Beavers Falls tale of Susan Shields and George Mason
A Beaver's Falls story recalls George Mason a prominent legislator and former governor. He is ashamed of his sister Susan Shields a laundress and later learns she saved Prof Reeves life during illness, prompting a tearful reconciliation and renewed affection ending with mutual forgiveness despite a long hidden scar and social stigma.
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Susan
Drinkwater
Museum
George
Reeves
Fentleman
Merial
Australia
John Drake
Academy
John
Dill
Beaver's Falls
Prof. Reeves
Ense
Macaulay childhood lessons and English style notes
A brief sketch contrasts Macaulay as a precocious child with early habit formation and precision in language. It reflects on how early practice in spelling grammar and punctuation shaped his mature style and suggests literary art should begin in youth. It also discusses corn as feed and its relevance to farming and manure values from English tables.
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Sally
Macaulay
England
Lawes
Whom He The Czar Must Consult in War Convince
London Spectator notes the Czar must be convinced by army and statesmen, as Russian ministers lack full control over agents. The war party fears no popular resistance, while resignation is rare in despotic courts. A brief aside from the San Francisco Alta mentions a 17 inch, 36 year old dwarf with good education in Shigaken Osaka.
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Prince Bismarck
St. Petersburg
Pope
M. de Giers
Siingland
Russia
London Spectator
Shigaken
Osaka
San Francisco Alta
The Charming Widow Purchases Mourning Goods
A Brooklyn Times item describes a stylish widow entering a shop and wooing the store manager with a feigned tale of bereavement to secure credit. She requests an extensive mourning outfit including crape cloth, satin, and trimmings, hinting she will repay once she marries a named acquaintance who can guarantee payment.
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Mr. B
Charley
Richiellow
Brooklyn Times
Huckleberries Supply for the Winter in a Whimsy Episode
Two sun bonned barefoot boys in straw hats discover ripe huckleberries by a creek. They fill their pants with berries, tie the legs shut, and march home with a blue sticky haul. Mother cooks jars of tickleberries for winter as the boys hide the smeared blue mess at bedtime.
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America
Honey
Peck
Diverse 19th century items spark curiosity in old newspapers
A collage of brief notes reports curious facts and incidents from New York to Boston. French Canadian populations in New York state are cited as over one hundred thousand. A Fair Haven fire crew elects a foreman pro tem as flames are fought. Penny dinners extend to London Birmingham. Texas law shields the value of a lost key. An ancient stone mill in Canene o suffers severe winter damage. A Middleton Connecticut woman shoots a bird with a double-barreled shotgun. Cocaine as an anesthetic is described with a dramatic wartime scene. The Fenian ram remains unseen at New Haven. An angler discusses sound effects on trout. Women use revolvers after injuries in Paris. Bank of England notes reissued after a Brazil shipment loss is traced and replaced.
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New York State
Sun
Popular Science Monthly
Fairhaven
Mass
Oston Gl
London
Birmi Seorae
Birmingham
Texas
Wind
Detroit Post
canenEo
Providence Journal
Holmes
Middleton
Conn
Hartford Courant
Chicago Journal
New Haven
New Haven Register
Chicago Herald
Bedelae
Rue Dunkirk
Gideon Haynes
Achi
Bank of England
Brazil
Enister
Haynes
Messrs
Kidder
Peabody Bees Ee
Iers & Co
Boston Journal
An Army Shoe and a Soldier’s Strangest Find
An old Confederate veteran recalls an odd incident with a pair of shoes taken after battle. He discovers on the tongue his own name and family surname, realizing he had unknowingly worn the boots of a man who later turned out not to be related. The tale reflects on wartime hardship and a hunter’s curiosity about fate.
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Atte
Ector T
England
Chicago
Inter Geean
Penteconty
Belief and science collide on immortality in Sunday lessons
The article contemplates immortality through faith and science, arguing that science yields only unknowns beyond matter and force, while philosophy and theology point to a divine master. It contrasts oxygen as life’s origin with spiritual hope, urging belief in divine guidance and loving communion over fatalistic materialism.
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Mr. Munger
Spencer
Isely
Plato
Gems of Thought and Stamp Photographs Featured
A杂 miscellany on moral reflections from Froude to Ruskin contrasts with a discussion of postale stamp photographs. The piece notes self-discipline and service, then shifts to scientific novelty, describing miniature stamp portraits transforming plain faces, their charm, and potential popularity among readers and lovers alike.
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