The Talmage Sermon on Pilate and Cleansing Hands
A Talmage sermon explores Pilate washing his hands before the crowd as a symbol and contrasts outward rites with inner repentance. It argues that ceremonial washings are hollow without genuine change of heart and life, noting Pilate’s gesture cannot cleanse guilt. The piece links ritual purity to moral accountability.
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Jesus of Nazareth
Oferes
Ernor Pontlia ‘Pilate
Christ the
Rubens
Pilate
Pon‘Hu
Conscience the judge of Pilate and all mankind
An orator extols conscience as the Roman governor’s remorse and the universal inner judge. He cites Caesar, Macbeth, Cain, Belshazzar, and Pilate to show that guilt persists beyond washing hands, calling for true moral purification through repentance and conversion of heart, actions, and wealth.
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Pilate
Brutus
Caesar
Macbeth
Cain
Ahab
Felix
Belshazzar
God
Pontius Pilate
Paul
Lfe
David
Gospel Laver of Salvation Calls Souls to Wash in Christ
A sermon extols a glorious gospel laver through Jesus Christ. It likens baptism to a fountain offering immediate pardon for all sin, invites all nations to partake, and uses biblical imagery to urge spiritual sight and repentance. The speaker contrasts this with Pilate's cowardice and emphasizes divine mercy.
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Judah
Alps
Italy
Pyrenees
Spain
Ural
Russia
Heaven
Jesus Christ
Jerusalem
New Jerusalem
Pilate
Oppressive Realism and Social Fiction Critique
A historical critique argues that oppressive realistic fiction drains reader joy, citing 1854 England and Mrs. Austen’s Germany. It condemns sensational depictions of vice, politics, and social ills, urging art to elevate rather than dwell on grim human scenes. The essay notes the tension between talent and degraded uses of art across England, Russia, and America.
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England
Russia
America
There is room in the halls of pleasure for a large and lordly train
The poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox contrasts pleasure with pain and warns that social acclaim cannot ease death. It urges rejoicing and giving, yet notes isolation in sorrow and the inevitability of suffering as life narrows to pain.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The Contented Man and the Count's House
An Austrian nobleman builds a Vienna house inscribed to the first truly content person. A stranger arrives claiming contentment and begs possession, but the count rejects him, noting the act proves discontent. The house remains with the count.
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Vienna
Count Dorn
Mercury revealed as smaller world by Encke’s comet
The present visit of Encke's comet, analyzed by Blackland, shows Mercury is smaller than Earth. Encke's data indicate thirty Mercuries would equal Earth in mass, highlighting Mercury's relative diminutiveness.
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Encke
Blackland
Earth
Lunatics in Dixmont Stage Comical Play
A theatrical company performed for four hundred inmates at Dixmont asylum in Pennsylvania. A lunatic’s remark after a humorous scene was I wonder where these fools came from reflecting the crowd's reaction to the play.
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Dixmont
Three Ships and Lincoln Lessons for Youth
A children oriented verse piece about three ships as symbols of future ideals. It argues that the nation’s destiny rests on individual effort, urging youths to study Lincoln’s life as a model of truth and moral action for future leadership.
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Lincoln
Republic
Christ
A Boy Again Dines On Office Pail Treat
A corporate director, prowling in his office, finds the office boy’s dinner in the lunch pail. He shares a memory as he eats the bread doughnuts and apple pie, then gifts five dollars to the grateful boy. The memory lingers as the man reflects on the meal.
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Millonaire
Sonny
Learning Photography by Working as a Photographer’s Assistant
Archie should pursue hands on learning by becoming an assistant to a professional photographer. Practical, daily hours and hard work will teach the craft better than books or printed directions. Progress depends on dedication and time spent learning the actual techniques.
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Archie
That's Win's Tall
Little Cornelia teaches her sister Margaret printing letters by copying the word DOG Margaret writes the D O G and adds a crooked line to the G Cornelia questions the line and Margaret explains it as the tiger's tail in a playful exchange from the era.
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Cornelia
Margaret
This Boy Knew Hs Business.
A fragment notes the value of books in education and hints at a train boy who gains intellectual stimulus from his work. The text emphasizes learning through reading and professional experience, suggesting early exposure to knowledge shapes growth.
New Balzac Novel Sparks Time-Bound Confusion
A Munsey's Magazine reader recalls a street bookseller offering a "new novel by the new French author" Balzac. The passenger discovers Balzac is deceased, but the boy insists the book is new, quipping that Balzac's son wrote it. The anecdote highlights crowded literary markets and ongoing demand for fresh works.
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Balzac
Munsey
How to Get Rich Among the Rich Men of Chicago
An essay by Y. W. Peck urges young men to seek wealth through industry thrift persistence and disciplined life. It argues success hinges on persistent application and proper habits, noting opposition can help and citing Shakespeare that doubts betray.
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Chicago
Y. W. Peck
Shakespeare
September 9 1875 weekday and advice on a sharp letter
September 9 1875 fell on Thursday. The writer offers blunt guidance on a girl who penned a sharp letter after a young man broke his promises. She should leave him be, maintain pride, and move on. Human nature is complex, but reconciliation through prudent steps is possible.
