As the Hart Panteth For The Water Of God
Dr. Talmage likens troubled souls to pursued deer seeking the waters, using a deer hunt in the Adirondacks to illustrate reliance on God's mercy. He urges surrender to divine comfort, shedding horns of pride, and trusting Christ for relief from woes, persecution, and fear.
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American Press Association
Washington
Talmage
David
Syria
Solomon
John Brown
Issac
Esau
Isaiah
Oriver
Saul
Absalom
Adirondacks
St. Hogis
Long Lake
Upper
Saranac
God
Divi
Wall Street
New York
Aunt Rachel and the Jackson Presidency Narrative
The Detroit Free Press recounts Aunt Rachel, wife of Andrew Jackson, described as short and devoted yet unloved by some. It details her management of plantations and slaves, her reaction to Jackson’s election, and her funeral attire. It notes Jackson’s post election bitterness toward slanderers and Adams’s response, ending with Adams moving to a suburban house on March 8, 1829.
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Rachel
Jackson
Washington
Tennessee
United States
Mr. Jackson
White House
Adams
War Department
Detroit Free Press
Who is Experience A cow joke from Oak Park barn
Citizens of Oak Park discuss a mysterious sign on John Farson’s barn reading The Home of Experience. A delegation asks who Experience is and Farson replies with a playful answer, Experience is our cow.
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Oak Park
John Farson
Experience
Live Stock Market In Rhyme Novelty
The New Orleans Live Stock Enterprise prints inverse market rhymes. Milk cows in demand as beeves and yearlings hold value while calves, sheep, and hogs show varied fortunes. Receipts light for beef, milk cattle priced high, calves and yearlings moving, corn feds active, shippers arriving Thursday night.
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New Orleans
United States
Italy to prune fleet and boost efficiency in naval plan
Admiral Palumbo, new Italian minister of the navy, orders removal of ships failing to meet speed requirements during maneuvers and directs cost cuts in battleship construction without power loss. Plans include using cheaper cabin materials, refitting old iron clads like Dandolo and Duilio, and commissioning four torpedo boat destroyers from Schicau with speeds of 30 and 32 knots.
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Palumbo
Dandolo
Schicau
Woman Arrested For Climbing Vienna Church Steeple
A young woman was arrested in Vienna for attempting to climb a church steeple to place a flag between the belfries so all could see it. She hoped the emperor would hear of the act and grant her wish to have her grandfather admitted among the 12 old men at the next annual foot washing at the Burg palace on the Thursday before Easter.
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Heavenly Comfort
Far East
Adirondacks
Golden Gate
San Francisco
Baroness of Nairn
Vienna
Burg
Suggestions too grand for short change of course
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip catalog critiques grand schemes to alter natural limits and landscapes by proposing extreme, fantastical projects. The brief note pokes fun at ambitious endeavors like painting pyramids or fencing the Milky Way, suggesting impractical novelty.
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Pyramids
Alps
Sahara
Cleveland Plain
Deater
Columbus Remains in Hispaniola Confirmed by San Domingo Vault
The Sunday Herald notes that Columbus rests in Hispaniola, not Havana. It recounts the 1541 interment in San Domingo Cathedral, the later vault discoveries, and Rudolf Cronan's 1891 investigation confirming the remains. a Berlin document and Adams report are cited for authenticity.
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Sunday Herald
Christopher Columbus
Havana
Columbus
la Espanola
San Domingo
Valladolid
Asia
Cortes
Pizarro
Mexico
Peru
Spain
Diego
Louis
France
Basle
Cuba
Rudolf Cronan
Leipzig
Prince Bismarck
Interior
Hispaniola
Berlin
Charles K. Adams
Cornell University
American Historical Society
New York Herald
Great changes on the Staked Plains attract attention
The Staked Plains once seen as a treeless, dangerous expanse has been transformed over 16 years by ranchers sinking wells and fencing land. Water now lies 20 to 100 feet deep and fever or blackleg is rare. Notable investors include Col. Slaughter, John Scharbauer, and C. C. Goodnight.
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Llano Estacado
Rio Grande
New “Mexico
Pecos City
Amerillo
Chile
Texas
Col. Slaughter
Dallas
John Scharbauer
Fort Worth
C. C. Goodnight
Midland
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Benjamin Binns the New York ape from Java
A three foot gibbon from Borneo, christened Benjamin Binns by Capt. Theophilus Trotter and Chief Engineer John Drew, arrived in New York aboard the British steamer Indiani from Java. Benjamin, gentle and upright, drew crowds, paraded on deck with a chain, and drank Java coffee before being offered for sale by animal dealers.
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Borneo
New York
Java
New York Sun
Theophilus Trotter
John Drew
Passoercean
Benjamin Binns
Benjamin
Trotter
Maritime
Dom Paul
Engineer Drew
Drew
Tillie
Jack
Gibbon
Gibbons
Spanish Warfare in Manila Noted Amid Night Fire
The account describes August 2 night actions in Manila trenches with Spanish artillery and sharpshooters. U.S. pickets held, Spaniards attempted a flanking move, were driven back by sustained fire, and the night ended quietly. The note is from Harper's Weekly with a Centre Harbor excursion line trailing.
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Manila
Harper’s Weekly
Beautiful Grey Hair Trade Ad by Rhodes & Sons
A historical advertisement promotes buying and selling hair in bulk by J. ST. Rhodes & Sons. It highlights imported grey and natural hair, asserts knowledge of quality, and claims ability to offer superior goods at lower prices.
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J. ST. Rhodes & Sons
Local Gas Light Co Directors and officers named
LG V ECE. Gas Light CO PRESIDENT: SEWALL G. MACK. TREASURER: JACOB ROGERS. CLERK: SAME E. RAYMOND. DIRECTORS: Newall G. Mack, Levi Sprague, Jacob Rogers, Alexander G.Cumnock, George S. Motley, dward M. Tucke, James Francis.
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Newall G. Mack
Levi Sprague
Jacob Rogers
Alexander G.cumnock
George S. Motley
Dward M. Tucke
James Francis
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Lord Stefford
Earl of Yarborough
Duke of Rutland
Queen Victoria
Screen Lake
Lamartine
Nimrod
Jesus Christ
Tupper Lake
Heaven
Thenavenly
Landseer
St. Bernard
Bether
Centre Harbor
Arthur Rhodes
Merrimack Street
Courier-Citizen Building
ECE
Sewall G. Mack
Same E. Raymond
Gas Steves
Anow
Courier-Citizen Co
Middle Street
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