Marriage for worldly success without regard to moral character
The Brooklyn sermon denounces women marrying for wealth and status, condemning men who lack character. Dr. Talmage cites Nabal and Abigail as examples, warns that wealth without virtue harms wives, and urges women to marry for moral character or not at all.
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn Tabernacle
T. de Witt Talmage
D. D
America
Moon
Carmel
David
Nabal
Wellington
von Moltke
Washington
Abigail
Christendom
Marie Jeanne Philpon
Cnaver
Paris
Mmne
Toland
Amiens
Lord Radstock
Lord Cavan
Lord Cairns
Lord Congleton
Bagdad
Christ
Thackeray
Charles Dickens
Amos Lawrence
James Lennox
Pete Cooper
William FE
Hodge
Shaftesbury
Miss Wolfe
Mrs. Astor
Astern
Palmers and
Powers
Crawford
Chantry
Canova
Bierstadt
Church
Kenset
Cole
Cropsey
Ole Bull
Gottschalk
Sonntag
Marie Antoinette
Eugenie
Damocles
Jupiter
Great Britain
Rembrandts
Claudes
Poussins
Guides
Raphaels
Embrace Eternal Union With the Bridegroom of Heaven
The speaker extols a spiritual marriage to God over earthly bonds, urging women to seek lifelong devotion and repentance. It draws on Cleopatra and Caesar as a moral tale, contrasting royal myth with a heavenly betrothal and the promise of a throne beside the divine.
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Heaven
Earth
Christ
Paul
Cleopatra
Egypt
Julius Cwsar
Mediterranean
Alexandria
Cowsar
Cwsar's
Cesar
Cmsar
American Doctor in Mexico Tricks for a Coping Practice
A Texas Siftings item recounts an American doctor living in Mexico who jokes that he avoids blame by always telling patients' families to summon a priest. If the patient dies, he is praised for his foresight. if they recover, he is credited with saving them. He says the tactic gives him a thriving, safe practice.
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Mexico
Austin
Texas
Vermont's Monument at Bennington
For over a decade Vermonters have pressed to build a monument honoring Gen. Stark’s 1777 Bennington victory. The Bennington Battle Monument Association has funded the project and placed funds with the state treasury to complete a 301 foot high stone structure on a Green Mountain hillside marking the historic site.
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Vermont
Stark
Green Mountain
Enterprise Echoes Through Boston Ditches
A Kansas City visitor praises Boston's street upheavals saying the open ditches and redoubt evoke enterprise. He contrasts Boston with Poland’s mud and notes he would not value a city that does not rip up streets at least six times yearly.
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Enterprise
Kansas City
Boston
Poland
Boston Transcript
ForrigNer-Ah humor echoes in street talk
A playful urban scene features a traveler mispronouncing French phrases and a confident local repeating his name, creating a lighthearted exchange that captures city chatter and local character.
Proverbial Wit and Warnings Lie in a 19th Century Clip
A quip contrasts small feet with the county’s vast size and warns that pennywise neglect invites bigger loss. A well known detective clove hints at sharp caution amid financial theft.
Farmers and sheep keeping by state in Farmer’s Review
The report lists percentages of farmers who keep sheep across states including Illinois Indiana Michigan Wisconsin Ohio Missouri Kentucky Iowa Minnesota Nebraska Kansas North Dakota with ranges from a few percent to 90 percent in certain counties. It notes many farmers keep only a few sheep and gives county examples such as Clark Jefferson Williamson Noble Calhoun Livingston Ing ham Huron Harlan Scott Davis Woodson Triall.
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Illinois
Clark
Jefferson
Williamson
Indiana
Benton County
Noble County
Michigan
Benzie
Calhoun
Livingston
Ingham
Wisconsin
Lafayette
Kenosha
Ozankee County
Ohio
Hard
Clark, Harrison
Huron
Missouri
Callaway
Eaton Counties
Kentucky
Bracken County
Anderson County
Iowa
Davis County
Minnesota
Scott County
Nebraska
Harlan County
Kansas
Woodson
Dakota
Triall County
A Farmer’s 160 Acre Plan To Raise Cattle For Profit
A Des Moines farmer outlines a cattle breeding and feeding method to turn 160 acres into a dairy and beef operation. He suggests raising twenty cows and calves, weaning at three days, feeding milk and oil meal or flaxseed, then introducing corn, hay, and pasture. Calves reach 800 to 1,000 pounds by a year old, aiming for 350 to 1,000 dollars per calf, with milk income matching the beef profits.
