Misery of Giants Hands and Feet in a Humble Call to Service
In this sermon Rev. Dr. Talmage argues that superfluous wealth and fame hinder rather than help, praising ordinary workers from lawyers to nurses. He praises the hand and foot as divine gifts used for God's work, urging charity and humble service over ostentatious riches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talmage
Israel
Jonathan
Shimea
David
Goliath
Pliny
Crete
Tavernier
Java
Volcatius
Gath
Dr. Duff
Florence Nightingale
Tyler
Potomac
Martin Luthers
Faradays
Edisons
Bismarcks
Gladstones
Washingtons
George Whitefields
Rufus Choate
William Wirt
Samuel L. Southard
Disraeli
Poland
Peter Cooper
Trenton
Mr. Lester
Cooper Institute
Bible Society
Saratoga
Hamburg
Carlsbad
God
Humanity
Charles Bell
Earl of Bridgewater
Constantine
Christ
Death ends Fanny Davenport's distinguished stage career
Fanny Davenport of Duxbury died at Melbourne Hall after a long illness. The famed actress and producer, daughter of Edward Davenport and Fanny Davenport, passed away Monday night with her husband Melbourne MacDowell and sisters at her bedside. Her career spanned Shakespearean and Sardou plays with lavish productions and notable triumphs.
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Duxbury
Mass
Fanny Davenport
Melbourne McDowell
Melbourne Hall
William Seymour
Miss Davenport
Edward Davenport
Fanny Elizabeth Vining Davenport
London
Howard Athenaem
Boston
New York
Dumas
Sardou
Edward Pierce
Columbus Remains Exhumed in Havana Ceremony
At nine AM in Havana the remains of Columbus were exhumed in a ceremony attended by Gen Bianco Secretary Gavin and church and civic leaders. The ashes were placed in a zinc urn in the cathedral sacristy under guard as public services are planned.
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Explorer
Gen. Bianco
Havana
Columbus
Bianco
Gavin
Otden Publico
Santo Domingo
France
Spain
Jelief
New World
Cortez
Melida
Susilo
America
Spain to resist cession of Philippine rights in peace talks
Madrid reports the peace mission will press for Spanish sovereignty in the Philippines while defending the 1896 Philippine loan and Cuban debt. If the U S concedes, concessions may follow but Spain resists any U S claim of precedence over other powers if Manila is reduced. Most commissioners speak English.
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Madrid
Bianco
Cuba
Duke Almodovar de Rio
Philippines
Spain
United States
Manila
Luzon
America
Trust Company Fails and Receiver Appointed in New York
Otto T. Bannard named receiver for the New England Loan and Trust by Judge Shipman after a suit by the Real Estate Trust of Philadelphia and Sabillion Allen. The Des Moines report notes large real estate losses from western mortgages and debentures, with no local Des Moines creditors and uncertainty about reorganization or liquidation.
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New York
Otto T. Bannard
Broadstreet
New England Loan and Trust Company
Shipman
United States Circuit Court
Real Estate Trust Company
Philadelphia
Sabillion Allen
St. Albans
Western
Des Moines
New England Loan &Trust Company
N. JT. Guernsey
New Ingrand Loan & Trust Company
Western Securities
Farmers’ Loan & Trust Company
Real Ewstate Company
Kansas City
Omaha
Sioux City
Lincoln
Salt Lake City
Distress in Cuba Drives Cuban Exiles to Return Aid Sought
Rivera Cuban subagent reports Tampa Cubans in distress with about 3000 eager to return to Cuba and work but destitute. Quesada hears similar requests about Gomez forces. Key West telegram says Gomez commission arrives seeking relief as army starves with pack mules eaten and people near desperate.
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Washington
Senor Rivera
Tampa
Quesada
Cuba
Gomez
Key West
Richfield Farmer Oscar Osborne Murdered at Home
Akron dispatch reports Oscar Osborne a wealthy farmer of Richfield was murdered Friday. His body was found Monday morning with head crushed and a halter-like cord about his neck. He lived alone and was believed to have substantial cash, likely targeted to reveal his hidden money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Oscar Osborne
Richfield
Osborne
Illinois State Fair Opens With Record First Day Attendance
Springfield Illinois on September 27 reports the state fair opening under favorable conditions. Children’s Day drew 120000 free tickets to schoolchildren and 20000 to 5000 attendees. Total attendance exceeded 30000, the largest opening day ever, with record exhibits across all departments.
