Drama of Life sermon fronts selfishness and indolence in life’s stage
A preacher frames life as a dramatic stage where selfishness, laziness, and worldly success falter. He warns of酒 alcohol’s ruin and moral decay, contrasts fallen lives with a faithful family tale, praising a devoted mother and steadfast father whose legacy is prayer and Christian virtue.
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Paul
Job
Earth
Heaven
Hell
Edgar
England
Sax
France
Nate
Havemeyers
Exeunt
Wall Street
Saul
Washington gossip on Senator West family in capital
Washington Letter details Senator George Graham West of Missouri and family including wife Sallie Snead West, children Alexander S., George P. Vest, and daughter, with notes on Mrs West’s Southern roots, home life, and views. Mentions Brice and Stevenson families, Corean legation, Cleveland residence, and upcoming marriage of Miss Julia Stevenson to Matt Hardin.
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West
Missouri
George
Miss Steven
Washington
Uless
Senator West
Capital
Wests
Sallie Snead
Danville
Albemarle County
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
University of the Old Dominion
Kentucky
Sallie
George Graham West
Centre College
Green
Adlai Stevenson
Booneville
G. P. B. Jackson
St. Louis
Alexander S
Virginia
Dixie
Senator George
Capitol Hill
Varnum Hotel
White Dome
Mrs. George
Elizabeth Young
Carrollton
Mississippi
Tennessee
Young George
Barkesdale
Grenada
Hemingway
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Kate Aldridge
Leavell
Houston
Texas
Lizzzie Henderson
Greenwood
Alf
Cathran
Pinkney
Joseph
Julia Stevenson
Matt Hardin
Hardin
City
The
Normandie
Wat P. Hardin
New York Avenue
Normandie Hotel
Miss Stevenson
Julia
George W Smalley Denied Century Club Membership
George W. Smalley, longtime London Times American correspondent, was refused membership by the Century Association in New York amid charges he favors English over American institutions. The move followed criticism of his pro British stance and perceived bias in his reporting during the French crisis and his past views on Gladstone.
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Century Club
Eorge W. Smalley
Century Association
New York
London Times
London
New York Tribune
Fis
Europe
Smalley
Senate
George W. Smalley
Gladstone
Mr. Smalley
England
Answering Questions and Phrenology in Teeth
J B asks if journals rule to answer every question and cites a phrenological link to teeth conditions. The answer states publications with a correspondence department answer important questions. phrenology relates to general health, not teeth. A tooth without a nerve is not perfect, though it may stay strong, and the link to mental state is unclear.
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J. B
Young Explorer William Astor Chanler Trips Across Continents
In San Francisco, William Astor Chanler, son of John Winthrop Chanler and a descendant of the Astor family, gains fame as a daring traveler. He traced Kilimanjaro, led African expeditions, faced setback from desertion and a wounded lieutenant, and authored Through Jungle and Desert after returning to New York in 1894. He notes renewed fever for African exploration unless unrest continues.
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San Francisco
William Astor Chanler
John Winthrop Chanler
New York
William B. Astor
Harvard
Arizona
New Mexico
United States
Chanler
Kilimanjara
Africa
Masalland
George Galwin
Mr. Chanler
New York City
William A. Chanler
Mr. Chanier
Curious Scraps Span Facts and Follies Across Regions
A collage of short notes cites geography distances from Jerusalem to Washington and New York to Denver, rulers and travel, fashion and law, birds and animals, and a joke about a prisoner. It touches on Paderewski, harmoniums, and the Guinea coin’s origin, plus quirks about cycling schools and bans on timber cutting near Jerusalem.
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Paderewski
Jerusalem
China
Italy
New York
Denver
London
Europe
Greenwood Garden
Peak’s Island
Paris
St. Petersburg
Vienna
Berlin
Guinea
Charles II
Notable Lectures and Donations Highlight Cultural Figures
Ex Governor George W Peck will lecture next season. Senator Butler promotes a southern history society. Alexander Dumas fils and the general to be honored with statues in Paris. Antonio de Navarro collects Mary Anderson photographs in Tunbridge Wells. Leopold Strouse funds Johns Hopkins rabbinical library books, starting with 300 volumes from Frankfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Peck
Wissconsin
Senator Butler
South Carolina
Alexander Dumas
Fils
Paris
de Navarro
Leopold Strouse
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Gems of Knowledge From a Distant Chronicle
A collection of factoids notes historic milestones and measurements. It lists weights speeds years and events such as the first Atlantic cable in 1868 the first steel pen in 1830 and kerosene use in 1926.
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Bunker Hill
Lexingston
Australia
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Astor House
Beaulieu
Secretary of the Treasury
Mrs. Carlisle
Marion
Buzzard’s Bay
George P. Vest
Mary Wheeler West
Explorer
Chase & West
Walnut
Des Moines
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Trepanier’s
Twenty-first St
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F. M. S Cares CO
Advt. Agta
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