The Common House Fly Whence He Comes and Whither He Goes
The article explains the house fly Musca domestica origin and life cycle from egg to adult in about ten days. It notes the female lays around 120 gray eggs in fresh manure, larval growth with skin changes, pupation, and emergence aided by a swelling bladder. It describes behavior, hibernation indoors, and the fly as a disease carrier, urging readers to seek the best fly terminator.
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Boston
A. S. Packard
California University Chalked C Painted Crimson by Rivals
Getting Even details a student revolt at California University as a massive concrete white C on a hillside is painted crimson by Stanford rivals during the night. The piece notes U S cold storage of fruit reached 3,000,000 barrels last year.
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California University
Stanford
United States
Roads and Progressiveness in Rural America
Former Governor Bachelder of New Hampshire argues at the Ohio State Board of Agriculture meeting for national highway aid to support rural development. He urges progressive agriculture, noting high profits from niche crops and greenhouse farming, and stresses farmers as the leading champions of modern road improvements and local markets.
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Ohio State Board of Agriculture
Bachelder
New
Upshire
National Grange
Road Laws and Road Tax Push in Pennsylvania Grange
A Pennsylvania State Grange report urges equal rights to public roads and broad participation in funding. It advocates a one mill tax on personal and corporate property, including manufacturers, to raise at least $2.5 million yearly for permanent road improvements distributed by township road mileage. The group criticizes the 1903 road law as failing in most counties, supports the Bridge Act of 1895, and seeks national aid.
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Pennsylvania
The Strength of Our Fathers in City Life vs Country Life
Dr. John C. Kilgo in the South Atlantic Quarterly argues that the first quarter of the nineteenth century produced a sturdier generation than today. He laments modern childhood as artificial and describes nature's tests forging real men through field life, hard work, and natural discipline.
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John C. Kilgo
Trinity College
South Atlantic Quarterly
Dr. Kilgo
Words of Wisdom and Moral Phrases Across History
A collection of aphorisms and reflections on friendship, moral conduct, revivalism, leadership, and personal action. Figures quoted include Emerson and Huxley, urging humble effort, tolerance for truth, and individual virtue. The compilation blends advice on perseverance, modest public action, and resisting petty controversies.
Shutting Off Argument in a Fireside Quarrel
A neighborly spat unfolds between Mrs McSquillop and George as they spar over who shovels snow. George brags he does the work and threatens self-harm if not credited, while Mrs McSquillop accuses him of laziness. The scene ends with a domestic note on supper.
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George
Cynthy
Chicago Tribune
A Submariner Widow Wins Pension Stand
A French naval lieutenant’s widow has secured a pension after the Council of State ruled his death from rheumatism of the heart, due to prolonged submarine service, was compensable. The Ministry of Marine had refused the pension earlier, but the decision sets a notable precedent amid concerns over submarine duty.
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Ministry of Marine
Council of State
London Telegraph
A Candid Explanation From A Household Kitchen
The young mistress visits the kitchen to scold the cook for late hours and noisy visitors. Mary replies cheerfully that laughter from a visiting friend was loud because she was recounting how the mistress tried to bake a cake the previous morning.
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Mary
Birmingham
The Gospel of Luke as Beautiful Portrait of Jesus
Dean Sanders at South Congregational Church argues Luke the gospel is the most beautiful book, a carefully structured narrative by a cultured Greek observer. He highlights Luke’s historical sense, orderly development from infancy to resurrection, and the charity and womanhood central to the text, urging reverent reading to make the Bible central in life.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
A. J. Lyman
South Congregational Church
K. Sanders
D. D
Divinity School
Yale University
Renan
Jesus
Luke
Mary of Nazareth
Pyrnot
Lord
Peter
Apostles
Matthew
Mark
John the Baptist
Galilee
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Nazareth
Mary
Martha
Zachers
Emmaus
Lord Christ
Revival of Pulpit Power Through Spirit Led Sermons
The pulpit grows vital again as sermons shift from polished literary pieces to Spirit empowered preaching. Dr Gunsaulus and Dr Hillis are cited as examples of this change, stressing gospel focus over topical or ornate discourse. The preacher must feed souls with true bread and living water rather than ornament or artificial words.
