Ferryboat Over Jordan: The King’s Household Ferryboat
Dr Talmage portrays a Jordan crossing where a ferryboat from the opposite shore carries the king David and his household to the promised land. He urges listeners to accept Christ, join the King’s household, and await a solid heavenly landing with departed friends ready to welcome them.
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Jordan
Washington,d.c
Dr. Talmage
David
Ank
Burzillai
Bargillai
Rogelim
Barzillai
United States
Washington
White House
Daniel Webster
Philadelphia
Earth
Heaven
Joshua
San Francisco
Oakland
Liverpool
Birkenhead
Tribe of Judah
Bolingbroke
Tyndall
Spinozy
Renan
Blount
Shaftesbury
Diodorus
Zeuxis
Niagara Falls
God
Christ
Christ Jesus
Thomas Walsh
Sarah Wesley
Ashe
Franklin
Ienbergs
Lebanon
The
St. John
John
St. John’s
Mr. Toplady
Isaac Watts
Mozart
Zion
Massillon
Antwerp
Constantinople
Southey
Bishop Heber
London
Randolph
William Cowper
England
Gome
M.iona
Clirist
The Money Refunded Sign Misdirects Purchases
A Philadelphia store posted a sign offering money refunded or an exchange for anything. A downtown buyer used the policy to swap merchandise, buying an expensive set of goods for suspenders. The proprietor cancelled the signs after the exchange and warned merchants to be careful with such promises.
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Aalore
21St Street
Philadelphia
Footwalker
Insect engineer hauls gigantic prey to underground den
United States corps witnesses a blue ground wasp drag a swamp spider near a road. The wasp tests the hole, clears a passage, and, after 35 minutes of labor, drags the spider underground to store for winter. Engineers admire the feat at the scene.
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United States Corps
Chicago Tribune
Irish Laborers’ Living Cost Compared To English Laborers
A London Telegraph summary notes Irish laborers live cheaply with weekly incomes around 98 to 108. They spend little on drink and dress, subsisting mainly on potatoes bread bacon eggs cabbage tea and milk. They have more land near cottages and access to cheap fuel, unlike English laborers.
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Eugiah
Ais
London Telegraph
Saving the Lobsters in a Time of Scarcity
Congress authorized a study into preventing lobster extinction and boosting supply after prices surged over 800 percent since 1880. Brown University’s Fr C Bumpers led experiments with a $7000 grant. Lobsters face cannibalism and habitat pressures. fisheries use pots with bait to trap them while oversupply and poaching threaten smaller size limits.
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Congress
W. EB. Curtis
Chicago Record
Fr. C. Bumpers
Brown University
Providence
The
Fish Commission
Nun
Nature
Lobster Record Fat Lobster Caught in Penobscot Bay
Peter Mitchell hauled a 25 pound lobster about 43 inches long from 60 fathoms in Penobscot Bay during a September tour. The catch is noted as the largest ever known.
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Peter Mitchell
Penobscot Bay
Apples the Favorite Fruit in the Nation
The article details booming apple exports to England and Germany, rapid orchard expansion, and a census-based rise from 120,000,000 trees with yields of 140,000,000 to 200,000,000 bushels to five times that many trees today. It notes extensive canning, evaporating, and jelly production, waste utilization, and health parity of cheap jellies.
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England
Germany
Siice
South America
Europe
Asia
Africa
Berence
Lip Shape As Predictive Of Character Says Observer
An observer argues that features, especially the upper lip, reveal character and intellect despite belief in phrenology. Short curved upper lips signal happiness, long straight lips warn of deceit, while other lip types hint at traits from gentleness to pettiness. The piece links facial traits to temperament and notes fashion trends ahead, including Chinese-inspired designs and the Pagoda sleeve.
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Chipid
Thadhe
London
China
Prominent Figures, Notable Figures in 19th Century News
A mixed set of biographical notes on prominent figures. Ning Oscar of Sweden shows improving health. Queen Victoria may travel to Cimiez in spring. Theodore Roosevelt heads to Colorado for a hunting trip. German Crown Prince touted as a premier shot. Senator Tanna vows never to seek office again. Dr Pearsons pledges 50000 dollars to Colorado College. Nansen described as shy in society. William Richardson, successor to General Wheeler, once faced a hanging sentence. Creek Chief Porter noted as well educated. William A Procter funds a chemical laboratory at Cincinnati University. Governor Sayers praised for charitable Galveston relief but quietly. Count Tolstoi’s daily routine outlined from wake to late night.
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Ning Oscar
Sweden
Queen Victoria
Cimiez
Theodore Roosevelt
Colorado
Europe
Tanna
D. Ks. Pearsons
Chicago
Colorado College
Nansen
William Richardson
Wheeler
Congress
Porter
Indian Territory
William A. Procter
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cincinnati University
Governor Sayers
Texas
Galveston
Sziverr
Noo
Count Tolstoi
Newly Gleanings World Fair plans and state notices
The itemized notes cover global and U S developments from a 1902 World’s Fair in Japan to Texas population statistics and police campaigns against profanity. It mentions Boston and St Joseph school housing, Virginia constitutional convention calls, California asparagus marketing to London, Berlin art schools funding, Poe monument proposals, Philippine forestry survey results, Marcus Daly’s death and estate dispersal, and Navy leadership changes with Bowles to head the Bureau of Construction and Repair upon Admiral Hickborn’s retirement.
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Texas
Washington
Boston
Germany
Curacoa
British West Indies
St. Joseph
Tyler
Virginia Assembly
California
London
Great Britain
Berlin
Edgar Allan Poe
Philippine Islands
Marcus Daly
Francis T. Bowles
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Navy Department
Philip Hichborn
Family Living Three Centuries Old in England
A London Express note highlights a Berkshire Inkpen living held by the Butler family across three centuries. It records a Butler serving in the late 18th century, another throughout the current century, and anticipates a Butler continuing into the 20th century, a point of pride for the family.
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England
Inkpen
Berkshire
London Express
Berlin to stage Italian exposition at Zoological Gardens
Berlin plans an Italian exposition in the Zoological Gardens featuring imitation streets of Naples Rome Florence Pompeii and Venice with canals.
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Berlin
Naples
Rome
Florence
Pompeii
Venice
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Cobb
United States Fish Commission
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Skina
Coron
Lipa
W. J. Gilmore CO
Pittsourg
An Snow & CO
Patou
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