Well of Bethlehem Sermon on Thirst and Faith
The Rev. T De Witt Talmage preaches at the Tabernacle on Thirst in a cavern using the well of Bethlehem as a symbol of Christian sustenance. He argues skeptics capture the gospel as he cites David, the three soldiers, and the gate well to urge preservation of faith against modern philosophies.
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Tabernacle
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T. de Witt Talmage
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Hell
Bethlehem
Europe
France
Germany
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Adullam
Adnuiram
Well of
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Jesus
Cesar
Jerusalem
Earth
Heaven
Simeon
Adirondacks
Schroon Lake
Well at the gate of heaven a water of renewal voices
A sermon narrator speaks of Heaven as a well at the gate where sins and sorrows wash away. He urges meeting loved ones there, urges souls to thirst for Christ, and recalls a Northern New Jersey tragedy to illustrate divine love and sacrifice. The elder brother Jesus sheds royal garments to comfort believers.
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Bethlehem
Rome
Stockholm
Vienna
Jerusalem
Jesus
Christ
New Jersey
God
Shelley and Harriet split as Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin draws him away
In this account from Argosy, the wandering Shelley and his wife drift through Wales Devonshire and Ireland. Miss Eliza Westbrook clings to Harriet and the children, widening the rift as Shelley abandons restraint and forms a bond with Mary Godwin. Shelley remarries Harriet to legitimize children, but Mary’s influence breaks the old ties.
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Shelley
Wales
Devonshire
Ireland
Eliza Westbrook
Harriet
London
Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
Mary
Harriet Shelley
Geography hinges on the comma in a Royal Geographical tale
A Royal Geographical Society note recounts how missing a comma altered maps and minds. Manchooria became seen as a perpetual white mountain paradise due to a mispunctuated name Cha'ng. The error framed Eden as Iceland, until punctuation clarified the true meaning. The Duluth Paragrapher suggests sharpening wit on the grindstone.
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Royal Geographical Society
Manchooria
China
Ee Shan
Iceland
Rural Topics Information of Value to the Farmer
A compact rural page offering practical guidance for farmers stock breeders housewives and kitchen maids with tips on crops livestock homemaking and farm economy drawn from local agricultural insights and seasonal routines aimed to aid daily farm life and household management.
Digestibility of Hay and Feeding Notes from Stockman
Digestibility of timothy and clover hay is low with about half of nutritive matter digested. Clover hay provides more protein than timothy. Estimates show 101.6 lb protein per acre of timothy and 258.2 lb per acre of clover hay. Also notes on hay storage, horse heaves, and ensilage practices.
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Germantown Telegraph
Maine Experiment Station
Stockman
Fall planting of trees in suitable soil conditions
The article weighs fall planting of trees, advising against it on poorly drained soils where autumn rains keep soil wet into May. On well drained soils with mature stock, fall planting is preferred as trees settle and root growth can begin earlier. Emphasizes packing soil tightly around roots and filling gaps with a short round stick to prevent air spaces.
Plow Line Remedy for Milking Cows Dries Up Kicking
A writer in the American Cultivator describes using a plow line looped around a cow's body just ahead of the udder as an effective restraint to stop kicking. The cord is tightened with a slip knot to hold, allowing easier milking once the animal remains calm.
Mortality of swine and disease prevention
The article states about 10 percent of the country’s swine die annually from disease with half due to swine plague and half to unwholesome conditions. It argues removal of unwholesome conditions prevents disease and boosts thrift, noting one breeder’s experience of less than 1 percent loss over eighteen years despite nearby outbreaks.
Swine Disease Prevention Warned By Mirrow and Farmer
A quoted farmer and veterinarian viewpoint argues that disease fear is overblown and that proper feeding, watering, shelter, and breeding methods alone would prevent swine disease, making defensive measures economically sensible even if no disease existed.
Veterinary remedies for lice and thrush on livestock
Port London correspondent offers carbolic acid mixtures to destroy lice on pigs horses and cattle and ticks on sheep. A soap mixture with carbolic acid is described for scratches in horses and hoof issues in cattle and sheep. Thrush treatment advised includes dry stalls, dried bedding, and a tar camphor copper sulfate paste applied to the frog and foot bottom, with repeated applications and a cloth patch.
