The Bandit Bard of early America Joseph Hare
The article profiles Joseph Thompson Hare born 1780 in Chester County Pennsylvania as a famed highwayman. It recounts his daring robberies in the South and West, repeated remorseful poetry, and attempts to reform. His exploits include ambushing travelers stealing from the wealthy and aiding the needy, with a dramatic life ending in execution in September 1818.
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Joseph Thompson Hare
Joseph
Turpin
Shepherd
Chester County
Pennsylvania
Robin Hood
Hare
New Orleans
Nature
Baltimore
Hig
Vision of Isaiah and the cleansing fire
The article outlines the Isaiah vision with the Lord on a throne, seraphim praising holiness, and Isaiah’s response of personal uncleanliness. It explains cleansing by a coal from the altar, then Isaiah’s commissioning to deliver God’s message. It emphasizes preparation, steadfast service, and enduring witness until widespread desolation ends.
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Isaiah
Jehovah
Tsalah
Tsaiah
God
Rev
Oliver
The Master Will Finish the Work of the Soul
A thoughtful parable recalls a master artist gently correcting a weary pupil’s faults and completing the painting. The message urges perseverance in holiness, trusting that when discouraged, the Master will refine and complete the soul’s likeness to His image, yielding satisfaction at awakening.
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lkeness—Rey, J. R, Miller
D.D
Glorious Hope and Resurrection Kin Voice
Fragmentary prose notes reflect on death and rebirth with a religious tone. The text contemplates ashes living again in human form and warns that losing manhood comes from a failed vigilance rather than lack of fate, though the origin and context remain unclear.
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Mitchell, D. D
Drinks for Summer Dats and Homemade Grape Juice
Techniques and recipes for cooling summer drinks using grape juice. Readily prepared beverages include grape juice with lime, grape juice and lemonade, ginger ale tea punch, iced coffee with cream, milk shakes, and fruit syrups. Provides steps for making fruit syrups from berries.
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Cafe
Tempting Dishes from Simple Kitchen Staples
A guide to quick, thrifty uses of spinach boiled with an egg, reheat briefly in the oven, and ladle into tomato soup. It suggests adding canned corn or fresh corn to bottom of plates, browning and stewing beef chunks with noodles, and incorporating finely cut bananas or grated corn into hot cake batter for novel flavors.
Brown Stew From Fresh Beef Neck and Shoulder
Prepare two and a half pounds of neck and shoulder beef cut small. Trim fat, wash, and simmer in two quarts hot water. Add two sliced onions, two diced carrots, three medium potatoes. Cook about three and a half hours until thick and dark brown. Add onions carrots and salt and pepper when starting. add potatoes half an hour before done.
Calves Liver and Bacon Sauté Recipe Steps
A kitchen method describes cooking eight slices of bacon until crisp, reserving the fat. Add eight thin slices of liver dusted with flour and cook five minutes, turning. Return the bacon, add a tablespoon of butter, salt, and pepper, finish and serve.
Tomato Cheese Toast Casserole Recipe
Prepare slices of hot toast and mix grated cheese with tomato juice salt and a pinch of cayenne. Stir in bread crumbs, melt butter, add the mixture and cook until creamy. Pour over the toast and serve.
Cleaning Window Shades With Lukewarm Water
To clean window shades dampen a sponge with lukewarm water and squeeze out excess. Wipe over the shade slowly and evenly. Repeat if needed then wipe with a dry cloth. Avoid rubbing hard to prevent paint from coming off.
To Keep Tablecloths Smooth When Drying
Instructions advise rolling tablecloths instead of folding after washing. Roll lengthwise on tubes of cardboard to create smoother cloth with fewer creases, a desired result for neat table settings.
Toast Turns Green Veggies Into Frugal Meal
The article notes serving green vegetables on toast as an economical, palatable method. It makes the vegetables go further and increases the total food value of the dish, offering another good use for stale bread.
Uncle Sam Drummers Lead Commerce Drive in Silk Hats
Ten U S commercial attaches stationed in London Paris Berlin Madrid Lima Peking Santiago Rio de Janeiro Melbourne and Buenos Aires act as drum‑diplomats for the United States. They secure access to markets and influence pricing by working inside foreign capitals, notably resolving Spain’s transportation tax on Welsh coal by bargaining for American coal terms.
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Uncle Sam
Sam
Department of Commerce
United States
State Department
London
Paris
Berlin
Petrograd
Lima
Peking
Santiago
Rio de Janeiro
Melbourne
Buenos Aires
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Consular Service
Consis
U.S. A
Redfield
Edward B. Pratt
O, W. A. Weditz
Alfonso
Spain
Weditz
France
Wenitz
Madrid
America
Record Coal Output Reaches New Half‑Year Peak
Uncle Sam reports that US bituminous coal output for January to June 1916 hit a record 261 million tons, up 35 percent from 1915. Exports to Canada rose sharply, Great Lakes canal shipments surged 80 percent, and coal used in cooking and railroad/industrial demand driven the surge. Projection suggests 1916 may top 500 million tons, setting a new annual record.
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Uncle Sam
United States
E. Lesher
Geological Survey
Atlantic Seaboard
Canada
Soo Canal
Great Lakes
Iron and Steel
Arkansas Coal Output and Railroad Retrenchments Decline
The United States Geological Survey notes coal production in Arkansas fell due to railroad retrenchments and competition. In 1915 output reached 1,659 short tons valued at $2,050,450, with 1,636,020 tons valued at $3,158,188 reported for 1914, reflecting a dip in locomotive fuel supplies and market demand.
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Arkansas
United States Geological Survey
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