Odd Clippings from a Sprightly Era In Old Papers
A collage of vignettes from Bethany Pennsylvania to London highlights include a buried hen found by Thos Avery after ten days in snow, a Treasury waste paper room turning scraps into revenue, the British House of Commons blackout fright, a deserter’s voyage from St Helena to a whaler, and rainfall rankings across regions.
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Avery
Treasury Department
Washington
New York
Thackeray’s Comic Tale of Portman Square Fare Duel
Annanam Hagard once revered aristocracy while Thackeray recalled a vivid episode. He described dining with the Duke of Newcastle and leaving the Garrick in a cab where Thackeray drew a shilling at Portman Square to toss for who would pay the fare, stunning Hayward amid liveried attendants.
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Thackeray
Duke of Newcastle
Garrick
Hayward
Portman Square
Parisian Valisefound Baffle Passersby
At eight o clock a Paris policeman saw a valise on a bench by a bus line. An hour later he reported it to police. Inside were clothing, notes for 1 600, a purse of gold, and valuable jewelry. No one touched the bag in public view for that duration.
Promise to Deny Presidential Nomination in Hidden Romance
A fair-haired girl pleads with a rising Columbus statesman to skip the presidential race this year. He hesitates then vows to refrain if Johnson wants it, revealing a conflicted alliance between love and ambition.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Columbus
Chioma Mazourka McMullen
Johnson
England Debates Cat Breeding Food Use And Sudanese News
In England cat breeding rises for fur and food amid talk of rabbits from Ostend. The note recalls Gen Gordon as Governor General of the Soudan with terse remarks about duties and balance. He quips about a shot fired and his orders to cut a dog’s tail.
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England
Ostend
Gordon
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Soudan
Atlanta dealer shows Godiva print sparks city row
An Atlanta picture dealer displayed a familiar Lady Godiva print in his show window and triggered a citywide stir. Women argued with him, some crossed the street in protest, others defended the display.
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Atlanta
Lady Godiva
Coventry
Parliament figures and scientific wonders across two continents
The House of Commons composition shows 332 Liberals and 242 Conservatives with 39 Parnellites among Home Rulers, indicating a Liberal majority of about fifty. At London's Crystal Palace a giant electric microscope astonishes visitors by revealing chaotic microcosms in water, salt, and sugar while a Boston Globe weather oracle mocks Probs and promotes rubber boots amid fickle forecasts.
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Avcorpine
Dod
House of Commons
Parnellites
O’kelly
Loudon
Liberal Party
Mr. Gladstone
Crystal Palace
London
St. George
Boston Globe
Alaska
Washington letter on senators dining habits at a restaurant
A Washington letter recounts John Francis describing how senators and outsiders use a restaurant. It notes amounts spent, preferences for crackers and milk, tea, oysters and ale, and varying generosity toward waiters. Names include Merrill Hoar Ingalls Platt West Perry Belmont Logan Aldrich Frye Garland Vance and outsiders.
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Washington
John Francis
Senator Merrill
Ingalls
Mr. Platt
Senator West
Perry Belmont
Gen. Logan
Aldrich
Mr. Frye
Mr. Garland
Gov. Vance
Difference in consumer costs for tea coffee and tobacco
An exchange explains that exact consumer costs cannot be stated. It compares totals for imports and domestic use in 1881, noting tea and coffee valued at 77.8 million dollars while tobacco consumed and produced totals 28.97 million, but retail costs to consumers are about twice tea and coffee.
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United States
Custom House
Agricultural Department
Washington
Prand
Voice of an Angel and the Soul’s Quiet Triumph
A reflective prose piece contrasts a cathedral musical moment with a transformative inner experience. It describes a divine voice amid organ and chorus moving the speaker from pride and grief to gratitude, faith, and commitment, linking spiritual awakening to lasting life change.Mary Correll is cited, noting Youth's Companion as a source.
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Istrail
Mary Correll
The Impressiveness of Men and Women
W. H. Mabie reflects on the reserve fund of sentiments in both sexes. He notes youth’s dreams linger at the horizon even for those who stray from early ideals and that people long to hear and respond to honest inner expressions.
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W. H
Mabie
Following God’s Call Through the Spirit’s Guidance
Horace Bushnell writes that true calling comes via private teaching of the Spirit. The Spirit guides believers into God’s plan, uniting will with divine purpose and providing inner wisdom. By openness to the Spirit, duties of the moment reveal the next steps, reducing doubt about one’s vocation.
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iGod
Horace Bushnell
Nutritional comparison tables from early health journal
A discussion on how nutrition affects labor and health cites a rice versus beef comparison. It presents a table of nutrients per food item and argues rice offers higher nutritional value per cost, noting digestion times and wide rice consumption among the poor.
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Ious
New York
Perentage
Ceee
Journal of Health
Remembering Rev William Baer D D and his writings
An obituary sketch recalls Rev William Baer a popular writer and preacher who faced a severe illness leading to death. It highlights his gentle character, devotion to truth, and works such as Mose Evans The New Timothy and The Ten Theophanings as guides to his spiritual life and suffering.
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Wm. M. Ba
Ker
My. Baer
Christ
Asun
Mose Evans
New
Timothy
Inbide
Goa
Hebi
The Legends Of Eugene Aram And The Yorkshire Curse
The account outlines Eugene Aram born 1704 in Ramgill Yorkshire who becomes a teacher at Letherdale and Knaresborough. It covers the Clarke murder case, Howseman linking Aram to the crime, a 1759 exhumed skeleton, Aram’s trial and hanging, and his final confession to a minister.
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Eugen Aram
Liomas Hod
Bulwer Lytton
Wis
Ramgill
Yorkshire
Letherdale
Knaresborugh
Clarke
Aram
Eugene
Howseman
Knaresborough
Houseman
Terry
Inner Ocean
Shoes Tell Character in Two Months Wear
A shoe cobbler in the Troy Standard notes how wear patterns reveal a person’s traits. Outside sole wear signals adventurism or unreliability, inside wear suggests weakness. He relates a case of a man deemed a sneak, a tale of two girlfriends, and argues gait links to disposition and morality.
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Troy Standard
Tennyson in Wrath Over Library Invasion
A Philadelphia Press correspondent recalls Alfred Tennyson’s furious reaction to a library intrusion while he worked. The poet allegedly threatened the intruder and tore at a bear he kept, with remarks on Shakespeare and his wife Emily Sellwood’s influence shaping his secluded creative hours.
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Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson
Emily Sellwood
William Shakspeare
Philadelphia Press
Four o'clock lynching mix up shocks Philadelphia Call
In a chaotic afternoon rush, a mob admits it lynched the wrong man during a lynching plan. The editors debate how to rectify the tragedy and consider inviting the rightful family to a future ceremony. The Philadelphia Call notes Protestant and Catholic demographics in Mexico.
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Philadelphia Call
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