The Christian's Freedom
A 1904 Chicago Sunday piece argues that true liberty derives from God and Christ. It contrasts divine liberty with political freedom, warns against using freedom for self indulgence, and urges Christians to serve others through love, tying personal liberty to societal responsibility.
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TB Bae
Chicago
Schiller
Mme. Roland
Paris
Paul
Christ
Garden of Eden
America
Vaughan
Diver’s Strange Couch on a Navy Ship
A San Francisco Call tale recounts Gunner Johnson, a jovial Swede aboard a U S ship, who spent five days sleeping underwater in diver gear. His fellow crew staged the ruse to keep him aboard while he napped, using a helmet and lines to prop his prone position at the hull.
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Sam
Johnson
San Francisco
Mare Island
T'Auia
Roy
Firelands origins and Connecticut ties in Ohio history
The Firelands district in northern Ohio traces its name to Connecticut’s wartime devastation during the 1781 Long Island Sound raids led by Benedict Arnold. The lands were set aside to aid Connecticut sufferers, shaping Ohio settlement names and civic character. Additional notes discuss grass poisoning of apple trees and wild indigo research in India and Calcutta.
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Michigan
Wisconsin
Connecticut
Ohio
Benedict Arnold
Long Island Sound
New London
Western Reserve
Sandusky Bay
Lake Erie
New Longwalk
Fairfield
Firelands
Woolburn Experimental Fruit Farm
England
N. ¥. Times
Value of Sturgeon and Roe in Delaware Catch
A good-sized cow sturgeon is worth $50 to $90 and, after gilling, is easy to handle. The roe drives value, with Russian caviar largely sourced from fish in the lower Delaware. Fishermen pack roe in salt within standard kegs, and buyers are plentiful.
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Delaware
Philadelphia Press
When the Earth Turns and Stars Roll in the Sky
A child’s reflections on the turn of the earth and the rolling stars, prompted by a mother’s questions. The verse considers travel, distance, and vastness, hinting at discoveries once doubted and the idea that knowledge grows with learning across ages.
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Kate Lawrence
Ink
Rooster Stops Train Aboard Laughing Passengers
A Chicago Tribune contributor recounts a passenger train ride where a large rooster strutted the aisle waking sleepers. The bird perched on a sleeping man's knee, causing laughter and a dramatic bell rope stop as the train lurched to a halt. The rooster owner retrieved the errant bird and calm returned.
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The
Chicago Tribune
How Any Bright Boy Can Make an Outfit That Delights Him
A 19th century instructional piece describes crafting a miniature shooting toy from cigar box wood and whale bone, including a paper tube gun, a peg projectile, and a stand with numbered targets. It contrasts with notes on the banyan tree, a girl’s letter, and eye diseases listed in the Philadelphia Press.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Rearing a Wren Family Scene in the Grass
A narrator observes a wrens nest and a domestic dispute as the male resists the female’s feeding delegation. After a tense moment the male forces control over a white grub prize, the mother calms and resumes feeding the family while singing freely from the treetop.
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Wren
The Brown Nestling and a Cat Adopt Mice
A nature tale from St Nicholas recounts a father wren’s odd hunger strikes to feed his nestlings before the young wrens leave the nest. The piece then shifts to Busy Body, a six year old Maltese cat in Indianapolis adopting four orphan mice, sharing nourishment with her kittens and the mice. A separate note reports a rat in New Gretna wearing a diamond ring before being killed by a barn cat.
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Wm. Lovell Finley
St. Nicholas
Cat
Mou
Busy Body
Indianapolis Union Railway
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Sun
Tabby
Fanny
Union Railway
Uriah J. Allen
New Gretna
N. J
Maggie Adams
Gambling legends of European royalty and figures inspire awe
A roundup of tales on historic gambling excess cites princes dukes and kings who squandered fortunes at cards dice and games from Mellish and Payne to George IV Henry VIII and Louis XIV. It notes how collectors of wagers and wealthy traders like Bland Fox and Mytton rival modern high rollers in bold, often tragic losses.
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Cord Barrymore
Richard Gargrave
Col
Mellish
Blythe
Doncaster
Earl of Barrymore
England
George Payne
Lord Albert Denison
Limmer's Hotel
Paris
London
Crockford
White
Chesterfield, Sefton and
Foley
George IV
Prince of Wales
Caroline
William III
Henry VIII
St. Paul
Hazard
Miles Patridge
Henry IV
France
Sully
Faidean
M. Edouard
John Bland
James Fox
Alclub
Lord Thanet
John Mytton
King’s Bench
Lord Hastings
Goodwood
Chemin-De-Fer
Mazarin
Goldsmith
Asa Reforms Judah and Defeats Ethiopian Invaders
A revival under King Asa removes idolatry and high places, pockets Judah with fortified cities and rest from war. Asa prays for divine help against Zerah the Ethiopian, and the Lord delivers victory as he places trust in God rather than numbers. The lesson stresses obedience to the law and a heart seeking the Lord.
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J. M. Edson
David
Asa
Judah
Benjamin
Zerah
Mareshah
Zephathah
Mareshab
Zeran
Jerusa_em
Zeral
Jerusa
Zerab
Azariah
Syria
Hanani
Israe
Jeroboam
Nadab
Zimri
Omri
Tibat
Ahab
Solomon
Rehoboam
Paul
Vlor
God
Gog Fe
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Lahore
East
India
Philadelphia
Fie
Father Bird
Pather
Big
Iceland
Chichester
the Sunday Bible School
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al Denjamin
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H. W. Myers & Sons
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Clinton
Third Errante
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Nye
Cincinnati
Louisville
Chattanooga
J. A Willamson
Toledo
Ono
D. G. Baer
Cincinnati, O
Columbus
E H. & D. Railway
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Wapaionsia
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Piqua
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Dayton
Ly Vorumbes
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Sherwood
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Dedhee
Gen Pass
Nickel Plate Railway
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