The New First Reader Lesson Lines and Dialogues
A fragmented reading lesson from The New First Reader presents dialogues about a railroad ticket office, a powerful road official, boat motion, shopping trips, and a doctor rushing to emergencies. It includes brief anecdotes about a lion in an enclosure, and ends with Montaigne and other great men noted for their height and command presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montaigne
Frederick NI
Conde
Napoleon
Suwarrow
Nelson
Wellington
Napier
Sinde
Small Poet Giants and the Dignity of Stature
A quoted reminiscence contrasts frail figures and famed writers. Dryden, Rochester, Pope are juxtaposed with mockery of “Poet Squad” and a description of Pope’s diminutive frame and awkward manners. A Gentlemans Magazine lampoon notes his four feet height and vanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montaigne
John” Dryden
Rochester
Squad
Pope
Twickenham
The
Gentlemans Magazine
A Spaniel That Reasoned Duke’s Paper Retrieval Feat
A New Haven spaniel named Duke learns to fetch the morning paper after a snowstorm. He signals at the door, digs out the paper from a snowdrift, and returns proudly. The tale asks readers whether Duke truly reasoned or simply learned a sequence that earned him warmth and praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Harper's
Duke
Higher than Gilderoy in the Scottish bandit legend
The tale names Gilderoy or Gilderoy as a red-haired Robin Hood figure in 17th century Perthshire. Patrick, a Gregor clan member, led a gang raiding the rich to aid the poor, until captured and hanged in 1638. The phrase higher than Gilderoy arose after his execution, later embellished with the word kite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilderoy
Robin Hood
Gilleroy
Patrick
Gregor
Perthshire
Scotland
Athol
Edinburgh
Calderoy
The Drummer and the Cloth Samples
The drummer waits as a country storekeeper reviews cloth samples and untwists threads. A sequence of customers interrupts, and the keeper asks if the samples are in style. The drummer sadly notes they were in style when first examined, but that was long ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deirott Free Press
Indian wallows explain barren prairie patches
Buffalo Wallows outlines B F Johnson of Champaign Illinois explaining patches in prairie fields that refuse to yield crops until heavily manured. He links these barren spots to ancient Indian wallows formed by mineral rich waters and animal bathing, which over centuries altered soil with blue clay and salts, eliminating plant nutrients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Johnson
Champaign
Country Gentleman
Grand Prairie
Thinois
Rainbow Tree Delights Sighting Near Cambridge Md
A Baltimore Sun correspondent reports Capt Kirby on the steamer Joppa observed a be leafless gum tree dripping clear water, with a damp bed beneath and higher ground around the site. Sun rays created a rainbow through mist drawing others to view the unusual natural phenomenon northeast of Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Sun
Kirby
Joppa
Cambridge
The Countryman Got There
In Providence a foreman building seventy foot telephone poles humorously quips at a farmer about a “wire fence.” The farmer doubts the height and jokes you could make it pig tight, a quip that lingers as a Rhode Island farmer stereotype.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Rhode Island
Boston Herald
In the Country Laughs Over a Waterbury Mystery
A reader complains about a nuisance described as a lawn mower, only to discover the noise is actually a Waterbury winding up by the neighbor's son. The exchange ends with realization and humor as neighbors compare assumptions.
A Bad Motto for the Boy in Somerville Journal
Mrs Schoeppenstedt muses on the motto Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. Her husband agrees, then notes his office boy has started whistling Boulanger's March, signaling a change in attitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Schoeppenstedt
Mr. Schoeppenstedt
Boulanger
Somerville Journal
Fragmented Chronicle Snippet On Dyspepsia And Mischief
A garbled clipping from a 19th century paper blends wry editor quotes about ancient dyspepsia and Ate with editorials on inaction. It cites odd lines about flowers lasting in sand and a stray Indian question about future travel, ending with a blunt aphorism about ending a tale abruptly.
