The Cales of Sinners in Theory in Roxy serial
Edward Eggleston's new serial Roxy features Mark Bonamy, his wealth and talent tied to church praise and public life. Jemima and Mrs. Hanks debate Mark's holiness and self presentation. The dialogue mocks religious judgment and the prodigal theme amid coastal town satire.
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Edward Eggleston
Roxy
Beribmer
Mark
Ilenks
Jemima
Merriette
Jamima
Colonel Bonamy
Injonuny
Bonamy
Mark Pattin
Monkeys in Their Cups and Human Vices
A dated ethnographic anecdote describes an ape family in a forest near Darfour and Seuer showing human-like vices. Locals lure monkeys with calabashes of liquor, triggering loud cries and orgies of intoxication. Monkeys are captured and caged, receiving diminishing alcohol over days until subdued.
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Darfour
Seuer
Mandila Kienga
Areo
Round dance question resolved by Mra Sherman analysis
Mra Sherman states the round dance issue resolves itself, debating sexual propriety and social norms. The discussion centers on whether promiscuous hugging should be socially allowed or discouraged, signaling a shift in etiquette language.
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Mra
Sherman
Democracy in the Family and Love, by Bob Ingersoll
The speech derides aristocracy in the home and champions equal partnership. It argues against male headship, praises a republic of the household, and extols love as the true path to happiness and mutual prosperity. The speaker recalls Napoleon’s tomb to urge humble, loving family life over grandeur.
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Oman
Lhate
Tell
Napoleon
Bob Ingersoll
Dryden Chooses Dorset Style as Finest of Lords
After a dinner party Dryden surveys the rival claims of the Duke of Buckingham Lord Rochester and Lord Dorset on language and style. A test set by a candlestick shows Dorset’s simple lines outshine the others. Dorset’s verse pleases Dryden and astonishes Buckingham and Rochester.
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Dryden
Duke of Buckingham
Lord Rochester
Lord Dorset
Rochester
Buckingham
Dorset
John Dryden
Limping minister earns praise by walk and talk
A tutor at an Oxford college recalls being mildly accosted by a well known politician who mistook him, then joked about the ministerial limp leaving a deeper impression than preaching. The doctor laments the limp as the higher compliment to a minister.
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Oxford
Tilme
Remarkable Fast Ride to Manitou for Dying Wife
W S Dunn, a wealthy gentleman, raced from Kansas City to Manitou Springs Colorado aboard a special locomotive to reach his wife at the point of death. The run covered Kaw and Arkansas valleys, hitting 50 mph on the stretch and 35 mph average, claimed as the fastest Missouri to Rockies crossing in history per Times report.
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Topeka
Gente Fe
Kaness City
Rocky Mountains
Dunn
Vielible Alok
Manitou Spring
Colorado
Pueblo
Ile
Posssson
Here
Kaw Valley
Emporia
Neosho
Arkanoas
Great
Arkansas Valley
Mocky Mountains
Denver
Missouri River
Rocky Mountsains
Atchison, Tipeka & Santa Fe
The
Times
Kansas
W. 5
Farmers Embrace Social Life Beyond the Farm
The article notes tension between farm culture and social refinement while praising farmers for practical wit and healthy living. It describes increasing adoption of farmers clubs, debating societies, neighborhood meetings, fairs, and even revived apple bees as ways to enrich social life and counteract a shrinking rural existence.
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Farmera’ Clube
Boy’s spelling mishap sparks a family laugh
A father quizzes his son on a spelling task and the boy retorts with a humorous mispronunciation causing a light hearted moment. The exchange captures playful parental pride and a child's quick wit during a lesson.
February Weather Predictions From An Old Almanac
The article outlines February forecasts with varied conditions. It notes periods of clear and pleasant weather, heavy rain and snow storms, and severe storms, with shifts in wind direction affecting temperatures. Warm days are around the 9th 10th 26th and 27th, while cooler days cluster around the 5th 12th 18th and 28th.
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N. W
Boy’s Santa Clause plan to buy gifts shocks clerks
A Woodward avenue jeweler asks a boy about prices for a stem wind watch and a large diamond pin. The boy totals sixty and three hundred dollars, adds them to six dollars in pocket cash, and declares it his Santa Claus plan before leaving with papers in hand.
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Newebuy
Woodward Avenue
Ile
Notable ages of historic leaders and statesmen
A compilation notes remarkable ages of figures like De Witt Clinton at 32, Fisher Ames at 30, 31-year-old congressmen over Samuel Adams, Washington at 27 at Braddock's defeat, Joba Jay at 82 drafting New York's constitution, J E B Stewart killed at 31, Rhodes younger than Mantel when winning, Stonewall Jackson dying at 39, and William Pitt prime minister at 82.
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de Witt Clinton
Fisher Amen
United States
Congress
Samouel Adame
Washington
Braddock
Jobbu Jay
New York
Empire State
J. E. B. Stewart
Rhodes
Mantel
Stonewall Jackson
William Pitt
England
Statistical toll of drink on American society
Prepared statistics claim over six hundred thousand drunkards in the United States with seventy thousand dying yearly, one hundred thousand imprisoned annually, three hundred murders and four hundred autolides from intoxication, and two hundred thousand orphans created each year. It notes government costs and widespread social harm from whiskey, and mentions a Towson farmer selling eighty three logs averaging 445 pounds.
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United States
Asme
Philadelphia capitalists to open Hannibal beef canning plant
From intimations by reliable gentlemen a Philadelphia capitalists group plans a beef canning factory in Hannibal. They already operate in the East and seek a western location. The venture will employ hundreds, mostly women and children, and require 600 fattened cattle for each working day.
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Haoelbal Courier
Philadelphia
Hannibal 8
Jsenopad
Estabitehimeyt
Boyhood Tale at Market Square Among Irisdmen
Mr. Lester recalls a childhood moment with his grandfather when four Irisdmen approached in Market square. One asked the Pawtucket distance. the elder measured about four miles. Pat quipped that Pawtucket was only a mile per man for his tired companions as they joked about visiting Belabore in Pawtucket.
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Mr. Lester
Schoolmaster Queried for Talking to Himself
A schoolmaster with a habit of talking to himself gave two reasons. He said in his own town he liked to converse with a sensible man, and in the next place he enjoyed hearing a sensible man speak.
Army register 1878 shows strength of 27480
The 1878 army register records an aggregate strength of 27,480, including 2,146 commissioned officers.
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