Garden of God a Seasonable Discourse From Timely Theme
Dr. Talmage’s Washington sermon on April 26 likens the church to a watered garden rich with flowers, fruit, and irrigation. He praises Christ planting diverse figures as garden flora, urges open gates to all, and warns of salvation's urgency before the desert of sin claims more souls.
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Deep Sea Musings From Stevenson in Samoa Letters
An extract from Robert Louis Stevenson in St Nicholas recounts depths of the sea and life there. He notes the void below certain depths, the crushing weight, and the fragile remains of drowned creatures. He muses on cannons, diving dress weight, and imagined life in the deepest waters with vivid period voice.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
St. Nicholas
Weasels Attack Miner in Pennsylvania Woods Tale
Williamsport correspondence tells of Isaac Bry an who wandered fifteen miles in knee deep snow while seeking a missing black steer. He shelters in a shack and battles cold hunger as a swarm of bold weasels attack the shelter, a strange backwoods encounter verified by his scratched and mud stained face and hands.
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Crowning of the Czar Captured by Miss Thornton
Miss Mary Grace Thornton, daughter of Sir Edward Thornton, contributes a May Century article describing the crowning of a Czar. The prose notes the moment when the Czar stood alone in Moscow Cathedral while all within and without knelt in prayer and foresees Nicholas II’s ceremony next month resembling this coronation.
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Russia
Alexander III
Washington
Mary Grace Thornton
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Moscow
Nicholas II
The Negro Exodus to Liberia Expands in Memphis Passage
The exodus of African Americans to Liberia grows with 150 from Arkansas and Oklahoma traveling through Memphis to Savannah to board ships for Liberia. The emigration effort gains support from local Negro preachers and many are selling property to fund their departure.
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Savannah
A Tale of Tracks and Varmints in Snow
A lone man treks past fresh tracks in deep snow seeking a lost quarry. He wanders two tracks, dreams of a fight with his wife, then awakens amid marauding creatures in a dim settler’s cabin as night falls. A School Board's Responsibility. The school board of Arcola Il, has been served with notice that action will be brought to recover $50 by the parents of a boy injured when a backstop fence on school grounds gave way. The suit claims liability for permitting the dangerous structure to remain.
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Arcola
No Angels for Them in Arizona Grocery Ploy
A New Englander told locals he would open a first class grocery in a small Arizona town. Citizens questioned the claims with mock tests on water, sugar, coffee, and beans. They warned the man to leave within 24 hours, saying they would contact him if angels were needed.
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Arizonia
Gettlemen
Trixty of Evil Linked to Stomach Bitters Cure
The passage touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as effective against biliousness, sick headache, and bowel irregularity, claiming it also treats dyspepsia, rheumatism, malaria complaints, nervousness, and constipation. It promises satisfactory results from a fair trial and daily use.
New York milk baron weds typewriter in bold stunt
Charles Jenkins a 67 year old New York milk magnate married his typewriter in a ceremony at his palatial home. He says the match was to spur other young women to enter the profession and lift the drab mood of office life.
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Charles Jenkins
New York
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