Three Crosses at Calvary and the Saved Thief
A gospel meditation on Calvary's three crosses. The crucified thief on the right is saved, the thief on the left rejects, and Jesus on the center cross bears sin for all. It emphasizes belief in Christ and the promise of paradise. The message urges personal faith and salvation through the Savior.
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Calvary
God
Jesus of Nazareth
Barabbas
Christ
Loman
Jesus
Paradise
Israel
Bluffing Among the Reptiles
The hog nosed snake is harmless yet bluffing with a flattened head and puffed neck to appear venomous. People kill it on sight due to fear, though it helps control vermin. The article notes this bluff is a common trick among animals to deter intruders.
William Macgregor Lagos administrator remembered
The Manchester Guardian recalls Sir William Macgregor as a guardian of Lagos and West Africa, famed for sanitation and infrastructure. He earned fame as administrator and reformer, improving air, water, roads, and living conditions, with mixed local affection but lasting impact on European and African residents.
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Sir William Macgregor Wiil Leng Ba
West Africa
William Macgregor
Lagos
Micgregor
Petunt
Macgregor
Zor Hn
Trunk Discovery Ties Webster to Briggs and Temperance
An old trunk found after a discovery is linked to Daniel Webster who once carried his papers in it and to George Nixon Briggs former Massachusetts governor. Briggs, famed in temperance circles, traveled to Boston to study law and later led a temperance procession. The trunk, a small relic, carried a note claiming it held an estate worth less than ten dollars.
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Daniel Webster
George Nixon Briggs
Massachusetts
Hudson ‘. Y
Adams
Mass
Briggs
Dintfel Webster
Massachusetts Legis
the Temperance Society
Reston
Christan Science Monitor
The origin of the term mugwump in American politics
The term mugwump derives from the Algonquin mugwomp meaning a powerful man. It appeared in Massachusetts and Connecticut households in the 17th and 18th centuries and later extended to humorously describe a pompous person. In 1854 it labeled Independent Republicans who refused GOP nominees, often voting for Democrats or abstaining.
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Massachusetts
Connecticut
Republican Party
Democratic
Prohibition
The House of Melancholy Lords vs The Commons
In a sharp critique the poem’s rebels rebuke the Lords for neglecting reform while Lord Vikters and the Viscount Peet weigh in. The piece contrasts a despotic chamber with the Commons and questions deference to peers.
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House of Melancholy Lords
Gare
Vikters
Dortey Vile
House of Lords
Eldon
Peet Mead
Ian Sunge
Tormton
House of Commons
House of Lenis
Fords
Manchester
Inventor of the Corliss Engine and His Impact
George Henry Corliss, born in Easton New York, pioneered the Corliss engine. He first built a boot sewing machine, later led a Providence firm producing stationary steam engines, and in 1848 perfected the Curtiss engine that transformed industry. He died in Providence in 1888.
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George Henry Corlisa
Easton
Tim
Providence
R. 1
Orchia
Cortiss
Corliss
Java Densely Populated in Malay Archipelago
Out of 48,000,000 people in the Malay archipelago 36,000,000 live in Java making it the most densely populated area. The Javanese are agricultural, living in villages with 50 to 80 inhabitants and only Surabaya nearing 200,000. There are few large cities and no congested urban centers at volcano bases.
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Java
Malay Archipelago
Jovh
Surabaya
S&h
Naples
Vesuvius
Mont Pelee
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Denton, Md
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Howard & Lexington Sts
Baltimore
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Detroit, Michigan
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Wesley Collegiate Institute
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Henry G. Budd
Dover
Delaware
Northrop & Lyman Co. Inc
Buffalo, N.Y
Perfection
Standard Oil Company
Richmond
Crasleston, & C
Cooper, Wright & Cooper
Aslor
East Fayette Street
Baltimore, MO
J, Harry Rose
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F. T. Wright
Concord
Maryland
Ewippa Pern
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