What shall I do with Jesus Christ the King
A devotional analysis of Pilate's judgment and the crowd's choice over Jesus Christ as the prisoner and savior. It contrasts Pilate’s reluctance to act with the crowd’s demand to crucify and urges personal acceptance of Christ’s sacrifice for sins.
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D. M. Stearns
Jesus
Judas
Gethsemane
Peter
Oman
Pilate
Satan
Barabbas
Christ
Lamb of God
John viii
Stephen
Joseph
Egypt
God
Isa Lik
Indian Magic and the Fakir’s Inexplicable Feats
The London Standard recounts Jacolliot’s account of an Indian fakir whose feats defy explanation. He allegedly caused leaves to move upward in flowerpots, grew a plant from a marked seed, levitated briefly, and manipulated weights or wood shavings, all claimed as acts by other intelligences.
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Hich
Memnon
Jacolliot
India
Jacobliot
London Standard
Turgeneff Abhorrs Sport Life Lesson From First Shot
The Atlanta Constitution recounts a young Turgeneff witnessing a pheasant killed by his gun. The mother bird’s feeble return to protect her nest sparks a lasting guilt. His father praises the shot but the boy vows never to kill again, choosing life over sport.
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Turgeneff
Atlanta Constitution
White Violets and a Homecoming Hidden in Time
A returning son finds his beloved is gone to another life of wealth, leaving him to face love’s loss. Christabel guides him through a quiet family reunion under a willow as he learns Violet’s fate and returns to mother’s awaiting embrace with white violets marking the path.
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Christabel
Violet
Augusta Hancock
Tax Collector Race Backed by Ex-Chain Gang Inmate
The Atlanta Journal notes supporters urge voting for Tom Duncan in the tax collector contest. They argue he needs the office more than others and states he is recently released from the chain gang after six months.
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Tom Duncan
Atlanta Journal
Moscow and St Petersburg in Russian Life
The piece contrasts Moscow as the true citadel of Russia with St Petersburg as a police city of officialism and showy importations. It argues Petersburg may lose capital status someday while Moscow remains the spiritual and cultural center despite its colder social atmosphere.
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Washington
Moscow
Russia
St. Petersburg
Peter
Real Estate
Spanish observation on land use quotes Mark Twain about Spain's arable land being wasted on people, with the Boston Herald noting the travel sketch.
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Mark Twain
Spain
Boston Herald
Actress's Suicide Attempt Shocks New York World
A chorus girl earning fifteen dollars weekly asked for carbolic acid in a drug store, then discharged the bottle from her attic window and screamed. Police fire and ambulance crews took her to a hospital as papers described the attempted self harm of a beautiful young actress.
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New York World
Doubting Woman Senses Fresh Eyes at Market
A humorous exchange at a Cincinnati market features a grocer inviting a woman to call and hear the hens that laid eggs, turning the moment into a lighthearted scene about farm life.
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Grocer
Cincinnati Enquirer
Notable Theatre Benefits Across English Stages Through History
A historical look at celebrated theatre benefits from 1668 to 1828 shows patrons paying admission to support stars like Mrs. Barry and Quin. Crowds delayed performances at Covent Garden and Drury Lane, culminating in Grimaldi’s 1828 benefit where he was wheeled on in failure as he sang Hot Codlins, netting £1,700.
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Samuel Pepys
Knipp
Playhouse
Quin
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
Grimaldi
St. James
Herbert Spencer and the Tragedy of Induction
English papers quote Sir Grant Duff diaries where Lewes jokes that everyone has written a tragedy. Huxley quips about induction killed by a fact. Cowley Cowley Walewski dispatch tale hints at diplomacy and risk of war in an old world setting.
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Grant Duff
Arthur Russell
Lewes
Herbert Spencer
Huxley
Lord Malmesbury
Notable rose varieties and their historical origins
The article traces the origins of popular rose varieties from 1843 to 1880, noting Gloire de Dijon 1853, General Jacqueminot 1859, Marechal Niel 1864, La France 1868, Mme Isaac Pereire 1880, and La Reine as an early hybrid. It mentions new varieties number 70 to 80 yearly, with American Beauty and Catherine Mermet highlighted as significant recent additions.
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Catherine Mermet
Harper’s Weekly
Wind River Massacre Recalled In A Protest Rant
A heated recollection questions U S treatment of Native Americans citing Wind River and a massacre in which 1090 of 3000 Indians escaped starvation and are described as dying or being killed. It references Old Tippecanoe and the Washington of the West’s orders while quoting the New York Press.
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United States
Wind River
Tippeecinoe
Ben
Washington
New York Press
Twain’s Cramp Cure Anecdote at London Party
At a London evening gathering a caller asked Mark Twain if he suffered writer’s cramp and what cured it. He replied with a grave joke that he once took beefsteak broiled and internally, claiming it cured the kind of cramp he had.
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London
Mark Twain
Mr. Clemens
Clemens
The Likeness: Cornfield Compared to Forrest in Hype
The Indianapolis Journal notes playful boasting about Cornfield being as great an actor as Forrest in one respect. Newspapers repeat anecdotes once told of Forrest, reflecting lingering fame and rivalry in early show business lore.
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Cornfield
Forrest
Indianapolis Journal
Burma’s Women Power Equal to Men in Society
The text notes Burma differs from other oriental countries by granting women broad freedoms. It states girls share equally with boys in inheritance and stand near equality with men in all respects.
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Burma
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