Ambition Across Legends From Ancient and Modern Times
The piece compares figures like Napoleon, Julius Caesar, Benedict Arnold, and George Francis Train, noting ambition as a common trait. It contrasts outcomes: Caesar slain in a Senate chamber, Napoleon exiled to St. Helena, Arnold’s unclear death, and Train’s claimed but uncertain trajectory. It casts ambition as a persistent force with varied fates.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Julius Casar
Senate
St. Helena
Benedict Arnold
George Francis Train
Central Park
The Sentimental Engineer and His Orphan Ward
Joe Burdette, veteran Chicago and Overland locomotive engineer, caretakes Anna Redman, daughter of his vanished love, adopting her after a Chicago police court appearance. He defends the girl through years, guiding her growth as a loyal, skilled mentor while a railway strike stirs Steamville.
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Chicago and Overland Railroad
Joe Burdette
Joe
Joe Burdett
Engineer Burdett
Chicago
Anna Redman
Dick Pender
Anna
Pender
Penders
Burdett
Great Western Metropolis
Central Police Station
Burdette
Chicago & Overland Road
Steamville
Thither
M UN
Dad
Chicago & Overland
Fearful Anna Aboard Mail Train In Steamville Narrow Escape
In a November night incident in Steamville Anna secretly joins mail train No. 4 with Burdette and Joe. A pair of strikers drag Burdette from the locomotive as Anna realizes a plan to let the engine run unguided toward danger.
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Joe
Burdette
Number Four
Steamville
Anna
Brave Girl Guides Mail Train Through Night to Save Lives
Anna Pender proves equal to the occasion guiding mail train No. 4 from the cab amid dangers and darkness. Her daring saves Joe Burdette's reputation and earns respect on the Chicago & Overland line.
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Burdette
Chicago & Overland
Joe
Chicago
Joe Burdette
Anna Pender
W.H.S. Atkinson
Why He Left St. Louis
A humorous reminiscence about General Sherman’s departure from St. Louis. The piece claims he longed to return there and end his days, but faced a chorus of local admirers, from younger women to old married women, who allegedly thwarted his plans and forced a retreat.
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St. Louis
General Sherman
Washington
Surprise Biscuit Mystery In Home Comedy
A wife teases her husband with a grand surprise as he returns home. He naively expects a culinary reveal and is baffled by green soapy biscuits. The gag hinges on the wife admitting she baked the surprise herself, ending in playful confession.
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Scott
Birdie
Drake
Alimony Question Sparks Countys Rich Man In Divorce
A Dakota woman suing for divorce asks the Western judge how to obtain alimony. The judge queries the husband’s property and the woman lists a lavish array: fourteen splendid dogs, three fiddles, two game roosters, six shotguns, four gold-washed breast-pins, two rifles, a pet colon, a tame fox, and six brass rings. The exchange reflects perceived justice and wealth influence.
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Jedge
Drake
Goats and Wire Bustle Take Stage
Dramatic author promises a new play featuring a goat that eats the wire bustle off the heroine. The manager doubts drawing power but finally asks for the manuscript. Puck notes the exchange in a witty stage moment.
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Puck
Ability Runs in the Family at the Dime Museum
In a Terre Haute Express snippet a museum patron probes a living skeleton about birthplace and siblings. The skeleton jokes that his twin was born in Connecticut while clarifying his brother is not a living skeleton.
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Dime Museum
Connecticut
Terre Haute Express
He Had Had Em in a Drugstore Exchange
A Chicago Tribune quip depicts a pharmacist and customer bantering over therapeutics with a line about contracting rashes at age ten. The exchange highlights practical knowledge versus humor in medicine.
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Chicago Tribune
Right to a Life of My Own for Women’s Authority
Susan Coolidge argues in Woman's Journal that women deserve liberty to live independently and pursue knowledge and aid, rejecting militancy yet asserting rights to education, resources, and support without requiring a ballot or confrontation. Her verse frames female empowerment as natural and divinely justified.
Heroism of Women in the Johnstown Disaster
A 1900s style discourse highlights female courage during the Johnstown flood. It recalls a telegraph operator's self sacrifice, a Bedford Springs keeper at her post, and mothers who saved children from the wreck while others could not vote. The piece laments women's disenfranchisement in contrast to male actions.
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Pennsylvania
Woman's Journal
Johnstown
Bedford Springs
Ledger
Equal rights for women powers progress not ruin
A Woman's Journal essay argues that woman suffrage elevates and liberates girls and women. It contends equal rights align with Christ-like principles and enable full self development, education, politics, and civic contribution, praising brave suffragists who paved the path for future generations.
Duty and the Ballot: A Woman's Duty Beyond Feeling
A Woman's Journal writer argues voting is a duty not a whim, saying the ballot may burden some yet must be exercised for future good. She links suffrage to family liberty, law history, and a righteous cause from divine backing, noting many will face discomfort for justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Journal
Notable Women Achieve Milestones Across Professions
The notes highlight women entering politics, law, education, medicine, and crafts. It cites Phoebe Cozzens as a pioneering law student, Clara Blakeman’s real estate success, and Kin Yamei's multilingual medical study. It praises female wage equity and women’s civic action, including fundraising for Hindoo widows and a Middletown case where locals aided a jailed sane woman.
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Mitchell
C. T
Iowa House of Representatives
Royal Botanic Society
England
Marion Topp
Chicago
Phoebe Cozzens
Brooklyn
Hunpita Ramabaatr
India
Clara Blakeman
St. Paul
New York
J. Loadstone
Llanelly
Carmarthenshire
Wales
Woman’s Medical College
New York City
Kin Yamei
Ballot in Hands of Women Guarding Just Laws
A historical remark emphasizes that true justice in laws requires women’s ballots, noting the sacrifice of lives as a price for rights and urging continued advocacy for women’s suffrage to safeguard law equality.
