Pastor Russell Tours California on Bible Students Tour
Pastor Russell addressed large audiences in San Francisco and earlier cities, speaking on Bible Students beliefs. He announced a train party of about 160 accompanying him through Sacramento Portland Tacoma Seattle Vancouver Calgary Winnipeg Duluth Buffalo en route to July 20 in this Golden Gate Convention tour.
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Bible Students Association
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Golden Gate
Sacramento
Portland
Tagoma
Seattle
Vancouver
Calgary
Winnipeg
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Buffalo
Mt. Zion
Jerusalem
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Fassor Russell
Apostle
The Hope of Zion and Messiah Kingdom Plan
A pastor expounds on Messiah’s earthly and heavenly kingdoms, the New Covenant, and the role of Ancient Worthies. He links Zionist hope to divine restoration, resurrection, and restitution, arguing two Israels one heavenly and one earthly, with Israel’s land promises guiding future blessing under a celestial ruler.
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Messiah
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Zion
Jesus
God
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Church
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Israel
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New Covenant
Christ
Ieee Aed
Satan
Moses
Solomon
David
Abraham
Tod
Abide With Me Written On His Deathbed
At age fifty four Lyte faced death from consumption. After a farewell sermon in Brixham he penned Abide With Me as the sun set on the harbor ships. The next morning he sailed to the Riviera and died there a month later.
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Lyte
Brixham
Riviera
London Telegraph
Evolution of Clothing Through Centuries
Centuries ago men wore a single thick garment of wool leather or velvet. The shirt was rare and reserved for nobles. The wardrobe evolved with waistcoats breeches and later trousers. The overcoat emerged after the medieval cloak becoming common in the seventeenth century.
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Walter Scott
Ivanhoe
Liverpool as a leading distributing hub and industrial center
The article highlights Liverpool's unrivaled position as a distribution center with nearby large manufacturing industries in Lancashire and Yorkshire. It notes Liverpool as a hub for the Midlands, Ireland, and South Wales.
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Liverpool
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Midlands
Ireland
South Wales
Queer Indian Tribe Myth in Bolivia Debunked
Article dismisses claims of a Bolivian indigenous group that shuns whites and lives in the Stone Age making tools and weapons. It argues such a tribe does not exist and describes the notion as a stereotype or mistaken belief.
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Bolivia
Age of Fish Reveals Annual Growth Rings
Scientists including Heibisch and Heineke show that fish age can be determined from annual rings on bones scales and otoliths, countering the old belief that size alone indicates age. This method mirrors tree ring dating and provides a trustworthy aging technique for fish.
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Heibisch
Heineke
The Australian Blacksnake Threat
The blacksnake is a dangerous Australian bush reptile with a venomous bite that can kill a person in about eight minutes.
Baby Bib Improvised From Dress Shield Protects Dress
A young mother uses half of a large dress shield as a bib liner for her baby. The improvised shield absorbs moisture from the child's mouth to prevent soiling the dress.
Baking a Fish Upright With Carrot Support
A historical cooking tip describes baking a whole fish upright on a platter. Insert a carrot inside the fish to help it stay in position during cooking and serving.
Dead Sea swimming myths debunked by water density
The passage argues there is no foundation for claims that the Dead Sea’s basement and surrounding quarte rs prevent swimming. It counters beliefs about the impossibility of swimming due to water heaviness and the proximity of geists and shores with claims about buoyancy and the sea’s characteristics.
Old London clubs and their fabled foibles
A survey of historic London dining clubs like Beefsteaks and Brooks’s notes the rise of clubs over centuries and recalls antics from the Sublime Society of Beefsteaks, the Duke of Sussex as boots, and a famed FitzGerald duel tale. It recounts blackballing, jokers, and memorable dinners at White's and Brooks's with colorful episodes and witty Quips.
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George Augustus Sala
Relph Nevill
London
Metropolis
Boots
Duke of
Sussex
Dukes of Norfolk
Seinster Alan
White's Club
St. James’s Street
Tard Alvanley
White’s
Lord Allen
Brooks
Samuel Wilberforce
Mer
George Selwyn
Wilberforce
Selwyn
Nevill
George Robert Fitzgerald
Keith Stewart
Fitzgerald
Brooks’s
Nevi
Rial
Blending of Saxon and Norman Elements in English Language
The period of blending between Saxon and Norman elements forming the English race and language extended from lust to 1400.
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Lust
The Charger at the Funeral
A funeral custom described with a charger fed at the bier and sacrificed to the coffin. The article notes a last known instance at Treves Germany in 1781 and recalls the practice as a relic of cavalry rituals.
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Treves
Germany
The Czar’s Wig Tweak Won Major Vaksel Promotion
A Russian guard major named Vaksel bet on tweaking the czar’s wig during parade. He did so at risk to his life and after the czar discovered the act he promoted Vaksel to a high guard post and awarded him rubies. The incident shows bold jest ending in reward.
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Sis
Vaksel
Vakeel
Casr
Paul
Vakzel
Guards
Authoress at Thirteen Ada Archer Writes Novelette
A thirteen year old girl Ada Archer is described as a prolific writer who juggles school and family duties. She writes romances after bedtime in halfpenny exercise books and hopes for a strong education, travel, and financial security for her mother. Her work impressed a publisher's reader.
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Ada Archer
Ancient Urn Found Near Brighton By Cliffside Boys
Two boys found a rare ancient British burial urn exposed by a cliff landslip east of Brighton. One boy crawled to the edge, retrieved the urn, and both escaped uninjured after hanging 80 feet above the sea. The urn, now with museum authorities, held cremated bones of a British chieftain dating to Caesar's first British visit.