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Saya
Des Moines
Iowa
Care of an Apple Orchard
An article from Vick's Magazine warns that neglected orchards lack manure and cultivation, producing small tasteless fruit. It urges supplying manure, proper fertilizers, pruning, bark cleaning, and worm control to promote vigorous growth and handsome fruit.
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Vick's
Frat Growing for Women Profits From Strawberry Venture
A Massachusetts woman with spare time raised strawberries on a 57 by 57 foot plot. She sold 350 baskets at market for 52.50, paying 21.55 in expenses and netting 31.25 after costs while negotiating a 4 cent per basket share for berries over 20 cents and 3 cents for smaller fruit. The drought year helped prices and all fruit was sound and well displayed.
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Massachusetts
Preservation of Bias In Australian Egg Jars
The Poulterer describes a method to preserve eggs using hot water treated glass jars with patent stoppers and vulcanized India rubber joints. Eggs are heated in warm air and packed upright in paper before sealing. Properly heated air is key to long storage, with warm baked paper aiding preservation.
Preserved Eggs Show Prize Contenders at Birmingham
At a Birmingham cattle show a prize was awarded for the best dozen preserved eggs. Winners used simple lime and water or dry salt. samples with melted fat or oils were also praised. Oddly, an exhibit rubbed with vaseline produced the worst decay.
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Birmingham
England
Food for Dairy Farms From Mr Primrose McConnell
Mr Primrose McConnell a seasoned Scotch dairy farmer offers feeding and management tips for cows in Highland Agricultural Society Transactions He recommends a forage mix of tares rye and oats two bushels of tares and one bushel each of rye and oats with autumn and later season sowings for continuous cuttings York tares best sown March or April Common spring saris yield little fodder He cautions against cotton cake and oil cake favors bean meal with ground oats for butter quality winter charging unprofitable heating chaff and meal with water as swarm mess roots costly and often not worth adding to the mix
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Primrose McConnell
Highland Agricultural Society
York
McConnell
How to Make a Large Poultice for Comforting Heat
A detailed home method by Dr Brunton describes preparing a large warm poultice. Use a fabric bag about twelve by eight inches with four corner tapes, a long wrap strip, flannel, and cotton wool. Boil linseed with a heated bowl and spoon, fill the bag with a boiling soft poultice, wrap it hot, and apply to the skin to soothe without burning while retaining heat longer.
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Brunton
Boston Journal of Health
How to Broil a Steak for Tender Juicy Results
A nineteenth century guide explains hanging beef in cool weather for tenderness and outlines broiling steps. Trim edges, pound thin or use a hot pan, sear quickly, then finish with butter, light salt and pepper after cooking to seal juices. Continuous turning prevents overcooking outside.
Hints to Housekeepers from an Early Manual
Household tips cover cleaning with alum on shelves infested with ants and removing fruit stains with whisky or camphor. It also advises penning wardrobe patterns, restoring spoiled milk with soda, brewing strong coffee, softening leather with kresoneear, treating burns with cold water and wheat flour, and using charcoal to absorb gases in milk rooms. A sprain remedy uses very hot water, boiling water, a tight bandage, rest, and possible quick joint use with sodium dress.
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Brinvon
Fried Dried Potatoes with Egg and Crackers
Wash and boil dried potatoes in salted water until just tender. Beat one egg, coat potatoes in egg then cracker crumbs, and fry in butter until light brown, turning to color evenly. Drain briefly on a cloth before serving.
The Stock-Breeder A Hint on Fattening Animals
Animals cannot live on fully digestible feed alone. Provide excess feed beyond known needs and include crude fiber such as straw or coarse hay to prevent the craving for indigestible matter. Fattening swine may lead to chewing charcoal, coal, rails, or boards if crude fiber is omitted.
Raising Runts Questioned How to Handle Undersized Pigs
The American Agriculturist advises killing runt pigs early rather than costly feeding to reach market weight. It notes runts fed in confinement grow disproportionate to muscle, while grassed exercise improves quality. Calves may be given longer probation, but runt calves often fail to become profitable.
