Are All the Children In The Storms Enduring Faithful Night
A poem contemplates children sheltered indoors as a storm threatens, trusting in God to protect them. It contrasts parental devotion with the fear of loss, imagining a divine hand guiding souls to safety and the gates of heavenly rest. Also recounts a naval incident recalling the Kansas versus Pizarro and Virginius near Aspinwall in 1873.
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Ventere
Decatur
Perry
Farragut
Ingraham
Liberty Island
Spain
Virginius
United States
Kansas
North Atlantic
Nicaragua
Key West
Crossman
Greytown
Hatfield
The
Edwin White
Aspinwall
Pizarro
Aar
Cuba
Colon
White
Laugh on Him Once After Polite Lesson at Luncheon
A New York Times anecdote recalls a boy named Tom learning home manners. His mother urged him to answer with yes and no politely, and Tom later joked about choosing an apple that was already gone, drawing a laugh and a lesson on honest politeness.
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Treencete
White
Virginius
The
Kansas
Papal
Virginus
New York Times
Tom
Strange Characteristica Sermon and Bible Defense
A Sunday sermon collection extols the Bible against infidels and critics, argues the book endures 1800 years of scoffing, and cites Psalmic permanence. It contrasts prayer persistence with lazy Christians, recounts Elijah’s answer, and urges loving notes before friends depart. The Dutch Lutheran colony and Muhlenberg era are noted, ending with Beecher on loving farewell acts.
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H. L. Hastings
Curious Who Gives to Home Missions Pledge Spilled Out
Deacon Daniel reads a church pledge list after services detailing donors and amounts for Home Missions. Squire Wood gives $2 toward a $10,000 farm value, Mrs Brown pledges $5 while caring for three grandchildren, Maria Hill donates $5 despite $20 monthly pay, John Baker $1, Cyrus Dunning $4. The scene highlights personal sacrifice linked to faith and community support.
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Squire Wood
Daniel
Maria Hill
John Baker
Cyrus Dunning
Early Lutheran Church in America Counts and Origins
Church statistics show English synods with 1,816 organizations and 198,907 communicants, German synods with 2,642 organizations and 454,005 members, mixed German English synods with 1,178 organizations and 232,512 members, plus Swedish Danish Norwegian Icelandic Finnish totals. United States totals reach 8,427 organizations and 1,190,514 members. The earliest Lutherans in America trace from Welland to Manhattan in 1623.
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Church
United States
America
Welland
Manhattan Islands
Church Machinery Debated as Hindrance to Reform
The New York Christian Advocate argues against expanding church machinery. It warns that extra mechanisms divert power, cause friction, and create false activity among workers. The piece likens machinery to medicine: only tolerable if it removes a greater evil.
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New York
Lies and extinguishing falsehoods in a just spirit
The excerpt urges sweeping away lies without hatred or violence, advocating clear, holy zeal. It warns against replacing one deceit with another and stresses gentle pity and principled action to end falsehoods. The quote attributes sentiment to Carlyle on truth and justice.
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Carlyie
The Way to Make Them Mind
A senior clerk in a firm explains how office workers ignore him when the boss is present. The businessman suggests the clerk sit at the boss’s desk and act in a businesslike way, calling for tasks to be done to change behavior. The scene ends with an offhand lesson on authority and presence.
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London
Foreign Service
Quarterly Review
Downing Street
St. Petersburg
France
Monte Carlo
Foreign Office
Paris
Ajax
Dover
Peacock's Voice in a Sewing Machine Era
An elderly former auctioneer laments his married daughter's voice like a peacock’s cry while praising his wife’s soft tones. He notes both women are indefatigable seamstresses. the daughter uses a sewing machine, the wife prefers the older needle. He warns loud talk while sewing hardens the voice.
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New York Herald
Orca the most voracious marine predator described
The orca or killer whale reaches about 25 feet in length with jaws bearing teeth four to six inches long. Its digestive power matches the ferocity of its bite. A specimen examined reportedly had 13 porpoises and 14 seals in its stomach, underscoring its gluttonous appetite.
Queen s Messenger and a Mouse Plague Across Scotland
A historical sketch contrasts the Queen s messenger role from the past with modern travel realities. It also reports a Scottish mice plague spreading through Roxburgh Selkirk and Dumfries, damaging best grazing lands, with losses surpassing 500000 dollars and farmers seeking relief measures.
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Scotland
Ayrshire
Robert Burns
Border
Burns
Tvo
Silkirkshire
Roxburgh
Selkirk
Dumfries
Lanarkshire
Hatto
Whittington
Jay Gould
Saving the Youth and the fight against juvenile delinquency
The water supply of a great city is guarded to keep it pure and prevent death. Youth is the source of future manhood and womanhood, and society must guard children born into vice as well as those raised in purity. All citizens, beyond reformers, should engage in preventing juvenile delinquency for religion, patriotism, and philanthropy.
Goose Honks High: Rosecrans Debunks Hangs High
General Rosecrans explains the proverb origin claiming the phrase should be thanks not thangs. He notes geese fly low in stormy weather and high in clear skies, making their honk audible and giving rise to the saying about loveliness when the goose honks high rather than hangs high.
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Henry Ward Beecher
General Rosecrans
Origin of Tapestry and Stamped Leather in Antiquity
Origin of tapestry traces to Byzantium where weaving reached high perfection. Its cost rivaled wall carvings and stucco, making it accessible mainly to the wealthy. Stamped leather, costly as well, used goat and calf skins with silver leaf and yellow lacquer to mimic gold, illustrating era of opulence. Tacitus notes labor under servility.
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Byzantium
Electric motor replaces gun crews on Gatling gun
The Crocker Wheeler Motor Company built a breech attached motor for the Gatling gun at the Navy Bureau of Ordnance request. It allows one gunner to train and fire at will via electric button, eliminating the need for a second operator. The motor enables 1200 rounds per minute with steady power and quick disengagement via a clutch if damaged.
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United States
Crocker Wheeler Motor Company
United States Navy Bureau of Ordnance
Bureau
Electricity
New York
Slavery Ties to Pacific Cruise Plans Revealed
The article reports the steamer Moneserrat preparing a blackbird cruise to Gilbert Island to recruit Gilbert Islanders as laborers for Guatemala coffee plantations under an equitable contract. It cites the 1860s incident of brig Tahite with 400 Gilbert Islanders, its seizure avoided, and ships the crew and cargo perishing.
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Pacific
Gilbert Island
Guatemala
Duke’s Bay
Roain for Cute Cut Aids With Powdered Rosin
Advice on using powdered rosin in a pepper box to treat a cut. Pound fine, sift onto the cut, apply a soft cloth, and rinse with cold water periodically to prevent inflammation and soreness.
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Eii
Elijah
Baal
Delaware
Lewis
Henry M. Muhlenburg
Synod of Ministerium
Pennsylvania
Synod of Ministerium of
Elatvery
Tacitus
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