Richest man is joy in human faces and helping
A collage of quotes and bits from papers like Washington Post and Buffalo Express, mixing moral musings and light humor. It cites phrases on joy from human faces, the church and alley, and anecdotes about a Topeka preacher, a Boston farmer, and a blind Mr Jones. The tone is pithy, reflective, and humorous.
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Flora
Boston
Washington Post
Time for Self Improvement Motto Framed in Prose
A fragment from a 19th century piece urges boys to seize time for self improvement. It compares busy lives with those who neglect economies and cites Gladstone carrying a small book to capture fleeting moments. The text laments interruptions from those with no business.
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Gladstone
The
Four things come not back the missed chance and time
A reflection on how people waste time and miss opportunities. It argues the moat valuable of all is time and outlines how some invest it while others destroy it. The quote notes that the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and neglected opportunity cannot be reclaimed, urging wise use of each day.
The Cigarette Fiend and the Leech Doctor
A physician demonstrates leeches on a young smoker to show harm from cigarettes. The patient vows to cut down after two leeches die, while the doctor explains empyeumatic oil in blood marks cigarette fiends. The scene blends grim humor with medical warning about tobacco.
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School Journal
Take the Rest Cure at Home for Nervous Exhaustion
The article argues modern women suffer nervous exhaustion from overwork and family stress. It promotes staying home for rest, letting the household run with help, and taking lengthy bed rest to regain mental balance. It urges avoiding sanitariums unless breakdown is severe.
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New Idea
Woman's Magazine
United States Capitol Timeline of Construction
The United States Capitol in Washington began 1798 with the north wing finished in 1800 and the south wing started in 1811. It was burned by the British in 1814 and rebuilt beginning in 1817. Extensions began in 1851 as the House of Representatives faced its hall.
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United States Capitol
Washingtonia
Dome and Rotunda Details of Landmark Building
A historic description outlines a vast dome 807 feet high and 185 feet in diameter containing 4,000 tons of iron that moves with atmospheric changes like a unfolding lily. The rotunda beneath measures 69 feet by 180 feet, the structure stands 751 feet tall and 824 feet wide, occupying 158,112 square feet. Architecture is Corinthian and uses yellow sand toned stone with white paint in the central mass and white marble with blue tinge in the wings.
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