OUR NELLIE A TALE OF LOVE LOSS AND MEMORY
In a reflective October setting Arthur's Home Magazine recounts Nellie Grey a loyal orphan who loves Harry Beaumont. As years pass their bond deepens yet Nellie bears a hidden heartbreak after learning he weds another. She dies quietly on a mossy bench and Harry later joins Annie in heaven, ending a tender tale of friendship loss and enduring memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Nellie
Harry
Mary
Nellie Grey
Annie
Dead Sea Mystery Debunked By French Savant Travel Journal
A French savant reports from the Dead Sea shore that life exists there despite ancient claims of deadly vapors. He notes ducks, insects, and a blue lake shining on a sandy beach, with white underwater salt hints as proof against the old warnings. The piece argues fearsome poets misdescribed the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dead Sea
Burlington grocer sends ham and empty cigar box note
A Burlington grocer, Dewey, sent the editor of the Free Press a New Year gift consisting of a ham and an empty cigar box with a note claiming a box of cigars and a ham were well smoked. The editor, not a smoker or Jew, thanked him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington, Vt
Appollo
The
Free Press
Boston Post
Punch Teaches Bookkeeping Three Words
A humorous note comments on basic skills in bookkeeping. It suggests simple lessons or rules in a concise phrase and hints at caution against lending.
Meaning of Selah Across Faith Traditions
The word Selah in Psalms has varied interpretations from eternity and voice elevation to musical notes and science. Scholars diverge on its exact sense, but Sumner argues it consistently signals an appeal to Jehovah, a call for aid heard in prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rabbi Kimchi
Hender
Mathewson
Luther
Gesenius
Wacher
Sumner
Selah
Habits and Health of Mr Pill More
A New York Observer correspondent analyzes ex President Fillmore's vigor and long health. He cites a strong constitution temperate life and regular sleep as key factors. Fillmore recalls avoiding tobacco and alcohol, keeping Sunday rest, and never missing his routine, even during strenuous public duties. The piece also reflects on Napoleon Bonaparte relics and a Washington scene with Senator Douglas and Mrs Douglas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Observer
Fillmore
Committee of Ways and Means
Congress
Anp
Senator Deveras
Washington
Cincinnati Enquirer
Senator Douglas
The
Union
Douglas
Kansas
Cincinnati
Douglass
Reflections on Chinese Farmers and A Toast by a Bachelor
The writer extols Chinese farmers as industrious and content, noting multi‑generational households and relative freedom for women. A St Louis traveler debunks a grasshopper tobacco tale and a bachelor at a celebration toasts women as “Sweet briers in the garden of life.”
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St. Louis
Garden of Life
Man Created Last to Avoid Offending the Almighty
SB Dow Jr states that humans were made after everything else because if man had come first he would have endlessly suggested improvements, potentially annoying the Almighty.
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SB Dow, Jr
Annexation and War Quote Sparks Marital Zing
A pert old maid quips that annexation and war prove true in marriage, declaring that as soon as you wed you begin to fight. The remark frames a lively, period style joke about domestic conflict in the era.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warren Mail
E. Cowan
Meadville Academy
Teacher's Normal School
T. F. Thickston
Greene
Meadville, Pa
Carver
E. &. Eddy
Water Street
Warren
Warren County
Hackney House
Second and
Liberty Streets
Warren, Warren Co
Temperance House
P. S. Cole
Court House
High Street
American Hotel
Independence Hall
Chestnut Street
5Th
Philadelphia
Wyatt & Hevmas
P. R. Bennett
L. T. Parmlee
Carver House
Wetmore and Spencer
Second Street
Johnson & Brown’s
Warren, Pa
L. D. Wetmore
T. C. Spencer
Scofield and Brown
Liberty Street
Glenni W. Scofield
WM. D. Brown
Patthena Williams
Reformed School
Front Street
L. E. Guignon
Sugar Grove
Warren Co
E. M. Pierce
Third
Hickory Streets
Nesmith and Keller
Bartlett and Morgan
Orr & Henry’s
Bennett and Fingers
Stranahan & Randall’s
George Sailor
Snutl
G. N. Parmlee & Co
D. M. Williams
Chauncey Hulburt
Swarm, Mcrray & Co
Great Pennsylvania
Market Street
26Th Alley
Willoughby and Woodworth
A. Willoughby
Columbus
Wo. S
Woolworth
Lewis Arnett, & Co
Exchange
Hunter
W. Dayton
P. Johnson
E. H. Danforth
D. D
Steneas
Wetmore & Spencer
East Indies
Egypt
Japan
Dr. Heath
Spring Street
St. Nicholas Hotel
Fredonia
N. Y
Warren and Vicinity
J. H. Hull’s
Fredenta
Mrs. Hale
Harry Beaumont
Arthur’s Home Magazine
Enrica
Jesson
Red-head
Bridgeport
MR. Pillmore
Napoleon
le Grand Empereur
Napoleon Bonapare
Louvre
Ossian
Charlemagne
Notre Dame
St. Helena
L Cuyler
China
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