Proverbial Preference for Virtue Over Wealth
The passage extols simple, honest labor and health over wealth and social status. It favors a shoeless, toil hardened life on honest paths rather than protected, vile ground and promises that true worth lies in humility and a savior's love.
Miss Scamper Hearts Suitor at Rappaquah Springs
Miss Scamper attracts Didymus Dodd at the Rappaquah Springs resort. He admires her grace and riding skill, and after a moonlit verandah conversation, she accepts his proposal as they scheme a future together with his planned wealth and modest home near Philadelphia.
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Rappaquah Snulphur Springs
Bolsover
Rappaquah
Society
Miss Rosover
Didymus Dodd
Scamper
Didymus
Philadelphia
Higgins
Miss Scamper
Almot
Parsifall
Didymous
Didvymus
Colonel Parsifalls
Old Scamper
Almont
Europe
Heidelberg
Gardner
Dodd
Dodymus
Miss Bolsover
Ruth
Varanda
Schuylkill
Hard-Working Novelists Show Heavy Labor Behind Books
A Broadway bookseller notes the arduous toil of authors, estimating Howells at fifty days of writing a 140 000 word novel and citing prolific figures like Braddon Dickens Holmes and Wilkie Collins. He argues that serial weekly writers produce far more output per year.
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Broadway
Miss Braddon
Dora Thorn
Mr. Black
Besant and Rice
Wilkie Collins
Dickens
Miss Holmes
Olver Optic
A Devoted Cat Returns Home After Long Journey
A cat belonging to a gentleman resident eight miles from London was taken by a brewer to the metropolis in a closed basket. After a fortnight the weary animal found its way back to the previous master's kitchen and resumed its place by the fire, purring with joy.
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London
Chambers
Water shortage defeats British army in Burmah dispatches
Dispatches claim lack of water in Burmah is defeating the British army there with a note contrasting to our own army resilience. Quote from Chicago News remarks that if the British army were like ours, such a shortage could not defeat it.
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Burmah
Chicago News
Kidney disorders and public health warned by private letter
Publisher quotes a patron alleging that kidney disease underpins most illnesses and deaths. The letter claims insurance data shows rising kidney issues, links uric acid to paralysis heart disease and insanity, and urges doctors to state kidney disease as death cause.
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Bright
United States
Logan
Credit to Warner's Safe Cure in Public Letter
A letter asserts Warner's Safe Cure topically preserves kidneys and liver health and extends life, claiming strong European, Australasian, and American medical endorsement. It credits the remedy with removing uric acid via the kidneys and notes readers’ familiarity with the product and its advocates. The text also mentions a couple, Mr. Neal Farnham and Miss Bell Cadwell, pronounced man and wife at the Redeemer Church in Minneapolis.
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Warner
Europe
Australasia
America
Havien
Nea) Farnham
Bell Cadwell
Church of the Redeemer
Minneapolis
Advert Lures with Elixirs for Colds Coughs and Liver
Ad touts Brown's Bronc Star Trocnes for throat diseases colds and coughs claiming long proven efficacy and lists price of 26 cents. Also promotes Allen's Iron Tonic Bitters for liver complaints and notes authenticity by J P Allen Druggist St Paul Minnesota.
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Allen
J. P. Allen
St. Paul, Minn
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