Blood of Jesus Christ and the life that cleanses sin
The author argues the phrase the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin refers not to literal blood but the divine life within Christ. He contrasts Christ’s divine life with his infirm human nature, explaining that salvation comes through the higher life given to believers, which defeats and overcomes sin.
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John
Jesus Christ
Apostle
Mary
Hell
Hlinsott
Ordot
Heaven
Earth
Dakota Sunday School Convention Report
A Dakota M. E. church gathering on Sunday 16th reviewed Sunday School work. Key figures include Jos. Scott chairing, Peter J. Ott secretary, 86 at one time, 49 average, 14 staff, 500 books. Proposals urged opening new schools at Tammany Hall and Hickory Grove with local coordinators.
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Dakota
M. E
Jos. Scott
Silver Creek
Peter J. Ott
Dakota M. E.S. 8. U
Center Hill
Christ
Ds Lynn
Smallwood
Messers
D. Knowlton
D. Brewster
B. Bidwell
Jos
Scott
O. B. Bidwell
Tammany Hall
Hickory Grove
Mr. Lynn
H. Diemer
P. Lattig
Milliken
McCalman
Minnie Baker
Selucia Scott
Orr
Y Dakota
Premature Mourning in a Rural Store
A plump, loud-talking woman from rural districts sought mourning goods in a dry goods store. The clerk asked the degree of kinship to the deceased, then learned no one is dead yet. She explained her husband is ill and market day prompted buying funeral items to avoid borrowing later.
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Erie Dispatch
Petersburg Express Reports Pollard Divorce Plan and Marriage Hint
The Petersburg Express notes that R. E. Pollard hired a local lawyer to file for divorce in New York, with rumors he will wed a literary woman from Lynchburg after the case. The paper also mentions a New York act granting $60,000 to distribute among surviving War of 1812 veterans.
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Petersburg
RE. A. Pollard
New York
Pollard
Liynchburg
Man who waited four hours to see General Grant
A Bangor reader recounts a curious Washington visit as a man stalked the White House seeking an audience with General Grant. He refused offices or time, sat four hours, and, upon meeting Grant, declared his ambition fulfilled before departing with a cordial farewell and a humorous royal reception from the President-elect.
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Bangor
Ger. Grant
General Grant
Gen. Grant
Grant
New York
Jerald
Washington
Slyaskari
Censorship of the German Press in 1840s anecdotes
A set of amusing anecdotes on German press censorship before 1848 recalls Prague censor Zimmermann altering words like romance to story and God to Heaven, and Berlin censor Jahn justifying silenced posts about diligences. The piece notes similar limits persist but with guarded moderation today.
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Prague
Zimmerman
Herr Zimmermann
Temple of
Jerusalem
Victor Hugo
Byron
Europe
Berlin
Jahn
Leipzigerstrasse
Herr Jahn
Herr
Association gathers for 25th Farmington meeting
The Association of Congregational Churches of this State meets in Farmington Fulton county on May 26 to mark a quarter centennial. Originating there twenty five years ago with under 20 churches, it now includes over 250 churches. Delegates who have prepaid rail fare travel free on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad.
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Association of the Congregational Churches
Farmington
Fulton County
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Editor receives puzzling eight inch egg in Mansfield Herald
The Mansfield Ohio Herald reports the editor was presented with a hen s egg showing two different measurements eight inches in circumference one way and six and a half the other.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Three Monarchies Plot Against the United States
A sensational but doubtful telegram claims Eitel France and Spain plot an alliance to curb American power. The piece argues Britain France and Spain would face resistance from Prussia Russia and the United States, warning that the three may suffer from internal strife and shifting alliances rather than threaten the Western Hemisphere.
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Cable
Eitel
France
Spain
United States
Ireland
Gladstone
Napoleon
Louis Phillippe
Prussia
Russia
Europe
England
London Exchange
Paris
Curious Tennessee tale of Colt revolver invention
A Louisville paper summarizes a Tennessee story claiming a Fayetteville gunsmith conceived a repeating pistol later patented by Samuel Colt. The tale says Colt observed the device, left his Nashville job, and later patented the repeater, dying a millionaire with a large widow’s income. The piece notes no verification.
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Louisville Xpress
Colt
Tennessee
Coli
Fayetteville
Nashville
Fayeteville
Connecticut
Government currency plates melted for security
The Treasury's Printing Bureau has been reorganized with new dies and paper, making old plates worthless and unsuitable for counterfeiting. Secretary Boutwell orders a special committee of sworn persons to transport the plates to the Navy Yard and melt them in a furnace under their supervision.
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the Treasury
Boutwell
Navy Yard
Daily Buffalo to New York Passenger Trains Timetable
Buffalo departures to New York bound trains are listed with stopovers at Hornellsville Susquehanna Turners and Jersey City. Night and Lightning Express services connect with Delaware Lackawanna Western and New Jersey routes, with through sleeping coaches from Buffalo to New York and through connections to Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington. Some trains run Sundays with limited service.
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Leavittsburg
New York
Meadville
Hurnallsville
Youngstown
Ol City
Eimits
Northern Central Railway
Harrisburg
Jersey City
New Jersey Railroad
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Cincinnati
Leavittsburgh
Lee Cayalae
Susquehanna
Turner
New Jersey
Hornellville
Great Bend
Delaware, Lackawanks
Western
Philadephia
Cleveland
Hornellsville
Dunkirk
Union Depot
Hornellyville
Buffalo
Avon
Dally
Hornallsville
AU A. MM
Sal- Syaunee
Newark
Kimlin
South
Owego
Ithaca
Binghamton
Syracuse
Lackawaxen
Honesdale
Middletown
Unionville
Goshen
Montgomery
Greycourt
Newburgh
Warwick
Depot Corner
Michigan Sts
Hornetlaville
Susquéhanne
Turner's
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Avon and Hornellsville
Horncclsisville
Elmira
Loos
Jerseys City
Manning
Inventor touts patent well pump as superior
The und signed claim a new patent well pump is the best pump ever offered for wells and cisterns. It uses timber body with iron cylinder valve and pump, designed to outlast wooden pumps and reduce maintenance. Agents sought. a testimonial from John S. Mull notes four years of use in Malt House with daily water output and no repairs.
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Oartory
Stephenson County
Sigriine
Ill
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