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Springfield
Illnois
Electric industry notes from early 1900s progress
Nearly a million workers rely on electrical trades in the United States. Unter den Linden in Berlin boasts three rows of electric lights, and the Paris exposition seeks hundreds of thousands of square feet of electrical exhibit space. The French Automobile club maps France for recharging stations as electric transport grows. A Los Angeles inventor unveils an electrically propelled wagon and ambulance. Erie Telegraph & Telephone orders copper wire while total 1898 consumption nears a million pounds.
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Unter den Linden
Berlin
United States
Automobile Club
France
Los Angeles
Cal
Erie Telegraph & Telephone Company
Paris Welcomes U S Peace Commission Back From London
The United States peace commission arrived in Paris on Monday from London and was greeted at the railroad station by the U S embassy several Americans and many reporters. A large crowd watched the commissioners depart for their hotel after an uneventful journey.
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Paris
Peace Commission of the
United States
London
England
Fashion Notes on Patriotic Jewelry and Desk Sets
Jewelers Weekly highlights enameled and jeweled necktie clasps, a 14 piece gilt desk set, colonial style candelabra, and patriotic lace pins including eagle with blue enamel streamer, gun metal cannon, shell pin, and a Maine remember button in a circular motif. The star shaped flags denote the signal.
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Maine
Jeweler’s Weekly
Truthful Men Face Wives' Money Requests
A reflective line notes that some men tell truth in all matters except when their wives request money. The quote hints at tension between honesty and financial requests within marriage.
Number One and the values of duty in youth
A quatrain from Zhella Cocke in Youth's Companion contrasts honoring Number One with putting duty first. The poem urges excellence for self and service, suggesting that sometimes others or a higher duty take precedence over personal rank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zhella Cocke
Amusing Experiment With Four Needled Cork Spinning Toy
An old Golden Days feature describes a cork device made by attaching four cork pieces to a central disc with camphor weights. When placed on water the assembly spins for hours, capable of simulating moving figures like dancing people for a day or more.
Bites of Animals Show Ferocity of Carnivora Jaws
The article explains how bites from flesh eating animals cause severe damage far beyond the bite itself. It cites powerful jaw muscles and technique across species, noting tiger and leopard bites often reach the lungs and chest. It mentions Sir Samuel Baker on tiger bites and general fatal outcomes for humans and smaller mammals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Baker
Change for a Twenty Turns Into a Penny Parade
A train boy faced a beguiling ploy when a sporting man offered to buy a one cent newspaper with a twenty. A fellow passenger supplied a canvas bag and whispered to take the change from it. The boy counted 1,099 pennies to the comic passer, who was touring with a penny in the slot company.
Fly writes like papa inky author story
A fly fell into an author's inkwell, and the writer's son rescued it and set it on paper. The boy then told his mother in amusement that "there's a fly, mamma, that writes just like papa," as quoted by Current Literature.
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Tere
Mamma
Papa
The Gun Foundry at Washington
In St Nicholas an illustrated piece on firearm manufacture describes forged steel tubes and jackets forming a gun. Large cranes, a 110 ton crane, furnaces, cooling with water, shrinking jackets, and final rifling produce a spinning projectile from copper bands and spiral grooves for accurate flight.
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St. Nicholas
Washington
Bethlehem Works
Pennsylvania
Indo
Laughing Plant of Arabia and its intoxicating seeds
The laughing plant grows in Arabia and gets its name from seeds that induce a laughing effect when eaten. The moderate plant bears bright yellow flowers and velvet pods containing two to three seeds. Natives dry and powder the seeds to produce a dose that makes a sober person act like a madman for about an hour before exhaustion and sleep with no memory of duties.
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Arabia
Hollerday Confession from a Grandson at Grandmother’s
A Detroit Christian Herald note recalls a country holiday spent by a little boy at his grandmother’s. He describes a day of running racing and shouting until nightfall and finally declares he now knows what a hollerday truly is because he hollered all day.
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Detroit Christian Herald
Elephant Muscles Versus Human Count
A remarkable comparison notes an elephant trunk contains about 40 000 muscles while a human body has around 577 muscles in total highlighting vast muscular differences between species.
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Dr. Talmage
Maras
New England Loan and Peast Company
Parmer
Illinois State Vale
Peace Commissioxon
Number
Uncle Sam
BIG Guns
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