We are witnesses to the power of Christ to save and comfort
Reverend Dr. Talmage argues that faith, not logic, converts souls and consoles hearts. He cites missionary success, personal testimonies, and final-hour composure as affidavits. The sermon urges listeners to test Christianity by witness rather than theory, ending with a call to witness to salvation.
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George Stephenson
Cunard
Inman
National
White Star
Professor Morse
Associated Press
All Nations
Christ
Iim
Lazarus
Jesus Christ
Madagascar
Judson
Burmah
Dr. Morrison
China
Tahiti
Bengal
Georgis
New York
Havana
San Francisco
Jesus
Ans
Lot
Lord
John Knox
Harriet Newell
Henry
Washington
Bethlehem
Heaven
Mme
Vienna
Amelia Steininger
Mme. Sontag
Berlin
Mme Sontag
Mme, Sontag
Queen of Song
Sontag
Colored woman's savings grow in Ballti more bank tale
A colored woman deposited 94 dollars in a Ballti more savings bank in 1837. When her descendants withdrew the funds recently the balance stood at a little over a sum that far surpasses the original amount.
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Balltimore
Removing Grease Spots Household Guide
The article lists several methods to remove grease stains including chloroform and salt in alcohol. It also suggests ammonia-water with ironing, French chalk on the back, using a visiting card, grease balls made from fallers earth saleratus and vinegar, and washing with tepid water after drying.
Lemonade Uses and Health Claims Highlighted
A People’s Friend item extols lemon juice as a versatile health remedy. It claims anti-scorbutic effects, aids digestion, treats fevers, worms, skin ailments, and coughs, and even aids dental health. Sailors reportedly use it to prevent scurvy. a Rome doctor tests malaria potential.
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Rome
Friep Tomatoes and Other Dishes From Cookery Notes
A miscellany of recipe instructions covers frying tomato slices in fat, stewing apples with butter and nutmeg, baking plant preparations with onion, peach pies with puff pastry, lamb rolls with lemon rind, potatoes and turnips in butter and mustard, cream sauce potatoes, and liver with a rich brown gravy made from stock, flour, Worcestershire sauce and mushroom ketchup.
The Injuries of Baseball Players
Dr. Leaf writes on baseball injuries from personal and clinical experience. He notes finger injuries from balls. recommends ongoing rubbing and midfinger grip, hot water immersion for swelling, and continuing play despite minor injuries to aid recovery.
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Leaf
Dog Skin Transplants Restore Scalp After Accident
A New York youth who lost most of his scalp in a sulphuric acid accident underwent dog skin grafts by a Milwaukee surgeon. The operation, including hair transfers, involved thirteen transplantations with thirteen procedures but only two failures. The doctor was reportedly well paid and secured for life.
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Milwaukee Wisconsin
New York
Hood
W. R. Base
Wilmington
Ohio
C. J, Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
My Maryland Songwriter James Randall Story
The article recounts how James R. Randall, a Baltimore native and English professor in Louisiana, wrote the Confederate era anthem My Maryland in April 1861. He describes inspiration, rapid composition during a late-night upheaval, publication in the Delta, and widespread southern reprinting amid the Civil War context.
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Maryland
James R. Randall
Baltimore
Augusta
Gores
Poydras College
Pointe Coupee
Fausee Riviere
Louisana
Mississippi
New Orleans
Massachusetts
Mr. Randall
Bome
Gold Leaf Production Techniques and Uses in Gilding
The American Stationer notes annual gold foil use from two to four million dollars for gilding lettering edging signs and ornamental painting including dentistry. It details beating methods with goldbeater's skin parchment and shoder leaves, forming packets called beatings and prepared papers for book trimming and binding.
Sizing Up a Pest Mosquito Name Origins
A Louisville style note traces the origin and spelling variants of the word mosquito. It cites Worcester’s dictionary linking to Spanish or Portuguese roots and lists forms such as musquito musquetoe moscheto and others, noting that mosqueto forms fall away to mosquito in common use according to usage authorities cited by Smart in the Chicago Mail.