London women disqualified from council seats by court ruling
The London court of appeals has ruled that women are disqualified by sex to serve as municipal legislators. The Philadelphia Ledger notes the irony given Lady Sandhurst and Miss Cobden won clear majorities and high esteem, while Britain and the empire already rest under an Englishwoman’s rule. The piece adds a critique of judges as the era’s ultimate conservatives.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Municipal Council of London
Lady Sandhurst
Miss Cobden
Court of Appeals
London Council
Great Britain
Ireland
Indian Empire
Preventing Swine Plague Through Sanitation and Disinfection
Prof Burleigh outlines practical steps to stop swine cholera by preventing infection and destroying contagion. He advises buying pigs only from clean regions, disinfecting transport cars, segregating healthy and sick hogs, burning carcasses, preventing dog exposure to waste or water, clearing litter, restricting attendants, and thorough lime-based disinfection after outbreaks. He notes plowing emptied lots for years and whitewashing woodwork as part of sanitation, stressing public health benefits.
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Prof
Burleigh
Sub-Soiling to Protect Crops From Dry Winds
Opinion from N Y Tribune on Blake's sub-soiling proposal. It argues that shallow deepening of soil improves water storage, allows roots to descend, reduces surface runoff, and could lessen the impact of hot dry winds across large areas.
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Blake
N. Y
Farm and home notes on weeds crops and education
Practical guidance on spring lawn weed control and crop timing. Tips on teaching children responsibility, cattle feeding, and dairy flavor considerations. Quick recipe notes for Creole Cake and Dutch Cheese. Farm work advice includes ditching, hay crops, and sowing millet or sorghum for winter fodder.
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Georgia
The Mule Versus the Horse A Breeder's View
A writer argues for mules as practical farm animals, noting lower initial cost, earlier earning ability, frugal and hardy living, and lower shoeing costs. He cites a cattleman’s observations on longevity, disease resistance, and work capabilities, contrasting with horses' needs and limits.
Quote on honesty and wit from Merchant Typerler
A reflection suggests that if men spoke all they thought and kept nothing unsaid, philosophers would appear in fools and fools in philosophers, reversing roles and exposing vice versa.
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Merchant Typreler
Spraying Fruit Trees Improves Old Kentucky Orchard
A Kentucky Experiment Station note describes reviving a worn orchard on wet clay soil by trimming, fertilizing, cultivating, underdraining, and spraying with London purple to control codling moth. Results show more fruit, fewer wormy apples, and evidence that arsenite sprays protect fruit and foliage.
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Kentucky Experiment Station
N. Y. World
The Best Work to Do Is What Is Before Him
A reflection from the S. S. Times argues that the best work for any man is the task before him by God’s providence. Neglecting it for a supposed better fit leads to failure in the assigned work and in self-picked tasks. Doing what one must do beats pursuing personal desires, unless the two align naturally.
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S. S. Times
Hood
W. B. Beamise
Spring Street
New York City
C. I. Hood & CO
Lowell
Mass
Sound Reasons for Approval of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
The medical profession recommends Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for stomach and liver issues as a safe, botanical remedy that assists natural action without weakening the bowels. For fifty five years it has served as a household cure for liver stomach and kidney troubles malaria and rheumatism.
Half Rate Harvest Excursions From Chicago and Milwaukee
Half rate excursion trains depart Chicago and Milwaukee via the Curioaco Milwaukee and St Paul for northern Iowa Minnesota North and South Dakota Montana Colorado Kansas and Nebraska on August 6 and 20 September 10 and 24 and October 8 1889 Tickets valid for return within 30 days from sale date Circulars with fare maps and other details available by writing CarPenter General Passenger Agent Milwaukee Wis
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Curiaco
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Iowa
Minnesota
South
North Dakota
Montana
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
Carpenter
Wis
Prince ton College grants Doctor of Laws to President Harrison
At the recent commencement Prince ton College conferred the Doctor of Laws degree on President Harrison. The ceremony highlighted honors for the college and its leadership in higher education.
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Princeton College
Harrison
Agents Wanted for Permanent Nursery Work
Person seeks employment with A. D. Pratt Nurseryman Rochester New York offering permanent position with good salary or commission.
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A. D. Pratt
Rochester, N. Y
Liberal revival praised as Tempest staged in Chicago
A Chicago Evening Journal note lauds Manager McVicker for staging a lavish revival of The Tempest. The report mentions praise for liberal character and faultless presentation while other items touch on a Chinese leper in Sacramento jail, Sunday shaving rulings, and various patent remedies.
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Pratise
McVicker
Chicago Evening Journal
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National Stockman
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Oregon Immigration Board
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Hill
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Omaha
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American Educational Aid Association
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67Th Street
Englewood
Illinois
America
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Dearborn
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Radfield
PLL
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Moody & CO
Cincinnati
A. E. Parker
Bazine
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Loomington III
LAW School
Circularad
R. M. Benjamin
Union College of Law
Chicag
H. Booth
Michigan
Balamazoo
Terme
Hillsdale College
Iy Conte Cura
Valentine Bros
Janesville, Wis
Ackbur
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E. L. Hurd
Illinoia
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Mait. College
Sterling, Ill
University of Tolinoities
Boston
Blass
Johnson &Co
Richmond
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Sarpson Lron CO
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Washington, D. G
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Drs. Gratizny & Bush
Elm Street
Ohio
Rawster Safety Kein Holder CO
Holly, Mich
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