The Nativity Sermon on Mary and Creation at Bethlehem
In Brooklyn the Christmas service at the Tabernacle featured Dr Talmage delivering The Barn and Its Surroundings. He extols Christ born in a stable to alleviate brute suffering, praising Mary, the fields, and motherhood, and invoking scenes of shepherds, animals, and worldly reformists.
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Brooklyn
Bethlehem
Dr. Talmage
Christ
Homer
Thespis
Aristophanes
Sophocles
Euripides
Alexis Schylus
Herodotus
Xenophon
Thucydides
B.C
A. D. Amon
Camillus
Manlius
Xantippus
Hannibal
Pio
Pompey
Cesar
Earth
Heaven
Mary
Marya
Raphael
Tintoret
Guirlandjo
Tawi
Corregio
Leonardo da Vinci
Murillo
Dresden
Robin
Lark
Jesus
John Wesley
St. Bernard
Samuel Budgett
Doddridge
Walter Scott
Benjamin West
Titian
Rubens
Joshua Reynolds
Christmas Prayer to Mothers in Heaven
A reflective piece honors departed mothers at Christmas urging them to speak from heaven. It recalls maternal gentleness amid age and illness, asks mothers to greet children with prayer and blessing, and longs for reunion in the eternal home while honoring their guiding voice.
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Heaven
Earth
The Sage Kills a Champion Tennis Player
A weary youth laments lacking purpose after a season of triumph. An old sage strikes him with a club and then boasts of selling the corpse for property uses, ending with a macabre quip about fertilizer. The tale, attributed to Burdette, presents dark satire on ambition and value.
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Earth
Bell Foundry
Perpetual motion pursuits and a fatal consequence
A Cassell's account traces Stephenson and other inventors who pursued perpetual motion. It notes wooden wheels with glass tubes and quicksilver, patents for motive power, and mentions Hartmann of Leipzig who hanged himself in despair after chasing the doomed quest.
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George Stephenson
Katterfalte
Engiaeer
Hartmann of
Leipsic
Cassell
Proverbs of trades and lives from Detroit Free Press
A collection of era proverbs linked to professions and people including doctors dealers stock-raisers clothiers divorce lawyers gamblers telephone makers contortionists shoe dealers and lawyers. The sayings reflect moral judgments on appearance breeding and human nature in a concise, quotable format.
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Cosmetica
Detroit Free Press
A Female Surpliced Choir Debate in England
A female surpliced choir modeled on Melbourne’s setup causes protest from Canon Liddon who deems it irreverent while an impartial observer argues for girl choristers. The piece notes Italy’s Roman center shift from Rome to Byzantium by Constantine in the fourth century.
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Melbourne
Australia
England
Liddon
Chicago News
Italy
Rome
Byzantum
Constantinople
Constantine
Leading man questioned for leering and gender fight myths
A LADY correspondent questions why women cannot fight as well as men since needle guns were invented. The article hints at a problematic stereotype and notes the leading man’s behavior toward audience members as a leerical artst, suggesting a narrower, ironic take on gender roles and performance.
Higher Prices for Farm Products Predicted by Homestead
Forecasters in the New England Homestead predict higher wholesale prices for farm goods within months. Potatoes may reach 1 per bushel in Boston, hogs up one cent per pound, beef cattle values rising before January, and Baldwins at 3 per barrel before February. The outlook favors large markets, though country values depend on distance, with farmers urged to estimate and compare.
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New England Homestead
Boston
Nice
Homestead
Providence
New York
Sawdust Biscuits for Cattle Under Study
Veterinary Professor Sansan reports on sawdust based cakes used as cattle feed. The cakes, eight to ten inches wide and one pound, mix sawdust with bran and oats, acting as stomach ballast though not nutritive. In cavalry rations, forty one pounds of oats sawdust cake would rival ten pounds of hay and oats. Sawdust can be ingested safely by horses. in Sweden larch sawdust mixes with mangolds for bullocks and dairy stock.
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Christ
Bethlehem
Elijah
Jesus
Adam
Naaman
Jordan
Nile
Waterloo
Blucher
Europe
Gettysburg
Harrisburg
Earth
Heaven
Jerusalem
United States
Washington
Jefferson
Garfield
Lincoln
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
Martin Luther
Bethlehem Kahn
Sansan
Germany
Omnibus Company
Swenden
Mill Feed for Pigs diet comparison from early farms
The article argues wheat mill feed is superior for growing pigs of all ages, outperforming bran which is too coarse. Pigs refuse bran unless starved, will mix with milk and leave bran, and prefer finer feeds. It notes corn meal mixed with bran is sifted out, leaving bran behind.
