The Sunday School on Moses and the Serpent
A sermon-like meditation links Israel’s complaints and punishments to New Testament salvation. It cites Numbers, Psalms, and Romans to illustrate sin, repentance, and forgiveness through Christ, urging believers to trust the look of faith and live in the light. It references Spurgeon and key Bible verses to show justification and cleansing blood.
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Abel
Josevid
San Re
God
Moses
Egypt
John Yiii
Israel
James Fii
Korah
Achan
Ananias
Sapeis
Jesus
C. H. Spurgeon
Isa
Christ
Bible verse discrepancy noted by Albany correspondent
A correspondent from Albany questions a Bible discrepancy noting that one verse says to answer a fool according to his folly while another verse appears to imply not to be like him, suggesting a perceived contradiction in the text.
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Albany
Dream-guided medical case sparks AM S debate
An AM Society meeting discusses a physician’s dream inspired diagnosis of a baby's convulsions. Dr Beckman recounts dreaming of a simple treatment and observing a rose colored spot on the infant, then using a lancet to release a needlelike core, claiming immediate relief.
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American Medical Society
New York Journal
Visiting delegate misjudges streetcar pickup in Baltimore
A Baptist convention delegate from a rural area misunderstood streetcar etiquette in Baltimore. He placed a heavy valise on the front fender, triggering the motorman to shout for him to remove it. He returned, apologized, and explained he thought the car fender was for carrying traps.
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Convention of Baptists
North Avenue
Baltimore Sun
Round the World game in city sidewalks spreads fast
The new street pastime Round the World uses chalk or coal on pavement to form a spider web of lines with a Rest center. Players hop blocks without touching marks, placing names in cleared spaces, while the winner has the most marked spaces. The piece ends with a humorous note about Professor Stephen J. Young who outwitted a multilingual passenger.
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New York Recorder
Notable Names And Anecdotes From World History
A collection of brief notes on figures from maritime, political, and cultural circles. Highlights include Louis M. Stoddard, an officer aboard the Monitor, and tales of T. M. Allen’s long vanished fortune. Also mentioned are Lord Charles Fitzgerald, Dr. Mary Harris Thompson, and various European and Asian figures with brief biographical remarks.
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Louis M. ‘Stoddard
Merrimac
T. M. Allen
Lord Charles Fitzgerald
Duke of Leinster
Simpson Street
Melbourne
Athenia Claudius
Mary Harris Thompson
Chicago
Chicago Hospital For Women and Children
Hermann Boerhaave
Japan
Henry Ocoudenhove
Nasrulla
Ameer
Afghanistan
London
Hayden Rayburn
Kokomo
Ind
America
Mr. Rayburn
Heros von Boreke
Berlin
J. E. B. Stuart
von Borcke
Virginia
John A. Morris
Throg
Horses On Parade And Promising Riders Named
Snapper Garrison hails Jerry Chorn as a top young rider while Brenneman Bros. yard at Decatur showcases yearling trotter Rags clocking 851% seconds for a quarter. Belmont sighting Peter Pixley 2 08 14 praised as a road mare. European arrivals include a pure blood Arabian stallion owned by ex Secretary William C Whitney. Siva foal by Antevolo 2 19g to be saved in 1896. Harvard student W S Hobart owns Great Phoebus winner of Realization stakes. Nearly 1 500 visitors note Budd Doble's seventy ninth birthday at his Philadelphia hotel.
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Snapper Garrison
Jerry Chorn
Brenneman Bros
Decatur
Rags
William Disston
Philadelphia
Belmont Park
Pixley
Europe
William C. Whitney
Hiram Woodruff
Dexter
Siva
Detroit
Antevolo
Harvard
W. S. Hobart
San Francisco
Billy Doble
Budd Doble
Odds and Ends From an Odd Year 1894
A collection of curiosities notes 1894 reports that 192 tons of gold and silver were coined by British mint officials, a 40 000 man imperial canal project in China spans 50 years, and sociological quirks such as widows remarrying housekeepers. A New York rubber store clerk owns a distinctive rainy day suit of Mackintosh material, a sack outfit suited for any downpour.
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Imperial Canal of
China
London
New York
Richest Man in Britain Built Nitrate Empire and Cement Works
The article profiles Colonel North of England famed as the so called Nitrate King. Starting in Chile at 23 he built nitrate operations, gained control of beds and water and rail assets, expanded into gasworks and shipping, and later cement in Belgium. His wealth and lavish lifestyle drew royal attention and public notice. A separate Florida trial reports Judge White sentencing Jones to death for murder, with a dramatic near-fatal reaction at sentence.
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Papa Sarvae
Hallinen
Gladstone
Fai
Great Britain
Yorkshire
Chile
Huasco
Peru
Tarapaca
North
Colonel North
England
Belgium
Monte Cristo
Prince of Wales
Eltham
Chicago Times-Herald
Jasper
Fla
White
Jones
White Jones
Florida Times-Union
Heat readings from clothing layers reported by Dr. von Bebber
German meteorologist Dr. von Bebber measured temperatures across clothing layers. With an outside 50 degrees F, coat 71.2, between coat and waistcoat 43.6, between waistcoat and shirt 75.9, between shirt and undershirt 77.4, and between undershirt and skin 90.9 degrees. Edison predicts railroad speed limits rise as coal-fed electricity develops. An elderly garmand advocates fattening pigeons with cod liver oil before eating them.
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von Bebber
DeWitt's Little Early Risers Promote Quick Relief
Advertising copy promotes DeWitt's Little Early Risers as easy to take pills that cure with no pain. It touts benefits for sick headache biliousness sour stomach and constipation and lists B F Johnson Son Maynard C H Whitney Concord and H A Littlefield West Acton as sellers.
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DeWitt’s
B. F. Johnson & Son
Maynard
C. H. Whitney
Concord
H. A. Littlefield
West Acton
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Sion
INTER
Malaty
Stephen J. Young
Bowdoin
Bangor
Brunswick
Professor Young
Scandinavia
Italy
Spain
Raum
Seyrit
Ehkenesor Rockwood Hoar
New England
Darwin E. Ware
Atlantic Monthly
Odds and
Afi
Arin mi
Lowell Hand
Tuttle Jones
Wetherber
South Acton
Mass
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex
Henry
Cuaran
Concord Enterprise
Itness
Charles J. McIntire
Esquire
H. Folsom
Register
Prescott Keyes
Tremont Street
Boston
Guardian
Moses B. Garfield
Acton
Lydia B. Garfield
Cambridge
Acton Enterprise
S. H. Fousom
W. C. Hancock
Pratt
Concord, Mass
Lexington ST
Richardson
Edison
E. H. Maker
Concord Mass
Drs
DR. Stetson
Matilda Enham
Columbia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Tweyer
John J. Flannery
Bedford St
H.P.N. Dahl
Riverside Block
Maynard Mass
Maynard and
Ayer
N. B
C.d.holmes
Maynard, Mass
Sheehan
M. E.sheehan
James Devane
West Acton, Mass
Arthur E. Walker
Nard Insurance Agency
Abel G. Baynes
Vermont
L.V. Clough
Maynard and Vicinity
Darling's Block
Sam
W. H. Leighton
Darling
Nason and
Summer Streets
Quincy
Barre
Scotch
P. J. Sheehan
Edford St
Con
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