A Great Woman of Shunem Inspires Hospitality and Faith
A Talmage sermon on a Shunem woman portrays her as great in hospitality toward Elisha, kindness to the prophet, steadfast endurance in sorrow, and faithful dedication to domestic duties. The speaker extols Christian hospitality as central to church life and warns against exploiting hosts or neglecting home duties.
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Tarr
Elisha
Shunem
Sahara
Amazon
Danube
Mississippi
Etna
Cotopaxi
Vesuvius
Titan
Christ
Satan
Talmage
Jordan of Death
Kossuth
Palmer
Bierstadt
Yosemite
India
Nile
Tigris
la Plata
Tartary
Persian
Alhambra
Ganges
Somerville
N. J
Kingdom of God
China
New York Harbor
Raritan
Mother and the exalted role of Christian womanhood
A reflective discourse extols Christian virtue, contrasts pagan and Mohammedan oppression of women with Christian uplift, and honors a mother whose piety shaped a family. The speaker recalls a Somerset NJ vigil and funeral, praising reverent motherhood, kindness, and the enduring influence of maternal faith.
The Load We Carry And The Prayer That Helps
A writer reflects on burdens both physical and emotional and recalls a market scene where aid lightens a heavy basket. The text notes some weights cannot be lifted by hands alone and suggests prayer as a way to ease the heart’s bitterness.
Old Story as Hope in Trials, Gladstone Quotation
Gladstone cites the old, old story as the remedy for human sorrows and the sustaining power in life. He points to a well known hymn and ancient teaching in an old book as mankind’s greatest gift.
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Wm. E. Gladstone
When Man Bows Before God Publican Attitude Urges Humility
A religious reflection asserts that bowing before God makes self depreciation a duty. It says acknowledging our bare-naked nothingness before God is proper, and that the publican’s posture represents the best example for us to follow.
Paul in Malta Voyage Shipwreck Lesson for Sunday School
A Sunday School lesson on Acts 27 28 discusses Paul shipwreck voyage to Rome. It notes Nero Agrippa II Festus and Casarea origins while detailing the storm wreck and divine message of safe passage for all, with reflections on providence and faith under trial.
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Paul
Peioubet
St. Paul's Bay
Malta
Punt
Rome
Nero
Herod Agrippa II
Trachonitis
Galilee
Festus
Judea
Casarea
Cesar
Lewin
Cxsarea
Sidon
Cyprus
Asia Minor
Myra
Lycia
Cnidus
Crete
Fairhavens
Phenice
Mediterranean
Conybeare
James Smith
Clauda
World’s Fair exhibits fire alarm whistle and big shell display
At the World’s Fair the Mocking Bird steam whistle atop Machinery hall serves as a fire alarm. A 1,100 pound American shell supports the 12 inch gun in the War department exhibit. Idaho’s state building is a log cabin Swiss cottage. Tue Silake schooner steamer joins government displays, and the Blal anchors in water 12,000 feet deep with a unique arrangement.
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War Department
Idaho
Blal
World’s Fair Glimpses Show Birds and Bets and Cookery
An ostrich farm with thirty birds features at the world’s fair. A Dallas man offers to marry, inviting the bride on a bridal trip to the fair. Mrs Rover teaches cooking daily, expanding visitors’ ideas of table use. William Herschent displays the first photo of a human countenance, taken in 1840. Astronomers claim 500000000 suns exist.
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Rover
William Herschent
Chicago
Prof
Draper
New York University
Wrinkled Prairie Road Reported At Fair Exhibit
A World’s Fair display from the National League for Good Roads shows a degraded county road near Chicago. A former Civil War soldier rider notes the road’s warped surface, washboard ridge, and deep ruts as farmers’ plowing worsened the condition. He jokes that township supervisors would be as effective as burning bridges in retreat.
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National League For Good Roads
Chicago
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
National League for Good Roads Exhibit at Jackson park
A display at Jackson park shows a quagmire road versus a good road to persuade farmers to fund better country thoroughfares. The National League for Good Roads promotes a national highway commission, with leaders like Senator Manderson and Gen. Roy Stone. Three road styles from 33 to 50 feet wide cost from $5,000 to $8,000 per mile, with the third recommended for soft clay. Exhibits include a farm wagon stuck in mud and a ditchy wet-land road to illustrate conditions and benefits.
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Jackson Park
National League For Good Roads
League
Chicago
Senate
Senator Manderson
Gen
Roy Stone
New York
P. D. Armour
8. W. Allerton
Clem Studebaker
Indiana
Chauncey B. Ripley
New Jersey
A. J. Cassatt
Pennsylvania
W. Seward Webb
Little Square
Tellford
Lost Art of Hand Sewing Highlighted by Consumer
A St Louis Republic reader laments the decline of fine hand sewing. She recalls struggles with seamstresses over delicate finishing like ruffles and urges sewing classes in schools to prepare both girls and boys for home duties and responsibilities.
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St. Louis Republic
Poultry And Potato Beetle: Live Beetles Harm Birds
Farm and Fireside notes birds eat soft young potato beetles and even adults, but if swallowed alive the beetle dies in the crop and usually kills the bird. Many insects remain untouched by fowls because hens lack teeth to masticate them and swallow them alive unless struck during swallowing.
Road conditions cited as drain on nation by Cornell president
President Mosher of Cornell University urges Congress at the World’s Columbian Exposition to invest in road improvements. He argues the present state of roads costs the country and farmers more each year than the interest on any necessary sum to restore them, noting the nation lags behind other civilizations in internal communications.
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Mosher
Cornell Univ
N. Y
Congress
Electrician Uses Fence Plate To Silence Noisy Cats
A Brooklyn electrician tames nightly yard cat concerts by placing a thin steel plate on the fence and wiring it to a kitchen motor. After three nights the musicians grow accustomed, but a dramatic operatic finale ends with the tenor jolted off the fence in a discordant squawk and tumble down the street.
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Brooklyn
Assoluta
Robusto
Chicago
N. Y. Advertiser
Restoring leather and stained fabrics a quick guide
The Chicago Mail suggests reviving dull American leather with warm water soft cloth oil and vinegar for stain removal. For ink or rust on linen or cotton mix two parts cream of tartar with one part oxalic acid, apply dry to dampened stains and wash the area after treatment.
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Chiago Mail
Pinching Back Pole Limas For Bigger Beans
American Farmer notes pinching back pole lima beans at five feet promotes larger beans without reducing overall crop. Any pods beyond that height are doomed to frost damage if the season ends early, so diverting energy to extra pods yields no harvest.
Italian opera season postponed to March 1894
A fragmented note reports the Italian opera season is delayed to March 1894. The text mentions stage spectacle, health evocation, and advertising for Glenn's Sulphur Soap used with Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye priced at 50 cents.
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America
Glenn
Hill
German Syrup Claims Superior Consumption Cure
Boschee's German Syrup is praised as more successful than any other remedy for consumption. It is said to work in every climate from the bleak North to the hot South and across all regions. The promotion claims it has been used in every stage of consumption by millions and across assorted nationalities.
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Cyrus Edson
Health
New York City
Boschee
New England
Middle States
Ors
California Fig Syrup Co
Geysers Leap High At National Park
A brief note from the Courier explains geysers at the national park erupt due to being composed of spring water, describing their action and implying natural springs drive the bursts.
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National Park
Lowel! Courier
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