Potato Custard Recipe From The Cook
Grate six large potatoes and add one quart boiling milk. Stir in three beaten eggs and a quarter pound of sugar, boil seven minutes, avoid burning, then add half cup batter. This yields three well sized custards.
Doughnut Recipe Plain Version For Home Baking
A simple doughnut recipe lists ingredients: two cups water, one cup sugar, two tablespoons shortening, one quart sifted flour, two teaspoons baking powder or cream of tartar with soda, and a pinch of salt. Flavor to taste.
Cup Custards Easy Bake in Slow Oven
Beat five eggs with three quarters cup sugar and flavoring then mix with a quart of sweet milk. Pour into cups set in a water bath and bake in a slow oven.
Old Fashioned Pancake and Cake Recipe List
A collection of vintage kitchen recipes includes Hott Jetty Cale with two cakes and ingredients like eggs milk sugar flour lemon extract salt and baking powder. Rye Pancakes use sour milk rye meal molasses egg and saleratus fried like doughnuts. Corn Cake uses buttermilk flour corn meal soda and butter. Bruit Cake combines eggs butter sugar syrup soda cream of tartar and citron currants raisins.
How to Prepare Meat Cakes in Butter Frying
Two cups chopped meat and two cups bread crumbs mixed with two cups hot milk. Season with salt and pepper. Beat one egg yolk and add milk a teaspoon melted butter and the bread crumb and meat mix. Form into small flat cakes and fry in butter.
Quick Pudding and Egg Drop Dough Recipe
A historical food column describes quick pudding using milk eggs Indian meal molasses and salt heated with boiling milk. It also details a drop dough method: heat water and butter, add flour, cool slightly, whisk in six eggs, then drop stiff dough into hot lard and fry in lumps. Serve with syrup butter or vanilla nutmeg flavor.
How to Stuff and Bake Potatoes with Savory Filling
Wash and peel eight large potatoes and halve them lengthwise. Hollow, then fill with a paste made from insides of two or three baked potatoes, two shalots chopped, butter the size of an egg, diced bacon, parsley, and chives, season with pepper and salt. Bake on a buttered tin for half an hour until browned and serve.
The World May Expect More From An Industrious Fool
A Arkansas Traveler notes the differences between incandescence in gas flames and electric lamps. He explains gas light results from combustion heat while electric light comes from heated carbon filaments. The piece contrasts ignition and filament glow in simple terms.
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Electrical Review
Arkansaw Traveley
First Ascent of Mont Blanc Chronology and Saussure
The article traces Horace B. de Saussure born 1740 and his scientific evolution. It notes his studies in philosophy botany electricity with early instruments and travels across Europe. It highlights his Alps focus and the 1787 Mont Blanc ascent with guides, marking a pioneering ascent.
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Mont Blanc
Horace Bouche de Saussure
Pictet
Bonnet
Albrecht Haller
Berne
Geneva Academy
J. Pitton de Tournefort
Linneus
Tuscany
Rome
Naples
Sicily
Craters
Saussure
Alps
Savoy
Arve
Geneva
Chamouni
Brevent
Aiguilles Range
Chamois
Pocock
Wyndham
Chambers’ Journal
Paradise for Brass Jewelry Fakir in Dixie
A Dixie traveler notes the South is a prime market for cheap jewelry fakirs who sell items under 50 cents. In Georgia a trader boasted fifteen years in the business and displayed a bag packed with watches rings and cuff buttons. A buyer returned, deriding the pieces as not diamonds and demanding a refund.
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Dixie
South
Georgia
Darky
Jeweler’s Weekly
Narrow escape in Texas siblings elopement tale
First Actor learns his wife ran off with a handsomer man. The husband claims he slept through the scene, snoring to avoid suspicion, and reflects on the narrow escape from being left behind. The dialogue style mirrors a Texas siblings column anecdote.
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Texas
Sealskin Plush Debate In City Store
A Philadelphia scene reports two women reacting to a seal plush wrap worn by a passerby in Chestnut Street. They debate if imitation sealskin is moral noting the trouble of discerning real fur from plush.
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Chestnut Street
Philadelphia Press
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Tion
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Union Square
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