Prairie-Dog Rowdy Recovers Lost Hanka for German Family
In western Kansas a hunting dog named Rowdy helps locate a missing German boy after his sock scent leads the dog across tall prairie grass. The dog’s trail ends with the child found safe in his mother’s arms, bringing joy to the family and praise for Rowdy.
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Kansas Prairie
Kansas
Joseph Clements
Plains of
Jack
Oscar
Rowdy
Mr. Clements
Mein Hanka
Hanka
Jack Clement
Mr. Clement
Mattie Dyer Britts
Birth and Death of Worlds, Jupiter and Earth Compared
Prof. Procter in Belgravia argues that planetary life spans differ greatly. Using Earth’s fiery and life-bearing stages as benchmarks, he estimates Jupiter lags Earth by hundreds of millions of years, suggesting Jupiter is far from its life-bearing stage. The piece discusses moon tides and cooling histories and cautions against overreaching conclusions.
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Jupiter
Bischoff
Tyndall
Earth
Prof
Procter
Belgravia
When Men Mean It and Cunning Courtship Tales
A reflective piece discusses courtship wisdom and financial motives in love. It cites a maiden's view that attention to the pocket matters, notes Judson's watch gifts among wives as an investment, and recalls Sydney Smith and a Puritan-style tale of a direct marriage proposal. The tone critiques conversion of affection into commerce.
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Judson
Sydney Smith
Noah
Rachel
Farm and Household Tips and Recipes Digest
Wild mint scatters to deter rats and mice in homes. Mirrors should avoid direct sun. Cold water plus wormwood vinegar decoction treats bruises. Ammonia or alcohol cleanses old black silk, pressed on wrong side. Alcohol removes oil spots from matting, then soap wash. Saleratus cleans cups and oil cloth patterns. A barrel of hot ashes destroyed a shed dweller’s dwelling. A guest-chamber should stock a hand-glass and sewing items. Pudding for two uses crackers, milk, egg, and peaches. Plum Pudding combines raisins, currants, suet, bread crumbs, eggs, almonds, lemon, salt. A Welshman with 22 marten boxes reduces insect pests. Fat hens often mislay eggs. fatness harms laying. Use sparing carbonaceous food. oats buckwheat vegetables and oyster shell bits support laying hens.
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Farmers’ Review
Milwaukee
Queen Wool Looms as Southern Prosperity Booster
The Southern Cultivator argues wool could become a dominant industry in the South and Southwest, with sheep farming profitable on mountain lands and unused cheap acreage. Notes lower South costs for sheep care, cites Randall's figures, and highlights Texas as a major sheep state with large flocks. Encourages landowners to shift toward wool husbandry.
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South
Southwest
Texas
Henry 5. Randall
New York
New England
S. Baggett
Faith Healer Text of a Mother's Vow and Miracle
A mother tells of longing for a child and the joy of healing her daughter through Jesus the Messiah. She follows Jesus from Galilee to Tyre and Sidon, pleads for mercy, and receives the promise of healing. The story ends with the daughter's cure and the family embracing a discipleship to Christ.
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Israel
Tyre
Sidon
Mysel
David
Ascending Lord to Healing Power themes in early acts
A school lesson plan outlines a January to March sequence on Acts chapters 1 through 8, covering topics from The Ascending Lord and The Descending Spirit to Persecution Renewed and The First Christian Martyr, withMarch reviews and possible missionary or temperance themes.
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Prince of Life
Ananias
Sapphira
Ingersoll on Sin and a Conditionless God Debate
A critique argues that God is conditioned by moral law and divine justice. The author says the claim of a “conditionless” God ignores divine sovereignty, punishment, and the moral imperative within humans. The piece compares sin against neighbors, property, and state authority to the Lord Jehovah’s authority.
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Jehovah
Life Beyond Our Present Existence Explored
The Baptist Weekly contemplates life after death, arguing that human faculties point beyond the present and that a future world is a necessary moral supplement to this life. It quotes Thurlow Weed on belief in a future life and laments the common neglect of eternal concerns as the year ends.
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Thurlow
Baptist Weekly
Wise Sayings and Moral Reflections From 19th Century Clergy
A compilation of brief religious maxims and commentary from periodicals like the Christian Advocate Golden Rule and Christian Evangelist. The pieces urge reasonable worship, defend truth over heresy, critique church cliques tied to money, and call Christians to gentleness and humility before God.
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Newton
Children of Light
God
Christian Evangelist
Partridge Dog Reunites Cat With Clever Fence Trick
In Cecilian Junction, a dog and cat stay inseparable. When the dog misses its feline friend, it goes to John Heller's, seizes the cat in its mouth, and ferries it home. The clever animal crosses a fence by crawling under it to complete the reunion.
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Cecilian Junction
John Heller
Mr. Heller
Elizabethtown
Westward Exodus From Tennessee County Grows
The Chattanooga Times reports at least 3,500 residents have left the immediate region around the city in recent months seeking new homes in the West.
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Chattanooga Times
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