Josiah and the found book of the law in the Lord's house
The sermon notes Josiah’s reign, the discovery of the law in the temple, and his faithful response. It contrasts faith and indifference to God’s word, notes prophetic figures who aided in God’s message, and urges personal righteousness through Christ, with mercy for the humble.
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D. M. Stearns
Josiah
Judah
Jeremiah
Hezekiah
God
Temple
Shaphan
Elshaddai
Israel
Huldah
Jerusalem
Deborah
Annan
Joseph
Daniel
Elijah
Stephen
Philip
Moses
Jer
Noah
Job
Samuel
Jesus Christ
Rhyme of Rhymes on the Wind and Old Poetic Rules
Andrew Lang in Longman's Magazine discusses the stubborn quirks of rhyme
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Andrew Lang
Longman’s Magazine
Snobbery Blurs Status in Everyday Roles
A reflective piece argues snobbery rests on external conditions not character. It cites a policeman as usher, a soda water dispenser as singer, a handcart peddler as church soloist, and a butcher with lambs on graves, noting the incongruity lies in occupation’s stamp rather than the person.
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Lippincott
Famous Warhorses and their fated ends at Waterloo
A London Mail summary notes warhorses suffer heavy losses yet some gain lasting fame. Copenhagen ridden by the Duke of Wellington is honored on a tombstone, while Marengo Napoleons charger, famed for Waterloo, rests as a skeleton in the Royal Service Institute. Marengo, imported from Egypt, found safety after Napoleon fled.
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Copenhagen
Duke of Wellington
Waterloo
Napoleon
St. Helena
England
Royal Service Institution
Marengo
Egypt
London Mail
Father Tutor Touts Christ Era For Youths Math Lesson
A Chicago tale recounts a gilded youth who learns algebra from a private tutor. To explain plus and minus years, the tutor frames years as A D and B C counting from Christ’s birth. The pupil bemusedly asks when Christ was born to resolve the puzzle about 10 B C and 10 A D years apart.
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Chicago
Christ
Spurgeon Encounters a Virago at Her Gate
A young Charles H. Spurgeon, warned about a virago who threatened him with harsh words, responds calmly with wry humor. She vents anew at his gate, he replies with a weather remark, and her tirade ends as she finds him impervious, never to repeat it.
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Spurgeon
Virago
Billingsgate
Night watchman Charley rings hours in Ely place
In Ely place Holborn the old custom of crying the hours endures with Charley as night watchman. He calls the hours from eleven at night to five in the morning whether rain or shine and must not neglect his duty.
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Ely Place
Holborn
Charley
Meat market butcher turns real estate man in Germantown tale
A Philadelphia street car conductor recalls a former Germantown meat market proprietor famed for a squeaky voice and deceptive scales. The con artist allegedly weighed two pounds as four then projected four times twelve as sixty, profiting from unsuspecting customers before moving into real estate.
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Germantown
Philadelphia Record
The One Man in Command Time Tale of Shafter
A Youth's Companion tale recalls General Shafter asserting sole authority in a military time dispute at a frontier post. Several officers argue over the hour, each insisting their watch is correct, until Shafter declares it is five minutes past 3, proving the commanding officer's control over time.
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United States Army
Shafter
Coffin Furniture Among Cape Dutch Farmers
In Cape Colony homes remote from labor and materials coffins are bought and kept in the main sitting room as furniture or storage. A farmer keeps a teak coffin with silver mountings for future use, lately employed as a couch for midday naps.
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Cape
Cape Times
A German Word Serpent Causes Long Legal Sentence
A German correspondent defends using a four syllable word over a forty syllable alternative in a legal judgment. The Komische Volkszeitung prints a 607 word sentence spanning 69 lines, printers insert a full stop to end it after about 450 words. The note praises newspapers that let readers start a sentence at breakfast and finish it during the day.
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Komische Volkszeitung
London Globe
Have You Made Up Your Mind What Qualities In Husbands
A courtly exchange prompts the matron to question a maid about desired husbandly traits. The maid asserts clear expectations, while the matron laments the potential disappointment awaiting young women in marriage. The brief dialogue appears in the Chicago Post.
