Acts v 17 32 Commentary by Rev D M Stearns
The lesson notes the early church's trials in Jerusalem. The high priest and council imprison Peter and John, but an angel frees them. They continue preaching in the temple, insisting that obeying God comes before men, and that Jesus is the risen Savior exalted by God. The Holy Spirit testifies with the apostles.
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D. MM. Stearns
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Sign from a Lost Love
Poem fragment in The Quilting Bee by J. L. Heaton seeks a sign from a sweetheart, asking for a single word or signal to prove the soul’s lonely cry is heard. The author asks whether a waiting spirit is listening and longs for connection.
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J. L. Heaton
Theories of Paradise and Hades Location Across Histories
The article surveys numerous belief systems on where heaven and hell reside. It notes medieval hell as subterranean furnaces, heaven as a luminous abode, and speculative ideas such as heaven on planets or inside the sun. Dr Mortimer's sun inner-world theory is highlighted as especially curious.
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Hell
Heaven
Dr. Whiston
Sir Isaac Newton
Mortimer
St. Louis Republic
Hairbreadth escape of a Scotsman in Canada
McNab, a brawny Scotch colporteur, faced a highwayman in a forest. He considering offering half a thawed sausage as payment after cracking a sausage in fear, and the robber fled thinking a pistol was cocked. The tale highlights cautious courage over bravado.
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Seymour D. Thompson
St. Louis Republic
McNab
Canada
Seymour Thompson
A Mouse Runs 28 Miles On a Home Wheel
A wheelman hung his bicycle from the cellar ceiling with a swinging food shelf nearby. A mouse jumped from the wall to the tire and rode atop it, trying to reach the shelf. It ran all night and was found exhausted but still moving, having traveled over 28 miles as shown by the cytometer.
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Albany Express
Why It Was an Outrage Sermon Payment at Oxford
A country rector lamented to a famed church dignitary that he received only £5 for delivering a sermon in Oxford. The dignitary exclaimed he would not have preached that sermon for £50. This London Tit-Bits item highlights perceived underpayment in clerical duties.
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Oxford
London
Loretto Litanies Traced to Pilgrims Not Shrine Origin
The study by Father Lauren of Cologne concludes the Loretto litanies cannot be traced beyond the fifteenth century and did not originate at the shrine but were carried there by pilgrims.
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Lauren
Cologne
First Use of Flapdoodle Alleged by Marryat and Ancient Statue Note
The passage claims Captain Marryat coined flapdoodle in Peter Simple meaning fool’s feed. It also notes Phidias’ Jupiter Olympius statue was gold and ivory, stood 58 feet tall, and finished in 444 B.C.
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Captain Marryat
Peter Simple
Jupiter Olympius
Phidias
Missouri school switch misadventure ends in accident
In a Missouri school a pupil named Dick is punished with a switch while Walter retrieves a large switch. The stick snaps during the act, striking Walter on the nose and wounding him slightly. Dick laughs as the incident concludes with both boys in minor distress.
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Missouri
Walter
Chicago
Obbie Dobbie a Baby Punned Name and Laughter
A nostalgic verse recalls Obbie Dobbie, Grace as a second name, and a baby’s playful laughter. The narrator notes a personal memory of saying a phrase that a child innocently repeats, highlighting the charm of infant talk and parental affection.
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Obbie Dobbie
Grace
Parlor Word Chain Game Circles Players Match
A party game involves players in a row or circle. The leader begins by giving three items starting with the same letter to the left neighbor and demands a connected trio for the next player. If someone cannot connect, they forfeit and pass on.
Pen leak blamed for blot stained page memory
In a reminiscence from Youth's Companion a mother asks about blot marks on a page and a child replies the ink leaked from the pen, explaining the accident and marking a simple domestic mishap.
Royal Corner Poaching Warns American Guest at London Wedding
An American at a London wedding reception unknowingly stood between two royal figures and faced stares as guests avoided the secluded corner. A friend warned him he was “poaching on royal preserves,” noting Americans enjoy privileges but English etiquette forbids turning one’s back on royalty. The royal pair remained isolated, guests kept distance, and their departure brought relief to all.
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London
Need for Sleep and Recovery of Mental Vigor
The article explains sleep as the key to recovering mental force after fatigue. It notes that brain activity requires periods of slower consumption, with forenoon vigor holding longer than evening exhaustion. Sleep deprivation impairs performance and mood, as shown by experiments on alertness and daily fatigue.
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Popular Science Monthly
The Queen’s Watermen And Their Meager Pay
A fragment notes that the queen’s watermen are officials lacking offices and a formal charge. It says there are 36 members in this “admirable body,” who perform their tasks diligently yet receive about £5 a year, highlighting a contrast between indulgence and poverty.
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Queen
Ice and ruinous ice gorges in life and crime
Quoted reflections on ice as ruinous in winter towns and summer pleasures. A line cites a Chicago Tribune quotation on private affairs versus public duties and a Lord Melbourne remark about life sentences in the United States. The passage contends few inmates sentenced to life or 99 years serve over 20 years.
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Cholly
Chicago Tribune
Lord Melbourne
United States
Funeral Honors Hon. George Heywood in Concord
The funeral of the late Hon. George Heywood was held at First Parish church in Concord after a private family service at his Lexington road home. Rev. Loren B. Macdonald and Rev. George A. Tewksbury led prayers and delivered the eulogy. Hundreds attended, including Fitchburg railroad officials from Boston, and many Concord leaders paid tribute to Heywood’s long public service and Harvard-educated career in law and civic duty.
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George Heywood
Lexington Road
Lorent B. Macdonald
Henry J Walcott
Concord National Bank
Heywood
Harry W. Wheeler
James Baker
George E Phelan
George M. Baker
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston
Loren B Macdonald
George A. Tewksbury
Harvard College
Webster
Loren B. Macdonald
New York
C. Fay Heywood
F. W. B. Sellers
Concord
Henry J. Walcott
John C. Friend
Frank B. Sanborn
James B. Wood
A. B. C. Dakin
Henry J. Hosmer
George
H S. Marcy
Robert Cadman
Rodney Wallace
E.D. Cadman
Daniel A. Gleason
W. D. Ewing
Eve Marden
C. S. Anthony
John Medway
Old
Vermont and
Massachusetts Railroad
Sardons Playwriting Method From Poverty to Originality
The excerpt describes Sardon practicing an original method inspired by Scribe. In hardship he studied Scribe’s plays by night, reconstructing likely later acts from the first act and then checking against the originals. He valued precision and was praised as painstaking in his craft.
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Sardon
Scribe
New York Advertiser
Grace and the minister at tea
A humorous anecdote from a Buffalo Courier item recounts a Methodist minister joining a family for tea. A four-year-old daughter quips that her father’s grace is different, recalling a supper exclamation his family heard him utter the night before.
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Dominie
Grace
Buffalo Qourier
Puritana Promises Health Benefit Backed by Facts
F C Platt of Worcester testimonial cites Puritana as effective after nine months of bowel inflammation and weight loss. He credits the product for rapid relief, asserting it cured his stomach issues and improved overall health.
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F. C. Platt
Austin Street
Worcester
U.S. Navy
Bradley Car Shops
Mass
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