Wanted Office Boy in New York Ends With Lesson on Heedless Youth
A Brooklyn based employer recounts years of seeking a reliable office boy in New York. He rejects dozens due to laziness theft smoking or impudence and settles on a neat, prompt candidate who ultimately proves heedless, dropping a priceless satchel and forcing a harsh lesson: heedfulness and full attention to duty are essential for business success.
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New York
Ormster
Lievlogian
Brooklyn
Brooklsny
Re. CC Mudemirlois
Juthan
Lue Circus
Ife
Scheol
Prayer and work in Christian life a united duty
The essay argues prayer is active labor not mere feeling or contemplation. It emphasizes prayer as preparation, motive, accompaniment, and completion of work, citing biblical examples to show prayer strengthens and directs effort, yet cannot replace practical labor. The author urges believers to combine prayer with action to serve God and meet human needs.
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God
Jacob
Bethel
Heaven
Earth
Christ
Paul
Rome
Paavel
Bat Ik
Saul
Bunyan
Jetus
J. HH. Griglic
Heaith
Brower- Wort
Fenner Remedies Promoted in 19th Century Ad
An 1878 testimonial from Cieney Creer New York cites Dr Fenner products, including Broodwat,t Silver Remedy and Nerve Tonic, claiming renewed health after debility. The advertisement extols Fenner's Cough Honey, Golden Relief, St Vitus Dance Specific and others, urging readers to buy via dealers.
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Cieney Creer
N.Y
M. M. Fesxur
Fredonia
Fenner
Penner
St. Vitus Danes
Curtis resigns Richmond County Republican chairmanship
N S Independent reports George William Curtis, editor of Harper's Weekly, belonged to the Saratoga Convention that nominated the Republican ticket and opposed Cornell. He resigned his Richmond County chairmanship after criticizing the party line in Weekly articles, showing he did not reflect local Republican views. The piece argues for bolting and individual conscience over convention binding.
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N. S
George William Curtis
Harper’s Weekly
Saratoga
Cornell
Richmond County Republican Organization
Republicana
Paris to Marseilles by rail in fifteen hours
A Paris Lyons Mediterranean Railway train travels from Paris at 8 AM to the Mediterranean shores at 11 PM, covering the distance in fifteen hours at an average speed of 40 miles per hour.
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Paris
Marseilles
Lyons, and Mediterranean
Capital
Mediterranean
Green's August Flower Promises Health Restored
An upbeat note touts Green's August Flower as a cure for dyspepsia and liver complaints claiming it can make sufferers disease free. It cites widespread digestive issues and promises proof after three doses with sample bottles offered at 10 cents.
Hop Bitters Credited With Cures by Rochester Family
A Rochester mother recalls using Hop Bitters to save two ill children once deemed incurable by doctors and neighbors. She reports curing Ague Biliousness and Kidney Complaint and warns against undervaluing the remedy, noting a half bottle left for her daughters.
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Rochester
N. Y
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Hackensack
von Hundord Seexty
Gretchen
von Schmall
York
Mrs
Walter
Artemus Ward
Florida
Rector
Tommy Robinson
Tommy
America
Niagara
Union
Tenn
Mr. Cummagen
Bnet Sub
Mabel
Nellie
Pont
Charles Albrecht
Edmund Wolmieffer
Albrecht & CO
Philadelphia
Albrecht Planos
Plano
Arch St
A. J. Davis
Pure Drugs & Medicines
Seeley
Wreley
Orcan
Beatty
Duutty
Ecole
Bro Fpl
Huard
CerNew Parlor Organs
Daniel F. Beatty
Washington
New Jersey
U.S.A
H.A. Jamieson & CO
Crowning Glory
Norway
Lginesnes Jewelry Store
Wyman
Pennsylvania
Lave Just
Mr. Wymen
Carver House
Ss. W. Waters
Warren, Pa
Wells & Noyes
Warren
F. Wells
Warren Planing & Saw Mills
Victor
Victor Sewing Machine Company
Western
Creago, Inn
Middletown
Conn
Bes
Lisieet
Goa
Akbes , Duff & Sons
Pittsburgh
Warper & Brows
Binkera, Tailroads
Danne
Ring In the
Dauntless
Sg-Dealord
Territory, &c
Dauntless Manufacturing Company
Norwalk
Ohio
U. 8
Examiner and Chronicle
Loveeialit
P.O
New York City
Ayer
Aven
J. G. Ayer & CO
Lowell
Mass
Fultonville
Abbott
Portland
A. A. Abbott & CO
Wabash Ave
Chicago
Sewing Machine
Cambree
Jentuer
Spfandard Sewing Machine CO
Broadway
Febte
Clinton Place
Warren County
Oliver
Sugar Grove
Jamestown Faire
Fred Morck
Jlas
Rockford
Aoane
Peiring
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