Beecher Lectures Exalt Beauty as Moral Force
Henry Ward Beecher argues that love of beauty protects against vice and educates taste through nature and flowers. He urges farmers to invest in culture, clothing, and home life, warning retrenchment should favor the angel in us over the animal in us, or times will not improve.
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Beecher
Library and Christian Associations
Cleveland
Christian Association
Christian Commonwealth
Library Association
Ministry of the Beautiful
Everett
Nature
School of Art and Design
Museum of Beauty
Rome
Madrid
Versailles
Aalon
The Yankee and the Hoosier dialogue of east west travelers
A humorous exchange between a Yankee and a Hoosier compares East and West life. The Hoosier mocks eastern roads and crops while the Yankee boasts western yields and oddities such as five foot per hour vines and clockless time. The gag ends with the Yankee fleeing after offers to trade.
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Yankee
Tonee
Giant stature in Crimea tomb unearthed by Dr. McPherson
English explorer Dr. McPherson describes a Crimea tomb near Kertch with remains of a seven foot tall chieftain. The burial includes a Persian skull cap, garnet brooch, a ribbed glass decanter with wine remnants, walnuts, a carneli an engraving, a dagger, and armor links. The site shows signs of high status and ritual offerings.
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Dr. McPherson
Kertch
Crimea
British Museum
Romulus
Rermus
Revered Triad of Calhoun Webster and Haskell
Gen Haskell recalls Calhoun Webster and Halos as mighty, incorruptible statesmen shaping his life. Calhoun drew eyes and quiet power, Webster's striking appearance and wit commanded attention, Halos exuded cheerful bearing with a grand, gracious bow.
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Haskell
Tennessee
Charleston
Calhoun
Washington
Senate
Myeself
Mr. Webster
Mormon Deposits With Colonel Lead To Fortune And Folly
A 1840s tale of Mormon funds placed with a California bound colonel who cashed checks in the name of the Lord. The colonel kept the deposits, bought land, and became a Pacific millionaire, while Mormons later sought restitution and learned to beware. The piece closes with satirical quips on gender and a debaters club list on morals and society.
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Brooklyn
New York
California
Col. B
Butiu
Maine
Pacific
A Norwegian Cataract Described By Bayard Taylor
Bayard Taylor writes from Norway about the Voring Foss cataract towering about a thousand feet, six times Niagara, with a rainbow on a wet black wall, a sheer gulf of twelve hundred feet, and a plumb line of water two thousand feet. He warns of the danger and beauty, noting the thrill of viewing from above and the daring of some travelers to descend toward the foot.
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Bayard Taylor
Norway
New York Tribune
Niagara
Stick To The Farm and Youth’s Career Choice 1840s Voice
Editorial urges farming as noble and essential, condemning youth’s rush to mercantile or professional life. Discusses agriculture’s link to national welfare, rising food costs, and rural labor strain, interleaved with humorous vignettes and marginal notices.
Take Care Of Your Thoughts And The Life That Follows
A moral exhortation warns that sin begins in the heart and thoughts shape actions. It urges guarding the mind against unholy imaginations, avoiding obscene influences, and surrounding oneself with virtue to keep life pure and blessed.
Assault and Battery Case Involving German Storekeeper
A Special Sessions case near Third Avenue features Kaufman, a German liquor-store keeper, accusing Schlangenhammer, another German, of breaking his glass and assault. A key witness in the building provided a full account, though authorities questioned his testimony. The report also quotes social items on Christian virtue and local quips.
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Karl Schmeid
Bowery
Nevi
New York
Port
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Meadville Academy
Teacher’s Normal School
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Meanville, Pa
Carver
Eddy
Water Street
Warren
Warren County
Hackney House
Second and
Liberty Streets
Warren, Warren Co. Pa
Richard S. Barbour
Temperance House
Cole
Court House
High Street
Warren, Warren Co
American Hotel
Independence Hall
Chestnut Street
5Th
Philadelphia
Wyatt & Hermies
P. R. Bennett
L. T. Parmlee
Carver House
Wetmore and Spencer
Second Street
Johnson & Brown's
L. D. Wetmore
T. C. Spencer
Scofield and Brown
Liberty Street
Glenni W. Scofield
WM. D. Brown
P. D. Fitch
Lidence
Parthena Williams
Reformed School
Front Street
L. E. Guignon
Sugar Grove
Warren Co
E. M. Pierce
Iis
Third
Hickory Streets
Nesmith and Keller
Exchange
Bartlett and Morgan
Orr & Henry's
Bennett
Stranahan & Randall's
George Sailor
Tanner's Block
G. N. Parmlee & Co
D. M. Williams
Chauncey Hulburt
Smithu, Murray & Co
Great Pennsylvania
Market Street
Church Alley
Lewis Arnett, & Co
Hunter and Waters
C. H. Hunter
M. Waters
W. W. Dayton
P. Johnson
E. H. Danforth
Tseiaan
Wetmore & Spencer
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East Indies
Egypt
Japan
MIE
Fredonia
N. Y
Warren and Vicinity
J. H. Hull’s
Express
WM. Massenberg 13
Gayly
Ohio Farmer
Henry Ward Beecher
Clay, Calhoun and Webster
Ima Debating Club
Down South
Subjex Uv
UPA
Johnnie
Johnniesd
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Taylor
Cohoes
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