Jim Turner and the Bear Creek School Clash
Alice Ray, a new teacher, battles unruly pupils led by Jim Turner at Bear Creek School. Turner defends her during a fight, aids her first day, and helps her endure threats from the Bradley brothers. After a tense start she stays to teach three years, then Turner returns to end the school.
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Alice Ray
Zeke Woodburn
Zeke
Bear Creek
Alice
Jim Turner
Bradley
Moses Bradley
Mr. Bradley
Turner
Mose
Mose Bradley
Jim
Bill Bradley
Tom
Bradleys
Chicago
Rhode Island Regiments Claim Still Active Pay
The Ninth and Tenth Rhode Island regiments, serving in 1863 for three months, assert they were never mustered out and seek full pay to date, with an estimated cost of 5 million dollars to settle the claim.
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Rhode Island Volunteers
W. Y. Herald
Understanding Mange in Horses and Ancient Funeral Rites
The article explains mange in horses caused by acari with symptoms, contagion, and management, contrasting it with heat and outlining veterinary findings. It then surveys funeral customs in Jesus time, detailing procession order, mourners, seating, feeds after burial, and seven to thirty day mourning, citing biblical references.
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Nain
Apostle
Simeon
Abner
Devin
David
God
California boys convicted in chinaman robbery case
A San Francisco journal views the convictions of two youths for robbing Chinese men as a reaction against Chinese in the city. It notes that Chinese residents have largely lacked legal protection against thieves and bullies.
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California
San Francisco
All Things Beautiful Love for Earth and Creator’s Love
A poem from the Chicago Standard praising the beauty of nature as God’s handywork. The speaker expresses love for hills, fields, mountains, forests, dawns and sunsets, noontide and night, seasons and birds, flowers, seas, and the Creator’s care. It ends with hope for new heavens and new earth where righteousness dwells.
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Chicago Standard
Carlyle Remembered as Tireless Moral Force in War Era
A reminiscence recalls Thomas Carlyle during the Crimean period, noting his fiery critique of administration. The speaker quotes Carlyle’s maxim Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might, and reflects on his weariness, faith, and enduring influence beyond mortal decline.
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St. James’ Park
Babylon
Clinton Street
Perry Street
Hoffman & Geiger
A.martin
Clinton St
Paul
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A reflective fragment echoes a funeral sermon by Dean Stanley about divine will and mortality. The speaker contemplates eternity, the vastness of the stars, and the pain of loss, concluding with acceptance that God's will governs life and death.
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God
Dean Stanley
The Azazel Symbol and the Day of Atonement
The article argues Azazel means complete separation as a symbol of pardon, citing Levitical rituals with two birds and scapegoat imagery. It links old dispensation types to gospel truths, noting the atonement theme runs from ancient to new covenant and praises the Christus pattern echoed in scripture.
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Azazel
Thomas A Kempis Before The Imitation Of Christ
Thomas a Kempis, born Thomas Kempen in 1379, lived a secluded monastic life for over ninety years in Kempen. Renowned for sanctity and learning, his fame rests mainly on his writings, especially The Imitation Of Christ. The original manuscript, held in Brussels, has long attracted readers second only to the Bible, with high admiration from Dean Milman.
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Hamerken
Kempen
Thomases
Thomas Kempen
Brussels
Dean Milman
Mt. St. Agnes
Thomas A’ Kempis
Love's Work The Grandest Facade Carved by Love
A century ago in a northern European cathedral a sculptor worker aged and blind carved a final face atop a vaulted arch. He died in his scaffold leaving a beauty that would be lit by sunlight through a window each year drawing crowds. The artist’s last piece is hailed as a testament that love's work is the grandest.
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Europe
Love
J. L. Russell
Two New York youths jailed after assault during attempted kiss
Two youths from New York attempted to kiss a girl. A fellow interfered and a blind assailant struck the man and knocked the mother down with a cane. Both were jailed for one month. They plan to avoid such incidents in the future.
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New York
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