Go to Now Go to Now sermon on life’s uncertainty and God’s plan
A 1902 sermon warns against planning life apart from God citing James 4:13 15 and Mont Pelee destruction to show life is a vapor. It argues for planning with God in all ventures from home to work and urges faith over self directed schemes.
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A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Co
Chicago
James
Yester Morn
God
Lot
Sodom
Abraham
Noe
Noah
Jesus Christ
Tower of Babel
Christ
Earth
Heaven
Mont Pelee
London
Westminster Abbey
St. Pierre
Christ Jesus
Soft Words of Beggars in a Chicago Winter
In warm weather Chicago beggars adopt a new tactic. A well dressed man in La Salle street asks for assistance only to be bluntly refused by a citizen who jokes he won’t part with bread even for his great grandmother and jokes about copyright. The con man departs puzzled as the scene ends.
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Chicago
Mercury
The
Tribune
la Salle Street
Gas Emission Fatalities Reported From West Indies Eruption
General Forwood cites that deaths in St Pierre resulted from an inflammable gas released by the mountain. Lieut Reilly explains gas became explosive when mixed with oxygen near St Pierre. Survivors say all in St Pierre died within three minutes of the blast. Sulphur dioxide or similar gas caused deaths at St Vincent. Some were injured by falling rocks. Burns on exposed skin indicate people fled the mountain.
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Forwood
Jere B. Clayton
West Indies
Washington Exchange
John J. Reilly
St. Pierre
St. Vincent
Felt Hat Life Preserver Use Encouraged
A curious note explains that a common felt hat can serve as a makeshift life preserver. Placed rim down on water with the arm around it and pressed to the chest, the hat can float and support a person for hours.
Humorous quotes from college papers and papers
A compilation of witty lines and jokes from Yale Record Harvard Lampoon Minnesota Punch Bowl Detroit Free Press Cornell Widow Philadelphia Press and Chicago Tribune. The quips cover science miscommunications love misread signals disguises and self deprecating humor across university papers.
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Yale
Harvard Lampoon
University of Minnesota
Witsor
Kidder
Detroit Free Press
Cornell
Philadelphia Press
Raynor
Palmistry
Shyne
Chicago Tribune
Deed of Wilson M Field Saves Dolphin Crew
A British subject and American shipwreck hero Wilson McField dives into a Nicaragua night wreck to rescue two sailors and guide others to safety. He pulls all five survivors from the sinking Dolphin while risking his life and is honored with medals by the United States and Royal Humane Society of Great Britain.
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Royal Humane Society
McClure’s
Dolphin
Cayman Rocks
Nicaragua
Wilson McField
Great Britain
McField
Mallitz
Obando
United States
Training the Colt to Care and Gentle Handling
The article advises delaying foal nursing for a few hours to avoid stressing the dam and foal. It prescribes gradual bonding with the foal, gentle handling, and feeding steps, plus early halter training at 3-4 months and, later, driving with tandem and single harness to produce a well broke colt, warning against cruel whips.
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A. B. Donelson
Indian Creation Legend in Rig Veda Hymns
Morris Jastrow Jr notes the Rig Veda dated around 1000 BCE presents Purusha as a magnified man whose parts spawn gods and elements. The text blends emanation with pantheism, identifying the universe with Purusha and tracing creation to desire as the seed of mind.
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India
Morris Jastrow, Jr
Purusha
Harper’s Magazine
Colors from mummies used in artists pigments
The London Mail notes manufacturers now use mummies to make colors for portraits. A small percentage of ancient Egyptian rulers may have contributed bone and bitumen mixed dyes, producing brown and dark blue tint.
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R. A
London Mail
Lines on Mabel's Face Poem Sent to Mabel
Nell rejects the note but writes a poem for Mabel. Belle recalls she ripped it in anger. The item centers on a Philadelphia Record account of the romantic exchange and the torn verse titled Lines on Mabel's Face.
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Nell
Mabel
Belle
Philadelphia Record
Indiana Scarecrow Aims to Flash Sunlight On Birds
Alexander C. Davis of Lafayette Indiana outlines a wind driven light throwing scarecrow. The device mounts on a post and uses a fixed frame to flash beams of sunlight or lamplight over fields to frighten hawks crows owls and rodents day or night.
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Alexander C. Davis
Lafayette
Ind
Mechanical Scarecrow Brightens Fields At Night
A two sided wind driven scarecrow carries lamps at both ends and a central rotating wheel with mirrors to reflect light across the field. The wheel starts with slight wind, creating rotating beams that flood the area with light both day and night.
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Louisville Courier- Journal
Side sprigs on a comb in poultry breeding
The Poultry Herald warns that side sprigs on a bird’s comb signal a serious defect to avoid in breeding stock. Experiments show such birds pass the trait to offspring, increasing in the next generation, so generally it is best to avoid’ them unless a bird has exceptional merit otherwise.
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Poultry Herald
Remarkable tonic claims promise cure for debility
A historical notice touts a tonic with universal effects on the liver kidneys stomach nerves heart and brain asserting it secures an absolute and permanent cure for debility. The language reflects period medical advertising and emphasizes broad restorative claims.
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Defiance
Ohio
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Clinton and Jackson Sts
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Laxakola
Laxakola CO
Nassau Street
N. Y
Dearbocadtreet
NEW York Tribune Farmer
New-York Weekly Tribune
New-York Tribune
Tribune Farmer
Express
Bey
ACT Tonic
Rankin Drug CO
Gaown Bros.’ Bunce
Clinton Street
Illinois
Defiance, Ohio
Nervita Medical CC
Clinton & Jackson Sts
Chicaco, Ill
Oo Pills
Cts
Ly Defiance
Ly Toledo
Ly Foster'a
Ar Pomeroy
Amiam
Pomeroy
Jackson
Athens
Columbus
Toledo
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Tate
CHED
Cincinnati
Chattanooga
C. H
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D. G. Edwards
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