Virtue and Mottoes in a Nine and Twenty Years Page
A column presents epigraphs by Campbell Hood Burns Tennyson and others, a poetry excerpt about life, happiness and virtue. The piece includes quotes on charity, industry and virtue, plus several brief lines attributed to various authors. It mixes ad copy style with literary excerpts and a small ad for rates and deliveries.
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Angel
Campbell
Scott
Omer
Watts
Hood
Offagle
Burns
Fragmentary courtroom tease unfolds over ring wager
A partial OCR text depicts a dispute among brothers over a diamond ring and a wager. The scene includes a proprietor authorizing, consent given, and a demand to smash an item. The brothers express mortification at losing and parting with the ring on easy terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Enid
Gems From the Authors Compiled Quoted Lines and Fragments
A mixed excerpt of literary maxims and verses attributed to famous authors. The lines reference Milton Spenser Chaucer Coleridge Dryden Pope Young Congreve Shakespeare Cowper Shelly Thompson Alderon Wordsworth Yeats Byron Keats and others in a collage of moral reflections and aphorisms. The fragmentary text offers a survey of classic sentiments on study virtue and life.
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Milton
Spenser
Chaucer
Coleridge
Butler
Fletcher
Lee
Stearns
Tasso
Chayec
Cowper
Greene
Florrich
Ciceroy
Ong
Juvenal
Byron
Beaty
Sesgaine Keats
Pliny
Diamonds at Dinamond from a Broadway ring swindle
A hoax tale set twelve to fifteen years ago in New York begins with a flashy ring sold for five dollars by a boy at a Broadway hotel bar. It passes through several hands for rising sums, then is allegedly altered with fake stones. A bet on whether the stones are real diamonds leads to a jeweler’s verdict, sparking further doubt.
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New York
Broadway
Johnny
DML
Charley
Charles
Harlem
Mr. A
Jrarlem
John
President Johnson's Message Draws Radical Critique
The President's annual message to Congress draws sharp Radical opposition and questions the reconstruction policy's success. It argues Congress overruns executive prerogative and condemns partisan obstruction in the Senate and House while urging adherence to constitutional law and a return to lawful order.
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Congress
Schenck
Bercomall
Till
Radical Party
Giorsia
Louisiana
Andrew Johnson
iWew Haven
Conn
House of Representatives
Senate
Ative
Coffies
Grant
Virginia
Gran
Howe
Messrs
Sherman
Thaddeus Stevens
Bitler
Aeb
Johnson
Itseema
New York
Philadelphia Herald
Congress of the United States
Mississippi
Fienton
Smoke and Chew Haunts A Household In A Turbulent Verse
A comic poem contrasts a man’s daily life spent in smoke and chewing with his rude behavior toward family and pets. The piece moves through rooms and rituals, ending with a warning of a life consumed by smoke. Nearby items note steady topics including a proposal for a Christmas national thanksgiving Diocesan observers critique Puritan influence and regional crime statistics.
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Loimell
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Harris
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Morocco
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Marseilles
Sharp
S. C. Thompson & CO
Federal Street
Boston
Mass
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Main Street
New Harmony
Ind
Fretagent, Son & Thrall
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Fretageot, Son & Chralls
Sharman
United States
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Shea
Brooklyn Bani
Senate of the
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Great Britain
Georgia
Gartho Freeman
Catholic
New England
Asulé
Bae
Rousseau
Brashear City
Berwick'’s Bay
Nashville
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