New York Boy Choirs and their Training Challenges
In New York church choirs a majority rely on parish schools and advertisements to fill vacancies while choirmasters seek reliable methods. German boys are favored for voices and instinct. ages 9 to 16 are suited, with salaries from 1.50 to 10 dollars monthly for chorus work and up to 90 for soloists.
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Hi City
Re Anyity
New York
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Ted
Iorganists
St. George’s
St. Mary the Virgin’s
All Angels
St. Ignatius
Techorister
Tory
A Study in Backs and Character in Public Life
The piece surveys backs as a metaphor for character from the stout and vulgar to the generous and brave. It contrasts the rogue’s lean, calculating spine with the largehearted back that bears others’ burdens and the honest, upright child’s backbone.
Thoughtful talk boosts work effort and earnings
A Minneapolis Journal anecdote recounts Mr. Bassett telling two lumber yard workers to improve efficiency by placing a dropped board on the pile. The scene leads to his claim that many merchants fail by not thinking about customers and credit, with a grocery note on losses. The piece shifts to rare American stones and finds of diamonds in Georgia and pearls in Wisconsin, noting notable turquoises, beryls, aqua marine, and amethysts from multiple regions.
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Mr. Bassett
St. Anthony
Minneapolis Journal
United States
Georgia
Wisconsin
Maj. Powel
New Mexico
Persia
Portland
North Carolina
Clarke
Brazil
Pittsburg Dispatch
Mean Villager Seeks Cabinet Organ for Darter
A villager named Mrs Doublehouse Jake requests a cabinet organ for a darter. Jund Sen iius ik apeloedaiiones.
New Advertising Method Draws Crowds in Street Scene
The New Way of Advertising draws attention as a colored man and woman parade a man through crowds on a busy thoroughfare. A lacard on the coat and the woman shaking her consort create a repeated scene across the street, while police appear absent and pedestrians are hindered.
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Sedaka
Jeee
New York Tribune
Mates Found After Village Exchange
A village captain seeks a mate at an inn with a landlady and a young widow. The widow offers a reciprocal arrangement, promising a mate in return for his. He agrees, and the widow keeps her word, leaving him with two mates.
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London
Letters from a Civil War Husband Keep Eight War Years
Col Clark Edwards of Bethel wrote 457 letters to his wife during the rebellion. The Portland Argus notes most survive and form a vivid record of the war.
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Col.Clark
Edwards
Bethel
Portland
Argus
The Captains Dream and The Empire Standard Currencies
A fragmented meditation blends a dreamlike scene with observations on monetary standards across China. It contrasts a grim attic scene with a vast imperial market, then shifts to details about varying cash values and regional monetary practices in Tianjin, Peking, Taiyuan, and among Mongol Tibetean and Turkestan groups.
Remarkable hardy ponies described with Arabian features
The article details a primitive pony breed about 18 hands high, sorrel or bay, with Arabian heads. They are fast trotting pacers, reputed to descend from wrecked thoroughbreds. Spring prices start around $25 for a good pony, with colt prospects noted.
Peculiar exchange in the crowded discussion
A fragmentary dialogue shows a speaker addressing a rising concern and then easing it again. The excerpt captures a tense moment where a character questions another about an action, implying suspicion and gravitas within a communal setting.
Reduced to a powch effectively as a skin through the principle
A fragmentary line suggests a metaphorical description of being reduced to a power or shell by a governing principle, but the context and specifics are unclear from the remnants. No identifiable persons places or organizations are readable to anchor details.
Habits of a Man of Ninety Years
The ninety year old Von picks up at five each morning, makes his coffee over a spirit lamp, tends his garden and farm until ten, then takes soup or biscuit with a glass of wine as his second breakfast.
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Penalty for Nothing Near Church Decrees in Early New England
The 1635 general court banned new plantations from placing dwellings more than half a mile from the meeting house. In 1661 an Ipswich resident and his wife supposedly withdrew from public affairs as a New York church undertook to seize and sell a member’s estate.
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General Court
Ipswich
New York
Boston Globe
Pittsburg Bulletin Describes Steel Plant Tagline
They Grow! in Pittsburg. The Manufacturer- These are all very fine, but I have a plant that I could get a hundred thousand for any day. The Collector heavens! Is it an orchid or a bine or what? er-Neither. It is a steel plant. A single hair can support a weight of two ounces, and is elastic enough to stretch to one third of its length and return.
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Macauay
China
Peking
Pittsburg
The true Aegis of Gen Ewell Is Recalled in Narrow Tale
A fragmentary reminiscence recounts General Ewell’s hard war years from last battles to the end. It notes his once vaunted presence and the toll of days in uniform as he faced fading hope and a final, unlikely survival.
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Tenn
C. Bowerville
Baye
Ewell
Ten
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Laat
Imagination Said to Cause Fatal Summer Tragedy
A St. Louis Republic report recounts a death linked to a fevered imagination during a summer incident. The article notes belief that mental state and fear led to fatal consequences, reflecting period views on mind and health.
Felon Cure Shared By A Hospital Patient
An old sufferer describes a folk remedy for felons, claiming relief after applying heat to the affected finger and noting a yellow spot appeared the next morning, ending further trouble. The account is fragmented and lacks clear steps or medical validation.
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Ixture
Puzzle of a Missing Cake on Pal Rece Third Street
An elderly lady and her daughter stand on a white scene at a corner as a passerby notes a cake and a looks toward the person. The fragment suggests a mourning tone and a sense of doubt about fullness or completion in the exchange.
Vocal exchange over lost voice cited by Seaattle Bulletin
Dialog shows Sugnor Nicolini and Adelina in a speech pattern about a voice gone forever. The scene references a fare and a tour with a tone of irony. The Seaateeal Bulletin is mentioned as a source of citation.
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Nicolini
Adelina
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Seateeal Bulletin
A Foolish Idea of Reporters in Uniform
A quirky quotation from New York Weekly dismissing reporter uniforms as a better crime detector than policemen and arguing reporters should not be put in uniform.
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New York Weekly
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