Weighing of Nations by the Divine Balance of Spirit
A May 1901 discourse by Dr. Talmage argues that only divine scales can truly weigh a person or a nation. It contrasts earthly measures with heavenly judgment, weighing charity faith and ambition, and declares nations are weighed by moral, spiritual factors more than wealth.
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Louis Klopsch
Washington
Talmage
Phidon
Argos
Christ
Henry III
William the Conqueror
Elizabeth
England
Great Britain
Paris
Apothecaries
God
China
New York
Garden of Eden
Jacob
Selah
Parenis
Amos
Aholiah
Moses
Joshua
Hezekiah
David
Ruth
Luke
Paul
Earth
Heaven
Adam
Cain
Jezebel
Jeremiah
Damascus
Ostia
Colossus
Rameses
Memphis
Karnak
Egypt
Mount Sinai
Washingtons
Hamiltons
Patrick Henrys
John Marshalls
Abraham Lincolns
Chimborazo
St. Peter
Belshazzar
Daniel
First Paper Machine Born in Saugerties Village
The Paper Trade Journal notes Saugerties proudly hosted America’s first paper machine in 1827 the Fourdrinier. It states the cylinder machine predates it by about a decade and credits US builders with vastly improving the high speed machine. The device now produces about 580 feet of paper per minute with expectations of further speed gains.
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Saugerties
America
United States
N. Y
The Sunday School Lesson On Paul’s Conversion
The lesson summarizes Saul’s divine encounter on the road to Damascus, his blindness, Ananias’s later healing, and Saul’s transformation into a Christian preacher. It notes the light from heaven, the Lord’s voice, and the conversion as central to Christian renewal and mission.
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H. C. Lenington
Damascus
Saul
Jesus of Nazareth
Ananias
Paul
Persecutor
Sweeb
Cees
Bas
Duebecees Shane
Saul the Persecutor
Christ
Jesus
Jerusalem
Disciples of Christ
The Quiet Wisdom of Daily Belief and Humility
A collection of maxims on discipline belief and moral life. The sayings emphasize action over rest, humility as soil for honor, keeping Sabbath as spiritual nourishment, and steadfast faith guiding a holy Christian life.
Diverse Notes on Women, Railroads, and Early Tech Pushes
The item surveys 500 female physicians in France in lucrative practice, notes 28000 Pensylvania Railroad shareholders awaiting stock warrants, and reports Miss Jennie C Benedict as the first woman elected to Louisville board of trade. It revisits lawn tennis revival and early railway experiments including Trevithick and Stephenson Rocket, plus a telegraph photo trial of President Harper at Chicago and a failed image of President Low at Columbia.
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France
Pensylvania
Jennie C. Benedict
Louisville Board of Trade
New York City
Richard Trevithick
England
Robert Stephenson
President Harper
Chicago University
Quadrangle Club
Chicago
Havemeyer Hall
Columbia University
Low
Harper
Bedtime Reading Builds Tender Hearts and Bonds
A Leslie's Weekly piece extols evening time with children, noting how prayer, reading, and songs soften anger, invite confessions, and set up tomorrow. It praises the parent child embrace and calls parents to cherish nightly rituals for love and discipline.
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Leslie’s Weekly
Countess of Warwick Turns to Charity After Lace Trade
Famous English beauty and former lace shop owner Countess of Warwick now devoting time and talents to education and welfare of country working girls. A secret benefactor gave $500,000 to fund schools homes and boarding houses as she promotes the cause. The king highly regards her, but court factions opposed her influence at times.
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Edward
Great Britain
Countess of Warwick
Edwards
Prince of Wales
Lis
Bond Street
London
Housework Tips for Soft Hands and Safe Skin
Practical advice from the Chicago Daily News on protecting hands during housework. Use loose gloves for sweeping, dishwashing with rubber gloves, and a dishtop to reduce hot water exposure. Apply vaseline after heavy grime, wash with hot soap, scrub nails, rinse in tepid then cold water, and prefer soft or boiled water to avoid skin damage.
