Felix Trembles and Repents at Paul's Sermon in Palace
A preacher recounts Felix and Drusilla hearing Paul in Caesar’s palace, Felix trembling as Paul speaks of eternity, and Felix delaying conversion with the phrase Go thy way for this time when I have a convenient season. The sermon argues procrastination harmfully delays salvation, urging immediate repentance and rejecting worldly ambition.
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Felix
Cesarea
Gov. Felix
Mount Vesuvius
Drusilla
Prisoer
Paul
Tertullus
Corinth
Acropolis
Philippi
Thessalonica
Apostle
Azizus
Delilah
Samson
Salome
Herod
Paul Ck
Etchings and Echoes in a Sleepy 19th Century Note
A miscellany notes Krupp’s 20000 large calibers for Europe, stamps issued by France, and army costs totaling 46000000 last year. It recounts parish relief in Britain, a veteran railway agent in Elkton aged 80, and a skin wash from tincture of benvoin. A Cincinnati family reunites missing daughter after twenty years. A farmer unearths a seven-foot skeleton near Earles, Yates County, revealing an Indigenous cemetery. Royal portraits improve after a counterfeit sitter rids vanity.
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Krupp
Europe
War Department
United Kingdom
Benjamin Wells
United States
Elkton
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Mrs. Riley
Cincinnati
Rileys
Martin Larson
Earles
Yates County
N. Y
Larson
Austria
The Haunting of Todville and the Tiger Hunt
A Todville house feared for nightly spirit visits is solved by ten year old Fannie Long who sleeps in the haunted room and confronts a rocking chair haunting. Captain Lugard then pursues a Bengal tiger with his brother and natives, forcing a perilous cave extraction to finish the hunt.
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Todville
Wilson
Jennie
Fannie
Shuteyeville
FP. D. Lugard
Pleasant Remembrances of Bailey James Montgomery Bailey
The Danbury News recalls Bailey Montgomery Bailey born Albany 1841 who served in a Connecticut regiment and became a famed Danbury News humorist. His wit blends shrewd insight with quick flashes, telling stories of poverty, honesty, and domestic life that read like vivid mental photographs.
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Bailey
James Montgomery Bailey
Albany
N. Y
Connecticut
Danbury
Mr. Batley
Mr. Bailey
Ghostly cat frightens aunt in trembling moment
A startled moment unfolds as an opened sheet reveals a white cat, prompting Fannie to taunt the spectral visitor with fearless, playful defiance in a domestic scene.
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Fannie
Pickle Promise Sparks Kindness Between Ragged Girls
Two young girls, eight or nine, sit outside a wretched teasement house. One shares a large pickle with the other after a plea for a bite. Jenny initially refuses but then offers to buy a whole pickle for her friend, revealing a moment of shared generosity.
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Jenny
Inventor’s road scraper promises jobs and ease of work
The Indianapolis Journal notes a new invention by a genius who meets a long felt need. The device, a road scraper, does the work of five men in six minutes, promising employment for laborers and proving a profitable product for the public.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hogan
Grogan
Evolution of surgery with anaesthetics transforming operations
Introduction of anaesthetics marked a great era in surgery. Before chloroform and ether, surgeons rushed to operate to minimize patient pain. Now patients inhale anesthetic, fall asleep, and remain motionless while the surgeon works carefully and deliberately with safeguards for best results.
Proof Sparrow Counts Its Meal in Nesting Feats
A sparrow with four worm treats her four hungry fledglings in a nest under a veranda. She returns with four more worms after feeding, repeating the pattern for some time, an anecdote from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat illustrating animal counting.
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St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Transatlantic meaning questioned by child in Brookyn Life
A mother dismisses her daughter Heloise's questions about the term transatlantic and the prefix trans. The exchange playfully explores whether trans means cross, leading to a joke about a cross parent, all in a Brooklyn Life strip.
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Heloise
Atlantic
Brooklyn
Shingling the Roof Calculations for a Quick Roof Job
The article explains a simple method to estimate shingles needed and cost. It states that a thousand shingles with four inches exposed cover ten square feet, and five pounds of shingle nails fix them. A foot rule and five minutes’ work let anyone compute roof expense.
Dinner table confrontation over hired help refusal
Mr Simmins questions a confession at the table about telling the hired girl it was hard to endure her work. The reply is a terse yes and a remark that there was nothing keeping him at the place if he disliked it.
The Difficulty Dialogue on Dog Swap Joke
A short humorous exchange features a husband asking his wife if she would exchange him for a dog. The wife replies she would not, noting she could not find anyone willing to trade a dog for her. The quip ends with a playful Hallo.
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Sicarii
Charles Sumner
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Boston
Boston Common
Billingsgate
Senate Chamber
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Heaven
Italy
Vesuvius
Christ
Jesus
Lazarus
Lugard
Iagard
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