Renewed Youth Through Molting Faith and giving care
A preacher extols aging Christians to renew their spirit and body, comparing renewal to an eagle shedding old feathers. He cites Thomas Parr and modern science, urges banishing fretfulness, adopting a child, and valuing heavenly hope to achieve lasting youth and joy in old age.
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Washington
Jehoshaphat
Mount Olivet
Thomas Parr
Shropshire
England
London
Harvey
Louis V
Hungary
Hasdn
Humboldt
William Cullen Bryant
Isocrates
Kontinus Gorgias
Herschel
Masinissa
Numidia
Titian
Woklen
Moses
David
Bet
Advice to a Young Wife on Household Manners
A dated domestic guide offers tips for wives on managing husbands. It suggests not disturbing a man reading, waiting for breakfast before requesting favors, smoothing his collar, and interpreting snores as thinking. It advocates letting indulgences slide and avoiding direct critique of a husband’s choices.
Ill Breeding Demonstrated In Two Quick Anecdotes
A female friend avoids gossip by saying she knows nothing about an engagement, while a young man asks a dancer her age and is told she is old enough to have some breeding. The pieces illustrate social manners and the consequences of impertinence.
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Louise
Russia's Women Drugcists Rise in Russian Pharmacies
Russia sees more apothecary shops staffed by women clerks and doctors favor their services. The trend notes growing presence of female druggists and enhanced reliance on women in medical dispensing.
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Russia
Publisher called an unmitigated ass by rival editor
In Harlem Life a quoted exchange shows editors trading blunt judgments about The Daily Voice publisher. One editor calls him an ass, while another suggests brothers in journalism should reform.
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Chubbe
The
Daily Voice
Harlem Life
Proposals Accepted in Summer by Clara and Louise
Report from Philadelphia notes Clara accepted proposals last summer. Louise questions the idea and Clara confirms she accepted every time a young man proposed a soda and ice cream on the dish.
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Clara
Louise
Philadelphia
Shooting hail storms with gun mortar stations
In Europe hail defense uses gun mortars in Styrian and Italian regions. Windisch-Feistritz built a 7 foot funnel device to shoot powder charges skyward, reaching 7000 feet. Hundreds of shooting huts exist in Styria and Northern Italy, reducing hail by about 60 percent after adoption.
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Europe
Italy
Styria
Austria
Windisch-Feistritz
Windisch Burgomaster
Windisch
Casale Monferrato
The Author's Ambition and the Great American Dollar
The scene features Readem and Tellen debating Ritem's aims. Readem argues Ritem seeks the great American novel, while Tellen counters that the motive is the great American dollar.
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Readem
Ritem
Tellen
Baltimore
The Fight Would Be Worth It
A suburban neighbor fears a large dog. a lawyer quips to get a bigger one in a humorous New York Weekly line. The brief item showcases blunt humor about neighborly conflict and protective pets.
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New York Weekly
Conscience Untroubled Woman Speaks to Society Dealer
A fragment quotes Norah answering a caller and claiming she is out. The dealer asks if it disturbs conscience, and Norah says she is hardened to it, having worked for society liars before.
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Norah
Cleveland
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Saul
Absalom
Jerusalem
Gospel Army
Women Drugcists
Department of Agriculture
Ulm
Wurtenberg
Tervian Ministry of Agriculture
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