One Right of a Wife in a Domestic Dispute
A wife asserts equal stake in family money and labor. She recalls marriage vows, child care, and shared chores. Her husband resists but concedes when she doubles a subscription donation and later gives an extra sum for her private purse, revealing evolving mutual respect.
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Sarah
Masons
Reah
Bac
Johnny
Leary
Len
Faber
Solomon
Alwes
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Not a Satisfying Success and Philosophical Mirth
A collection of aphorisms on reputation and folly contrasts with a humorous tale of a wood theft prank. The piece quotes Josh Billings and wryly notes the perils of deceit, while a sidenote mentions John Rogers modeling a statue and a comic design from The St. Louis Zines.
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Frankford
Judking
Aller
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St. Louis
Eli Perkins Defends Defective Flues and Fire Plans
Eli Perkins critiques dangerous flues and elevators and recounts a far fetched plan with Fire Inspectors and Professor Tyndall to drain heat into flour barrels and produce a extinguishing powder from concentrated water. The scheme involves placing flues in adjoining houses and sealing them with Croton water to freeze and smother flames.
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Prof
Tyndall
Croton
Professor Tyndall
Perkins
Good Little Boy Sunday School Books Exposed as Fraud
A column condemns a Sunday school story prize scheme offering 1000 dollars for five top stories. writers share the prize, creating a "1000 Series." The piece calls such promotions pious frauds and likens them to schemes that teach children to imitate George Washington by never telling a lie.
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George Washington
Goat Story From a Rural Wash Scene
A retired clergyman recounts a humorous incident at a farm involving a young woman at a wash tub, a nearby young man, and a buck that charged the door causing chaos as water and slippers flew. The goat pauses behind the barn afterward, trying to recall the events.
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Danbury News
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