A December Christ and the Star of Bethlehem Sermon
Dr Talmage frames Christmas as a December Christ born amid dawn of embers and beasts. He honors the wise men, argues worlds bow to Christ, and urges frankincense worship while noting the star’s hopeful sign for all creation. He contrasts earthly gains with divine glory and calls for universal devotion.
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Jesus
God Design
Christ
Isle of Wight
British Empire
God
Smith
Job
Isaiah
Caspar
Balthazar
Fragmentary Hymn Imagery Ties East Gifts to Star
A religious fragment links a procession before God and the Lamb with wise men from the East presenting gold myrrh and frankincense as a star leads their journey. The passage blends praise with figures of ancient gift giving and adoration.
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God
Forehead Language Says Much About Character Says Surgeon
A renowned surgeon told the New York Mail and Express that the forehead reveals a person’s nature. He claims retreating foreheads show deficient intellect while high rounded foreheads indicate willpower and perseverance. He says wrinkles and blue veins can signal temperament and imagination.
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New York Mail and Express
Trial by Jury Through English History and Abroad
The text surveys the origins and evolution of juries from Saxon England through Magna Charta and Edward II, noting Welsh and Anglo Saxon freemen, denizens and aliens, and parallel systems in Scotland Guernsey Jersey and France with varied majority rules. It cites historical claims by Leon Dyer and anecdotes of jury pressure and meals.
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England
Alfred
Leon Dyer
Phitlip
Sudbury
Scotland
Guernsey
Jersey
France
Origin of the Potato Debated at London Conference
The London potato tercentenary conference featured W S Mitchel arguing Drake introduced the potato to England in 154% from South America after his voyage ending Raleigh’s Virginian colony. C R Markham traced the potato to the Andes and Cordilleras, noting long immemorial cultivation by Andean peoples in Peru and Chile and early Chibcha speakers near Bogota.
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London
Mitchel
England
Sir Francis Drake
Drake
South America
Raleigh
Cordilleras
Andes
Chibehas
Quito
Peru
Chile
Bogota
Colombia
Mysea
Men in the Moon and Its Luminous Neighbor
An 19th century note describes moon inhabitants viewing a much larger moon, thirteen times brighter, turning in the firmament and showing oceans and continents as it mirrors its birth story. It ponders whether lunar intelligences can read that tale.
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Earth
A Man of Great Muscle Sorely Tested by Bear Fight
A Charleston to Cincinnati letter recounts Daniel Holliday of Nicholas County as one of the country’s strongest men. Standing about six feet and two hundred sixty pounds, he fought a four hundred pound bear with bare hands, ultimately killing the animal after a fierce battle. He also killed two panthers in a cave encounter and carried heavy rails up a mountain with apparent ease.
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Charleston
W. Va
Cincinnati Angijrer
Nicholas County
Daniel Holliday
Holliday
Holiday
Shameful Abuse Heaped Open Letter On Medicine
A retired Royal Navy physician writes to the London Family Doctor praising Warner's Safe Cure for kidney disease and Bright's illness. He details his abroad practice, claims success, and faces opposition from Colleges of Surgeons who threaten him unless he retracts. He asserts widespread patient recovery and criticizes medical prejudice.
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Ronsex
M.D
L. R. CS
M. K
C. P
Royal Navy
England
London
India
South America
Great Britain
Bright
Warner
Thoroudh
Warners
Warver
Tam
Che
College of Surgeons and Queen's College
Awil
C Olleges
Health Hints From a Historic Wellness Column
Health hints advise remedies for ingrown nails blistered skin and hiccups. Instructions cover cooling skin with ice and cold water, avoiding heat after burns, and using tinctures like chocolate of potash for bad breath. The piece mentions nerve fatigue insomnia and medicinal mint oil as a local anesthetic with good results.
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China
He Always Courted Short Girls in Philadelphia
Dialogue excerpt centers on Harry and Amarintha with a brief joke about courtship length. A fragmentary line suggests a setting in Philadelphia and a discussion of courting, indicating a humorous or conversational piece in a local paper.
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Harry
Amarintha
Joe
Philadelphia
How Idols Are Made In Siam
A description from a recent book explains how sacred Buddhist images are crafted. Large idols are wax models with nails, dried, fired, then brass poured over to create a smooth surface. Silver idols use coin silver beaten into sheets pressed over a wooden type, hollowed and finished with pitch and polishing for a gleaming result.
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Siam
Ilo
Amateur Cowboy Boy Bravely Faces Westward Hunt
A mixed clippings bundle shows a boy “not afraid to go West” and playfully mocks his fear with overconfident bravado. It also threads in ads and snippets about cures, prospects, and social scenes with several named places and figures.
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West End
Redskins
Jack
Tee
Goodall
Child Discovers A Snake In Yard
A three year old announces he saw nothing with a tail then points out a snake gliding away through the grass in the yard. The mother, puzzled, follows to observe the reptile as it slips from view.
Ward observed at Sing Sing on small printing press
Ferdinand Ward is said to be still working a small printing press at Sing Sing. He is described as thin and haggard in appearance, shuns observation and looks nobody in the eye.
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Ferdinand Ward
Sing Sing
Early consumption cure claim in 19th century ad
An advertisement warns that pale emaciated people with coughing night sweats and chest symptoms should act early to cure consumption with Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery sold by druggists. It notes a New York rum restaurant sign reading Vitals cooked here.
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Pierce
New York
Curious 19th Century Medical Ads and Notices
An illustrated 160 page tract sent postpaid for ten cents plus mailings details. Alabama coal output growth noted from 22 934 tons to 2 225 1 00M. Swamp roots cure plants discussed. Claims about kidney liver bladder remedies Swamp-Root and Dr Isaac Thomson Eye-water sold 25 cents per bottle. North Carolina property value cited at 220 000 000, up 7 000 007 from prior year. Scott's Emulsion advertised for consumption and debility with testimonial from W A Hinsent MD.
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Venus
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University of Iowa
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America
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Chri
Herschel
John Milton
Blackstone
Daniel Webster
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Plymouth Rock
Omaha
Lamb of God
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Bourse
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Joeph
Eugee
Egypt
Abyssinia
Men In the Moon
West Virginia
Samson
The
Amateur Cowboy Company
A. Donaldson
Louisville
St. Jacobs
Williams
Delaware
Galveston
Tex
Galveton Island
Creatorer
Hallett & Co
Portland
Maine
Dr. Save
Tal
Wapper
Mnown Chemtal CO
Poultry Yard
Cove Dale
James
Eibis
FARIS
AMES
Pelriben
J. Means
Seene
Tate Teyent
amMriet
Farre
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
Alabama
J. B. Marchisi
Utica
N.Y
Ireland
Isaac Thomson
North Carolina
Scott
Tle
W. A. Hinsent
Salisbury, Ill
Tuskegee
Ala.) Normal and Industrial School
Boston
Dr. Kkyl Ee Birnhamis
Ram
Washington, T
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Francis
CME
Harrow
D. H. Nasi
West Main St
Louisvile
GkO. R. BELLOW _Hoellinee Sr Reltimare
Atlanta
L. Powrn & ComPant
Logue
Atlanti
B.S
Washington, Me
Chicago, Ill
Detroit
Mich
Hood
Sean Por
Associated Fanciers
S. Eighth St
Ad.Koss
Dr. Scott
Sanitfation Guarant Sudpry
Broadway
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