Recreation as moral uplift in a Brooklyn sermon
In a Brooklyn Tabernacle sermon, Dr. Talmage argues amusements can be destructive or blessed. He urges music, gymnasiums, parlor games, outdoor sports, and charitable acts as wholesome recreations that strengthen body mind and soul for the Christian life.
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Brooklyn
Tabernacle
Hill of Zion
de Witt Talmage
Samson
Dagon
Gaza
Aennies
Abba
Heaven
Waterloo
Wellington
Philharmonic
Steinway
Academies of Music
Richard Baxter
Robert Hall
Atlantic
Martin Luther
God
Ictures
Historical Society
Agassiz
Voremas
Boynton
Mitchell
John B. Gough
Church of God
Kingdom of Darkness
The Rich Man and the Charity Moment
A narrator imagines a tiny daily act of charity yielding immense inner joy. Two cents to a destitute man, aiding a boy with a wheelbarrow, and the unseen happiness sparked by generosity are framed as lasting personal rewards. The piece emphasizes personal virtue over outward recognition.
Early magnet telegraph tale traced to 1622 Paris work
A Cosmos correspondent cites a 1622 Paris printing describing a German secret that uses rubbed magnetic needles on clock dials to enable distant communication with letters. The passage notes the king forbids it for fear of dangerous military espionage, and the Electrician calls this possibly the earliest trace of such wireless-like marvels.
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Cosmos
Paris
Henry
P. del Ancre
Conseiller du Roy En
Claude
Ancient trepanning in caves and beliefs across eras
The essay notes that prehistoric peoples practiced skull scraping to expel evil spirits causing epilepsy. Surviving skull fragments were kept as amulets, and the custom appeared in many distant lands including America, Algeria, and the South Seas, hinting at rudimentary beliefs about spirits and the afterlife. Westminster Abbey.
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America
Algeria
South Sea Islands
Westminster Abbey
White Hair in Samoa Bleaching Customs in Apia 1578
The New York World describes Samoan men using a whitish clay to bleach hair into a white and later brownish red color. Women sometimes bleach as well but keep hair short. The piece notes Samoan natives’ view of work and mentions Kanakas hired from other islands to do plantation labor.
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Apia
Samoan Islands
Samoa
New York World
Commander Lee Hall of Texas Rangers in Washington
A national dispatch mentions Lee Hall, commander of the Texas Rangers, praising his duty to restore law and order in Texas. The New York World quotes him as modest yet renowned across the state for bravery and effectiveness in protecting life and property.
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Lee Hall
Texas Rangers
Lone Star
Washington
Texas
New York World
Campbell County News notes worn jeans need donor help
A reader request in Campbell County News appeals for a subscriber to provide jeans pants for someone in need. The message emphasizes kindness and abundant flowers as a backdrop to the plea.
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Ore “Jeans
Campbell County
A Fruitful Pay From Regular Rest Day on Farms
A Farm periodical argues for a weekly rest day, detailing benefits for workers and animals. It highlights sand bedding advantages, noting sand absorbs liquids, reduces odor, and eases manure handling. It warns against coarse gravel and suggests screening to protect large animals. Cor. Country Gentleman.
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Cate Tle
Surface placement of mineral manures for crops
The article warns that mineral manures should be left on or near the surface as they are not bulky and deep burial wastes warmth and fertility. Barnyard manure decomposing under the furrow warms and feeds roots, while buried potash or phosphates wash away or become insoluble, especially in soils with little vegetable mould.
Washing Horses In Hot Weather A Pennsylvania Farmer Advises
A Pennsylvania farmer argues for washing horses in hot weather to refresh them and prevent dust. He details a step by step routine: scrape, tepid sponge, rinse, dry, straw, light rug, and stall rest. He warns against lazy grooms and stresses drying legs, cleaning feet, inspecting the coronet, and cleaning the tail and mane to prevent sores and rubs.
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Pennsylvania
Sheep care and diseases in welfare of flocks
R. M. Bell argues that profitable sheep farming sustains care and enthusiasm while low prices breed neglect. He warns scab and foot-rot follow price dips, urges strict disease control, cites laws as needed, and notes soil effects on foot-rot with Vermont as example.
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Leah
Foot' Ob
Australia
Vermont
R. M. Bell
Wool Journal
The Stock-Breeder on Grooming and Household Care
The article argues against over grooming of horses and praises sand bedding for its absorption. It offers housekeeper tips for handling fine china and glass, washing methods, and careful maintenance to prevent breakage. Practical advice covers beds, towels, crystallized ware, and minor first aid, with warnings about heat and cleaning agents.
What is Forestry and its value to farms
Forestry is the production of a wood crop on waste farm land and a long term, low effort investment. It adds beauty, increases land value, and can yield profit indirectly through better farm sales. Proper care includes selective cutting and promoting young growth, with forestry understood as the art of self-reproducing timber managed for shortest growth time.
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B. E. Fernow
United States Department of Agriculture
Fruit House Ice Storage Described by Pennsylvania Horticulturist
A Pennsylvania horticulturist details a refrigerator fruit house with 40 by 55 foot outside dimensions and two foot thick cement walls. The building stores about 600 tons of ice in three rooms, with no interior ventilation beyond the vestibule doors and two large roof ventilators.
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Fruit House
Pennsylvania
Pruning Apple Orchards in Spring for Best Growth
Charles A. Green advises pruning apple orchards in spring just before leaves appear. He cautions against removing large limbs now, notes they heal better in spring, and recommends yearly visits for young trees. Overgrown tops cause small fruit. thin branches and remove lower limbs to ease cultivation.
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Charles A. Green
Oysters a la Polonaise and Other Oyster Dishes
A colonial cookbook style item outlines several oyster recipes including Oysters a la Polonaise Fried Oysters Escalloped Oysters and Oysters a la Milan aise plus a shrimp and egg salad with rich dressings. The instructions specify boiling frying and baking methods with butter crackers mushrooms and tomato sauces and include detailed ingredient measures.
Quips and Quotations From Various Papers
A collage of humorous lines from the Boston Courier Detroit Free Press and others, ridiculing events and people. Jests touch on editors politicians and misprints with playful satire across multiple papers and brief scenes. The piece includes hyperbolic quotes about sleeping and rising early and a railway robber joke from Fred Carruth.
Saving the country in a costly election cycle
The piece laments endless elections from presidential to local contests draining time and money. It notes parties claim only their candidate can save the country amid mass meetings, party funds, and voter anxiety, with a cynical quip on a village constable election deciding salvation.
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Ohio
Texas
How Sea Birds Quench Their Thirst During Rain
An old skipper recalls sea birds drinking rain droplets from squalls while at sea far from land. He notes birds detect approaching rain storms from long distances and swoop to catch the rain, suggesting birds may endure thirst through habit and extended periods without water.
Prince Adolfus Refuses Despair as Cancer Is Named
Dr Morell Mackenzie reports to Prince Unser Fritz that his throat cancer is malignant. The prince receives the diagnosis calmly, thanks the doctor, and remains cheerful at dinner, showing unexpected courage as described by the New York World.
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Morell Mackenzie
Unser Fritz
Mackenzie
Sir Morell
New York World
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