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Mai
Funny Washington Baby Sparks Worldwide Attention
A Chinese infant born in Washington has delighted observers with a humorous appearance as a bald head displays only a tuft of hair. The child resembles a Chinaman in expression, amusing relatives and baffling diplomats with its calm, childlike gaze.
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Washington Star
Merchants Avoid Marking Items With Unlucky Numbers
It is true that certain merchants will not put the figure 13 on their goods. One man did so, and several customers refused the goods unless they were marked twelve cents, and one woman paid fourteen cents rather than the unlucky number.
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Kitty Hawk
Genesis Curse Verse About Eating Bread
The line appears in Genesis chapter 3 verse 19 as part of the curse on Adam after the Garden of Eden expelled him. It states In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread.
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Violet
Garden of Eden
Elephant Rajah moves freight cars at circus quarters
Frank Fisher trainer of Rajah the elephant at Lemon Brothers circus uses the beast to move thirty two box cars on the Santa Fe track by the winter quarters in Argentine. A workman had complained about getting a switch engine but Rajah was tried and began to move the line slowly down to the elevator with the brakes released.
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Rajah
Lemon Brothers
Argentine
Kansas City Star
Frank Fisher
Fisher
Santa Fe
Judge sentences burglar who claimed hypnotic amnesia
A burglar pleaded unconscious burglary under hypnotic direction. The judge granted full law and hypnotic mercy, offering ten years with option to become unconscious for the term, stating the same power should lessen the sufferings of imprisonment.
About Sixes and how sizes vary by garment
A historical note outlines garment sizing: coat or trousers add one inch, underwear two inches, socks one inch, collars half an inch, shoes one sixth inch, gloves a quarter inch, and hats one eighth inch. It frames how fit changes across items.
Notable smokers and a stout bodyguard in a compact profile
Inveterate smokers Anthony Trollope and G A Sala are chronic tobacco users for decades. Henry Sterley of the U S A stands six feet tall, weighs 236 pounds, and reflects a military background with bodyguard service for Emperor William and medals from a Constantinople drill.
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Anthony Trollope
G. A. Sala
Henry Sterley
Emperor William
Constantinople
Polish for wood shine with simple turpentine mix
The recipe advises mixing equal parts turpentine linseed oil and vinegar then rubbing in with flannel cloth and polishing with chamois skin to remove the dingy age from fine woods.
Not a Subject Easily Controlled in Tit Bits comedy
A light Tit Bits item describes a new boarder and a humorous dispute. The landlady confronts a professor of hypnotism trying to obtain his wife’s permission to go out, highlighting a playful domestic misunderstanding.
On the Right Track Lamp Chimneys Query
A dialogue snippet shows a salesman asking orders and a boy choosing lamp chimneys. The boy mentions his mother’s preference for a smokeless type, implying a domestic setting and a practical purchase.
Breach of Promise Debate Provokes Witty Exchange
A playful dialogue unfolds between Kitty and Tom on breach of promise. Kitty argues nice girls won’t sue, while Tom counters that one cannot judge niceness before a suit is filed. The exchange hints at social expectations and legal risk in relationships.
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Kitty
Tom
Eou
Moderate Demand in Ford Marriage Question
A dialogue about marital attitudes as Ford asks if his wife shows new woman tendencies. She replies she has new clothes but nothing more, insisting on their freshness.
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Ford
No-To-Bac Cure Promised in Truthful Book Ad
A Sterling Remedy Co advertisement proclaims No-To-Bac as a harmless tobacco habit cure that strengthens nerves and restores vigor. It claims no risk with a guaranteed cure or money back and offers the book free through druggists in New York or Chicago.
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Sterling Remedy Co
New York
Chicago
Train Dining Car Service Hooked to Chicago Routes
The Nickel Plate Road adds dining service on No. 6 leaving Chicago at 2 p m daily and No. 2 with breakfast and dinner at 9 20 p m daily, plus No. 5 with meals on arrival from New York and Boston. Full route and fare details available through agents. J Y Calahan, Chicago.
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Nickel Plate Road
Chicago
New York
Boston
J. Y. Calahan
Chicago, Ill
Buffalo
Chicago City
New York, Chicago & St. Lous
Wisdom in the Sunday School Lesson
In a Sunday School scene Danny answers a teacher’s question with a humorous line about painting the lily and gilded gold, saying it’s too much of a cool thing like a man with the mumps playing a clarinet. The exchange captures playful youth and light churchyard humor.
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Danny
Force of Habit and a Dublin Mule
An Irish boy quits a Dublin shoe shop for a hardware clerk job. A farmer arrives with a mule needing horseshoes, and the boy asks, What size do you wear, revealing the pull of habit shaping his instinctive response.
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Dublin
A Poisons Mist and Western Rail News
A garbled collage describes medical claims for a remedy by Slumwell, mentions global places and rail lines, and cites Wabash and Nickel Plate routes with travel promotions to Boston and Decatur. It notes population figures for Wyoming and New York, Hall's Catarrh Cure, and Parker's Ginger Tonic amid assorted advertisements and historical rail context.
That Tired Feeling And The Blood Purifier Claim
The piece warns that That Tired Feeling signals an impure blood condition and nervousness, urging Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier to restore vitality. It cites H R Squires of East Leverett Mass testifying improved appetite and energy after use.
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Hood
H.R. Squires
East Leverett
Mass
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