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Chicago Daily News
Mothers Who Are Too Kind Opinion Piece Notes
A New York Weekly critique argues that overly indulgent mothers create selfish, ill-m mannered children. It warns such self sacrificing parenting stunts discipline and courtesy, decrying vanity and selfish behavior as ruinous traits in future generations.
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N. Y
How to Pan Chicken in a Hot Oven
Recipe notes from Ladies' Home Journal describe pan frying chicken cut for fricassee. Place in a baking pan with pepper and water, bake in a very hot oven, baste often, add salt when half cooked, finish until done, and serve with a brown pan sauce made from the pan water and browned flour.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Superstition in Hicks and Wicks Exchange
Short dialogue notes superstition differences as Hicks rejects Friday travel and Wicks cites Saturday payday in a Somerville Journal item.
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Somerville Journal
Making Neckwear in Fashionable Rooms of St. Louis
The article notes women pursue handmade neckwear as a lucrative craft, sidelining machine-made collars. It highlights a successful maker earning $500 last summer making silk and lace collars, berths, and kerchiefs, and describes techniques using tea-tinted lace, dog collars, and gold ribbons.
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Sex
Au Courant
St. Louis
Globe
Democrat
Negro Girl Evangelist Isabella Horton Plans Brooklyn Services
The 15 year old Isabella Horton, a prominent colored evangelist in Brooklyn, will hold Salvation services at the Academy of Music in Montague street for white audiences. Her mother secured the 4 to 5 thousand seat venue, and Bella plans to reach both black and white congregants, claiming to have converted over 2000 people.
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Isabella Horton
Brooklyn
New York
Academy of Music
Montague Street
Horton
Bella
Bridge Street
Cream of Peanut Soup From Ladies Home Journal
To make cream of peanut soup blend half a pint of peanut butter into a quart of milk. Season with salt pepper grated onion bay leaf celery seed or chopped celery tops. Cook ten minutes in a double boiler then thicken with cornstarch and serve on toasted whole wheat bread. Any nut mix may be used.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Street Stock Terms From The Big Board
A glossary of New York Stock Exchange terms includes Bull Bear Plunger Bear Insider and indices. It explains Bottom Slump Carrying and Scalp for traders and outlines how insiders tips and scalping affect prices and movements.
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New York Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange
Infants Need Natural Sleep In Early Months
The article urges that infants require extensive natural sleep in the first months. It warns against soothing syrups or sedative drops by inexperienced mothers as they cause illness and death. Often only a clothing change and warm bath aid sleep, or else diet adjustments are needed.
Spot of the Fairest Green in Desert Sand
Poem excerpt by Nixon Waterman from Good Cheer reflecting on occasional glimpses of beauty and joy amid desert landscapes. Theme centers on trading earth’s dross for purest joy and the felt paradise seen in hills.
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Nixon Waterman
Cleaning a Teapot for Bright Interior and Exterior
Wash the teapot with boiling soda soap and rinse with ammonia and water. Rinse several times with clean cold water and dry thoroughly. Air after washing to keep the interior and exterior bright.
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Dr. Talmage
Wall Street Dictionary
Pentance
Hicksville
Sherwood
Defiance
Boxwell Examinations
Ohio
T. R.C
Roark
Burns
Oman
Burrough
Educational Monthly
Gruner
G. W. Dustin Pres
County Board of Examiners
Plumbing Gas Fitt.ag
Clinton St
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5Th Street
J. G. Lever
M. D
Clinton Street
Umice
DR. G. D. Edgar
Crosby House
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Cincinnati
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Evansville
New Orleans
Pensacola
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Florida
STONE
General Pass
Agt
Loussville, KY
G. W
G. M. Watkins
First National Bank
Couto
Lewis Block
Sae
DR. W. Wortman
National Family Newspaper
York
TRI Weekly
Tribune
Daily Tribune
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