Fortune of Nations and Heaven Settle Our Fate
A sermon argues that nations perish for sin yet God’s word is settled in heaven. It surveys geological and moral upheavals, predicts world renewal, and envisions millennial harmony under Christ with nations judged daily and the faithful advancing toward universal felicity.
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Louis Klopsch
Washington
Taimage
Earth
Arctic
Tropics
Bethlehem
Nazareth
Golgotha
Greenland
Linnaeus
Loch Nevis
Scotland
Dingle Bay
Ireland
Norway
Pacific Ocean
Hague
Holland
Treaven
United States
Pere Je Chaise
Carthage
Rome
Bay of
Tunis
Agrigentum
Bagradas
Henry M. Field
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Capitoline Hill
Manila
Jesus Christ
Gideon
Shamgar
Samson
Jericho
Heaven
Tsaiah
Ezekiel
Habakkuk
Malachi
St. John
Arica
Peru
San Pedro
Cal
Sandwich Islands
New Zealand
Japan
Globe
Bosworth
Richard III
Earl of Richmond
Lord Stanley
Jesus
Salvation plan derided as prideful doxology in sermon
A preacher argues God must receive all glory in salvation and rejects human effort. He warns against focusing on the math of redemption, urging personal repentance and trust in Christ. He contrasts earthly triumphs with Christ’s true emancipation and crowns the faithful in a heavenly banquet.
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Christ
Satan
Ile
Jiartimeus
Martha
Christ of
Olivet
Tom
Pompey
Brindisi
Italy
Rome
Jelisarius
Aurelian
Zenobia
Paanyra
Church
Jesus
Earth
Hell
Light From Car Axles Heralds Railway Lighting Advance
A new car axle powered lighting system replaces the locomotive dynamo for in car electricity. Each car carries a dynamo and storage battery with automatic switch to axle power at 12 mph. The system promises all night illumination with minimal maintenance and even in snowed in conditions.
Glazed Paper Said to Strain Eyes in Reading
German ophthalmologists warn glazed and polished paper tires the eyes and increases myopia. They contrast old coarse gray paper with new glossy stock and argue that finer type and reflected light worsen reading comfort. They advise gray or blue tinted, non white paper in schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reson
French Pawnshop Patrons Show Wide Borrower Range
A Paris Mont de Piété report shows borrowers from 8,500 workers to 3,209 rentiers. The municipal pawnshop functions like a bank, offering low interest advances on various securities including furniture and railway shares, aiding tradesmen short of capital and workers out of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris Mont de Viele
First Industrial Exposition Recorded in 1669
A 1669 exposition in Nuremberg's rathhaus aims to showcase global innovations in modern trades and domestic art production. The catalogue describes the fair as bringing before the public all new ideas and products from around the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rathhaus
Nuremberg
Serum Therapy Slashes Immortality Rate in Prussia
Due to the serum treatment, immortality in Prussia declined from 15.5 per 10,000 in 1885-1904 to 1.6 in 1896 and 6.2 in 1897, marking a sharp drop across those years.
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Prussia
Earth Division Question Prompts Class Debate
A confident teacher asks how the earth is divided before examiners. A pupil quickly answers by earthquakes, reflecting a lively classroom moment of curiosity and prompt recall.
Jani tor philosopher Quips On A Boy And His Bag
A playful quip from the Chicago Daily News jokes about a shopper and a boy who will drag his mother’s groceries to a store if he passes six other stores on the way. It reflects humorous street dialogue and local flavor.
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Chicago Daily News
Expression and jokes weave through old papers
A fragment from Philadelphia Bulletin and San Francisco Examiner quotes speculate on performers and marriages. The lines echo celebrity life and social wit, noting faces at a concert and humor about ex wives and new marriages.
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Piay
Philadelphia Bulletin
Chestnut Wood Adventure of Robby and Friends
In a chestnut wood Robby Johnny and Tommy discuss usefulness of burrs. Jack Frost and the West Wind intervene with a tiny key and a shake, knocking chestnuts to the ground as the world learns boys make mischief but there is work ahead.
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Robby
Johnny
Tommy
Jack Frost
Glew
Chestnut Wood
The Great Mistake On The Platform
On a station platform two men wait for a train while a worn laborer with a shovel and faded overalls passes by. He left school at 14 after accepting laborer work, proud of his strength, and now earns low wages, prompting a judge to urge him to learn a trade. The scene sparks a discussion on education versus unskilled labor.
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Morehan
Murope
Haines
Uom
Maine
Eid
Sam
The Leaping Mouse of ancient Times in Cyrene Coin Images
A note on a prehistoric leaping mouse described as jumping twenty times its length with a stiff tail aiding leaps. Text recounts its nocturnal habits, burrow design, and pest behavior near inhabited areas. Mentions cultural beliefs about tail virtue and Cyrene coin imagery.
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Europe
America
Africa
Heypt
Cyrene
St. Louis Globee Democrat
Hollow tooth prompts dental humor in household tale
A mother inspects Tommy’s hollow tooth and decides it must be pulled. Days later she complains of a headache and Tommy jokes that hers is hollow too and should be polled.
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Tommy
Are you an old sea dog 2 asked youngster
Four year old Bobby questions his sailor uncle about being a sea dog and asks him to bark. A separate note mentions socialists planning the largest congress in Paris next year.
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Bobby
Aisa
Paris
Brave Girl Survives Alligator Attack at Lake Gibson
A young girl, daughter of Mes Fields, fought off an alligator while swimming near Tokelau i on Lake Gibson. She reached shore badly wounded but credited herself with striking the beast, claiming it was at most five feet long, while her family doubted the tale.
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Tere
Mes. Fields
Lake Gibson
Tokelaui
Miss Mields
American fish and scraped pranks at Paris exposition
A playful note suggests a prank with a cotton thread in a coat pocket to amuse the first passerby. It then reports on Paris expo menus offering American bass salmon muskalonge as a sign of U S fishing growth. The piece notes Russia ships eggs without shells to England.
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GEO
A. W. Kintz
Paris
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Ardor
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Roges
Biggs
San Francisco Examiner
Klen Sherman Carson
Toms
Egypt
Russia
England
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