Garden of Christ the Church sermon echoes in praise
A preacher likens the Church to a vast garden planted by Christ. The garden bears choicest flowers and fruits, from martyrs and saints to social good like asylums and hospitals, inviting all souls to enter. The message urges choosing Christ today before the desert of sin swallows opportunity.
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Montgomery
Milton
Dante
Wordsworth
Pollock
Cowper
Spencer
Nahor
Heshbon
Job
Imag Orion
Arcturus
Charle
Henry IV
Montpelier
Shenstone
Christ
Walter Scott
Abbotsford
Tor
Jesus
Giiss
Theodore Hook
Christ's Garden
Heaven
Jerusalem
Bartimeus
Galilee
Church of Christ
Fontainbleau
Champs Elysees
Doom of the Drunkard sermon warns of alcohol’s ruin
The religious tract argues alcohol is a devilish substitute for the Holy Spirit, linking drinking to poverty, crime, and spiritual doom. It laments drunkards’ loss of will, claims few seek help, and offers hope only to a few with willpower to resist temptation.
End of Life Reflection on Faith and Readiness
A moral reflection quotes a Bible passage about near death readiness and the crown of righteousness awaiting the faithful. The speaker invokes perseverance, finishing the course, and keeping the faith as guiding principles at life’s end.
Belligerent Laureate Loses Support for Peace Petition
Alfred Austin refused to sign the British authors peace petition between the United States and Great Britain. The lack of book rights in the United States may have helped him secure the laureateship, the Boston Journal notes.
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Alfred Austin
United States
Great Britain
Boston
Jaurzal
Religious Demographics in Germany Reported
Latest statistics show 31,060,000 Protestants and 18,000,000 Catholics in Germany, reflecting a substantial Protestant majority alongside a large Catholic population. The figures underline Germany's historical confessional distribution and regional variance in church affiliation.
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Germany
Gowns With Big Sleeves Dominate Summer Styles
In Woman's Corner a Chicago Daily News item details fashion hints for summer gowns with large sleeves and varied cuffs. It covers sleeve shapes from puffed lace cuffs to godet-backed designs, plus child and nursery fashion notes and a brown linen gown with openwork embroidery.
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Chicago Daily News
Pique Jackets for Children in the Dresden Silk Craze
Mothers and older sisters wear jackets and the trend extends to children. The style favors coats with fuller cuts and Mother Hubbard designs for the tiniest tots, while Dresden silk dominates the latest models.
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Mother Hubbard
Dresden
The Spanish Campaign and Napoleon’s Edicts
The article critiques Napoleon’s December 4 reforms in Spain as insufficient without full military conquest and stable administration. It notes Madrid’s cold reception to the French hero, the abolition of feudal privileges and the Inquisition, and the continued Spanish resistance despite defeats. It compares Spain’s fragmented structure unfavorably to Prussia’s centralization at Jena.
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Spain
Madrid
Napoleon
Chamartin
Prussia
Jena
Revers fashion note on maiden’s velvet costume
A brief description from a 19th century fashion column notes a girl’s reen attire with brown velvet yoke and dull blue cloth. A simulated double velvet loop forms a rever over the sleeve, secured by large buttons, with buckles on the sleeves and a velvet ribbon trim above the stock collar.
Budding Belles in Gray Green Organdie Fashion
A fragment describes a gray green organdie gown with tiny rosebuds and large puff sleeves. It mentions a student outfit for a comedian and hints at a prize or building pattern, with notes on how the dress might be made and worn.
Pique Jackets Adorn Warm Weather Fashions
The article describes jackets to match pique gowns in warm weather, noting pale green gowns with plain waists and gathered skirts. It highlights double breasted fronts, white embroidery on revers and cuffs, leg of mutton sleeves, and long coats, with bright scarlet coats and white pique embellishments as decorative details.
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Norfolk
Kitchen Remedies and Stuffed Beefsteak Preparation
The article prescribes a sulfur and molasses tonic for purifying the blood and toning a child’s system, administered for three mornings in a row then skipped for three. It also outlines a stuffed beefsteak recipe using stale bread crumbs butter onions salt pepper nutmeg and a bit of water for braising.
Grandma's Wedding Gown Returns for a Ball
Poetic vignette in Lewiston Journal describes an elderly woman in a once white wedding gown now aged to yellow. The gown recalls a youthful bride and a life free from trouble as she prepares to dance tonight with her grandchild at a village ball.
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Grandma
Lewiston Journal
Individual taste in currency and brewery deals noted
Plod ding Pete and Meandering Mike discuss preferences for silver money or gold and even wheat deposits for currency. They suggest avoiding negotiations with breweries at all bars nationwide as a way to save time.
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Pete
Mike
Washington Star
Gold for the Housewife Tips and Household Cures
A column offers home remedies from wart treatment with castor oil to preserving steel in drawers with camphor gum. Parsley with onions avoids onion breath, and methods for candle burning, sprains, coughs, wood staining, and removing ink stains are described with simple steps.
NYC Property Assessed valuation tops 1 616 057 35
The New York City assessed valuation stands at 1 616 057 35 according to latest municipal figures. This figure reflects the total taxable property value across all boroughs and includes residential, commercial, and industrial properties.
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New York City
Myrrh Tincture Uses and Household Remedies
A fragment notes medicine uses for tincture of myrrh in water for mouth and throat when not sweet. It mentions restoring gray or fade by rubbing the scalp with flour and other vague remedies, and warns soaps and dust ruin the skin.
Queer Names and Local Notices From Paducah Court to Ford Kentucky
A fragmented notice mentions poet Viena Brcanbrack and charges against Chink Dollars in Paducah police court. It notes a Missouri post office status, a faith healer Endoff, and Myrtle Quisenberry’s marriage in Ford Kentucky at age thirteen to Jimmy Junkin. Wake is another name referenced.
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Viena Brcanbrack
Paducah
Missouri
Myrtle Quisenberry
Ford
Jimmy Junkin
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