The Garden of Christ Church A Garden Sermon
A preacher portrays the church as a vast garden planted by Christ with flowers representing faithful believers. He contrasts saints like Giants of Battle with snowdrops and thorny corsages, and extols the cross as the century bloom. The sermon invites repentance, warns of missed salvation, and urges acceptance of Christ today.
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Sam Koge
Jersey City Stevens
Christ
Bethlehem
Lord
Timely hints on gowns with big sleeves and summer dresses
In the Woman’s Corner a fashion note reviews sleeve varieties from long puffed cuffs to lace frills and godets, notes on cuffs suited to different gowns, and tips for children’s summer dresses with rosettes and chiffon details. The piece reflects wartime mood and style trends sourced from The Latest in the Chicago Daily News.
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Britain
France
Norfolk
Chicago Daily News
Pique Jackets for Children Shine in Family Wardrobe
Mothers and sisters wear jackets. children follow with similar styles. The trend favors jackets and Doris-like coats over boxy outfits, with Dresden silk becoming popular for the tiniest tots. Coats remain fuller than earlier designs, reflecting the season's dressmaker fashions.
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Mother Hubbard
Dresden
The Spanish Campaign and its Disastrous End
The article analyzes Napoleon as reformer-statesman issuing edicts in Madrid on December 4 abolishing feudal privileges and the Inquisition while reducing convents. It argues a full military conquest and strong administration were needed but lacking, with Spanish resistance persisting and irregular forces forming behind French lines.
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Spain
Madrid
Napoleon
Chamartin
Prussia
Jena
Doom of the Drunkard sermon on alcohol as a spiritual peril
The piece argues alcohol as a counterfeit of the Holy Spirit, linking drink to poverty, crime, and spiritual ruin. It asserts drunks cannot inherit God’s Kingdom and notes little hope for most, but offers gospel aid to a few with willpower to resist temptation.
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Theodore Hook
Shenstone
Christ's Garden
Christ
Jesus
Heaven
Jerusalem
Christ Jesus
End of Life Reflections of a Faithful Believer
A pious meditation on nearing death echoes scripture with phrases of readiness to be offered and a confident faith. The speaker declares having fought the good fight and finished the course, awaiting the crown of righteousness from the Lord the righteous Judge.
Belligerent Laureate Refuses Peace Petition
Alfred Austin would not sign the British authors peace petition between the United States and Great Britain. The move may reflect his lack of book rights in this country and could aid his securing the laureateship, per the Boston Journal.
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Alfred Austin
United States
Great Britain
Boston
Jaurzal
Germany Religion Statistics Report Population
The latest data shows 31 million Protestants and 18 million Catholics in Germany. The figures highlight the dominant Protestant population and sizable Catholic community.
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Germany
Revered velvet fashions in a stylish mid century costume
A description of a brown velvet yoke over a dull blue cloth, a simulated double loop rever over the shoulder fastened with large buttons, buckles on the sleeves and a narrow velvet ribbon above the stock collar. The model contrasts with an era trend where a girl avoids adornment.
Vintage party dress described in fragment with rosebud motif
A gray green organdie fabric with tiny rosebuds and large puff sleeves is discussed as a stiff, formal gown. The text mentions a life or year ahead and a prize or fight, but details are unclear. Names and places do not emerge clearly.
Pique Jackets and Gowns Highlight Warm Weather Style
The article describes warm weather pique jackets paired with gowns in pale greens. It notes plain waistlines, gathered full skirts, double breasted fronts, white embroidery on revers and cuffs, and leg o mutton sleeves. Coats in pique appear as daywear and a scarlet coat features white pique trim and plaited fronts.
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Icx
Old Fashioned Remedies And Stuffed Beefsteak Recipe
The text notes a home remedy using sulphur and molasses for a child's blood cleansing regimen over three mornings with gaps afterward. It also describes a stuffed beefsteak preparation with stale bread crumbs butter onions salt pepper and nutmeg spread inside and cooked in water.
Grandma in Her Wedding Gown Reappears at Ball
Poetic tribute notes a grandmother stepping from a wall portrait to wear a faded wedding gown for a ballroom event. The verse recalls her youth, elegance, and enduring grace as she dances, with dated imagery and affectionate country sentiment.
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Grandma
Lewiston Journal
Individual Preference on Currency and Brewery Negotiations
The dialogue, attributed to Plod ding Pete and Meandering Mike, weighs currency opinions from silver to gold and mentions wheat deposits. The speakers discuss personal interests and a wish to end responsible brewery negotiations at all bars nationwide.
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Pete
Mike
Washington Star
Household remedies from a past era
Practical old fashioned tips cover wart removal with castor oil, tarnish prevention for steel, breath odor control with parsley, long burning candle with salt, wormwood poultice for sprains, lemon licorice cough mix, wood staining to ebony, and ink removal with chlorine lime treatment.
Property valuation in New York City stands at 1.61 percent
The assessed valuation of property in New York City is reported as 1.61 percent, with the total figure noted as 1 61,067,735 in the record.
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New York City
Some More Queer Names In A Paltry Verse Fragment
A fragment mentions poets and quirky names such as Viena Brcanbrack and Chink Dollars arraigned in Paducah Kentucky court. Myrtle Quisenberry is described near Ford Kentucky at thirteen. Jimmy Junkin appears as a Kansas name, with Wake as another.
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Viena Brcanbrack
Chink Dollars
Paducah
Missouri
Myrtle Quisenberry
Ford
Jimmy Junkin
Wake
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