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Worcester
Chicago Mail
The Alaska Indians The Chinooks of the plains
The article describes the Alaska Indians and Chinooks as a visually striking tribe. It notes their clothing, money to buy store clothes, and vibrant women wearing red and yellow head kerchiefs and pearl decorated sacques. It also discusses matrilineal heredity and clan totems with emphasis on the chief being the oldest son of the current man's oldest sister.
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Chicago Times
Remarkable Age of Triplets in Fosher Ireland
Triplet sisters Sibyl Sarah and Susan Hurlburt born March 26 1788 in Fosher Ireland to Gideon and Anna Beach Hurlburt. They remained together eighty seven years Sibyl died June 1875 Susan died October 1876 at 87 Sarah died January 11 1883 at 95. The sisters bore striking resemblance even at advanced age.
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Fosher
Ireland
Sibyl
Sarah
Susan Hurlburt
Gideon
Anna (Beach) Hurlburt
Susan
Cows for Territorial Agricultural College Listed
A drove of high priced Holsteins from New York and Herefords from Chicago has been secured for the Territorial Agricultural College. A Dakota brindle cow with distinctive markings will provide milk while a milking professorship remains vacant. Dakota Bell.
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Territorial Agricultural College
New York
Chicago
Dakota Bell
Ballooning origins traced from Jesuit maker to Montgolfier revival
The first balloon was crafted by a Jesuit around 1620. The idea reemerged in France with M. Montgolfier in 1783 and spread to England in 1784.
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France
M. Montgolfier
England
Persian Dervishes Describe a Burden on Persia
Wolf von Schierbrand writes in the New York Commercial Advertiser that Persian dervishes, called howling dervishes, are common in Persia though Turks or Arabs are typical. He notes their laziness, widespread begging, and lack of farming, estimating their number at least 100,000 and describing them as a drain on the working population and national budget.
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Persia
Wolf von Schierbrand
New York
Ceres
Two Lost Opportunities in the Monitor Merrimac Fight
An Outing writer notes near-micro details of the USS Monitor and CSS Merrimac engagement. The Merrimac ran high on the Monitor’s bulwarks exposing a vulnerable bow, risking a catastrophic leak if turret guns fired.
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Outing
Monitor
Merrimac
Daughters Wives Mothers Seek Free Pamphlet on Female Diseases
The notice promotes a free pamphlet on female diseases by Dr. J. B. Matenisi of Utica New York. It discusses British seamen morale and drinking habits highlighted by A J Mundella M P former President of the Board of Trade.
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J. B. Matenisi
Utica
N.Y
England
A. J. Mundella, M. P
Board of Trade
Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery Promises Health Benefits
An advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as cleansing blood to improve health and skin. It claims cures for pimples to scrofula and blood poisoning, plus lung, liver, and digestion issues and notes it is sold by druggists. It ends with a reminder to guard pianos from moisture.
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Pierce
Golden Medical
John E. Segar
Millenbeck
Br. Pierce
Nsary Medical Association
Dr. Pierce
Main Street
Buffalo
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World's Dispensary Medical Association
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Toledo Blade
WM. F. Kidder & CO
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Sirad
Binghamon
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Feu
Ipese
Moony & Co
Cingiane
Bop
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Veng & P
Nsio Metropol'n
A. W. McCormick & Son
Washington, B. Co
Herbrand
Herbrand CO
Lleirs
Atre ‘Culars
EL Gelston & Col
Washington, D, CO
MAN Business College
Blair
Bex
Brewster Safety Retin Holder Co
Notly, Mich
Pettit
Hantur Lock Box
Stanford Fla
Beard
W. F Aon
Sandy Rew P. O
Lexington Co
S.C
Rover
Dsert
Wells
Jersey City
N.J
Cowe Ywer’s
A.J. Tower
Simmons St
Boston
WoneRs
Soraza F. BoswEt
White Cottage
May Gleason
Nunica
Ottawa Co. Mich
E. F. MorGan
Lexington St
G. F. Sprague
Crystal, Mich
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute
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Irla
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