The Bower of Tree Branches Sermon by Talmage
Tar Hamptons July 14 sermon discusses Nehemiah VIII imagery of building booths with olive pine myrtle palm and thick-branch arbors to symbolize life in exile toward heaven. It urges peace with God and man through Christ, calls for active Christian usefulness, and ends with an invitation to enter the gospel booth.
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Ledyard
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Lot
Mr. Finney
Aristrocratic Night Out Ends in Secret Shame
A Boston Herald eyewitness recalls a late night encounter with a veiled aristocratic woman and a drunken man who later professes it to be the last time. The driver receives a $10 tip after transporting them to a well known club and back to Back Bay. The man vows to reform, though the narrator notes he has been seen many times since.
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Alice
Poe
Englynd
Europe
A Miserable Picnic Night In The Woods Poem
A cheerful woodland morning turns sour as rain soaks travelers. The speaker laments aches and misery from drenched clothes to stinging insects. The scene shifts to a grim night plan to trap a picnic device in a horn, underscoring comic misfortune.
The Hair-Breadth Escape at St Cyr Cadet
In 1870 Gaston de Langeais, a gifted cadet at St Cyr, fiercely resists a haircut mandated by strict lieutenant Bouchard. He dodges four days in the salle de police, fakes injuries, and gains sick-list time, then dupes the doctor and returns to parade with a plan to delay the cut. He finally seeks Grison’s mercy to avoid losing his coveted curls.
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Cavalry Hero Defies Fate With Cropped Hair
Gaston de Langeais rises from prisoner to sub lieutenant after bold actions in Metz and Sv. Privat. He earns the Legion of Honor, negotiates a dangerous disguise to join the Loire army, and later becomes captain and marries his cousin Louise, recalling his old enemy Bouchard.
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Ladonchamps
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Boulevard Des Italiens
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Princess of Wales dictates quiet fashion sense amid whispers
The Philadelphia Press notes the princess of Wales spends hours dressing daily and maintains a restrained style. Her gowns likely come from patterns or a maid, while headwear remains practical rather than extravagant. At Sandringham a hatter's shop room holds her bonnets, with hats costing around seven dollars fifty.
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No Reason Why He Should Come
A Kingston New York Freeman item recounts a lawyer traveling to Poughkeepsie to present a motion before Judge Barnard. The opposing counsel stopped for lunch, but the judge proceeded with the motion and later told the opposing lawyer he need not come, denying the motion.
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Missing Boy Provokes Anxious Parents In Chicago
Mrs Skimuphlint anxiously tells James and Sam that Johnny has been away since afternoon and fears he is lost. Mr Skimuphlint suggests he may have runaway, noting it has been three weeks since the boy’s vaccination and lamenting the cost of a dollar.
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Chicago Tribune
Short-Hand Then and Now in News Reporting
Prof Moran recalls swift shorthand, its speed, and tricks. He notes bright youths and even young girls learning the art, reporters writing in the dark, and lawyers and editors using shorthand while speaking. He cites fortune telling via marks and odd feats like left handed or two-person reporting.
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Make a cheap ice box as a family refrigerator
A frugal design uses an oblong tin lined box with a shelf for ice and a water outlet, stacked within a larger box with packing between to minimize air loss. Ice rests in a tilted tin pan, covered by a blanket, creating a cold area that keeps milk and perishables fresh even in storms.
The Dutch Rise From Frugality to Luxury Test
A French anecdote recalls a Dutch businessman who hosted guests with plain wooden ware and humble herring before revealing a luxury banquet. He warned that a republic’s wealth born of thrift ends in excess and may invite poverty. The tale illumes caution about prosperity unchecked.
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Pinkerton Detective Recalls Embezzler at The Play
A Pinkerton detective recalls tracking an embezzler to a theater where the man hissed the villain and applauded the hero and heroine. The suspect confessed after arrest, swearing he had stolen nothing and calling the detective a liar. The account notes criminals’ virtue when self interest is absent.
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Villian
New York Sun
Pennsylvania hospital doctor uses electrical chair on patient
Dr. Hersuis C. Woop of the University of Pennsylvania Hospital had a clergyman's brother, a patient believed to feign paralysis, placed in an electrical chair in front of students and activated the current. The paralyzed man yelled, sprang up, and fled to his room after weeks of complete limb paralysis.
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University of Pennsylvania Hospital
Apache County Seeks Doctors in Arizona Territory
The Tombstone Epitaph notes Apache county in Arizona, larger than Massachusetts with a population in the thousands, has no practicing physician. It suggests the rough conditions where deaths occur so swiftly that a doctor is often not summoned, presenting an opening for a medical practitioner.
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Apache County
Arizona
Massachusetts
Simple solar stove devised by Prof Morse shines heat outside
A simple solar heating stove by Prof E S Morse uses a corrugated iron base and glass top to trap sun rays warming the metal and circulating heated air at up to 90 F into rooms. The note discusses other items including an African conference at Brussels and ads for Dobbins Electric Soap and Allen's Long Balsam for lung diseases.
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E. 8. Morse
Caution At Elks Social Tells Pat Story
A Chicago Herald tale from an Elks social humorizes a minstrel Nathan Luke Schoolcraft story about an Irishman Pat who fears turning into a rat if he keeps drinking. His wife and a priest spar with fairy tale threats leading to a humorous twist.
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