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Chicago Post
Umbrella Gaffe in London Eyewitness Quip
A man rushing to an appointment in London retrieved an umbrella offered by a stranger who had set his own umbrella at a dangerous angle. The passerby delivered a suave line saying he found the umbrella in his eye.
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London
Why is it that your daughter wears such short dresses
A Cleveland Leader exchange mocks propriety as Mrs. Giddibus justifies her daughter’s height and attire to avoid mistaken identity. The witty dialogue hinges on social norms and public perception, revealing attitudes toward modesty and family visibility.
Indian Learns Juggler Tricks to Escape Tiger
An Indian, skilled in jugglery, escapes a charging tiger by twisting his body into a windmill pose. The tiger, confused by the grotesque display, recoils and flees down a ridge, while the man remains unseen and unharmed. The desperate ruse ends with the tiger fleeing in terror.
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Cornhill
Power of Shadows and Baseball Anecdotes Across Eras
A reflective piece contrasts the enduring quest for enlightenment with episodes of superstition and oppression in Suabia and other parts of history. It recalls veteran catcher Jimmy Galvin’s deft base running and a famous feint against Johnny Ward in a Pittsburghs vs New Yorks game, highlighting sports lore and cultural memory.
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Jimmy Galvin
Jack Crooks
Ward
Galvin
George Miller
Johnny
Big Beckley
Gayie
New York Sun
Fall of Business In Lancaster Ward Offers Miscellaneous Trades
Local handbill by James Williams parish clerk town crier and bellman advertises haberdashery groceries hair wigs and dress services with quick notice. He also runs an evening school teaching reading writing arithmetic singing and dancing and offers teeth drawing horse shoeing and old iron and clothing repairs. A ball is held on Wednesdays and Tuesdays.
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Lancaster
England
James Williams
N. B
J. Williams
Maine Lion Central Mass Station Notice
The notice from Dana J. Flanders General Passenger and Ticket Agent instructs trains on the Central Mass and Boston routes to stop only on signal or to let passengers off or on. Stops limited to Oakdale or stations west and to serve Boston passengers. Passengers are advised of conductor notices and stopping rules.
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Oakdale
Boston
Dana J. Flanders
AM. A.M. Alm
Beaton
M. A.M
South Acton
Maynard
Whitman’ S Crossing
Gleasondale
Hudson
Marlboro
A.M
Greasondale
Whitman
Sienna
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Spain
Suabia
Figarn
Robert W. Carter
Thos
Assahet Mile
Peoples Dry Goods Company
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Southern DI
Maine
Mas
UNION
Causeway Street
Ar. Belmont
Waltham
Weston
Wayland
East Sudbury
South Sudbury
Wayside Tin
Rogkbotton
South Bolton
Berlin
AR Ogo
South Clinton
West Boylston
Jefferson
Bk Barre
Ware
Sanday, Lo
Tae Clinton
Fs. Rockbottom
Wayside Inn
Oh East Sudbury
Zach Waltham
BAS
Belmont
Hig
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PLM. P.M
Pitchbure
Arlboro
J. R. Watson
Gep.a
NEW York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Clinton
Leominster
Fitchburg
South Framingham
Southboro
Im. Sun
A. m
Sun
Framimeghan
Acton
Lowell
Sudbury
Framingham
Mansfield
M. Sun
A.np
C. Peter Clark
A.C. Kendall Gen'l Acr Agt
John A. Frye
Hillside Farm
Itchburg Railroad
Roosac
Troy
Albany
Saratoga
Lake George
Adirondack
Catskill Mountains
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Hamilton
Toronto
Cleveland
Detroi
Cernnati
St. Louis
Boston and ST. Louis
New York
Vermont
Canada
Rutland
Brandon
Middlebury
Vergennes
Burlington
St Albans
St. Johns
Ogdensburg
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec
PALAC
Fitchburg Railroad
Washington Streets
Honburg
Peston
General Pass
Liberty Strest Marlboro, Mass
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