A Lesson in Fortitude for Paul Williams in Johnsport
Paul Williams loses his job after creditors expose heavy debts and he feels shamed. He contemplates flight and justice, but chooses honesty, repays his debts, and starts anew in the Northwest with Mr. Reade. He becomes partner and builds a steady, respectable life, vowing never to borrow again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Johnsport
Reade
Reade & Williams
Maine
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Words of Wisdom Reflections and Maxims
A compiled list of famous quotes from Johnson Montaigne Aristotle Disraeli Ingelow Longfellow Washington Hall Cranmer Furness Carlyle Marcus Aurelius Emerson Seneca Balzac Richter on knowledge duty love simplicity and human conduct. The sayings cover teaching power of teaching and the balance of heart and work with moral guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Montaigne
Aristotle
Disraeli
Jean Ingelow
Hall
Cranmer
W. H. Furness
Marcus Aurelius
Emerson
Seneca
Balzac
Richter
Portuguese Man of War and other sea life described by Stewart
Professor Stewart at the Royal Institution explained locomotion in marine life. He cited the Portuguese man of war a floating colony with a gas-filled body and specialized arms, plus other zoophytes such as a raftlike form with a gas chambered sail and a jellylike estuary species.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
Royal Institution
Whitstable Bay
Westminster Gazette
Weather measuring devices through ages to Fahrenheit
The piece traces weather measuring tools from ancient inventors like Thermometer of Alexander to the medieval crude tester, noting Santonio’s later refinement and Fahrenheit’s 1720 scale addition. It highlights the evolution toward a practical instrument used into the 17th century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander
Christ
Sanctonio
Fahrenheit
St. Louis Republic
Budget of Fun Humorous Sketches From Various Sources
A collage of short comic items with witty exchanges and light satire. Jokes about resignation, a sandal of social brands, and playful dialogue from fiction sketches. Notable quips involve recognition of lovers, editors paying with compliments, and a nervous railway passenger's cautious timing.
Domestic satire and eccentric anecdotes from old newspapers
A collection of humorous vignettes from early papers includes a wheezy grocer mix up with a Vassar graduate, a quarrelsome neighbor and a tyrant father figure, plus an elderly judge who saves clients with barter. The pieces mix social types, wit, and moral flares in brisk satirical sketches.
An Aquatic Bicycle Invention Spawns New Boat Plans
A New York Ledger report describes a bicycle boat with miniature twin screws and forward set propellers. The concept, though in infancy, promises significant improvements and could outdistance traditional sailing craft on water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Ledger
Cottonseed Oil Industry Growth and Uses in the South
The Manufacturers' Record notes there were 40 cotton seed mills in 1880 and about 300 now, with capital rising from 3.5 million to 30 million dollars. Output includes 60 million gallons of oil and 30 million pounds of linters, with hulls used as fodder for 400,000 cattle and 100,000 milch cows. Much oil is used as salad oil, often mixed with olive oil abroad and mislabeled.
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South
Baltimore
Italy
France
Plain Talk Prompts Clarity Across Varied Topics
A collage of antique tips and quotes urges plain speech and brevity while offering snippets on poultry charcoal, artificial ice, digestion remedies, and household maxims. It anchors with ad blurbs for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, Syrup of Figs, and Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root, ending with a note on life’s trials testing conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jory Binghamton
Royal Baking Powder Ad Declares Purity and Strength
An advertisement extols Royal Baking Powder as the purest and strongest option for culinary use. It argues that purity yields the finest and most digestible food and warns against substitutes offering gifts or lower prices that may contain alum or acids.
Estimating Bricks for Walls by Simple Face Area Rule
The Boston Journal of Commerce outlines brick dimensions and jointing. It states one brick yields about thirty-two square inches on the face, four and a half bricks per square foot, and twenty-one bricks per cubic foot accounting for waste. It provides a quick method multiplying wall face area by seven fourths of thickness in inches to estimate brick quantity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Journal of Commerce
Pursuit of Sunflower Profits Promises Strong Returns
The article extols sunflowers as a profitable crop with low costs. It notes an acre yields about eighty bushels of seed and 150 gallons of oil, with oil cake for livestock feed and fibers for paper. It highlights uses from oil to edible leaves, a versatile, weather resistant plant.
Ancient Telephones and Wax Paste Advertisements Spark Interest
An officer in India reports a working telephone between two temples over a mile apart with Hindoos attesting to a 2000 year history. Egyptian ruins show possible wire communication but purposes unclear. An old wax paste recipe is described, and Porter’s Business College in Macon offers a midyear rate for courses with references to local business leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickens
India
Porter's Business College
Macon
Macon Board of Trade
Baker
Porter & Anderson
Potato Preserving Method Shows Promise in France
M Lehribaux devised a process to store potatoes by soaking for ten to twelve hours in water with one to two percent commercial sulfuric acid. After rinsing and drying the skins shield the interior while eye germs are destroyed. Some Richter's Imperator tubers showed inward sprouting, producing small potatoes inside the original tuber, a phenomenon noted at a Botanical Society of France meeting.
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M. Lehribaux
Botanical Society of France
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Jane Morehing
Nester
Charles G. D. Roberts
Scribner
Godfrey Quorles
Paul Williams
Porter House
Pennsylvania
Jris
Williams
Williamwe
Penl Williams
Iecessee
Dodge & Co
Firnfin
Wisconsin
Dodge
Pant
Mr. Reade
Annie
Hummel
Words OF
Meteast
Bill
Raymond
Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph
Dyking
Washington Star
Reginald
Edgerly
Edgerey
Detroit Free Press
Mr. Snook
Chicago Tribune
Puck
Ethel
Charles
Mabel Hicks
Mike
Robert Lowe
Lord Sherbrooke
Chicago Record
Vassar
Billiger
Mrs. McSwat
Lobelia
Here
Scott
Thackleray
New York Herald
Kemarka
New York
James
Wrens
AL E.T. V.& GR
Knoxville
Tent
Hood
Bushville
Head
Venice
Halls
F. J. Carxey & Co
Toledo
Shiloh
Worvp
Dismtssary Medical Association
Buffalo
N.Y
Business College
Warmison
Rome
Schofleliys Lon Works
Nacon
B. F. Johnson & 60
Main
Richmond
Salt Springs
Antell
Oriamn Cone Co
Austele
Mallary Bros. & CO
I. Brown Mes
Sens
Ted Dar
AFC
Wil and Co
Poe
John P
Lovell Arms
W. Ote FH
Hoston
Rohata
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