Rising rate of self harm linked to youth stress and early responsibility
The piece argues that deaths by one’s own action are rising in modern society, driven by forced education, premature responsibility, and rapid life pacing. It distinguishes between conscious self-harm and delusional acts, contending most acts are deliberate escapes from unendurable misery. It cites youth culture, early marriages, and intense social pressure as proximal causes while urging data to confirm trends. It also includes an interview on chloral, detailing its sedative effects, dangers, and rising abuse among professionals and the public.
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London
Lancet
Tribune
West Side
Liebig
Chicago Tribune
Bad Speaker Archbishops of Canterbury Noted for Judgment
A Youth's Companion excerpt recalls Archbishop Howley who died in 1848 as a notably poor speaker. It cites his habit of correcting his own phrases, nervous dispositions, and a story of practicing by addressing chairs in the Addington dining room to conquer stage fright.
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Canterbury
Howley
Clergy Orphan Girls’ School
Addington
Sandwich Island Houses and Native Living in Honolulu
A Cor. Losion Transcript describes Honolulu homes built from bamboo frames with layers of nipa palm and grass coverings. Dwellings feature one primary air light opening, often multiple doors, ground mats for floors, grass carpets, and beds made of piled grass. Furniture is absent. natives sit on the ground with small outdoor kitchens using iron pots.
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Honolulu
Limita
Losion Transcript
Names that tell the story of American settlement
The text argues that place names reveal the national origins of settlers, noting English Dutch French Spanish Portuguese and Scandinavian roots along with lingering American Indian names. It explains conquerors rename cities, while native river and mountain names persist, citing Mississippi Missouri Iowa Alabama Tennessee Minnesota Wisconsin Dakota Chattahoochee Apalachicola Appalachicola from the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
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America
Gulf Coast
Mexico
Central and
South America
South Carolina
Louisiana
New York
New Jersey
Greenland
Mississippi
Missouri
Iowa
Alabama
Tennessee
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Dakota
Chattahoochee
Appalachee
Appalachicola
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Painting Tin Roofs Advice From The Metal Worker
A Metal Worker column advises painting tin roofs every four years with light colors to reduce expansion and heat in attics. French ocher is praised as economical pigment. dark Venetian red with lampblack is recommended only if needed. Old oil paint is better than none, but avoid turpentine. keep tin protected from dampness. The clipping also notes Colorado inducements for single ladies and a Clipper tale about a suitor scene with eleven rivals.
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Colorado
Mitchell County
Texas
Unusual Iceberg Parade Off Our Shores This Year
A travelogue notes a long procession of icebergs visible from Signal Hill, with some two miles long and three-quarters of a mile wide, likely fragments from a colossal Arctic iceberg. Observers cite an unprecedented iceberg discharge since February, predicting a cooler, scarcity-filled future for the coming years as Newfoundiana Car reports via Montreal Star.
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Signal Hill
Conception Bay
Baccalien Island
Labrador
Arctic
Newfoundiana Car
Montreal Star
Dying Dolphin's Beauty Captured Off Fire Island
John T. Birge, ex-city resident, recalls a fishing party at Fire Island Beach that netted a fourteen to fifteen pound dolphin seven miles from the lighthouse. A dramatic miscue led to the catch, saved by Mrs. Dauchy, with the fish displayed and broiled for supper. The tale notes vivid color phases from blue to mother of pearl as the dolphin surfaced.
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John T. Birge
Fire Island Beach
Fire Island
Harry
H. B. Dandy
Troy Times
The Kitten and Grimalkin’s Quiet Hunt
A kitten is described as stealthy and eager to prey while Grimalkin and her young tail the hunt. The piece contrasts human appetite with animal instinct, questioning judgment of the kitten and defending a creature’s right to hunt for itself. It cites Lippincott’s Magazine in a reflective meditation on mercy and nature.
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Grimalkin
Robin
Esaus
Jacob
Lippincots Magazine
Unsafe Test of Age on Third Avenue Car
A woman enters a Third Avenue car with a girl about nine or ten. The conductor doubts the child’s age, noting she looks older than five, and the woman proudly cites her looks. Passengers smile as the conductor charges the fare, while a Herald quip about Russian peasant priorities follows.
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Third Avenue
Farm and Fireside Tips in 19th Century Newspapers
A collage of home guidance from early periodicals covers tea with lemon juice, kitchen remedies, and food tips. It notes scouring methods with potatoes, sun-dried peach leather for storage, and digestible oat meals for horses. Additional excerpts discuss beetling butter quality, coffee cake, corn on clover sod, potato planting after corn, and carron oil for burns.
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Boston Globe
Chicago Journal
Exchange
New Hampshire Mirror
N. Y. Post
Chicago
Eeleruggist
Making Cider Vinegar From Apples
In this piece from the N. Y. Times, the transformation of apple juice into vinegar is explained through chemical changes. It covers starch to sugar to glucose to alcohol to vinegar, the role of oxygen, and notes unripe fruit can be harmful while ripe fruit is nutritious. It references the cider mill, juice pressing, and fermentation processes.
Fattening Geese by November Coop and Rich Mash Method
The article outlines fattening geese by November start, using belly feather removal, abundant feed, and close confinement. A French method emphasizes cleanliness and insuspensible quiet. A cask feeder option speeds fattening, with a mash of buckwheat or barley meal, milk, and boiled potatoes, ready in three to four weeks.
Teaching memorization of good English in schools
Miss Alice Freeman argues for continuing memory work in classrooms to nurture culture, language, and discernment. A teacher’s ice touched walk with students reproduces lines from The Wreck of the Hesperus, illustrating how literature becomes daily reality and how critical reading habits form.
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Wencop Tescher
Tom
Web
Anch
Wil Idom
Alice Freeman
Causes of bitter cream and dairy fault remedies
Reader notes bitter cream causes from farm practice including ragweed feed and mildew in damp cellars. Advice covers keeping milk skimmed, pail cleanliness, and saltpetre or salicylate use. Also critiques inflated cow yield claims and urges caution on records. mentions remedies for coughs and a travel note.
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H. Stewart
York
Dairy Quality Versus Natural Limits in Dairy Practice
The piece critiques butter and cheese production emphasizing milk quality, careful cow selection and feeding, and prudent cheese box choices. It contrasts dairy skill with common sense, noting that poor cows and overloading udders harm butter quality and that detailed udder anatomy is essential to understanding milk flow and cheese safety.
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N. Y
Chi
Savannah News
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Sukarefer
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As & Gamet
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Waters
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Fred Mills
Wilson
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Des
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