Rest Ye Safe My Wearied Soldiers Poem and a Child’s Bills
A Civil War era poem by Theodore Roberts appears alongside a domestic vignette where Tom Ellis tallies debts owed to his parents and sister Kate for small chores. He later pays, learns a mother's lesson on love. The fragment blends a wartime tribute with a heartwarming family scene from The Times.
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Theodore Roberts
Independent
Tom
Papa
Mamma
Kate
S. S. Times
Tom Elis Learns About Fair Pay From Bills and Kites
A boy named Tom Elis studies arithmetic and earns bills from family members for small services. His notes reveal the family owes him money for chores, and a plan to buy a jackknife with his earnings unfolds. The tale centers on fair pay and family dynamics as Tom reconciles work and value.
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Papa
Mamma
Tom
Ned
Fom
Tom Ellis
The Chinese Toy Peddler and His Exotica
A Philadelphia Inquirer account describes Chinese toy peddlers in cities selling a colorful assortment. Clay fruits, carved idols, wind singing kites, glass trumpets, whistling tops, and candy figures emerge from baskets. The scene captures curious items and the brisk exchange with children.
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Ata E
Philadelphia Inquirer
Woods of the Philippines and native timbers
The Philippine islands boast rich native woods including about 32 tristitorial or coloring woods that yield the color spectrum. Ebony with fine grain is abundant and Magkano wood from Mindanao is said to be absolutely rot immune.
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Philippines
Philippine Islands
Mindanao
Decline in Veterinary School Enrollments Noted
Reports from colleges show rising educational demands yet veterinary schools see falling enrollments. The shift from horse reliance to roads and bicycles reduces need for vets, while new state rules since 1895 require university licenses and proof of two years of high school for entry, raising standards and thinning classes.
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Mus
N. Y. Tribune
Bears Taste for Crab Apples Delays Maine Telegraph Work
In northern Maine bears torment a telegraph line between Ashland and Fort Kent by pulling off insulators, mistaking them for crab apples. Detectives fail to deter the bears as linemen string new insulators, with line outages lasting hours until every bear in Aroostook is believed to have sampled the fruit-made controversy.
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Maine
Ashland
Fort Kent
Aroostook
Azso
Augusta
Antiquities and heirlooms spark a family clash at the shop
A middle aged lady and her husband visit a dealer to buy antiques for a new house. She effusively calls for heirlooms while he shows caution and a cutting inference about the family’s past tied to a cutlass carved with Rankin Stax. The wife rebukes the idea of displaying so-called reminders of lack of funds.
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Dustin Stax
Rankin Stax
Commodore
Dustin
Detroit Free Press
How She Had Learned
A Chicago Post item recalls a maid admitting she learned to lie after being questioned about how she learned deception. She cites her repeated exposure to a visitor, Mr Brimley, as the method by which she learned to prevaricate.
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Mary
Chicago Post
Italy Adds 294 Square Miles by Po Delta Growth
Prof Marinelli measured 294 square miles gained by the Po delta advancing into the Adriatic, adding to Italy's territory over the last 70 years. The comparison used Austrian surveys of 1823 and Italian surveys of 1893.
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Italy
Adriatic Sea
Marinelli
N. Y. Sun
Warr Romance Story in Nineteenth Century Volunteer Tale
In the Indianapolis News excerpt a volunteer recounts a romance where a nurse’s steady care under her small ritual gesture, a lifted little finger while bandaging, leads to love. The reading emphasizes affection sparked by kindness amid wartime hardship.
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Bill
Indianapolis News
Healthful beauty advice from a southern matron
An article from Ladies' Home Journal explains that true beauty stems from health. It recommends daily hot water with salt before breakfast to improve digestion and skin, plus tepid baths with rock salt for renewed vitality.
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Uth Ashmore
Ladies’ Home Journal
Birds of Cuba Observed in a Cuban Camp Narrative
Capt. N. G. Aronzalez notes Cuban birds around a camp, including gabilan eagles, cotorras parrots, tocoloro parrots, cap black birds, woodpeckers, pitirre kingbirds, and sparrows. He describes their calls, habits, and local lore tying pitirre to Cuban insurgents, with sparrows as Spain’s national bird once introduced to Cuba.
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Spain
N. G. Aronzalez
Columbia
S. C
Fumigating with Rosin in the Southern Household
The southern method of fumigating a room uses rosin or crude turpentine on a plate over heat to release smoke. After lighting, all openings are closed to let the smoke kill bedbugs and household pests, though less certain than sulfur and not color bleaching.
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N.Y. Tribune
Fritter Batter Instructions From the Boston Budget
A 19th century recipe describes fritter batter mixing four ounces of flour one gill of water one tablespoon caladoil and beaten egg whites folded in lightly. Let batter rest one to two hours then fry for a light airy result noting batter stiffness and frying temperature affect the final lightness.