Harvard's Growth Beyond Wealth and Childhood Squabbles
Klenny O Badger notes Harvard's vast endowment and student abundance while arguing the college has outgrown its early sectarian struggles. He praises broad, frictionless advancement, diverse theology, and inclusive plans, asserting education persists beyond money and time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Klenny O. Badger
The
American Magazine
How to Help Your Digestion With Allcock’s Plasters
A Canarsie man reports relief from violent chest pain believed to be diaphragmatic rheumatism after using Allcock’s Porous Plasters. He placed one plaster below the breast bone and two on each side, with pain fading within a day and complete recovery in seven days. He continues to use the plasters for colds and side pains with quick, effective results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aul- Cock
J. F. Davenport
Canarsie
New York
Allcock
Amateur photographers and lightning photographs sought
Amateur photographers are invited to help record lightning by submitting photographs to the Royal Meteorological Society. A rapid plate and ordinary rapid lens left uncovered during a thunderstorm at night can capture flashes after development. The focus is on distant objects, and last year about sixty photographs were received, revealing previously unsuspected facts about lightning. Arkansaw traveler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Meteorological Society
Arkansaw
The Prodigal Returns to Bridgely Home
A dramatic reunion unfolds as a stranger reveals he is the Bridgely patriarch's long lost son from fourteen years past. The dialogue features recognition and family astonishment amid a tense moment triggered by a ceiling plaster incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bridgely
Maria
Nebraska State Journal
Gentle Reminder and Bread Spelling Joke From Time
A light amusement shows Bobby with his aunt as he boasts about spelling first rate while admitting bread eludes him yet he can spell a piece of cake. Time notes a Tux centenarian beating time though not a musician. Thred are. Moxie beverage claims dramatic cures for overworked women boosting endurance and reducing appetites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby
Tux
Moxie
Eat With Comfort and Be Happy
An advertisement proclaims Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for dyspepsia and stomach distress. It claims to stimulate appetite aid digestion strengthen the stomach and improve assimilation of food, with additional benefits for sleep bile secretion and malaria resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
W. A. Turner
West Hanover, Mass
Righteous Indignation at Editorial Demands
A tense exchange unfolds as a young man defends his soap sales against an editor who dismisses poetry. The confrontation hints at pride and conflict over literary content versus commercial prospects in a small paper room.
Harvest Excursions From Chicago at Half-Fare Rates
Three more harvest excursions depart Chicago by half fare to the Great West with palace cars aboard the Rock Island Route. Departures on September 25 October 9 and October 23 1848 cover Kansas Nebraska Northwestern Iowa Minnesota and Dakota with thirty day return validity and first class tickets. Address E A Holbrook Chicago for rates to specific localities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Great West
Great Rock Island
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakota
E. A. Holbrook
Ill
Cheap-Rate Excursions to Virginia Exposition
Three grand excursions from Chicago to Richmond and return at 15 dollars land-seeker tour rate. Virginia Exposition runs Oct 8 to Nov 1 1888 at Richmond Virginia. Monon Route offers direct line service with 15 day layover and up to 30 days for travel. Nekots sales Oct 2 9 16 from Chicago via Cincinnati or Louisville with Pullman sleepers. Address L BR Sessions, Minneapolis or Monon Line agents in Chicago. Our habit of running over boots or shoes corrected with Lyon Heel Stiffeners.
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Chicago
Richmond
Monon
Cotton
Prince
New South
Cincinnati
Louisville
Sessions
Minneapolis
E. O. McCormick
Monon Loute
Clark Street
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Port Byron
St. Jacoba Otl
Jack Gillespie
Danver
William Bireristez
Fenton
Mich
Chris. Funnell
Charles A. Vogeler CO
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Warner
Virginia
Boota
Sheea
Lyon
Bavelve
Ely’s
Jely Bros
Warren St
N.Y
Piso
Br. BarrLerr
Boulder
Cole
Bryant's Business College
Buffalo
N.X
Eitef Riduers
Atllestown
St. Glek Co
Halsted St
Northwestern Military Academy
Haa
Highland Park
Agenta
H. F. Johnson & CO
Main St
Anne Ready
Relier
Radway
True & Co
Augusta
Mates
Effecta
Isaac Thompson
John L. Thompson, Sons & Coy
Troy
N. Y
U.s.standard. Jones
Sneshamton
Jones
Binghamton
M. KR. Scullen & CQ
West Lake St
Morey Mfc.co
Waukesha
Wil
THADE
Frazer Axle
Drugg
Company Chicagh
O.N. AL
G. H.ingraham
M. D
Amsterdam
D. BR. Dyche & CO
Druggiata
Serreloe Peelelofoie
Suhazi
WET Mintine
Ehelolobefoldl
Loeb
TOWER
J. Tower
Simmons St
Boston
Chicado Ledger
West
Chicago Ledger
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