Among the Saints Yankee teacher in Utah tale
A Boston Transcript account recounts a Yankee schoolteacher's experience in Lehigh Utah. She opens a Gentile school in a Mormon town, clashes with Bishop Evans, hosts singing and Bible lessons, faces stone-throwing, and earns wary but growing local attendance from Mormon children seeking education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Lehigh
Episcopal Church
Thad
Louisiana
Rachel
Bishop Evans
Senator and the Mouse Hint in Scrubbers Steubenville
An elderly anecdote features a character named Senator joking about sniffing “one 0 dem mices” and recalling a past, while a dialogue about disobedient children reflects on familial authority. The fragment hints at mistrust and social irony within a community, ending with a reflection on domestic harmony and duty.
Obedient Parents Shape Wise Children Say Texas Siftings
A Texas Siftings excerpt argues indulgent parenting breeds reckless offspring. It warns that children who let reckless parents rule will face trouble, while obedience to heavenly guidance yields good adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Why He Took His Feet Down Romance in a Railway Car
A sharp voiced wife confronts Charles about a past romance in a railway car. She claims slippers prove the affair, while Charles responds with a subdued denial. The dialogue centers on memory, guilt, and a domestic clue from a pair of slippers.
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Charles
Heads and Hats of Robert Bonner the Book Agent
A humorous anecdote about Robert Bonner whose enormous head draws attention in his New York office. A book agent tries to pitch a religious volume for Rev. Dr. John Hall but Bonner refuses to look at it, underscoring his decisive, unwavering temperament.
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New York
Robert Bonner
America
Bonner
Bomner
John Hall
Wondering at sixty and the limits of curiosity
In a Chicago Herald piece a man argues that at around sixty the power to wonder fades despite a life spent traveling reading and observing marvels of nature art science and progress. He reflects on his own experiences and questions whether sustained wonder is possible with age.
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Mr. Whiffles
Washington
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Brooklyn
Garibaldi
N. Y. Times
Thousand Islands
St. Lawrence
Buffalo Express
N. ¥. Herald
Gordon
Mehdi
Greece
United States
Chicago Herald
Boston Journal
Andree
Leipzig
Anthropological Society of
Vienna
America
Esquimaux
Minnesota
Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Indian Territory
New Englands
Canton
Tse Ching
Bonner confronts schemer over forbidden book gift
In a Chicago Inter Ocean report, an agent tries to pressure Mr. Bonner to obtain a desirable book for a man. Bonner accuses the agent of deceit and prepares for an afternoon drive, musing on the fallen racket. The piece also notes a Boys Composition by Johnny Fizzlatop about parental disobedience causing unease.
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Mr. Bonner
Bonner
Chicago
Johnny Fizzlatop
Austin
Wonder Fades in the Sixty-Year-Old Narrator
A reflective monologue reveals a man of sixty who has ceased to wonder, feeling detached from remarkable tales, fanatical acts, and even eccentric deeds. A neighbor interrupts with a domestic reminder as the scene shifts to a humorous exchange about railroad ownership and tickets.
BROAD MIX OF QUIPS AND INTERESTS IN OLD NEWS
A collage of witticisms and notices from period papers. It includes social jests about spouses, a banker’s quip on fashion, theatrical barbs, and a coruscating batch of items of interest from various cities. The tidbits touch on domestic speech, local curiosities, and curiosities in science and trade.
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England
Edward II
Honorable Member of Congress Scraps With Daughters
A light exchange from the Philadelphia Call recalls a member asking if bound volumes of the Congressional Record were received. Jones replies yes, his little daughters were pleased though they could not understand the material, using the volumes as scrapbooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Jones
Congressional Record
Philadelphia
Este
Help Each Other Boy Keeps Learning Through Life
A long narrative recalls Robert and Jack, two boys who persevere with long division, friendship, and study. The rough village teacher, patient peer support, and later success show how mutual aid fuels growth, education, and a pastorate, ending with a hopeful reflection on shared effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Robert Gates
Mr. Hardy
Bob
Jack Brand
Jack
Robin
Wren
Ellsia
Leta
M. F
Tiger Plays With Pup In Wynard District India
A man, with a puppy, walks in Wynard when a gigantic tiger seizes the pup. The tiger, oddly playful, watches as the owner tends the wounds in a nearby nullah. Nearby estates report cattle losses to a prowling tiger, sambur damage to young plants, and forest boar rooting chinchona trees. A bear is noted tumbling home with its head in an ant hole. Dom Pedro of Brazil is noted as the oldest living sovereign, reigning since age six and for fifteen years.
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Wynard
India
Lady Paget
Vienna
Jerscmen
Null
Nellore
Lother
Dom Pedro
Brazil
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James Russell Lowell
Barvard
Teese
Mahire
Cam
Isis
O. W. Holmes
Ty Atlantic
Salt Lake City
Matilda
Jane
Loreny
Martha Ann
Tsang
Brigham Young
Boston Transcript
the Perse
A. Jacobi
Jenny June
N. Y
Tribune
London
Monk
Steubenville
Ontcago Herald
Persuas
Tommy
St Paul Herald
Eenger
Harper's Bazar
Chicago Ledger
Fittsburgh Telegraph
Horatio
Shakespeare
Chicago Tribune
Col. Yerger
University of Texas
Texas Siftings
Georgie
Mamma
Roney's
Roney’s
The
Jacks
Sro
Grandfather
bin Kans
Ganps
Lalis
Luke
Lalie
Grandpa
Lake
Tiger
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