow. It explains keeping flowers fresh by excluding air, using glass shades, and even reusing blooms with damp coverings. It notes maiden hair fern kept by submersion in water and used in hair for several nights.
Cocoa Plants and The Cocoa Seed Origins Explored
The article explains how cacao trees yield cocoa seeds. The trees grow twelve to eighteen feet tall in cultivated settings and higher in the wild. Each pod contains five to ten seeds embedded in pink pulp, with trees native to Mexico and cultivable near the 25th latitude line under 2000 feet elevation.
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Mexico
Chocolate trees bear fruit long before maturity and harvest year round
The text notes that these trees begin bearing around year five, mature by year eight, and yield for about fifty years. They carry flowers and fruit at all stages simultaneously, with main Venezuela harvests in June and December. It explains chocolate from fine cocoa varieties and its historic Central American use, noting modern forms of chocolate as cakes and cocoa as powder, flakes, or nibs.
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Venezuela
Central America
New World
Development of manual training to guide vocation choices
Prof. C. M. Woodward argues manual training broadens youths' options beyond clerical roles. Pupils gain self awareness to pursue law, medicine, literature or engineering. Some excel in craft yet avoid theory, while others continue to polytechnic paths, producing more intelligent mechanics and helpful citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polytechnic School
Prof
C. M. Woodward
Popular Science Monthly
Sheriff Edward Green Praises St Jacobs Oil
Edward Ll Green, Sheriff of Auckland, recounts a shoulder injury from 1842 to 1883. After trying many treatments, he used St Jacobs Oil for under ten minutes and felt relief, enabling him to work with a saw and spade as before, and he recommends it to others with pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Ll. Green
Auckland
New Zealand
St. Jacobs
The Coming Flower Begonias For Future Gardens
The tuberose begonia is hailed as the coming flower with strong potential in decorative gardening. It is viewed as destined to brighten greenhouse summer displays and rock garden bedding, thanks to its free branching habit, abundant flowers, and moderate size. The Gardener s Chronicle notes its indoor and outdoor appeal and varied colors.
Mrs Lydia E Pinkham Remedies Promised for Female Health
Ladies of all ages troubled by loss of appetite indigestion low spirits and nervous debility may renew health and extend life using Mrs Lydia E Pinkham's remedies for female complaints The Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph notes even a homely pale woman granting help to a fellow passenger with his streetcar fare vouchers.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Evern
Pittsburgh Chronicle- Telegraph
Lydia
Pinkham
USA
Stern
Lynn
Maza
Diamond Dyes color old dresses at druggists 1c
Why are the human race like an auctioneer's goods they are always going going gone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells, Richardson & Co
Burlington, VI
Becaus
A Cure of Pneumonia by Dr Hall's Balm
A patient from Owego New York fell to pneumonia after a violent cold. Doctors deemed the case hopeless. A friend urged Dr William Hall’s Balm for the Lungs. The daughter used it as a last resort and soon showed a marked improvement, achieving a permanent cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Barnaby
Owego
Wost
Wm. Hall
Young Men Invited to Try Electro-Voltaic Belt
The Vortahc Bev Co of Marshall Michigan offers to mail their celebrated Electro-Voltaic Belt and other appliances on thirty days trial to men afflicted with nervous debility vitality and manhood loss and kindred troubles. Complete restoration to health vigor and manhood guaranteed with no risk as thirty days trial is allowed. Write for illustrated pamphlet free
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vortahc Bev Co
Marshall, Mich
Remarkable Interviews On Compound Oxygen Cure
A reporter interviews Hon. Wmn. D. Kelley M C Hon. Judge Flanders of New York and T. Arthur about their experiences with Compound Oxygen. The interviews reveal surprising results and claim the treatment cures chronic diseases. Free copy of interviews and a Treatise on Compound Oxygen mailed by Drs. Starkey and Palen at 1109 Girard Street Philadelphia.
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Wmn
D. Kelley
M. C
Judge Flanders
New York
T. &. Arthur
Drs. Starkey & Palen
Girard St
Philadelphia
Plush Gault House in Chicago at Two Dollars a Day
The Gault House at Clinton and Madison streets Chicago offers first class accommodations for two dollars daily, or two dollars and fifty cents for tourists and business travelers. Located centrally one block from Union Depot, the hotel features elevator and refined amenities. Proprietor H. W. Hoyt.
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Gault House
Chicago
Clinton and
Madison Streets
Union Depot
H. W. Hoyt
Higher Butter Color Promises Value and Demand Rise
Dairymen using Wells Richardson Co Improved Butter Color report butter gains of several cents per pound. The product is pure harmless odorless and tasteless and adds golden richness to butter. It is widely demanded across the states and praised in a New York Primes remark on political canvass. Thr flower farming shows strong yields per acre with jasmine rose orange and other plants producing thousands of pounds of flowers and high values per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells, Richardson & Co
Kidney-Wort Heralds Quick Cure for Impure Blood
A brisk ad extols Kidney-Wort as a universal purifier for bilious headaches and yellow eyes. It claims to cleanse, renew, and enrich blood by acting on kidneys liver and bowels. The text ends with a tongue in cheek question about preferring beef-steak to being burnt at the stake.
Horsford’s Acid Phosphate warns against imitators
The New York Commercial Advertiser reports cautions on Horsford's Acid Phosphate. Ad warns buyers to ensure the wrapper bears the word Horsford's and to beware of counterfeits. A mention notes a modern lottery list and a young speculator scanning it.
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Horsford’s
Horsford'e
New York Commercial Advertiser
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Marshfield
Calisaya
Caswell, Hazard & Co
Geer
Syracuse
N. Y
Pigo
Brooklyn
Gjacess OF
Swetlin
Draggtate
Erie Weave
Charles A. Vogeler
Vourler & CO
Balttesere
Acrr
Natmomal Punclaxina Co
Chicago, Il
Kiover
Barlestowl
Shotcuns
Gan Works
Pittabar
Ridge
Woolrich & C
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Man
John Bull
Hoe
Bull
Smith
Main St
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Perry Davis
Found
Valens Bros
Janasville
Wis
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Franklin Street
Frazer
Lance's
Price
Broadway
Chan Unio
J. Matpaor
Wet Cross Druggiata
N.Y Trail
Isaac Thompson
Watelli
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D& Cu
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Tiffin
Loomis & Nyman
Ohio
Piso
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