Heroes of the sickroom and humble lives in sermon
Dr. Talmage extols the unseen roll of honor in sickness and domestic trial. He praises the patient who endures pain, the faithful who suffer unjustly, and the ordinary Christians who give to others. He cites John Brown and Claverhouse as contrasts, urging readers to find heroism in daily endurance and charity.
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Dr. Talm
England
Scotland
Tiimothy ii
Cromwells
Washingtons
Napoleons
Wellingtons
Archangel
Satan
Tob
God
Lauver
Ridley
Orpheis
Algo
George ‘Peabodys
James Lenoxes
Earth
West
New York
Lord Claverhouse
John Brown
Edinburgh
Atkins
Jesus Christ
Claverhouse
Mr. Atkins
Seothind
Richard Cameron
Isabel
John Bown
The New England Conscience in Winter Silence
Kipling quotes on New England conscience and the danger of thinking after snow. He notes how fear, reading, and hunger can stir visions and revelations in the big houses by the Connecticut River nicknamed The Retreat, and warns of hate born from small tensions.
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New England
Connecticut River
Rudyard Kipling
Harper’'s Magazine
The Word Slim in Dialect and Dutch Sources
Halliwell discusses slim as sly and crafty in various dialects and notes its Boers influence on Natal English. Dutch slim appears in Killanug Auctus (1642) with definitions like perversus and cauteleux, while Hexham’s Netherdutch and English Dictionary (1658) lists craftie and related phrases.
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Halliwell
Perversus
Dolosius
Fraudulentus
Wafer
Astutus
Pervers
Ruse
Madre
Cauteleux
Hexham
Dictionarie
Bailey
Diamond appraisal ends with failed sale in London shop
A man asks a jeweler to judge a unset diamond. The jeweler deems it not a fine stone, noting poor fire and possible flaw. The first buyer withdraws after realizing the stone was left on approval and seeks a refund, cancelling the deal.
Remarkable Testimony in Wilhelm Green Goods Trial at Wabash
In the Wilhelm Noah Wilhelm case charged with defrauding Amos Overman of 200, the defense waived further evidence after the State rested. Overman testified he funded the bogus money scheme and Wilhelm was to buy fake bills in New York and ship them to him. Crum, recently released from Michigan City prison, admitted arranging the plan and hinted at framing an innocent man, while Nora Kifer’s fate ties to Keith and a man named Clark amid a web of alleged deceit and tragedy.
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Noah Wilhelm
Amos Overman
Grant County
Marion
John W. Crum
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Wilhelm
New York
Express
Witness
Michigan City
Overman
Texas
Nora
Elderfield
Cout
Cassidy
Keith
Nora Kifer
Wm. H. Clark
Clark
Evansville
Joe
Potters’ Field
Z. T. Kifer
Kifer
Battle of Bulls and Bosra Muncie special
The fence dividing the farms of Ambrose Gray and W H Brown in Harrison township fell into bad repair, creating a dispute that unsettled the local area and drew attention to the boundary line and property duties.
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Bosra Muncie
Ambrose Gray
W. H. Brown
Harrison Township
The Indiana Man portrait column excerpt
In this recurring column, portraits of The Indians Man appear to spotlight prominent Hoosiers active in Easter era political official and commercial life across the commonwealth.
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Commonwealth
Wilhelm and Overman plotted insured money and a fake sale
A witness recounts Wilhelm offering to insure Overman’s house for 800 dollars so it could burn and steal insurance plus 300 to invest in fake goods. A 1000 dollar check was issued and later destroyed. They planned to meet in the woods near Jonesboro to confirm a count, while other testimony followed. A separate note reports Noah Wilhelm’s conviction and pending sentence. Brown and Gray settled a dispute over a missing bear and a dead boar with a 15 dollar payment each.
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Wilhelm
Overman
Witness
Jonesboro
Wabash
Noah Wilhelm
Wall
H. By ‘Shirley
Gray
Brown
John Dotson
The Nora Kiter Murder Case Tightens Evidence
Evansville special reports the chain of evidence tightens around Joseph D. Serenswith as grisly notes and clothing are found in Keith's carpet area. Town Treasurer age details appear amid a Huntington Circuit Court suit filed Tuesday by Bunting and attorneys from Andrews. Rapes, bondsmen, and missing payments raise questions as officials meet to discuss further action.
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Evansville
Joseph D. Cee Serenswith
Hiter
Keith
Andrews
Huntington
Serowa
Treasur
Long
John Stouder
Joseph
Baker
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Hfe
cAmetie
Wilhelm “Green Goods
Miss
the Indiana Man
Charlies Eckhart
Auburn
Prohibition
Nora Kiter
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