Acts iv 1 14 Memory Verses World Deliverer Sermon
Commentary on Acts chapter four focuses on the confrontation between Peter and John and the Jewish authorities. It notes the bold preaching of resurrection through Jesus and the growth of believers to about five thousand, highlighting the Holy Spirit’s central role and the claim that salvation is in no other name but Jesus Christ.
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Jerusalem
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Jesus Christ of Nazareth
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The Lot
A brief Brooklyn Life dialogue where a husband jokes about politics and a vacant lot as a punchline, reflecting local humor on civic topics.
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Brooklyn
Some One Must Suffer in Murder Trial Commentary
A pointed critique notes that if a Chinaman dies during murder trials the state uses the death as evidence of guilt and punishes his eldest son or other male relatives for a year or a flogging. It also cites The Churchman labeling the Protestant Episcopal Church as the Anglo Saxon church, prompting The Congregationalist to query whether the pilgrims were Celts.
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Protestant Episcopal Church
Effective Remedy Lifts Detroit Woman From Sprain
A Detroit woman sprained her ankle after a hasty bicycle jump and lay immobilized for weeks. The family doctor, busy with major operations, twisted the ankle to test for fractures and ordered her to walk. She complied and gradually recovered, with the doctor leaving without a prescription and telling her to walk.
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Detroit
Detroit Free Press
Elk Horn Fence Encloses Photographer Haynes Studio
In Yellowstone Mammoth Hot Springs a fence of over 300 elk horns surrounds most of Fr. Jay Haynes studio grounds. Each horn pair bears 12 to 14 points, shed in March 1895 and gathered by Haynes and three men within ten miles in four days. About 2,500 elk roam the park. Horns would fetch 7.50 to 10 per pair at rail points in Cinnabar eight miles away.
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Mammoth Hot Springs
Yellowstone Park
Jay Haynes
Haynes
Cinnabar
Kansas City Star
Warnings From a New Telegraph Operator and Oyster Smell Doctrine
A Pittsburg Post tale recalls a telegraph graduate who caused a wreck by misreading orders after blowing out a signal. The Washington Star quotes an oyster boat captain who says smell reveals quality more than taste in oysters tea coffee and spirits and cites his method for pricing loads by scent and not by tasting.
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Greenborn
Pittsburg
Wshington Star
Young but Thoughtful and the Early Career of a Woman
An excerpt notes a four year old girl calmly spreading butter on a cracker at table while her grandfather scolds her, she replies that men do not always know what is best. The piece also cites Exodus XXV and suggests ancient crowns were common among Egyptian kings and placed above the sacred ark.
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New York Times
The Bed Roll and Bedchamber Drapery Trends
A design note on fashionable bed coverings and draperies. Luxurious spreads in blue silk and mousseline, lace combinations, and matching curtains are featured. Prices for Irish point sets and cotton fakes are given, with guidance on lining, edging, and fringe finishes.
Amusing Side of NZ Women’s Suffrage Passage
The New Zealand female suffrage bill moved through Parliament despite government efforts to block it. Life senators in the upper house, veteran members since self government, were unavailable. By the time ministers could recall them, the bill had already passed and became law, much to the consternation of its opponents.
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New Zealand
Baroness Burdett Coutts Plans Social Improvement
The baroness supports Rhodesia development and offers £100 to promising young couples from her charities, with Cecil Rhodes helping to secure husbands. She is the youngest looking elder in London society, very straight and graceful, and employs two female private secretaries.
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Baroness Burdett-Coutts
Cecil Rhodes
Rhodesia
Rhodes
London
Widow Bequeaths Body to Science in 1878 Will
Before her death in New York City Mrs. M. K. Benchley widow of a former lieutenant governor of Massachusetts left a will directing her body to the Woman’s Medical College. It provided for dissection and the skeleton to be displayed in the college museum. The item is, as far as known, an unique case of an educated woman sending her body to dissection and bones to exhibit.
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New York City
M. K. Benchley
Massachusetts
Woman’s Medical College
The Countess of Beaconsfield Fashion and Silence
The note recalls Lord Beaconsfield praising his wife as good but lacking in intellectual distinction. It cites Disraeli’s death and suggests men ignore historical ignorance, while voters are described as silent on fashion. The excerpt blends commentary on gender, culture, and public taste.
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Lord Beaconsfield
Benjamin Disraeli
Countess of Beaconsfield
Women workers earn lower wages than men study finds
A survey of 450 college women shows 169 as teachers, 28 stenographers, 47 librarians, 22 nurses, 19 journalists and 19 clerks with the rest in various unclassified roles. Most respondents say women receive less pay than men for similar work, with few earning the same and a tiny fraction earning more.
Hilltop Talks of the World by Janet Richards
Janet Richards of Washington attracts attention at the National Congress of Mothers in New York. Her Hilltop Talks cover global civilization and international questions seen through geography, with a sharp remark on American women and marriage. Li Hung Chang hosted her for an interview she used to explain why many American women remain unmarried, citing unequal partnerships as a key factor.
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National Congress of Mothers
New York
Janet Richards
Washington
Li Hung Chang
Miss Richards
Woman and Legislation Sparks Split on Woman Suffrage
Charles Selby Oakley attacks admitting women to Parliament as dangerous and claims women exert overwhelming influence over men. Mrs. Maitland of the London School Board counters from experience, saying women do not paralyze men and when both genders work together men remain courteous and dissent when needed.
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Charles Selby Oakley
Johnson
Maitland
London School Board
Oakley
Bride Cake Tradition Reimagined For Weddings
The New York Telegram describes a shift in bridal cake customs with a simple loaf as the main cake. The loaf includes baked-in ring spoon and thimble, while reception guests receive miniature cakes in decorative boxes bearing the couple's initials.
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New York Telegram
X ray shirt waists expose feminine form through fashion
A St Louis Mirror correspondent denounces X ray shirt waists as devices that reveal the female frame with warp and wool transparency. He mocks the sleeves and wrists as lures and notes vaccination marks and arm dimples as signs of scientific privilege and allure.
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St. Louis
They Were Filled
A humorous terse exchange references Kyote Bills stocking discovery this morning on a telegraph pole and a parson confirming the claim. The dialogue mentions names Slobface Ike Jesse and Rev P N with rustic dialect and local color.
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Ike
Jesse
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Truthful Friends Turn Scrappy after Feuding
Two young women in a boudoir decide to speak bluntly about each other. The exchange ends with insults and a rude likeness, followed by a violent incident as they are found with scratched faces and rushed to a hospital. The New York Herald report notes the dramatic shift from cordial talk to injury.
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Marcia
Lobelia
New York Herald
Cornell preacher Bishop Williams recalls Eskimo church tale
The Troy Times reports Bishop Williams of Marquette, invited to Cornell as university preacher, recounting a missionary bishop who built an 80 seat church north of Hudson Bay from whale ribs and walrus hide, later eaten by dogs as famine struck.
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Marquette
Cornell University
Synod of the
Winnipeg
Hudson Bay
Who Pays the Taxes at Lewiston East Ward Meeting
At the Lewiston Pennsylvania Political Equality club meeting the east ward shows 127 men and 108 women paying taxes while the west ward has 137 men and 89 women and the south ward 46 men and 13 women. In total 810 men and 205 women pay taxes. Laura M Johns notes in Boston Woman's Journal that women's tax share is nearly two thirds of men's yet they lack voice in taxation decisions.
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Political Equality Club
Lewiston
Miss Hay
Miss Yates
Laura M. Johns
Boston Woman’s Journal
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