Garden of Christ sermon on Lebanon and faith
A preacher portrays the church as a garden full of rare plants and blooms, comparing believers to violets and giants of battle and urging entry through open gates. He reflects on Christ as Gardener who tends and gathers, contrasting worldly deserts with the garden of God and inviting all to come in and find refreshment and eternal joy.
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Philatel
Talmage
Lebanon
Aiet
Sara
Walter Scott
Abbotsford
Church of Christ
Jersey City Ferry
Jesus
Pauls
Martin Luthers
Wryecliffes
John Knoxes
Church of God
Christ
Aloes
Cassia
Rocky Mountains
Sierra Nevada
Christ the Gardener
Kingdom of Heaven
Theodore Hook
Shenstone
God
Christ Jesus
Horrible Leper Found in Chinatown Basement
Police officers discover an elderly Chinese leper with extensive tissue decay in a sealed, foul basement. Officers report the scene to health authorities. Six Companies refuse help, leaving the leper isolated pending board of health action.
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Chinatown
San Franciano
San Francisco Chinatown
Gillen
Board of Health
McManus
Board
Indelible Ink Quest Exposes Stamp Washing Problem
The article examines the failed search for an indelible postmark ink by Yale and Harvard chemists. It notes no ink is truly permanent and details how stamps are washed, reclaimed, and resold, with examples from Marshall Jewell’s era and post office losses. It also covers theft, cheating, and stamp market manipulation including overprinting and cornering supplies.
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Post Office
Yale
Harvard
Professor B
Marshall Jewell
Jewell
Russia
St. Petersburg
Philadelphia Times
Marblehead
Mass
New York
Post Office Department
Philately
Uncle Sam
Postmaster General
Acaion
Winters of the Past
A St. Louis Republic writer details historic frigid winters across Europe and America. He notes 1709 10 as a severe cold spell with rivers frozen, 1740 41 deep snows in Iberia and Russia, and 1881 harsh freezes causing many deaths in the United States. The piece also surveys Ivan cook training in France and layers of culinary apprenticeships.
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Mediterrane
Frogen
St. Louis Republic
Europe
Constantinople
Thames
Britain
Germany
Baden
Flanders
London
Poland
Adriatic
Baltic
Genoa
Italy
Mediterranean
Copenhagen
Spain
Portugal
Zuyder Zee
Russia
Elba
Danube
Vienna
America
New York Harbor
Staten Island
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
United States
Mobile
Lord
Was John Bunyan a Gypsy Link in Parish Record
The 1586 St Mary Magdalene parish entry names a Nicho las child of John Bowala described as an Egyptian rogue. F H Groome cites this as possible evidence Bunyan was Gypsy, arguing Egyptia could mean Egyptian and Bowala perhaps Bownla, amid conjecture and distant geography from Cornwall to Bedfordshire.
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John Bunyan
St. Mary Magdalene
Coston
Irth Dale
Nicholas
John Bowala
F. H. Groome
Egyptia
Bownla
Bownlan
Lanaaensen
Cornwall
Elston
Bedfordshire
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