Secrets of the Courts of Europe Ambassador’s Fatal Duel Tale
An unnamed ambassador recounts a hidden royal plot involving a dangerous baron Magratz, the empress, and a crown prince. The tale ends with a tragic elopement and murder, revealing how a duel became a sacred response to crime and the ambassador's decisive, bloodied exit.
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M. de Rochefort
France
Cercle Des Etrangers
Europe
St. James
Great Britain
England
Baron Magratz
Magratz
M. l'Ambassadeur
Unfit to Print Hempfield Star Paragraphed Church Service
In Hempfield Star editor Norton Carr’s account unprinted for its naked truth details a Congregational church service. Rev Sargent wore a black alpaca coat on a hot day and preached 30 minutes on John 10:3 while Miss Daisy Miller played Mozart. Attendees included 15 women, seven men, four children plus the choir. Mr Johnson slept, Mrs Johnson chewed four peppermints, Deacon Mitchell collected 56 cents plus envelope funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Grayson
Mr. Sargent
Daisy Miller
Mr. Johnson
English girl cited for four fiances in wartime note
A Boston Evening Transcript item recounts an English girl reproved for courting four servicemen headed to the front. She defends herself saying she aimed to keep them happy defenders of the country and hoped one would return to marry her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. de Magratz
Magratz
Boston Evening Transcript
The New Pulpit and Free Speech Debate
The passage notes that modern press acts as a new pulpit with many writers compared to 1860. It argues the public seeks a voice, democracy needs debate, and free speech is essential alongside free schools and free thought.
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T. P. Powell
The
New York Independent
Behold the Man of God in Modern Life
A sermon on becoming a man of God emphasizes born of God through new birth, prayer, Bible study, and active faith. It discusses God’s representative role in business, politics, and society, with examples of faithful figures who stood alone for righteousness and the call to publicly live as God’s man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Moses
Samuel
Elijah
David
Timothy
Peter
Jesus
Christ Jesus
Jesus Christ
Caesar
United States
Saul
Jeremiah
Jerusalem
Daniel
Babylon
Paul
Athens
Martin Luther
Germany
John Knox
Scotland
Chicago
Acts Must Follow Profession Inspiring Moral Guidance
A reflective moral exhortation on living faith through consistent acts of love toward God and others. It urges readers to cultivate dutiful love by ongoing practice, warning that neglect erodes devotion over time.
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God
Keble
A Brier and Lily Quoted in Paradise and Wilderness
The phrase notes that a brier remains a briar and a lily remains a lily regardless of setting, illustrating constancy of nature across different environments. The line attributed to Reynolds emphasizes inherent identity despite surroundings.
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Reynolds
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Baror
M. l’Ambassadeur
Count Messana
Quirinal
Tion
Messana
Imperial House
Bavaria
M. Ambassadeur
Count Schwartzenfeldt
Paula von Magratz
Countess Schwartsehfeldt
Schwartzenfeldt
Swartzenfeldt
Carrion
Paris
M. le Baron
Monsieur
Lkely
U. S
War
Man of God
J. H. Ralston
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
I Samuel
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