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Boston
Big Grants and Growth Across Education and Religion
The report notes 7,060,002 dollars given to colleges last year and 18 Methodist churches in Detroit Michigan. Hebron Academy received 60,000 dollars for a dormitory. Montreal hosts 16 Chinese schools run by the Canadian Presbyterian Dr Thompson. Barnard College paid a 125,000 debt. Fall term opened with 308 entering young women. The Episcopal convention is slated for San Francisco in 1801. Utah and surrounding regions have about 200,000 Mormons, with 2,000 missionaries active. Cora Jane Flood endowed education with 3,000,000 dollars including Menlo Park home and grounds. Missionary societies total 249 with 4,694 stations and 15,2600 out stations, about 11,595 missionaries, 65,000 native workers and 1,250,000 communicants. income near 13,000,000. University of Chicago divinity students now pay tuition, previously free except rent, while undergraduates treated divinity as part of the university.
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Detroit
Mich
Hebron Academy
Montreal
Presbyterian
Thompson
Barnard, College
House of Bishops
San Francisco
Utah
United Presbyterian
Golden State
Cora Jane Flood
University of California
Menlo Fark
Strong
United States
Great Britain
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
Divinity
University of Chicago
Divinity School
University
Primitive Artillery and the Sling as Early War Weapon
The article traces the sling as a primitive missile weapon likely developed early in human history. It notes Nimrod as a mighty hunter and cites David and Goliath as examples of skilled sling use. It adds a Balearic legend where boys prove accuracy by retrieving suspended dinners.
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Nimrod
David
Goliath
Balearic Islands
Dunces and Praise From a Frontier Schoolboy
A schoolboy speaker vents frustration with teachers who mock his abilities while praising a well-read classmate. He asserts common sense and real-world knowledge matter beyond books and imagines showing educators the natural world around him. The verse highlights educational bias and self confidence.
How Ants Make Slaves
Grant Allen describes slave-making ants in a Strand piece. The red warrior species raids turf ant nests to steal larvae and pupae. These captives become nurses and housemaids once grown, while workers defend the brood and the nest against attackers.
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Algiers
Grant Ailen
Strand
Dog Climbs Trees at Bavarian Town Show
Friedrich Richter of Kitzingen Bavaria owns Graf Ro land a dog famed for climbing trees after birds and cats. He has received many handsome offers from showmen but refuses to sell the clever canine despite persistent inquiries.
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Friedrich Richter
Kitzingen
Bavaria
Graf Roland
Mr. Nichter
One and One Are Two Worm Riddle in Class
A state superintendent tests a girls natural history class. A tiny pupil answers with worm as the animal, provoking a humorous exchange about size and knowledge. The moment shows a simple learning scene.
Dog Saves Lost Boy in Pocono Mountains
A six year old boy, Eddie Kleintop, wandered from his family near Eldred township Pennsylvania and survived two days in a storm with a dog as his only warmth. Mountaineer Penrose Walck found Eddie four miles from home, the dog guarding the boy and later accepting food only from his master. The tale underscores the canine devotion that kept Eddie alive in rugged terrain.
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Eddie Kleintop
Edward ‘Kleintop
Eldred Township
Pocora Mountains
Dog
Gie
Weintops
Carbon County
Eddie
Penrose Walck
Walck
Walek
N. Y. World
Irishman Drops Nickel Then Attempts Dollar Scheme
An Irishman loses a nickel in a sidewalk crack and starts muttering. The next day a friend finds him dropping a silver dollar into the same crack, explaining he once considered the nickel not worth lifting the sidewalk, but now schemes to make it worthwhile by losing the dollar.
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Papa
Tom
Momma
Nate
Kate
Animals That Never Drink Across the World
The text notes several animals said to never drink water in their lives including Patagonia llamas and some Far East gazelles. It mentions a paraquet living 52 years in the London Zoo without water and hare speculation about dew as their only liquid. It also cites reptiles, bats, and certain batrachians in arid places and French cows and goats near Lozere producing Roquefort milk.
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Patagonia
Far East
London Zoological Gardens
France
Lozere
Roquefort
Peculiar Japanese Addressing System Examined
The article explains Japanese mail handling starts with country then city and street, placing the recipient name last. It notes post office workers sort by state and city first, then street and number, with the name checked only at the final carrier stage, suggesting a potentially sensible approach.
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Post Office
Western educator recounts journey with coach
A western man prominent in education shares a personal account of a journey with a noted coach. The brief piece hints at mentorship and regional ties, framed in a nostalgic, period tone.
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Jones
Mollie Brown's
Cibercy
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Greece
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Jim Haley
Gertrude Morton Cannon
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