CHAT OFR THE CHURCH Voiced reflections on faith and modern life
The piece collects religious musings from All Lands on living beyond material froth. It cites sermons on happiness, courage, and spiritual growth, praising steadfast truth, shared labor in faith, and acts of charity. It adds notes on religious statistics and clergy activities from the British Isles to the U.S. church scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiviles i. Stein
Snppe
Mateljos
Ted
Christ
Charles Cuthbert
AW Lands
Mannie Crosby
British Isles
Cardinal Vaughan
Poth Shalome
Ritchhmond
Beth Ahaha
Lord Curzon
India
England
Church of England Temperance Society
Henry C
Pueblo
Value of an Allowance Encourages Saving and Responsibility
The essay argues a parental allowance teaches monetary value to daughters, enabling budgeting for goals like a Paris exposition. It cites a father noting his daughter saves regularly, discovers pride in prudent spending, and demonstrates how a fixed allowance fosters financial independence without deprivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aio Ig Lev
Peni
Button
International pay for lawmakers across Europe and England
The article surveys lawmakers' pay in Austria, France, Greece, Germany, Finland, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, and England. It notes varied daily allowances, monthly stipends, or zero pay, highlighting England as unpaid with no privileges. It ends with a digression on English pint bottle sizes affecting Canadian shipments and duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
France
Greece
Fienish
Belgium
Chamber of Representatives
Portugal
Pears and Commons
Saime Smn
Spain
Cortes
Switzerland
National Council
Council of States
Italy
England
A Town Without Dogs in Bohemia Faces Dog Ban
In Tisch Bohemia authorities order all dogs killed after a death from hydrophobia. The eerie town becomes a Gogless own with no canines remaining. A man out after 10 is seen as a TOM AEM NIUE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tisch
Bohemia
Sunrise and Sunset Chart Demonstrates Daily Times
A sun rise and set diagram explains how to read a chart showing daily sunrise times. By locating May and moving one third across the May slice for May 10, the chart indicates sunrise near 4 47 a.m with radial marks dividing hours into fifteen minute segments.
Wisconsin Man Descended from King Philip in Pokanoket Line
A Wisconsin man from Chilton, Stephen Nicholas, traces ancestry to King Philip of the Pokanoket tribe. Adopted as a child and grown into a strong athlete, his story blends early settler lore with tribal history and wild fauna descriptions from the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Chilton
Wis
Stephen Nicholas
Philip
Massachusetts
Stephen
Moses Stanton
Steve Nick
Dwarf Beasts of the Orient Describe Mindoro Wildlife
The article notes the tamaran or dwarf buffalo of Mindoro, a stunted form of the buffalo living above 6,000 feet and tunneling through bamboo. mentions a tiny Philippitze squirrel and a brown rat with a water rat evolutionary link. describes a wild pig included in the bizarre fauna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mindoro
Philippine
Fragmented ad and social notes from Detroit Journal clipping
A garbled Detroit Journal fragment discusses advertising bargain slaughter sales and a house incident. It notes a woman’s plate breaking revealing family history and jokes about marriages after forty. The text is incomplete and rough in phrasing.
When Love Passed By Portent of Love and Beauty
A Portland Transcript verse notes that when Love passes by the heart grows brave and hopeful and Nature reveals her secrets. The poem celebrates Love as a divine envoy that awakens beauty, fellowship, and art, even as Love itself continues on past a barred door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tove
Portland Transcript
Engagement Ends and Fortune Arrives for Maude Lafone
Captain Percival Mainwearing of Her Majesty's Grey Horse inherits £5,000 a year from Edinburgh widow Mrs Ellen Macfee, after never meeting her. Meanwhile his rival Algy’s jealousy and broken engagement with Maude Lafone lead to his departure from the regiment. A month later Percival and Maude announce their marriage, sealing the dramatic pairings amid old rivalries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lgy Mainwaring
Percival
Almoest
Algy
Grey Horse
Vercigal
Maude Lafone
Old Lafolle
Rossshire
Cromarty
Inverness
Mr. Lefone
Maude
Old Lafone
Edinburgh
Smokers’ League
Perth
Gir
Rudyard Kipling
Jameson
Suakim
Drummond Castle
Aigy
Drumsheugh Gardens
Waverley Station
Fate
White Lancers
Ellen Macfee
Signet
England
Elen Macfee
Percival Mainwearing
Her Majesty's
Morning Post
Percival Mainwaring
A Strange Stone Used as Barometer by Natives
The ilmakiur, a Finnish stone two inches in size, reportedly turns nearly white before fine weather and darkens when storms approach. Natives trust it as a highly reliable barometer and place great confidence in its readings.
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Tate Society
Acta
Hfo
Matthew Hunt
Trother
Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus
David
Rocky Mountain Advocate
Canada
Philippines
Bataan
First
Wisconsin Cavalry
Dean C. Worcester
Philippine Commis
Smithsonian
Washington Star
Tir
SCHOL
Dwarf Beasts OF the
Watts
Lily
Department Houses
Detroit Journal
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