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Brighton
Caesar
Britain
Louis Styles and the Louis Fashion Inventions
The article attributes fashion innovations to French kings named Louis. Louis XI is said to have invented gold lace, Louis XIV ordered white silk upholsteries with gold and blue figures, and the louisine silks bear his name. It notes Louis XV and Louis XVI through various dress articles.
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Louis XI
Louis XIV
Louis
Louis Quatorze
Appearances Not Always Reliable Irish Parable
Two Irishmen dig a ditch when a priest passes. One jokes about the priest’s job, and the priest offers a swap. The exchange leads to a quip about fate and the hill to see a man with smallpox. Pat chooses to keep his shovel.
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Mark
Pat
Sheepskin as Parchment and Imitation Basils
Sheepskin served as parchment before paper and as a substitute for vellum, noted for imitating finer work. Tanned sheepskins, called basils in the trade, have many legitimate uses though imitation remains the major use.
Calgary University Fund Receives Major Donation Push
Calgary University fund has exceeded 500000 in land and cash donations with plans to reach one million before autumn. Donors include private supporters and local groups aiming to strengthen campus development and research initiatives.
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Calgary University
Rare Ornithological Curios from Tradescant’s Museum
Catalogue of Tradescant’s museum mentions rare bird curiosities on deposit in England. Notable items include two tail feathers from a phorgix, an Easter egg laid by a barnyard fowl, and the claw of the roc said to lift mountains according to warriors.
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Museeum Tradescantiaeum
Tradescant
Museuom
England
Marie
Roc
Labor MPS Wages Debate on Parliamentary Fees
A Times letter summary argues for a $2,000 annual state pay for Labor MPs, noting current union funding of about $1,000 yearly plus special allowances. It warns higher salaries may lift union levies, asks if levies should drop, and cites Osborne ruling and union abuse concerns over Westminster duties versus organizing work.
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Labor M.P
Labo M.P
M.P
Osborne
the Times
Labor Party
Westminster
Ingenious Etymology and the cucumber pun
The Rev A H T Clarke credits Prof Richard Porsen with a philological joust. A farmer challenged him to derive the name Jeremiah King from cucumber. Porson replied Jeremiah King, Jer my King, Jerry King, Jerrykin, Jer kin, Gherkin showing a cucumver.
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A. H. T. Clarke
Richard Porsen
Porsen
Gibbon
Jeremiah King
Porson
Jeremy King
Jerry King
Jerrykin
Jerkin
Gherkin
Noisy Malcolms and the Malcolm Brothers
Sir John Malcolm the first Oriental Club chairman was famed as a loud talker nicknamed Bavander Jaw by Canning. A family trait, as Ralph Neville notes in London Clubs, with ten Malcolm brothers including two admirals. Lord Wellesley doubted a meeting of four Malcolms, and the Governor General said it would be impossible to hear such noise across India.
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Oriental Club
Bavander
Canning
Ralph Neville
Malcolm
Lord Wellesley
Sir John
Tog‘ther
India
Sabbath Streets Watch Ordered By Edinburgh Kirk Session
A 17th century Edinburgh kirk session orders Sabbath street watching by elders and deacons with beadle and officers. They will visit suspected houses after sermons and reproves those who gaze out windows or linger in fields on the Lord's day.
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London Chronicle
Kirk
Edinburgh
Beadle
Feeding the Brutes at the London Zoo
The London Zoo spends about 25 000 a year to feed its animals and serves a varied menu including horses goats bananas grapes oranges apples turnips potatoes bread fowls mice and sparrows. It uses 161 loads of hay 208 loads of straw 15000 tares 3 bushels of maize over a ton of rice 150 bushels of canary seed nearly 2000 pints of shrimps and about thirty tons of fish. Nearly 900000 people visited last year making it one of London’s most favored institutions.
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London Zoo
London
Londono Graphic
A Playful Storm Strikes Wyalong Injuries Reported
A recent storm in Wyalong Australia caused vivid lightning flashes injuring Belle Melville who was holding a glass jet neck lace and hairpins. She suffered shock while Miss Jace Gerrard, with an open box of matches, ignited the matches and burned her hand severely.
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Wyalong
Australia
Belle Melville
Jace Gerrard
Boxers Entirely Build Wall From Grindstones In Philadelphia
A fragment notes a wall built of grindstones in Philadelphia covering a boxing area. The text is garbled but suggests construction materials and location tied to Philadelphia landmarks or activities.
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Igud
Philadelphia
Pilgrims and Puritans in Early Colonial Settlement
Two groups, the Pilgrims from Holland and the Puritans from England, settled in Massachusetts Bay Colony under colonial governance. The Pilgrims formed a Bores of Eugind GuBoeubioralists who emigrated and established Wipmouth cuimnay ally, while Puritans founded and settled We Masesenieeti's Bay Colony as Feliziogas reformers. The two bodies aligned under the Banner of Alans Bearia.
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Holland
Wipmouth Cuimnay
England
Masesenieeti
John Burns The Working Man Who Rose To England's Cabinet
A portrait of John Burns from factory beginnings to a cabinet minister, detailing his rise from a 75 cent a week machinist to a leading labor figure. The piece highlights his influence on London reforms, his advocacy against drink and betting, and his belief in self improvement for workers over dependency on government aid.
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Great Britain
England
John Burns
Ranaway
Symbel
Clapham Common
Burns
London
London Common Council
M.P
John Unna
Keir Hardie
Labor Party
Purifying Water Tips From Home Remedy
A teaspoonful of a solution of a level teaspoonful of chloride of lime in four cupfuls of water will purify two gallons of water from bacteria without leaving taste or odor.
Caesar Augustus Heiress of Caesar’s War Loot
Augustus inherited 850 million dollars from Caesar’s spoils of war and became emperor at age thirty three.
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Augustus
Caesar
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