Boy Leaves School But Sees Hard Reality of Reform
A father confronts his 15 year old son Walter about schooling and work. They visit a reform prison and meet John Jackson, a former forger now confined, illustrating idle wealth versus industrious labor. Walter resolves to return to school and seek steady employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lyman
Mr. Palmer
Walter
Mr. Layman
Lyman
Dan Baker
Sam Blake
George Iyman
Wilt Bromley
George
Plainfield
Phicton
Father
Achaea
Spike
John Jackson
Efe
Jim
Palmer
Mr. Jackson
Tam
Bridgeville
Domn
Jackson
Waller
lLwish
Teun
Mr. Valner
Faded Jasmine and Lost Youth in a Poem Fragment
A speaker recalls unspoken love and distant lives across a wasted youth. A jasmine wreath scene reveals hidden passion and a faded woman awaiting death. A cynical man mocks love, while a single jasmine spray remains as a poignant relic of longing.
A Reproach and His Answer
A poetical exchange unfolds as the sun taunts the sea about depth of love. The sea responds with laughter as day ends. In night and storm the speaker seeks the true terrors and fears behind the lover’s smile. Love prays for sadness even when presence brings joy.
Changing Homes and Times in America Over Fifty Years
The article contrasts 1850 living: unplastered houses, open fires, limited furniture, and scarce books with modern comforts: painted clapboard homes, carpets, spring beds, plated cutlery, abundant kitchen wares, electric lighting, watches, and expanded public libraries. It notes vast growth in available volumes and dictionaries, with public libraries reaching tens of millions of volumes. GC. Coffin in Atlantic for AMWey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Webster's
Worcester
GC. Coffin
Atlantic
Amwey
Peter Koren in Detroit Descent and Courtroom Mockery
A northern visitor named Peter Koren arrives in Detroit touting a good time. He is arrested for poixy drunk after a night in an alley with his money gone, and the judge taunts him about paying the piper. He exits toward Canada as he contemplates future mischief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Koren
Bar of Justice
Peter
Lis Honor
Canada
Detroit
Reade's Lime Stone Chronometer for Geological Time
Geologists and scientists note Mellard Reade of Liverpool proposes limestone as an index of geological time. He estimates the sedimentary crust at least one mile thick with about one tenth calcareous matter and argues that calcareous deposition requires at least 600 million years, outlining a multi-hundred-million-year timeline for major strata.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mellard Reade
Liverpool
Royal Society
Challen Ger
Reade
London Academy
The Carriage Trick Exposed in Noble Executors Scam
A carriage maker kept a costly vehicle on land to deceive executors of deceased nobles. After each noble’s death the carriage was heraldically decorated and offered for removal for about £190. Executors paid to remove it, then the same ploy was used again with a new heraldic scheme until the scheme was discovered and reputation suffered. The fate of the carriage remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hills
Pannie Price
Cantille
Deadwood
Clara Morris
Omaha Herald
Chandlers
Former Circus Managers Turned to Farming and Theater Work
Joseph Cushing farms in New Hampshire while Katon Stone and Daniel Stone reside in New Jersey. Dr Spaulding lives on his wealth at Saugerties New York Yankee Robinson acts in Western theaters. Several ex proprietors pursue hotels theaters railroads and touring ventures across Chicago Brooklyn Philadelphia Cincinnati and the Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Cushing
New Hampshire
Katon Stone
Daniel Stone
New Jersey
Dr Spaulding
Saugerties
N. Y
Yankee Robinson
Ben, Maginley
Yyong Pastor
Frank Pastor
Cluwnos
Andrew Haight
Great Eastern Circus
Chicago
J. M. Nixon
Montgomery Queen
Brooklyn
Levi North
W. J. Metchear
Providence
George K. Goodwin
Philadelphia
R. E. J. Miles
Cincinnati
Burr
West
Temperance
Cooper
Cooper & Bailey
Dan Rice
Mississippi
Barnet, Forepaugh, Robinson
Lent
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Armony Register
Vourne
New Harmony
Indiana
Paris
Boston Courer
Aimee
the Register
Co. Ww. Slater
gaFr
Jesse
Chance
Albert Cartwright
Posey County
Frank M.reeder
Geo. W. Engler
Board of County Commissioners
Main Street
Church and Tavern
Ladiana
Peter Heckman
William Hartman
Main St
Bet
New Marmony
Kimmerlin & Mann
Thos. Ferguson
Simon Gerlick
Wick’s
Vick
James Vick
Rochester
Register
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