From death to heavenly joy the aged apostle's farewell
The Brooklyn Tabernacle sermon portrays Paul in the Mamertine dungeon awaiting execution and departing for Heaven. The preacher contrasts mortuary morbidity with cheerful Christian departure, urging elders to embrace death as a bright gateway, join the heavenly feast, and anticipate eternal fellowship with Christ.
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Hamptons
Brooklyn Tabernacle
Ealment
T. de Witt Talmage
D. D
Pencey
Palace
Egypt
Paul
Ulbanum
Mamertine Prison
Earth
Troas
Mediterranean Sea
Rome
Heaven
God
Christ
Nero
A Queer Mexican Street Names Its Seventeen Blocks
The Calle de San Francisco in Mexico City shows irregular numbering across its seventeen blocks each bearing distinct names such as Street of the Sacred Heart, Jesus street, Street of the Love of God, and Blood of Christ street. Numbers in one block do not align with others creating a maze of location references. The article cites the Guadalajara Cor Troy Times as its source.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Street
Grand Plaza
Carlos V
Calle de San Francisco
Crown of Thorns
Guadalajara
Cor
Troy Times
Surprising Effects of Liquor in Mexico
Letter from Mexico notes that high tropical altitudes make liquor much more harmful. It warns Americans in Mexico City may suffer from unfamiliar beverages and jokes by locals, who seem polite yet aim to disadvantage outsiders. Consequences include intoxication and days of stupidity.
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Mexico
Tropics
North
Revival satire and fashion notes drift through columns
A minister faces accusation over a Ten Commandments sermon during a negro revival while a quip about the dead returning surfaces in a traveler’s tale. Separately, fashion shifts show basques and polonaises shaping spring styles with snug fits, tricot, camel’s hair, and Vandyke hoods. Swimmers favor closely cut basques and tunics, with tunics often omitted in private bathing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Jersey
Uranus Disc Appears Elliptical Says Observatory
Two astronomers from the Grand Ducal observatory at Carlsruhe report the planet Uranus as showing an elliptical disc rather than a perfectly circular one, marking a notable celestial observation.
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Grand Ducal Observatory
Carlsruhe
Uranus
Cornstalks and seed saving for home gardens
An article on farm and garden notes how uncut cornstalks in manure hinder plowing and reduce value, while cut stalks serve as absorbent. It advises saving seed from the best plants, not the leftovers, and suggests small seed plots for crops like corn, oats, sorghum, and potatoes to reduce seed purchases and improve quality.
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Indiana
Bridget
Profit in Oats as a Profit Crops Plan
Farmers debate oats profitability with some saying no profit unless straw is valued. Profits rise when oats are cut early, cured well, and fed with calved fodder. combining grain and straw boosts winter feed value. Early cutting reduces lodging, especially on nitrogen rich soils.
The Stock Breeder Cheviot Sheep in America and Pigs in Orchards
Advice on soil for sheep and wool quality from Europe. Tips for keeping pigs in orchards with movable pens to fertilize and manage stock. Description of Cheviot sheep from Scotland, their hardiness, appearance, weight, prolific lambing, and high profitability for American farmers, including historical mating example and wool yield.
Merino Lambs Grazing To Market Weights
The Merino ewes will produce lambs that progress to butcher or dealer at about four months old. These lambs typically average between 10 and 120 pounds in common keeping.
Orchard hints on pruning mulching and girdling trees
The orchard column advises mulching to conserve moisture and avoid surface drying, cautions against indiscriminate watering, and discusses girdling as a questionable practice. It shares raspberries planting plans, plum pest tricks with wool or ink, pruning timing, sun exposure, and guidance on grape and pear care from A M Purdy.
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Illinois
M. Crawford
Ohio
A. M. Purdy
Why the Baby Cries and Household Hints From Hints to Housekeepers
A breezy old column explains baby cries as distress signals tied to specific illnesses and notes a string of practical domestic tips. It covers how stomach, chest, or head issues manifest in cries and offers simple remedies from saltwater gargles to eye soothers and stain removers.
Poultry feeding notes for fowls and ducks
G M Johnson in Poultry for Profit advises on diet for large versus small fowls, stressing wheat oats buckwheat over corn for flesh and egg formation, limiting corn in confinement to prevent fattening and death. Emphasizes bone and shell meals for growing birds, greens for ducks, and balanced rations to avoid weak legs and feather eating.
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G. M
Johnson
Graham Cookies and Corn Muffins From Old Recipes
A compact collection of historical kitchen instructions detailing Graham Cookies, Corn Muffins, Baked Indian pudding, Corn Meat Pancakes, Hollandaise Sauce, and Liver with salt pork. Each item lists ingredients and basic methods, reflecting traditional measurements and cooking practices.
Various Home Cookery Tips and Odd Observations
A patchwork of kitchen recipes and health notes from a vintage page. Recipes include Hariiot Mutton gravy with vegetables, Strawberry Short-Cake with sour cream, a dyspepsia friendly pie, tea cakes, creamed codfish, and a pickled egg preservation method. Also notes tease Dr Bago’s Catarrh Remedy, school chestnut nuisances, a fashion collar remark, and a quip on wages versus hours.
Headlines and Humorus Tidbits From Siftings Scrapbook
A collage of quips and light verse from Texas Siftings and Omaha World columns. Jests range from politeness in marriage to a barber shop joke about skeletons and bonnet purchases. A Dallas or Omaha flair threads through regional humor and frontier tales like Overland Trout.
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Fortune
Texas
St Paul
Minn
C. V. Walls
Newman Independent
Mrs. Dee
Mr. Dee
Daxora
Norristown Herald
Omaha
Tale Origins and Belief in Magic Across Cultures
H E Warner argues that storytelling blends primitive beliefs with modern conditions and may arise independently rather than by borrowing. He notes universal belief in magic among peoples and debates whether simple plots recur across civilizations, with familiar conflicts between hero and cruel parent.
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Lang
H. E. Warner
Stribner’s Magazine
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Dr. Talmage
Alla Christian
Charles I
Tna
Columbous
John Franklin
Switzerland
Matterhorn
Alpenstock
Alps
Montagne Street
Jonathan Edwards
St. Paul
Jesus
Gate of Heaven
Jesus Christ
Luke
Mark
John
Europe
Country Gentleman
Cheviot Hills
Scotland
America
Housekeeping
Graham
Hollandaise Sauer
Hariiot
Hawk
London
Bostin
de Quincy
Dakota Bell
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