Silent parents and a bright boy in a troubled family
Miss Brainerd and Mrs Armil recount Hetty and Seth Armil who have lived apart for years, with Hetty guiding Leon in schooling and finances. They discuss a calm, stubborn marriage, Hetty's arm injury when a bull charged Leon, and the unusual family dynamic where Leon mediates between spouses.
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Miss Brainerd
Mrs. Armil
Leon
Hetty
Armil
Emil
Seth
Mrs. Armis
Esther
Kansas
Gum Woods
Arkansas
Hetty Seaguin
Robinson
Cross Roads
Widder ‘Packard’s
Debate on silver coinage and gold standard in 19th century policy
The discourse traces the old gold standard tied to 23.22 grains of gold per dollar, critiques free silver at fixed ratios, cites Dunham and Newton, and warns that bimetallic coinage would push adoption of the cheaper metal. It argues against unlimited silver minting citing Gresham's law and historical France as mischaracterized examples.
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United States
House of Representatives
Cyrus L. Dunham
Indiana
Sir Isaac Gresham
Nicholas Oresme
Nicholas Copernicus
Isaac Newton
Mint of
England
France
Congress
Debating Silver Standard and Its Impact on Credit
The passage argues that business across nations hinges on clear dollar value, warning that uncertainty over currency weakens credit. It outlineskii the 1893 paralysis warning, detailing consequences of changing the dollar’s silver content and urging commitment to 23.22 grains of gold per dollar.
Science of language makes learning new tongues easier
The Boston Herald argues that studying language science aids language learning. Knowing theories of speech origin helps grasp consonantal shifts and reveal word meanings without dictionaries, speeding progress and aiding acquisition of related languages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Boston Herald
Gold and silver production figures and curios from 1894 95
The excerpt notes 1894 silver dollars struck 3 093 972 and fiscal year 1895 2 956 011. It compares weights and grains of gold and silver. A Montana hen keeper reports finding four dollars of gold in crowed hens and a California prospector asks St Paul’s mayor about locating gold in eastern Minnesota. It also mentions rising gold output in California and Utah and cyanide processing for low grade ore versus silver ore thresholds.
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Walkerville
Mont
California
Pratt
St. Paul
Bells and their long history across cultures and seas
The article traces bells from Amiens fire alerts to death bells in Japan and Hindu temples. It notes bells blessed with holy water since early Christian times, Charlemagne's edict, legends of bell rope for lightning, and sailors using bells to scare fish and chase storm demons. It concludes with the universal Christian belief that bell ringing calms storms.
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Peror
Amiens
Japan
Carlemagne
Can You Spare A Sentence From The Funny Pages
A collage of wit from various papers features quips about marriages salaries and pets. Jests touch on a daughter’s suitor a cat that ate a canary and a canny remark about a club’s standing committees.
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Bobrey
Stephen Crane
Indianapolis Journal
Briggs
Mangle
Proverbs About the Czar: Power and Folly Across Court
A compact collection of traditional verses about the czar highlighting limits of authority, dependence on loyal servants, and the burdens of rule. The poems juxtapose the czar’s perceived divine status with mortal vulnerabilities and the peasants who suffer under his reign.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound promoted for women's relief
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the cure for womb related ailments. It argues women seek female guidance, notes male doctors often misdiagnose, and cites Mrs Pinkham's vast experience in treating displacement inflammation and related pains.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Dry weather threatens hay crop and millet option offered
Farmers warned that extended dry conditions may shorten hay yields and encourage planting millet or Sowed corn to secure feed. Millet and Hungarian Grass thrive in this county with a price of 1.25 per bushel for millet and 0.40 for corn. fore planting noted to deter grubs and crows.
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Warren
Warren, PA
Botero
Octave Thanet
Authors’ Alliance
Seth Rogers
New England
Post Office
Kansas City
Turnyard
Washington
Hetty Armil
Castoria
Milwaukee
Ournal
Wellstedt
Kadhub
Tamarid
GOLD
Chapman
Czar
Moujik
British Museum
London
Ireland
Australia
Paris
Republic
Andora
Pyrenees
House of Commnons
Longfellow
Burke
H. Wettstein
Byron, In
Ayer
Lon
Don Purple, Hellebore and
Canada
Siegfried & CO
Semple
Ick
Rose P
Main St
W. C. Rockwell
Bradford, PA
C. Smith
American Tobacco
Go's
Cornell
Lafayette
Yale
Marlbury
Richmond
Imperial
Princess Royal
Piccadilly
Monte Christo
Fehlman Bros
H. S. Thomas
East St
Telephone
W. H. Drouen
U. S
Dearborn St
Chicago
LM Bend
the Mail Office
Legal3
Dunkirk, NY
PRUIT
Duchess
Vanderbilt
Duke of Marlborough
Duchess of Marlborough
Oxford
Blenheim
Woman’s Samaritan Society
National Hospital
Hugh Mathieson
Beatrice Herford
Boston
Gainsborough
Regular Army
New York
Philadelphia
War Department
License
Cupid
Robert R. Haig
Caseyville
Eliza Collins
Birkners
Ill
State Street
Herr Emil Sauer
Russia
Mme. Bloomfield-Zeisler
Augustin Daly
Geisha
Victor Herbert
Harry G. Smith
Vienna
Ffrangcon
America
Preachers and Wheels
Dr. Yerkes
First Baptist Church
Plainfield
N. J
Cleveland
Columbia Park
Middletown
N. H
Pitcher’s Castoria
Pennsylvania
Sheffield
Harrisburg
Sunbury
Lancaster
Baltimore
Pullman
Erie
Williams
Rce
Philadels
Kane
Sunda
Williamsport
Renovo
Ridgway
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh Railroad
New York Central
Hudson River
R. R. Co. Lessee
Sun
Daily Gun
South
Bobcod
Aidady
Scscvecseeee Deicrase Scveeses
Soos Sytacube
Amm
Rochester
Niagara Falls
Ceeee Bumaio
Covene
DUDA
Fred
Falconer Junct
Ackley
Ville
Russell. coon +o
Pittsfield
Valley
Titusville
Dunkirk
Falconer
Epson J. Weeks
No.1
Exchange St
Buffalo
N . Co
H. Ketcham
N. Y
Gro
H. Daniels
New York City
D. C. Moon
Kinzua
Bradford
Salamanca
Olean
Olean Express
Irvington
Tid Toute
Tionesta
Oil City
Pittsburg
Pittsb
Leffard
Tionesta Valley Railroad
Barnes
Brookston
Sheffield Junction
Howland
Sheffie
Lee
Brain
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Sheield
Shefeld Junction
Crary
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