Selected Tales Cuarter I Something About My Two Neighbors
Readable tale contrasts two neighbors named Havn't time and Dont be in a hurry. It describes their physical traits, habits, and daily routines, highlighting how haste or delay shapes their actions. A travel episode to New York illustrates their differing approaches to time and leisure, followed by a Connecticut anecdote about a ram and a sheep thief. The piece mixes moral caricature with humorous vignettes.
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Havn
Mr. Havn't Time
Walt
Mia
New York
Iavn
Nancy
Mr. Havn
Mrs. Havn
Wavn
Ollock
Pearl Street
Broadway
Union Park
East River
Mr. Hawn
Astor House
Sam
Aroun
Greenwood
High Bridge
Staten Island
Morrow
Decied Ahnswer
Amn
Niagara
Philadelphia
Newspaper Advertising Rates and Terms
Thursday morning edition lists subscription prices and strict payment terms. Rates set at two dollars annually with advance payment, two dollars fifty for six months, or three dollars year-end. Ads run at seventy-five cents per fourteen-line square for first insertion, thirty-seven and a half cents thereafter. Single insert one dollar. Continued ads unless ordered out.
Saint Lecture to Yousa Mey in Hunt's Magazine
Practical moral guidance from Hunt's Merchant's Magazine echoes Victorian virtues. Advice covers truthfulness, self-improvement, restraint, prudent living, self-control, and avoiding excesses. Emphasizes good company, honest speech, steady income, prudent borrowing, and charitable behavior to maintain character.
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Yousa Mey
Hunt's Merchant’s Magazine
Benefit of Apprenticeship in Trade Training
The piece argues apprenticeship lasting five to seven years steadies youths during critical life years. It contrasts disciplined apprentices with youths roaming amid harmful influences. It credits apprenticeship with forging industry and sobriety, citing parents’ fortitude as key to turning boys toward productive trades.
The Power or Caum Delivery
A celebrated divine known for boisterous preaching early in his ministry suddenly adopted a mild dispassionate pulpit style. One brother observed the change, prompting the question of what caused it. The divine replied that youth mistook thunder for the cause, but wisdom revealed lightning as the true force, guiding him to thunder less and brighten more.
Cleveland Mob Attacks College over a Daughters Remains
The mob gathers at Mechanics Block in Cleveland over a Brooklyn father’s claim about his daughter’s body found in a college cess-pool. Johnson leads an assault on Humnopathtic College demanding search, breaking windows, seizing bodies, and burning the building before authorities restore order. college officials deny involvement and call for a full investigation.
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Cleveland
Nanob
Saates
Mechanics’ Block
William Slade, Jr
Humnopathtic College
Iuets
Johnson
Brooklyn
Ughter
Cesspool
Joe
Ann
Starcase le “Ie
Apparrtis, &E
Amend
Bui
Arocnde
Cess-Pool
Cor
N.Y. Tribune
Calamity Smothering Tragedy Near Village
A heartbreaking rural disaster occurred Saturday afternoon one mile north of the village. William Gilson’s family, including his wife away at the barn and three surviving children aged five and younger, perished in a smothering incident as neighbors and a distressed mother frantically attempted rescue. A Bridgeton doctor described postmortem findings on one infant, detailing severe developmental anomalies and deformed limbs revealed by autopsy.
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Warren’s Corners
William Gilson
Hous
Gum Copal in Chloroform for Tooth Decay Fillings
James teatson of Airdrie endorses chewing Gum Copal dissolved in chloroform as an effective, easy, and nearly instantaneous filling material for decayed teeth. He reports pain relief from chloroform and resin protecting the area, urging others with dental decay to try the method.
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James Teatson
Airdrie
Dent Science
Maine Law Passes in Legislature and Is Vetoed
The Maine Legislature passed the bill only to see the Senate delay and push it to the governor. Governor Hubbard, angered by the act, signed the bill into law despite the Senate’s hesitation, labeling the Maine law an arrant humbug.
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Maine
Man Known as MLC Bennett Sought Overseer Post in Pickens
A notice states around October a man calling himself MLC Bennett sought work as an overseer with Thomas Tarbin of Pickens District. He claimed Louisiana ties, Florida residence, and children in Spartanburg. He borrowed a horse and buggy to visit his children before Christmas, bought a new suit on credit, then disappeared. A black horse with white spots was involved, and jewelry sent for repair in Spartanburg was found farther away.
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Croton
Art-Union Gallery
Mer Tlavn
New York
Mr. Travn
Thomas Tarbin
Pickens
Mlc
Bennett
Beon
Louisana
Wood
Florida
Spartanburg
Louisiana
Esq. Tlarbin
Thurron Earle
Esq. Ilarbin
Esq
Harbin
Pendleto
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Arthur's Home Gazette
Cuarter I
MR. Mayn’t
Hackman
Idon
Tie
John Stevens
Ife
Nicart
Connecticut
Rua
Run
Rann
Rain
Ram
Tian
Lancaster Ledger
R. Ss. Bailey
New Jersey
I. Buck
Bridgeton
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