The Prodigal's Return Sermon by Dr Talmage
In a Sunday sermon Dr Talmage expounds the prodigal parable Luke 15 22 focusing on the ring as a symbol of divine adoption and marriage. He argues Christ welcomes repentant souls with liberty joy and heavenly defense and urges listeners to join the visible church through simple faith and love for Jesus.
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The Perils of Pig Killing T
Peter Hofminister, a German farmer in North Sewickley Township, attempted to shoot a hog but hit only its body. Enraged, he chased the pig through the kitchen wielding an axe, terrifying his wife who fought back with a rolling pin. The hog finally bled out in a corner after a chaotic chase and kitchen wreckage.
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Wood Pulp Shoe Heels From Haverhill Mass Feature
A new wood pulp process in Haverhill Massachusetts produces shoe heels from pulp mixed with alcohol litharge tar degras and fish glue. After soaking to impregnate fibers the pulp is formed into thick sheets rolled cut and pressed into heels using shellac borax lime and rapid cutter action.
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Hamlet's Inky Cloak Red Ink Quip at Troy Times
A visiting actor proposed dressing Hamlet in a red cloak to introduce innovations. Sir Henry Irving replied that red signified royal mourning in Denmark. When challenged about the ink line, Irving quipped there may be such a thing as red ink.
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Cripple Creek Gold Boom Draws Mixed Reports
A New York Herald analysis questions the Cripple Creek gold boom, noting many schemes aim to fleece investors while paying tribute to genuine mines. It cites 1895 Colorado output around 15 million and November production between 700k and 800k, with total yearly yield near 6.5 to 7 million. Old Man Stratton stands as king of Cripple Creek, guarding Independence mine as wealth grows.
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A Hoosier Exodus From Mt Ayr Reflects Rural Discontent
The Amish community near Mt Ayr in Newton county has left for a distant Southern wilderness, illustrating widespread unrest among prosperous Hoosiers. The move involved an entire neighborhood of well to do farmers, a remarkable response to mounting dissatisfaction.
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Chicago
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Back Number on Jay Treaty Dinner and Porter’s Morals
A New York Jay treaty dinner for prominent citizens highlighted wealth and self-congratulation at high prices. Gen Horace Porter urged old fashioned labor ideals, but the piece argues that honest work no longer guarantees success and that a less creditable business code has taken root, with Porter as a notable example.
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Napoleon and his horse in a tale from Berlin
A Berlin book edited by Dr Ludwig Buchner notes Napoleons remark on animal language and recounts an Hussar officer Lamonts horse saving him in battle. Lamont dies at the Danube in 1809 and the horse guards the body, drowns after snuffing the corpse, a scene said to be remembered in a Vernet painting.
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