Only a baby's grave in small voices still we cry
A fragment evokes a tiny grave site where children sing despite its small size. The line emphasizes the sorrow of losing a child and the haunting image of a grave so modest it seems hardly a grave.
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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1883
Page
2
Wonders of the heavens eclipse lecture by Prof Young
The text outlines a detailed lecture on solar and lunar eclipses, the mechanics of the moon and earth, and the celestial system. It covers eclipse causes, frequencies, and historical visibility, plus moon and planet features, crater and rill formations, belts on gas giants, and star movement and nebulae observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Young
London
New York
United States
North Carolina
Georgia
Washington Territory
Hudson’s Bay
Labrador
Iowa
Illinois
Kentucky
Colorado
Texas
Virginia
Spain
Clavius
Copernicus
Water Witching Led Detroit Pioneer's Well Discovery
A Detroit resident in the 1840s recounts finding water by willow forked-twig directions after drought. He, his wife, and sister tested the method in an orchard, and the twigs allegedly pointed to underground water, supplying his family and neighbors when others ran dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Anna
York State
Management of Sick Children and the Role of Environment
A Philadelphia Chronicle summary notes that bronchitis in infants stems from prolonged exposure to overheated, impure air rather than mere outdoor life. It advocates ventilation, mild phlegm-loosening foods, warm milk, honey-water, airy bedrooms, and warns against hot stoves and fires. It also cites liquor as a social cause of misery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson Bay Territory
Home Sweet Home History and Payne’s Life Story
A historical note on John Howard Payne author of Home Sweet Home. Born in New York City in 1791 he died in Tunis in 1852 while serving as U S consul. The article recounts false myths about the song’s origin and outlines Payne’s life, work, and the song’s early public debut and revisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Advocate
John Howard Payne
City of
New York
Broad Street
Pearl
Tunis
Africa
United States
Mr. Payne
Easthampton
L. A
Boston
Payne
London
Henry R. Bishop
Paris
Dr Dix blamed for discouraging companionship in marriage
The critique argues Dr Dix undermines lasting unions by urging wifely obedience and criticizing women seeking knowledge. It claims his lectures instill female inferiority, and questions clergy for not preaching marital duties, comparing human bonds to animal companionship and highlighting societal habits of neglecting families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Dix
In a Kansas Parlor Hosts Silk Worm Venture
A Kansas hostess turns a parlor into a silk production room by rearing mulberry fed silk worms. She preserves cocoons for sale to factories, inspired by Mennonites who introduced silk culture to Kansas years ago. She auctions a frugal venture with less than ten dollars needed to start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairies
George
Kansas
Copper Not Poisonous Says French Scientist
M Galippe a French savant claims copper cannot cause fatal poisoning after experiments since 1875 on dogs with verdigris blue stone and copper salts. He even fed cooked meals in copper vessels coated with Verdigris and felt none the worse, noting copper in bodies of those who died naturally and in foods, urging caution in post mortems attributing death to metal poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Galippe
Anarchy in the Pharmacy Tale From Tesds Siflings
An Austin drug clerk helps an injured man and his wife after a domestic fray sparked by a lack of hominy. The couple quarrelled with chairs, the man groaned, and the clerk offered arnica as a joking remedy for the chaos and hunger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darky
Austin
It's the Way and a Local Adage on Wealth and Time
A city man riches lead to farm life and bankruptcy while a countryman buys a city brownstone and dives into stocks with the same fate. Uncle Mose muses that times differ by place, noting the longer feeling for the boy who holds the horse than the man who enters the whisky shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia News
Uncle Mose
Pith and Point and Witty Bits From A Far Scrape
I present a collage of wry quips and jokes from a historical newspaper page. It blends punning lines about money and merchants with light humor on marriage, art, and daily life. Characters range from a fisherman tale to exchanges about stage nights and family banter.
What becomes of old pianos in distant lands
A London Truth tale shows old grand pianos repurposed as beds by a Patagonian chief after a dealer in Patagonia gave one to him. The piece notes whimsical uses of old items from barrels to sugar laddles and even potato mashers, ending with a quip about wisdom and cunning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Dexter
London
de Tonnant
Patagonia
Patagonian
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Saturn
Herschel
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Prof
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Washington
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Philadelphia Chronicle
Ione
Columbia
Exclain
Honel
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Hominy and Amica
Syracuse Herald
Philadelphia
Leadville
Burlington
Hawkeye
Brooklyn
Clara
Sonny
Mr. Peterby
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Billy
Texas Siftinga
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