Bran for breeding stock and horses from American Agriculturist
The guide stresses wheat bran as essential for winter feeding, especially for breeding stock, noting its bone and muscle benefits and bowels support. It also describes breeding saddle and harness horses, urging land suited to their needs, and detailing ideal traits for Anglo-Arabian saddle horses and steeplechase lines.
Preserving Baga Eggs Through Salt and Lime Methods
English authorities have not found a better way to keep eggs fresh than salt and lime. The name preserved has a stale sound, and without storing summer eggs for winter demand would drop. If only fresh laid eggs were sold, prices would rise and justify better hen-raising methods.
Winter Egg Laying Challenge for Hens Highlighted
A historical note discusses preserving eggs and the expectation that hens should lay in winter. It emphasizes the goal of enabling winter egg production and the difficulties of aligning freshness with seasonal behavior.
Ladies and Poultry in Household Farming
The article discusses women’s roles in keeping fowls, noting that a small flock suits a lady well for pleasure and home economy. It contrasts this with large poultry farming, which demands extensive labor, long hours, and resilience to weather, though with help a woman can manage larger operations.
Tree types reveal soil and climate clues in forests
The Forester notes that distribution of trees such as pines birches beeches elms limes oaks ashes poplars and willows signals soil conditions. Pines and birches mark dry rocky soil while oaks and ashes indicate heavy clay. elms and limes suggest damp soil. poplars and willows imply marshy grounds. The strongest, most numerous species define the true soil character.
Maine forests seen as resilient by land baron
The New England Farmer editor reports from Aroostook County with Lewellan Powers of Houston, a Maine land holder with over 170000 acres. He argues against current forestry fears, urging selective cutting of larger trees, and says Maine can sustain about 500 million feet cut annually as long as timberlands remain accessible to streams.
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Maine
New England Farmer
Aroostook County
Lewellan Powers
Houston
The Housekeeper Practical Hints for Plain People
Practical kitchen tips to stretch beef cuts and beans into affordable meals. It covers roasting cheaper cuts, making stock from bones, creating soups, using leftovers, and preserving juices. Also includes bean cooking methods, flavoring with pork, and steps for a homey breakfast or baked bean dish.
Boston brown bread and corn fritters recipe notes
Instructions for Boston brown bread using corn meal rye flour molasses and soda with a four hour steaming method. yields a large loaf for about ten cents. Also a corn fritters breakfast dish using flour sugar baking powder salt egg milk and sweet corn fried in hot drippings and served hot with roast beef.
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Boston
Katherine Armstrong
Cook Book Recipes from A M Kinsley Era
Choice by A M Kinsley outlines several dishes and preparations. Consomme with tapioca uses beef stock, eggs, and sherry. prairie chicken roasted forty five minutes. stuffing bread with eggs port wine and savory. sweet potatoes baked in butter. German Beer Sour soup stock thickened with bread. asparagus with French dressing. venison steak sauté with butter oil stock jelly and Madeira wine, served with pickles.
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Brerap Sturrme
First Run Upon Bankers Amid War Panic in Charles the Second Era
The extravagant court and weak finances of Charles the Second sparked a London banking scare as Dutch raids threatened invasion. People rushed to withdraw deposits from goldsmiths feared as bankers, but royal proclamations restored confidence and the run collapsed.
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Charles the Second
Holland
England
Thames
Sheerness
Chatham
London
Gravesend
Tower
Securit
Red Heads and White Horses Alleged Through History
A playful essay traces a mythic link between auburn hair and white horses from ancient Greece and Egypt to modern superstition. It suggests embattled knights and lost loves may live on as steeds with snowy flanks, a notion some readers may amusingly entertain.
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Cleopatra
Helen of 'L'Roy
Jupiter
Adieus
Helens
Cleopatras
Heaven
Horatio
Macon Telegraph
Jumbled Humor Snippets From Siftings Columns
A collage of wry lines and jokes from Siftings and other papers. It features quips about judges carpenters and farmers, a New Jersey stove in a hat, faux foreign banter, witty exchanges between editors and journalists, a lighthearted dinner table pun, and a midnight pressroom vignette in a somber, old timey tone.
Lady Juror a Century Hence Comic Exchange
A quip filled exchange from Omaha World features a panel of lady jurors debating a prisoner’s guilt and potential punishment. They muse on bouquets, dating, and the impossibility of marriage if he is jailed, highlighting lighthearted social banter.
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Felow
Omaha
Markets and Bible Talk Stir Workers in Detroit
A butcher asks an enslaved man about Noah's age. the reply asserts experience from thirty days in the Work House. The exchange highlights tensions between laborers and authority, with Bible discussion becoming a point of conflict and discipline on the market scene in Detroit.
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Noah
Josiah
King Solomon
Detroit Free Press
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