Asa Revival From Reform In Judah A Bible Reflection
In a sermon style summary, the author narrates Asa the king of Judah who sought the Lord after a major victory over Zerah. The piece links Asa’s reform to a broader revival, urging rejection of apostasy, urging faithfulness, and praising divine mercy. It also touches on European upheaval as a sign of lost law, and ends with a contrast and brief notes about Portugal's name origin and a humorous Kansas City Star anecdote.
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Xerxes
Abijah
Rehoboam
Jeroboam
Asa
Zerah
Azariah v
Jehovah
Israel
Europe
Solomon
Jerusalem
Sint
God
Christ
Fall Seeding Advice to Improve Hay Crop in Maryland
Nicholas Schmitz of the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station outlines why farmers should plow wheat stubble and seed timothy, clover, and redtop in late summer to secure a profitable next year's hay. He details optimal dates by region, seeding rates for timothy, redtop, red clover, and alsike as substitutes, plus precautions against winter killing.
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Maryland
Timothy
Reasonable Hints for the Flower Garden
Practical guidance on insect control and plant care for flower gardens. It covers rose slug pests, various plant lice with forms on nasturtiums chrysanthemums roses and golden glow, and suggests nicotine solution or soap solutions as treatments. Also mentions pruning brown rose blooms staking strong plants sowing pansies hardy perennials and planning seed beds and fall bulbs.
Piling It On and Phrases From a Backwoods Trip
A hunting expedition worn man seats himself on a railway carriage homeward and clashes in banter with a Boston young woman who probes his nature driven by lofty talk of nature and passion. The exchange ends with a quip on footing life and a Lincoln quotation about standing firm.
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Boston
Buck Woodsman
Cleveland
Signals From Aircraft Give Ground Forces Fast Targeting
An army commander gains value from a solitary aeroplane by locating hostile artillery and directing gunfire. The article details signaling methods: soot clouds with Morse code at thousands of feet, lamp and mirror systems sending bright daytime and night signals, and a fall-armed message horn that ignites on impact to mark target location. Pearsons Weekly.
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Heauny
Iirrors
Np Hhutton
Pearson's Weekly
Man in the Box Foils Express Robbery and Grips Bandits
A daring messenger aboard an express car near San Francisco thwarts a railroad robbery. He feigns activity, exposes a hidden lookout, and uses the automatic coupler to separate cars, letting the engine and carriage escape. Bandits open fire but are captured. the culprit is sentenced to twenty years in prison. Wells Fargo Messenger.
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San Francisca
Aid
Raniell
Hle
Suan Francisco
Wells
Graded Hash Prices At Old Time California Inn
A fragment recalls high living costs compared with Mark Twain era California. It mentions the FE Dorado hotel at Tangtown Placerville and describes two hash grades, low and high, with a quirky menu listing dishes like cod, hare, rabbit and rice puddings, ending with note of weekly payments and gold series.
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Mark Twain
Donrce Greeley
California
Astroblit
Cherry's
Alle
Tangtown
Placerville
Cal
Ife
Earat
Compulsory Drinking and Victorian Punishments
A historical reflection contrasts compulsory drinking with abstinence, noting punishments for nonparticipants and the “sleeving” test. It traces eighteenth century debtor theatrics at Drury Lane, including actors hiding in dressing rooms and the risky journeys between venues. The piece ends with a late night vignette from Elsie’s Mother providing a social snapshot.
Woman Says She Learned Much From Husband
She tells him she might learn much from another woman she follows, claiming she once filled his position, prompting a sharp exchange about motives and curiosity in a Louisville Courier Journal passage.
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Louisville Couriery Journal
Visitor called a lick in New York disdainful note
A New York visitor mocked by locals for never having seen a game of golf or a ripe watermelon on the vine, confessing ignorance. He is indignantly dismissed from the bucolic scene as reported by the Houston Post.
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New York
Houston Post
Work of Imagination in Doctors’ Busy Day
A Yonkers Statesman exchange notes physicians and patients on imagination in medicine. The slowly patient quips that imagination keeps doctors busy while the physician replies that many are busy crafting bills they expect to be paid.
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G. H. Alford
Yonkers
Well Preserved Money In Preserves Quote
The Houston Transcript features a claim that a woman earned about $20,000 by preserving letters a man wrote her, highlighting a tale of profitable archival efforts and personal memorabilia.
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Hoston Transcript
Swing of the Wind On the Atlantic Coast
Dr Frank Abbott recounts Captain Crosby’s rule that wind shifts clockwise from northeast through to northwest along the Atlantic coast. He notes winds generally stay two to three days in a quadrant, then move to the next, with Pacific conditions differing.
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Crosby
New York
Atlantic
Pacific
Frank Abbott
New York Times
Wills in Ancient Greece and Solon’s Role
Wills were introduced into Athens by Solon while many Greek regions disapproved. Diogenes Stertius reports wills of famous figures like Plato and Aristotle. Before Solon no inn could make a will, and wealth passed to family. after Solon only citizens could bequeath, with slave and foreign estates confiscated for public use.
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Greece
Athens
Solon
Diogenes Stertius
Plato
Aristotle
Soton
O P riots test London theater price protests
A Philadelphia Press summary recounts the O P riots in London after Covent Garden reopened under John Kemble in 1800. Patrons protested price increases, hooting Macbeth actor speeches, dancing on seats, and chanting old prices. The unrest continued weeks, with badges and placards, leading to damaged property and eventual compromise by authorities and the Bank of England governor.
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London
O. P
Covent Garden
John Kemble
Kembie
Kemble
Macbeth
Hank of England
Philadelphia Press
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