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Gunsaulus
Plymouth Church
Chicago
Virtue Defined as Action Beyond Goodness and Self
A concise reflection on virtue arguing it is not merely abstaining from evil but actively doing good for others and for God. It contrasts passive goodness with virtuous effort, equating virtue with valor, championing a fight when needed, and urging action beyond self. Citing R. R. Bowker, it warns that ignorance and vice harm, but education and honesty must act.
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R. R. Bowker
Disloyalty to God and Country by Josiah Strong
A reformist sermon defining disloyalty as peace with sin in personal life and society. Strong argues that Christians and citizens must reject evil habits and indifference that hinder Christlike character and the full coming of God's Kingdom on earth. He links personal virtue with social duty.
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Christ
Earth
Josiah Strong
Open the Doors to God's Light and Truth
A moral reflection urges releasing inner doors to embrace divine guidance. The speaker emphasizes that turning to God dissolves miseries and clarifies the heart, likening perplexities to melting snow under spring sunlight.
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George Macdonald
Christ Walks on Our Feet and Hands Quote
A reflective exhortation by Josiah Strong underscores living faith in action. It urges believers to perform Christlike ministry directly through feet and hands, stressing that inactive members cannot claim vital union with Him.
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Christ
Josiah Strong
A Wonderful Light Amid Faith and Reason
A fragment urges choosing between seeming darkness of faith and the path of reason, warning of a wonderful lie spread by political or religious authorities. The terse line hints at conflict between belief and rational thought and the control of powerful leaders.
Oldest Man In Germany Celebrates 111th Birthday
Kaspar Griesser of Lorsch in Hesse is said to be Germany’s oldest man, turning 111 and marking the 111th christening anniversary dated Feb 2 1793. He has never left his native Lorsch for more than a day, and still works the plow.
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Germany
Kaspar Griesser
Lorsch
Hesse
Finley Recalls Boston Bar Conversation About Spencerian Pen
President Finley of City College shared an overheard exchange from a Boston street bar. A child says Spencerian pen was named after Spencer for his writing renown, prompting his mother to question the claim and hinting at a famed writer.
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Finley
City College
Boston
Herbert Spencer
New York Times
Itching Scalp Humor Readily Cured by Cuticura
Ada C. Sarith of Jersey City reports suffering from an itchy scalp with pimples and constant scratching. She says after using Cuticura Soap hot water wash, Cuticura Ointment, and one box of the ointment with one cake of soap her scalp cleared, hair grew well, and she remains a long-time user.
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Ada C. Sarith
Grand St
Jersey City, N. J
Emperor’s simple tastes and a herbal remedy note
An Austrian Emperor is described as of simple tastes, while a local note extols a wild huckleberry cordial as an active stomach and bowel remedy. It promotes Dr Biggers Huckleberry Cordial for dysentery and diarrhoea, sold by druggists in 25 and 50 cent bottles.
Socks as good as money in backwoods poker games
Ole Oleson, a lumberjack, entered town with 750 gloves and mittens, 1 175 socks, and 83 pounds of tobacco, offering them for sale at a quarter value. He claimed to have won the items in lumber woods poker games where merchandise served as pay, and was released after police inquiry.
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Ole Oleson
Oleson
Mittens
Ashland
Wis
Minneapolis Tribune
Great Change From Change in Food
A Buffalo housewife reports relief from a nervous stomach and improved mind after switching to Grape-Nuts. The ad claims the brain depends on the stomach and credits the cereal with easing a long illness, boosting weight, reducing stomach burning, and restoring energy.
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Buffalo
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Tere
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