Joys of Christmas Sermon on the Holy Babe’s Escape
Dr Talmage presents a 1898 Christmas discourse praising the infant Jesus escape from Herod. He extols the flight into Egypt, the persecutors’ failure, and the ensuing world gains from Christ’s birth including peace with mercy and the spread of gospel values. He links gifts and prayers to support Christ’s mission and laments the perils faced by Mary and Joseph.
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Igimage
Herod
Christ Child
Heavenly Temple
Ayrcanus
Marianne
Alexander
Aristobulus
Antipater
Bethlehem
Jesus
Lansing
Cairo
Egypt
Earth
Cathedrin
Christ
Archelaus
Palestine
Augustus
Jess
England
Holland
Germany
John Calvin
Gender Congressional Library
Vatican
British Museum
Berlin
Bonn
Vienna
Madrid
St. Petersburg
St. Paul
St. John
Patmos
Joseph
Mary
Triumphant Christian Deathbeds and the Bethlehem Star
The speaker argues that without Christ birth and the Bethlehem manger, the world would lack radiant deathbeds and triumphantly peaceful ends. He recalls figures like John Fletcher Emilie Cook Prince Albert and John Brown, praising faith as the source of serene passage to the afterlife and contrasting with infidel deathbeds.
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Christendom
Bethlehem
Christ
Elijah
The
Jordan
B. C
Jesus
John Fletcher
Emilie Cook
Brooklyn
Prince Albert
John Brown
Haddington
John Janeway
Moses
Mount Zion
Carlist Plans and Crises Reported in Madrid
A Carlist informant warns of imminent Madrid crisis as Don Carlos plans armed action. Carlist preparations include 20 million pesetas in reserve, planned mobilization modeled on Prussian methods, with brigades hidden nationwide and officers coordinating across villages.
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Rafael Tremtative
United of of Th
Don Febout
Carlos
Madrid
Rebrone
Spain
Don Carlos
City
Carlos VII
el Rey
Somey
Cose
New counterfeit issued with 1896 silver certificate
A new counterfeit silver certificate of the 1896 series has appeared, bearing Treasurer Roberts as treasurer. It is printed from photo etched on heavy bond paper with blue writing fluid used on the seal when dampened, but the overall execution is crude and the note’s security features are weak.
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Hngton
Roberts
Duncan's saloon robbery noted with contents intact
The Nicho Ky report states Duncan's saloon opened Friday morning and burglars fled leaving no disturbed contents, with several hundred dollars reported missing. In other notes, Speaker Reed signals three campaigns for committee assignments on appropriations, two Republicans and one Democrat, as the late Representative and Gov elect W A weigh in on sundry civil bill subcommittees.
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Nicho Y Ky
Ageinaton
Reed
W. A
Ely
United States To Take Wake Island For Cable Station
Washington moves to claim Wake Island 19N 166E as a Pacific cable hub. The Bennington at Honolulu to hoist the flag, survey Guam, and expand Pearl Harbor fortifications as part of the broader Pacific telegraph link project.
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Washington
Pacific Ocean
Bennington
Taussig
United States
Wake Island
Nihau
Hawaiian Islands
Guam
Philippines
Hawaii
Paris
Caroline Islands
Wilkes
Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
Sagasta S condition grave amid turbulent events
Sagasta the premier remains gravely ill at Mapzip with six physicians attending. The queen regent repeatedly inquired by telephone and sent her doctor, while foreign diplomats and other dignitaries visited his residence. Senor Groizard acts as premier in the interim.
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Mapzip
Senor Sagasta
Ipddin Mee
Senor Groizard
Death rate in Havana described as astoundingly high
Havana reports 55 to 75 daily deaths from malaria and typhoid with pernicious fever. Civil register shows 49 deaths in 24 hours and two high death parishes unreported. Last week mortality 18 per 1000, higher this week. Hospitals overcrowded, patients lie in the streets.
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Havana
Civil Register
New York
Ex Surgeon General Hamilton in Critical Condition
CuicaGo December 24 reports Dr. John B. Hamilton former surgeon general of the marine hospital service remains in critical condition after a recent operation. Attending physician Dr. Nicholas Senn says current symptoms are encouraging and holds cautious optimism for recovery.