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Port London
Canada
Harmer
Bee-Keepers Hold National Convention Discuss A Apiary Needs
About seventy five delegates from across the country attended a Chicago convention led by Dr C C Miller of Marengo New Jersey to discuss legislation, organization, and education for American beekeepers. Papers covered production methods, legal protections, and the push to build a nationwide association with county and state societies and honey shows.
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Co. C. Miller
Marengo
W. L. Hutchinson
Flint
Mich
A. J. Cook
Michigan Agriculture College
A. I. Reot
Medina
Ohio
E. J. Oatman
Dundee
N. N. McLean
Hinsdale
Ill
T. G. Newman
T.S. Bull
Valaraiso
Ind
J. A. Green
Jayton
Lil
C. C. Miller
Thomas G. Newman
The
Beekeepers of America
North America
Newman
London
England
America
Washing Butter Advances in Dairy Practice
Dairy expert Mr. D. D. Curtis discusses butter washing, arguing it improves flavor and shelf life by removing buttermilk and lactic acid from the sugar, notes old practice relied on whim, and asserts sugar harms butter. He emphasizes rules depend on conditions and the dairyman’s judgment.
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D. Curtis
New Yorker
Housekeeping Rugs and Matting for Cottage Rooms
The article weighs rug choices from Smyrna to plain ingrain and matting as versatile floor coverings. It notes durability and cost of Smyrna rugs, DIY matting substitutes, cleaning ease, and suitability for sitting rooms and bedrooms while warning against heavy chair movement and hall wear. It links matting with current cottage style and light furnishings.
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Philadelphia
Household Hints From an Early Newspaper
Practical tips cover controlling cockroaches with lime powder and soil soot for pests, cleaning windows with ammonia or whiting, removing flower pot stains with wood ashes, rinsing with clear water, washing dishes with a cord mop, and lemon juice adding to tea without milk.
Kitchen dessert and bake shop style pudding recipes
A collection of old fashioned kitchen recipes including Kagg Pudding with bread crumbs raisins apples eggs sugar butter and spice. Gingerbread with molasses flour and spices. Siacuits dough with baking powder lard. and Cocoanut Pudding using fresh coconut crust, milk, eggs and sugar baked like a custard.
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Boston
Veal Loaf and Molasses Dough Recipe
A kitchen recipe describes mixing one pint best baking molasses one-half pint lard one teacup sugar one table spoon soda one tablespoon ginger with hot water and flour to form a medium soft dough. Veal Loaf combines four pounds chopped veal four eggs four tablespoonfuls bread crumbs milk herbs spices and pork baked three hours in a buttered loaf pan.
Tongus Toast Recipe Creates Slices With Tongue Spread
The method describes making toast sliced not thick and evenly browned on both sides with crusts removed. Butter lightly then grate cold tongue with a large grater and spread generously over the toast. Arrange slices on a large dish for breakfast lunch or supper.
A Barber Who Gave a Customer Too Much
An execution scene unfolds as a barber warns a condemned man about beards and hair care. The barber notes country shops offer fine work at low costs, then the man dies in the chair. The tale juxtaposes grim fate with quirky commentary from the barber.
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Bluejeans
Brooklyn Eagle
Ohio State News Chronicle of 1887 incidents and deaths
Ohio paper reports on Charles Patterson 82, a recluse dies after a fire in Dayton. Notes on Hattie Stanley’s medical miracle, school desegregation case win in Ripley, injuries to workers in several towns, train accidents, quail protection plea, governors election totals, corporate filings, and local crimes and fires across Ohio towns.
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Pennsylvania
Patterson
Youngstown
Hattie Stanley
Common Pleas Court
Ripley
S. Atwood
Lindsey Jackson
Millerstown
Harrisburg
B. Vanatta
B. & O. Lake Erie
Shelby
Ohio
Chillicothe
Reuben Ross
Scioto Valley Railroad
Ross
Columbus
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