Social Roles and Traits of Women in China and Elsewhere
The piece contrasts Chinese women with Western norms, detailing domestic duties, virtues, and influences on family life. It cites Empress Wu and historical notes, then shifts to medical curiosities about gaping and sneezing, explaining causes, symptoms, and dangers with examples and questions from readers.
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China
Frederick W. Eddy
Nathan Hale
City Hall Park
New York City
New York
Barrack Street
Chambers Street
United States
City of
Sons of the Revolution
State of
Tycho-Brahe
L. N
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Song of Youthful Days and Chumship Refined in Verse
A nostalgic poem by James William Callahan of Indianapolis recalls carefree youth and lasting friendship. The verses praise days when nature provided joy, and worries seemed distant as friends shared songs, water, and simple pleasures. The speaker vows the memories remain dear as age dulls hearing and reality intrudes.
Specimen of Candor in Washington Post
The literary woman praises candor and recounts a New Year visit to Hartford near Newington. A cousin she had not met previously greets her and notes the difference between expectation and reality, expressing hope the children will like her.
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Washington Post
Hartford
Newington
Mme. Eglantine Ganden
New York
South America
Woodside
N. J
Love Came Upon Her Heart Poem Fragment
A fragmentary poem narrates how love brightens a woman's life, lifting her soul toward gratitude and compassion for humanity. It depicts beauty, spiritual awakening, and a larger life purpose inspired by love and divine goodness. The text ends with garbled contact-like lines mentioning an address in Kentucky.
Questions and Answers from a 19th century quiz
A compiled Q and A piece with varied trivia and historical facts. It covers dates such as Dec 2 in 1869, origins of the plague, Tesla’s birthplace, boiling questions about Welsh prince titles, snow coloring, and steam power definitions. The format blends geography, science, and civic quiz items in a single column.
Pope Leo XIII in the Gossip and the Lilacs of Persia
A column mixing the aging Pope Leo XIII with notes on the lilac plant origins from Persia and a digression on the term portmanteau of Porto Rico. The piece blends biographical sketches, botanical trivia, language origins, and a humorous travel anecdote about a Knox County knight.
Grandaunt Frietchie Waves White Flag at Battle Site
In Frederick during a Confederate occupation, Gran d Aunt Barbara Frietchie remained inside until a Union force neared. She opened shutters and, upon hearing marching music, stepped out to wave a white handkerchief, then a child’s flag, sparking cheers from advancing troops and a brief audience with officers.
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Anne Fletcher
Lippincott’s
Frederick
Royal
Grandaunt
Sans
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Kentucky Ave
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Croatia
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Charles II of England
J. Lucy Walters
Egypt
Young Men's Christian Association
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Deutschland Priks
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Uamaburg
Patricia
Batavia
Waldersee
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Hamburg-Amer
Way
Frenzel Bros
A. Metzger
Agta
Ind'plis
Raximbier Knoles Stearns
Orient Bicycles
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Pennsylvania St
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BIG Four
Root City
Cleveland
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Eea
Boston
NY & Bost Knickerbocker
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St. Louis Southwestern
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Terre Haute & Troon
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Louisville
Peoria
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Peoris
Champaign
Springfield
Columbus
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Aes Ham
Dayton FY
City Ticket Office
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Detroit Express
Cincinnati and
Dayton Limited
Dayton Express
Toledo
Detroit
Express
Ovnenenas
Chi
Louis
Chicaco Express
Madison Sun
Lenievinis
Vernon
Madisan
Martinsville
Vine
Xenia
Pittsburg
East
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Washoe
Saari “ Springelg
Madison
Xemin
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Lowieviks
Logansport
Washington
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