Home Made Philosophy From Finnickey Finnukin in Pennsylvania Grit
A satirical meditation in dialect on society religion and ambition. The speaker notes people laugh at folly crave fame fear reform and the vanity of wealth while warning that hardness lies in genuine self change. The piece ends with a colorful aside about public perception and moral pretension.
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Sassiety Lafiin
Kleay
Wizdom
Satan
Noboddy
Hiz Dog
Pennsylvania
Moreland News Highlights And Community Notices
John Hemwall returns from Sweden with his father and brother. Mrs Vaughn and family relocate to a Cherry Valley farm. A protective association meeting is planned in Rehberg's Hall on March 27. Ira Palmey recovering from rheumatism. Annie Larson hosts a birthday party. Christian Union to meet in Rehberg's Hall. Rev Geo A Campbell to preach next Sunday. Fire department called to Mr Mills home. minor exterior damage estimated at 50 dollars. Body of a young woman found near Forty-seventh Street tracks. possible train death with whisky bottle found. C W Smith Cigar sells Key West cigars and offers umbrella guess. accepts wedding ice cream orders.
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John Hemwall
Sweden
Geo. Vaughn
Moreland
Cherry Valley
Rehberg’s Hall
Ira Parlmey
Austin Avenue
Annie Larsorr
Ohio Street
Christian Union
Rhceberg’s Hall
Sayles’ Hall
Geo. A. Campbell
John Mills
Forty-ninth
Ontario Streets
Forty-seventh
Reflections of a Bachelor Wit and Love Quips
A collection of pithy lines on love and marriage. Observations joke about women's complexion, modesty, heaven, and wedding ceremony rituals. Includes a quip that a prompting wife can assist a forgetful minister. From the New York Press.
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New York Press
I Would Live A Plain Life Like Cowley’s Ideal
The speaker cherishes a humble, contented life over wealth or fame, valuing good deeds, scarce rumors, and simple comforts. He desires a cottage, nature painted by God, and untroubled sleep, declaring he has lived today and hopes tomorrow will rise with the sun.
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Abraham Cowley
Emily K and the Mining Fever in a Family
A wife laments her husband’s mining obsession that drains the family finances. He pursues prospects after losing a fortune, while their daughter worries over a faded dress and social embarrassment, and the mother clings to memory of better times.
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Mary Marshall Parks
Daily Story Pub. Co
Smith & Smith
Emily K
James
Louise
Boston
Martha
Republic Zinc Co
Harry
Bessie B
Vast mining fortune and shattered family reunion
A widow endures a life of hardship as her husband chases a risky mining dream. Their children flee poverty, marriage fails, and a deadly telegram signals tragedy. A fortune finally comes when the husband returns broken, seeking forgiveness, while the widow forgives and reunites in a quiet, hopeful moment.
Refuse Consolation In Tales Of Broken Hearts In Animals
A Golden Penny account describes dogs and horses dying from broken hearts after separation from loved ones. A London setter mourned a mistress, recovered briefly on reunion, then died again on her return. A brewery horse bonded to a driver also faced a distressing scene when the driver vanished.
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Liying
London
Golden Penny
Stable Horse Dies Of A Broken Heart
A horse, separated from its master by trials and put back in the stable, refused food, grew weaker daily, and died before the driver returned. The veterinary surgeon attributed the death to a broken heart.
ARTIFICIAL STONES AND THE SECRET OF FALSE GEMS
The piece explains how imitations of precious stones are made from specially treated glass using rock crystal, bicarbonate of potash, lead oxide, borax, and trace arsenic to mimic diamonds. It notes the process can fool experts when new, but aged stones lose their fire, and chemists seek improvements. It also describes how turquoise and opal are made opaque with zinc oxide and how color is produced for turquoise.
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Pennsylvania
Beautiful Hands and Nail Care Etiquette
The article advises women on maintaining soft skin and well kept hands through cucumber cream at night gloves in use almond meal or oat meal for washing nails should be polished daily ten minutes daily effort and avoiding strong acids except lemon juice. It notes pointed nails are less elegant than moderate shapes.
Young Photographer Captures Baby Under Mosquito Net
A ten year-old amateur photographer boasted of a successful baby picture taken alone. He explains the scene shows a bundle on a bed beneath mosquito netting, with grandmother approving the composition and noting the child’s sleep state.
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Grandmother
Simple Life of Holland's Queen Wilhelmina
The piece contrasts Queen Wilhelmina's simple Dutch routine with regal pomp. It describes her day from early study and state affairs to modest meals, exercise, tea, and evenings of conversation, music, and amusement, presenting a model for humble households.
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Holland
Wilhelmina
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