Devonport's Rise and Fall From Debt to Rebuiltjoy
Blanche Devonport and her husband confront bankruptcy after a large firm abroad falls, mortgage and sale of valuables follow. Charles Stanley lends aid, enabling a modest life in a villa outside London. Blanche's strength restores dignity as love and prudence sustain the family.
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Blanche
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Bird
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Duraley
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Laura
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The Dance as a Sinful Association in Christian Thought
The essay argues that many activities such as dancing and cards are intrinsically harmless yet become sinful through their associations. It contends that modern usage corrupts these acts, making them badges of evil, and urges separation from worldly pleasures to preserve moral purity.
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Fahnestock
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Max
Blanche
Laura
Fanny Oliphant
Oliphants
D Vonport
Sydenham
Crystal Palace
Tapis
Mra Devoneport
Wind
Devonport
House of
Devonport & Co
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Actus
Hell
God
Thod
Zion
Carda
Seymour
Grant
Christ
Satan
Advice From an Old Inhabitant
Pasted moral guidance urges supporting local traders, paying debts, avoiding quarrels, and guiding youth. It highlights cleanliness, avoiding scandal, generosity, caring for the sick and widowed, and keeping children from mischief while nurturing a healthy religion and community.
Man Eater in the Argentine Travesia Described by Don Juan Quiroga
Colonel Sarmiento recounts a perilous desert encounter from Life in the Argentine Republic. A gaucho fleeing justice faces a man-eating tiger along the Travesia between San Luis and San Juan. The tiger closes in as the rider climbs a tree, while companions pursue with lassos and once the beast is ensnared the rider survives.
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Pasturing New Seeded Fields During Harsh Seasons
In dry seasons with new seedings clover and grasses are vulnerable to overgrazing. Feeding off the young growth reduces root development and weakens winter and spring vigor. Moderate pasturing may occur when seedings are well established, but excessive feeding harms future crops and wastes money.
How to Build a Ground-Cooled Fence and Cold Storage
Instructions describe building a double rail pen from slender poles eight feet long, with eight inch gaps, a two and a half foot door. Fill the interior with cabbages roots buried in soil, layer poles and cabbages to height, top with corn stalks for insulation, trench outside to keep floor dry, and store potatoes and turnips inside for winter freshness.
Eternal life and time beyond death contrasted
A meditation on time as measured in life versus eternity. The text discusses how seconds and years fail to define the afterlife, describing eternity as an unbounded realm without beginning or end and human destiny tied to the soul beyond physical death.
The Strawberry Taste Test from a Lazy School Boy
An old humorous rant extols strawberries and other fruit with playful metaphors. The speaker recalls stealing berries as a boy and mocks readers who expect sugar, sugar, and indulgence while praising fresh fruit and the joy of shared treats.
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Jupiter
Mount Ida
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Enybody
Jash Billings
Prospectus for a religious paper on gifts and scarcities
A mocked prospectus announces a religious paper funded by a gift plan. It promises odd rewards from boots blacking and spectacles to a New Jersey farm for large subscriber numbers, with clergy as agents receiving brass knuckles and an acre of court plaster.
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Congress
New Jersey
Sociability and the joy of gentle greetings
A diary note by Hawthorne records a day of deliberate silence. The contrast favors sociability, urging cheerful greetings to others as a source of happiness for both giver and recipient and portraying reserved behavior as selfish and bleak.
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Hawthorne
Winter Poultry Feeding Tips From Farmers Advice
A farmer’s guide emphasizes boosting winter egg yields by varied feeding. Include chopped meat, fish scraps, cheese rinds, and vegetables with boiled cabbage potatoes and carrots. Avoid wasteful hog feeding and provide cooked foods to aid digestion in confinement. Regular bone or meat scraps support shell quality and a rough diet helps hens’ teeth-like grinding.
Garden care and storage tips for harvest and winter
An Observer note urges farmers and home gardeners to value their plots, stressing careful gathering and storage of vegetables. It cautions against delaying harvests, recommends pruning and weed removal, and advises preparing the garden for spring work to ensure continued productivity and comfort.
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Atselt
A Secret of Youth Revealed by Sunny Temperament
The piece argues that perpetual youth among women stems from a sunny temper and benevolence rather than beauty or fashion. It notes such women stay busy, avoid idleness, and reveal a cheerful, charitable outlook that preserves a youthful appearance. It laments that this insight is not purchasable and remains rare.
Postmaster General Awards Stamp Contract to National Bank Note Company
The contract to print stamps for four years goes to the National Bank Note Company of New York. New designs include a post boy on horseback for two cents, a steam locomotive for three cents, Washington for five, the Declaration of Independence for ten, an ocean steamship for twelve, and Burgoyne surrender for thirty cents. Over a million stamps are issued daily, underscoring the deal’s significance.
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National Beak Note Company of
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Washington
Burgoyne
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