Moral Courage and the Rewards and Demands of Valor
A meditation on physical versus moral courage, arguing moral courage is rarer and more elevating. It debunks ostentatious bravado, highlighting acts like speaking truth to power, defending the vulnerable, and resisting tyranny. Women are praised for moral courage, passing this virtue to future generations in Farber's Bazaar.
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David Kennedy
Rondout
Hungarians in This Country Movement Leader
Professor Magyororsen Arkad, now in this city, leads a drive to unite Hungarians in the United States, estimating over 1,000,000 countrymen here. He critiques Slavs in Hungary’s mountains as poor and illiterate and argues they skew perceptions of Hungarians. He runs The Onallis, a periodical in coal-country to enlighten his people.
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Magyororsen Arkad
Alleghany City
United States
Hungary
Philadelphia Press
World’s Largest Band Saw Completed and Sent to Tasmania
The largest band sawing machine, built in England, can cut to seventy five inches deep with a carriage handling logs fifty feet long and about fifty tons. It reportedly cuts faster than a circular saw and wastes 75 percent less wood, per the New York Times.
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England
Tasmania
New York Times
Misinformed Banter About Marriage Reported in Washington
In Kate Field's Washington, a misinformed conversation about a person named Blank suggests he has opened a house of his own, but Blank answers that he is only married. The remark reflects gossip and social dynamics of the time.
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Blank
Kate Field
Washington
Noodles and the Blue Clad Steward on a Potomac Ferry
A comical Washington Star anecdote details Noodles paying a dollar for a ferry fare to a steward in blue, arguing with a uniformed official, and learning the steward simply accepted payment. The tale continues with a lesson on office discipline from a Chicago Tribune clip about a clerk pretending to be in charge.
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Noodles
Platypus Club
Lin
Rey
Washington Star
Chicago Tribune
Bound to Wear the End in a Witty Wit Sermon
A New York Recorder anecdote recalls a lengthy Scotch minister whose speech stretched an hour and a half. A Cov enanter descendant rose, removed his coat, and challenged the minister with a bold, defensive quip about continuing until midnight.
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Fifth Avenue
William Wilde
New York Recorder
Mutual Surprise and Medical Note on Ammonia Fumes
A bank scare tale from Texas Siftings shows a cashier confessing to the bank president after an alarmed pursuit. The Journal de médecine reports bromohydrate of ammonia fumes can aid asthma and bronchitis by inhalation under certain conditions to avert an attack.
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Texas Siftings
Journal de Medicine
Paris
Passengers Foiled by Bandit Plot Near Vicksburg
A Kansas traveler recounts a sensational near-robbery as six masked men tampered with the rails near Cleveland Mississippi. A frightened negro warned a flagging crew, passengers hid valuables, pistols, and money, and the train advanced safely to Vicksburg after armed inquiring parties pursued the assailants.
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Kansas
Vicksburg
Cleveland
Clark
Darky
Studium
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Windmills of Barbadoes Provide Free Power and Water
The island uses windmills extensively as wind power aids sugar mills and water wells. Trade winds supply almost free energy, with rainfall seeping to underground streams and discharging into the sea. Coral rock creates no rivers, making wells and windmills essential.
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Barbadoes
The Use of Superlatives in Everyday Speech
A Harper’s Bazaar reflection warns that absolute perfection is rare and exaggeration distorts meaning. It argues we overvalue ourselves and inflate trivial matters, suggesting restraint and measured language instead of extreme self-importance.
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Harper’s Bazar
Man in Oil Fields Says He Now Smells Half a Mile
A Detroit Free Press quote recalls a oil producer who spent over a year in the Ohio oil fields. He explains he arrived penniless and now boasts a strong scent that can be detected from half a mile away.
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Ohio
Detroit Free Press
Attorneys At Law Warren Pa Office Over Bank
Local legal office listing places attorneys at law in Warren Pennsylvania above the First National Bank, indicating a downtown professional presence. The brief notice notes the firm operates from a space above the bank, suggesting a general contact point for legal services in the area.
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First National Bank
Warren Savings Bank
Noyes & Co
Warren, Pa
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