The Gilbert and Madeleine Wedding Return
A dramatic scene unfolds as Madeleine reconciles with Gilbert at an altar moment, a soul returning after doubt and heartache. O'Mara and her father urge the priest to bring him back, while Marguerite and Ged face stern consequences as vows and faith intertwine with family fate. In a parallel note, Walter Eckersall lauds college football rule changes reducing forward passes and downs to eight, signaling a shift toward classic play and fewer injuries.
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Gilbert
O'Mara
Father
Marguerite
de Valette
Fila
Ged
Valette
Trenton
Gibert
Gitebert
Madeleine
Walter H. Eckersall
Chicago Tribune
New York
Hham
Had Few Attractions The Private Tutor In New York 1798
A fragment from a historical note recalls John Davis an Englishman who landed in New York in 1708 seeking fortune as a private tutor. A bookseller Carl tat dismisses him noting handwriting and arithmetic will decide a tutor’s fate, not Latin or Greek, and questions his ability to endure the strict schoolmaster role.
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New York
John Davis
Hinto
Carltat
Ales
Davis
Travers
United States
Amerca
Sisyphus
America
Private tutor role warned against by a family in America
A speaker compares becoming a private tutor to losing independence, citing Pompey and Euripides. The dialogue questions whether a tutor can endure servile tasks, maintain dignity, and be content with low wages. The piece underscores tradeoffs of domestic teaching in older time periods.
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Pompey
Euripides
America
How Tropical Fruits Are Protected
Cornhill Magazine explains that temperate fruits like strawberries and raspberries are eaten whole by small birds to aid seed dispersal, while tropical fruits such as oranges bananas and pineapples require stripping their thick rinds. This rind acts as a barrier to small thieves, ensuring only larger animals can access and disperse the seeds.
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Cornhill Magazine
Cannibal Customs and Sacred Beliefs of African Tribes
A Geographical Journal writer describes Baamba cannibalism where families reportedly swap children for eating, sometimes with tooth tying. The Bunyoros allegedly remove four lower incisors, giving a rabbit like look. Bahima worship a rain connected deity and propitiate devils with Joss houses, carrying wooden charms or goats’ horns and wearing wire jewelry.
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Africa
Geographicul Journal
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Heals Soldier After 40 Years
L W Harriman of Barlington Maine states his army suffering from eczema lasted forty years until Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured him after other remedies failed. He praises it as the greatest healer for sores ulcers boils burns cuts wounds bruises and piles, available at Wheaton & Sons.
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L. W. Harriman
Barlington
Bucklen
Arnea
Wheaton & Sons
Local Markets and Grain Prices in Thursday Quotations
Market notes corrected weekly list grain and feed values including Wheat No 1 winter at 1.04 and No 2 red at 1.04, oats ise, shelled corn Ge, buckwheat 1.25 per 100 lbs, hay mostly 11.00 to 12.00 per ton, clover seed prices 5.00 to 5.50 per bushel, timothy 1.75 per bushel, live stock prices for hogs 50 to 8.00 per cwt, beef cattle 6.00 to 6.50 per cwt, sheep 5.00 per cwt, veal calves 6, dressed meats and poultry rates, hides and tallow values, vegetables and fruits including potatoes 0.15 to 0.20 per bushel, butter 24 per pound, tea 18 per dozen, lard 15 per pound.
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Timothy
Miot Stomach Tablets Offer Quick Digestion Relief
An old advertisement promises fast relief from indigestion gas and heartburn in five minutes with Miot stomach tablets. Regular use for two weeks supposedly improves digestion and energy, while boosting appetite and easing headaches, biliousness, and constipation. Sold by Charles Rhodes for fifty cents a large box and Booth's Pills priced 25.
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Charles Rhodes
Booth
Boarding house sage eases deficit worry dream
The narrator recalls a dream of George Washington telling him not to fret the national deficit. He admits he slept through the night without worrying afterward, humorously claiming he no longer worries since the dream.
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George Washington
George
Abstinence Proclaimed Amid Alcohol Debate in Religious Texts
A religious editorial argues against intoxicating liquors, citing biblical warnings and modern temptations. It condemns drink as a root of crime and urges abstinence while acknowledging exceptions and personal restraint. It references Taft and Grant to support the anti alcohol stance and urges leaders and youth to avoid drinking.
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Jesus
Adam
Apostle
Solomon the Wise Elves
Iquor
Kingdom of Heaven
Body of Christ
Elect Church
Christ
United States
Taft
Wue
Frederick D. Gryot
Christendom
Grant
Tower
Cowcatchers for Taxicabs Inquest Suggests Bar on Radiator
In a London city inquest foreman proposes a safety idea for motor vehicles a bar in front of radiators to help a person cling when colliding. The item includes odd notes on domestic economy and a herbal remedy advertisement, ending with a job notice for a girl at Wright Hal.
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London
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Messinger
Caple Hardware Company
ALMA
BIBLE
Cail
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Wright Hal
Mise Albertson
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