To the dykes Oh woman the vow and its costly price
A sermon on Jephthahs vow and the peril of broken promises. The speaker warns against forsaking vows of marriage and urges women to seek steadfastness and faithfulness while offering hope through service and prayer. It draws on biblical references and historical figures to stress responsibility and resilience.
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Jephthah
Tereckiiah
Dore
Handel
Susician
Hutt
Robert Burns
Mary Campbell
Levi
Southam
Aeeo
Ali
Petrarch
Laura
Dante
Beatrice
Chaucer
Philippa
Lorenzo de Medici
Lucretia
Spenser
Rosalind
Waller
Saccharissa
Queen Elizabeth
Seymour
Philip
Melville
Leicester
Dean Swift
Jane Waring
Joh
Job
Pny
Sox
Paul
The
Corinthians
Holland
Atlantic
Earth
Elizabeth
England
James
Scotland
Molding a Tea Set in Seven Minutes by Flaxman
At the Westminster Musee Harry Flaxman, a Wedgwood potter, created a complete forty four piece tea set in seven and a half minutes using only fingers a brass wire and a small revolving wheel. The feat drew wagers as onlookers timed the rapid construction of twelve cups and saucers twelve plates and a teapot sugar bowl and two other vessels in rapid succession. The record shows eight minutes with room to improve under favorable conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesminster Musee
Harry Flaxman
Wedgwood
England
Bingham
Flaxman
Providence Jurnal
Superstitious Waiter Delivers Breakfast to Traveler
A traveler at a Southern hotel orders items from the menu and is told all gone. He questions the waiter about afterlife, provoking a tense moment. The waiter then serves a smoking breakfast of chicken and other items, having reserved them for himself but moved to provide them after the superstition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella
Ani
Jackson's Hollow
Brooklyn
Chicago
Origin and design of the bagpipe and air-bag concept
The bagpipe arose from the flute family using a bag to store air. Early inventors sought to fix the limitation of wind supply by relying on a bag and elbow action to push air into the flute. Most common form uses lungs and elbow. bellows are used in some variants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe- Democrat
Consumption cured claims from Dr Comns in Owensville Ohio
A Baltimore era clipping reports Dr J S Comns of Owensville Ohio stating SCOLTS EMULSION of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites improved four hereditary lung disease patients. They gained 16 to 28 pounds and no longer require medicine. Also notes 700 incubators in the country and a 5000 dollar appropriation to a reform home for discharged prisoners and needy women by New Hampshire Legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Comns
Owensville
Ohio
New Hampshire
Esther and Fred a model marriage from a fickle start
Esther weds a reputed flirt but his wife’s cheerfulness tact and good health turn him into a model husband. The story credits Esther’s sunny temper and robust health aided by Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for vigor. A note then mentions peaches entering England from Persia in 1562.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther
Fred
Positive remedy for consumption offered by T A Slocum
An letter to the editor promotes a cure for consumption claiming thousands cured by timely use. The writer T A Slocum offers two free bottles to readers who send express and postal addresses, and notes a free pamphlet on a Gatarrd remedy from City Hall Pharmacy New York.
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P. O
Ifully
T. A. Slocum
M. C
Pearl St. N.Y
City Hall Pharmacy
B’way
New York
A. W. McCormick & Son
Washington
Herbrand Fifth Wheel
Cnocare
Herbrand CO
Fremont
Bronson
Detroit
Mich
Bryanis College
Main St
Balale
B. T
Pearl St
CoséPree
Cosson
Coida
F. Hiscox
Bright Eyes Speaks on Temperance in Britain
Mrs. Tibbles known as Bright Eyes and her husband travel in England and Scotland and recently addressed the British Woman's Temperance Union in Edinburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Tibbles
Bright Eyes
England
Scotland
British Woman's Temperance Union
Edinburgh
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Weta Pvm
Hawk
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Piso
Hood
A. A. Riker
Albany St
Utica
N.Y
Dr. Paul
Paul Manufacturing CO
Dey Street
Ly’s Catarah
Ely
Fam Bau
H. H. Cressengham
18Th St
USA
ELY Brothers
Greenwich St
Sexene
WELLS
Dr. Pierce
Paine
Wells, Richardson & CO
Burlington, VT
A. Gelaton & Co
Washington,dc
Alms’ Business College
Pune
Moody
Moody & CO
Cincinnati
SS A Dey
Fred Wes
Brewster Safety Rein Iolder Co
Holly
Mick
Woodbine
Weis
Jersey City
Wens
N. J
Eloy
Theoware
Ouk
Mara
Cory Rich
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Rcal Discovery
Crragat Kemeny
Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Dr. Fare
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Luffalo
Maric
Sciatica
Jacobs
de Tlera
Charles A. Vogcler CO
Baltimore
Aamtor
Osgoode
Blair
SP IU
Nesmatic
Val Box
A. H. Dowex
Enquirer
Edenton, N. C
S.N.U-7
W.l.douglas
Erstituey
W. L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
Equais
Congress
Brockton
Mass
Y. Chestut
Ative
Pells
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
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