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Hamilton
CuicaGo
John B. Hamilton
The
Marine Hospital Service
Nicholas Senn
Sixth Ohio Ordered to Cuba in Christmas Move
Knoxvile dispatch reports the 6th Ohio under Col McMakin ordered to Charleston S C to take transport to Cienfuegos Cuba. The regiment will leave Camp Poland Saturday night and spend Christmas on the road.
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Ohio
Cuba
Knoxville
Tenn
Col. McMakin
Charleston
S. C
Cienfuegos
Poland
Penalty for Miscegenation Sentences in Cumberland
John W. Bowling a colored man and Martha Craven a white woman he married were each sentenced by Judge Boyd to 18 months in the penitentiary the minimum penalty for miscegenation.
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Cumberland
John W. Bowling
Martha Craven
Boyd
Inmate Tried to Pass Raised Money at Post Office
Harvey Messer, inmate in Greenup infirmary, allegedly attempted to pass raised money at the post office. Secret Service officers arrested him. he was taken to Ashland for trial Friday.
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Greenup
Harvey Messer
Secret Service
Ashland
Senate and House Pass Measures Amid War Debates
The December sessions report speeches on territorial expansion and Cuba, with Platt defending U S sovereignty and a planned commission on Cuba versus Hale’s caution. The Nicaraguan canal, Freedman’s Bank assets, and fisheries were discussed as the House and Senate moved to pass bills, schedule recess, and address annexation questions.
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Washington
Senate
Platt
United States
Proctor
Hale
Cuba
Nicaragua
Berry
Allen
Hoar
Caffery
Morgan
Freedman’s Bank
Fish Commission
Bailey
Tex
Judiciary Committee
House
Dingley
Committee On
Ways and Means
Teller
Philippines
Williams
Miss
Foreign Affairs Committee
Secretary of War
Porto Rico
Daniels
O'Conner Exonerated In Indianapolis Shooting Case
INDIANAPOLIS Ind Dec 23 The grand jury exonerated Special Policeman Tim O'Connor for killing 16 year old Charles Tracey Sunday before last Tracey was part of a tough Kentucky avenue crowd known for terrorizing women and children with ice pieces O'Connor dispersed the mob and the shooting was deemed accidental The case helped restore order in the district
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Indianapolis
Ind
Grand Jury
Tim O’connor
Charles Tracey
Tracey
Kentucky Avenue
O’connor
Trophies of the Late War for Indiana
Newcastle Indiana December 23 arrangements have been made per Lieut W H Elliott late executive officer of the U S steamer Leonidas for the flag carried by the battleship Indiana through the Santiago fight and a Nordenfeldt rapid fire gun captured from the Christobel Colon to be presented to the state of Indiana.
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Newcastle
Ind
W. H. Elliott
United States
Leonidas
Indiana
Santiago
Nordenfeldt
Christobel Colon
Deputy Sheriff Killed by a Boy Near Chicago
Caicaco December 23 Thomas Crosby aged 15 son of widow Margaret Crosby of Edgewater shot and killed Deputy Sheriff Frank Nye as he served a writ of restitution on the Crosby homestead for a $20,000 foreclosure.
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Caicaco
Thomas Crosby
Margaret Crosby
Edgewater
Chicago
Frank Nye
Nye
Crosby
Farmer Turns to Bone in Hamlet Area Mystery
Abner Watts, a Laporte County farmer near Hamlet, is described by physicians as slowly turning to bone. His eyesight is gone and the transformation has continued for seven years despite medical efforts. Death is expected as the condition progresses with no relief in sight.
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Laporte
Ind
Abner Watts
Hamlet
Watts
Carlist agitation leads to arrests in Morella
Manni Dec 23. The Carlist agitation continues in northern provinces and several agitators have been arrested at Morella in Castellon de la Plana due to Carlist demonstrations.
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Manni
Morella
Castellon de la Plana
Spanish Troops Arrive at Cadiz Capiz
Spanian Troops Arrive at Cadiz Capiz. The Spanish transport Gran Antilla Capt Bayoma, sailing from Havana on December 2 for Barcelona with repatriated troops on board, has arrived at this port.
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Cadiz
Capiz
Gran Antilla
Bayoma
Havana
Barcelona
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Sagasta
Queen Regent
Im O’conner
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