Franklin Life and Faith Shaping His Print Career
The article traces Franklin’s youth, reading Bunyan and Plutarch, his turn to doubt, and eventual belief in God. It covers his printing path, writings on fate and prayer, and his later view that Providence aided the American cause. It ends with his 1787 federal convention prayer speech urging prayer to God.
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Franklin
Lin
Berg
John Bunyan
Plutarch
Ives
de Foe
Dr. Mather
Rasnynto
Nils Brother Dames
Grigor
Bermons
Ming
Etrihan
Britain
Babel
Condense Your Correspondence For Publication
The editor urges correspondents to shorten letters and ideas to fit space. Writers should present brief, local-interest notes with clear points, avoiding verbosity and extended discussions. The paper prefers concise submissions over lengthy, meandering messages.
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Eo Ny
Cinemon
Nanty Perkin le
Tere
Origin of Avid Teekie and Edinburgh smoke lore
Fragment describes a rustic 17th century tale linking Edinburgh’s “Avid Teekie” sobriquet to the smoky city scene observed from Largo in Fifeshire. It recalls Me Darham of Largo regulating summer evening prayers by the rising Edinburgh smoke.
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Midlothian
Edinburgh
Charles II
Darham
Largo
Fifeshire
Yonrer
Leeuw
Dr Ava Gray Reassesses Weeping-Willow Origins
Dr Ava Gray argues new evidence shifts belief about the weeping-willow native to China. She says the species may have traveled across the country to Peoria and Asyria and questions old translations linking it to biblical captivity.
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Ava Gray
China
Jujan
Peoria
Asyria
Gryaddy
The Rat Catcher Kit Burne of New York
A vida story recalls Kit Burne a renowned New York rat catcher famed for his methodical hunts. He allegedly earned up to $500 for a single job at a restaurant plagued by rats, trapping the king rat and then filling the cage with scores of others in a dramatic pursuit.
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Kt Burns
Tile
Kit Burne
New York
America
Alleped Thore
Broad
Eury
Kit
Amin
Strange Locusts At Beo Dorm And Bees In Fog
An 19th century correspondent recalls a August morning when locusts clustered in the woods and bees gathered a sweet exudate from punctured sills. A thick fog enveloped a ravine apiary as heavy bees swarmed above, a rare, thrilling scene ending with a sudden shower.
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Jonce
Indian Justice and the Pinto Tribe Fire Rite Tale
Fragmented report describes Sam and Jim in a tribal feud over Mary with Mary joining Jim after leaving her husband. About fifty Indians, led by Jim, bind Mary on a hill near Washee Lake and light a sage fire during a war dance. Jim avoids direct involvement. Sam later moves on to new conquests as the spectacle ends.
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Sam
Jim
Mary
Jim Winl Neveral Pqnawe
Washee Lake
Tyretatonudi
Erematon
Jim— ‘Sum Bela Very Herce In His Leaps and Yell, the Corcunn
Maury
Sim
Poole Mercurea Deeds Shown In London Tale
A fragmentary tale from Trance to London features Poole Mercurea. The account describes her feats with an anvil balanced by her hair and a dramatic scene involving a horn hive and a spear with accompaniment, though details read as garbled.
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Poole Mercurea
Trance
Istole
London
Portrait of a Candid Chef in a Savage Delicacy Tale
A quirky tale unfolds as a narrator recounts a comical dinner debate about peppers and hot sauce. The friend Pfeffer confronts a claim of family illness and a dizzying recollection of mararters, peppers, and a red hot goulash misadventure.
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Pier Bedi
Lindsman
Vermin Plague and a Home Made Cure
A New York writer describes eradicating rats and mice with a yellow copper wash in cellars. The method involved coating stones and crevices, scattering copper in corners, and yearly reapplications. It claims lasting silence from pests and links to family health. It also cautions against attracting vermin with leftovers and suggests a good cat as an aid.
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New York
Rata
Vivo
Blue Glass Phenomenon Report From New York Mercury
The New York Mercury recounts a strange tale about Prof. Givorian a French mystic who began experiments in 1800 on colored glass and wine hues. Moorish twin girls raised under blue glass grow into adults with heightened senses and the ability to perceive odors, distant people, and hidden auras around individuals.
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New York Mercury
Givorian
Walla
Florence to Naples Women in European and American Dress
From Florence, Marian Ladice C. Fulton surveys Rome and Naples Jewish women in vivid European and American costumes. Bonnets of Naples praised for richness, Naples street life likened to Champs Elysees. He notes young Italian girls’ beauty, mothers’ age, and harsh labor exposure shaping womens lives.
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Marian Ladice
Fulton
Florence
Rome
Naples
Puri
Corso
Champs Elysees
Naoybe
Airla
Lia
Vy Umeu
Fragmented text about unknown names and events
Partial OCR style content mentions unclear names and phrases. It reads like garbled notes with references to people and places but lacks complete sentences or identifiable events. No verifiable facts emerge for a coherent news item.
Fragmented humor and anecdotes from a Portland Press page
A garbled OCR piece presents a string of jokes and quips about schoolboys, proverbs, marriages, and reporters. It includes misquoted plays on words, casual ethnic jests, and a clerical anecdote about a clergyman marrying many women, plus scattered lines about a law decanter and a butchered burial permit.
The World's Gold Volume in Global Currency
The article estimates the total global gold stock at about seven billion dollars in U S coinage. It explains gold's weight and value per cubic foot, noting a cubic yard of gold would be worth over ten million dollars and seven yards would exceed the globe’s total gold. It ends by envisioning a block about seventeen feet high, twenty eight feet wide and fifty six feet long containing all gold.
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United States
Smallest centipede specimen draws expert notice
At a late Philadelphia Academy of Science meeting remarks described a minute centipede about one tenth of an inch long with ten legs. The creature shows feathery plume-like segments along each side and endy detachment of plumes visible under high magnification. Tail has two backward pointing bunches and the head bears several rows of thick plumes masking the eyes.
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Philadelphia Academy of Science
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