Sailing Up the Nile and the Bible on Egypt’s Banks
The article recounts a sermon by Dr. Talmage during a Nile voyage, tracing the source of the Nile, ancient sites like Memphis and Thebes, and the Bible’s prophecies. It argues that Egypt’s ruins confirm Scripture, contrasts ancient grandeur with modern decay, and urges moral renewal guided by Christian faith.
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Ivor
Joseph
Doe
Egyptstorgraves
Memphis
Nile
Memphus
Egypt
Sfere
Temple of the Sun
United States
Hera
Pharaoh
Jacob
Moses
Ezekiel
Jeremiah
Isaiah
Ezrkiel
Thebes
Karnac
Luxor
Abe
Thebesc
Babylon
Daniel
Palestine
Syria
Jeope
Dead Sea
Jerusalem
Damascus
Orental Lands
Stas
Preat
Alexandria
Zachylus
Athens
Greece
Chicago Stranger Pays Newspaper Man Fare and Advice
A shabby traveler in Chicago asks directions to Thirty-sixth and Halstead. The newspaper man offers fare and counsel about securing a new job, sharing his own failed attempt to improve life and urging steadiness. The tale includes voices referencing the Grand Rapids labor market and mentions a New York Tribune piece.
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Chicago
Sam
Dearbors
Matton
Halstead Street
Halstead
Ralsted Street
Jackson Park
Thirty-sixth
Syath
Marta
Yisu
Grand Raphida
Wes
Chicago Tribune
Washing Feathers with Traditional Care Methods
Instructions detail washing and curling feathers with Warum soap, minimal blood, wind drying for white feathers, and using a hot flatiron to set curls. It covers combing with a bone or silver knife, limited cuts, and cautions on swan down renewal. Also notes muslin and sep washing for leather care and mentions Detroit Free Press.
Maine Lumber Boom Beyond Coastal Bounds
Maine's vast lumber wealth is illustrated by annual logs cut, with about a third floating down the Penobscot. The river's log crop fuels a state industry that ships lumber to New York, New England, and Philadelphia, underpinning a larger regional economy amid growing production.
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Maine
New York
New
Philadelphia
Unbolted flour and its health concerns
A Victorian era brief laments bolted white flour reducing nutritive value and harming health. It extols brown bread for teeth bones and brain, urging nursing mothers to favor brown bread for stronger bones teeth and blood. It criticizes excessive refinement and praises natural nourishment.
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Anf
Geta
Mixed Up Families
A widow with two girls marries a widower with two boys and later has a second family with her new husband. On a noisy nursery day the husband calls, asking what is the matter, while the wife responds from the stairs that it is merely their children playing with each other, causing a humorous domestic mix-up.
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Slater
Brooklye
Mother Hubbard
Mr. C
Aha
Phylits
New York Tribune
Vetribia
Sam
New York Times
Folding bed misadventure at landlady’s home
The narrator recalls moving a folding bed through a tight upstairs space during a week of mishaps with help from Podley and the landlady’s husband. After several jams, partial disassemblies, and near injuries, a furniture expert finally shows how easily the bed comes apart, ending with the narrator vowing not to attempt moving it again. The tale is told in a humorous, digressive tone with vivid, awkward moments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loegastad
Gotte Podley
Podley
Pedley
Chicago News
Georgia
Oddities and observations in a 19th century miscellany
A fragmented column notes diverse facts from science and industry including railway mileage in the United States, the first tobacco alga erected in America in Baltimore, and English social trends. It mentions a Brooklyn Bridge foot-passenger issue, a jewelry fashion update, and miscellaneous quotes and curiosities about health, agriculture, and public figures.
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Califorsis
Adenov
United States
America
Baltimore
Ierles
Brooklyn Bridge
Rosala Fe
England
Wales
Ft 14
London
France
Erion
Language Shifts and Pronunciation Errors Noted
Observers report shifts from old terms to new slang like penta to trousers and guitars to booty, with mispronunciations listed such as Arab as at-sb and Cigar as segar. The piece cites examples from Golden Days and Philadelphia Times, noting widespread linguistic changes and a playful, didactic tone in correcting common flaws.
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India
Dablia
Haraas
Speed of the Gall Stream Inconsistent Report
An incoherent excerpt describes currents and speeds in the Gall Stream and Yucatan channel with numbers like three miles per hour and fifty four miles per hour, interspersed with garbled names and phrases. It mentions individuals such as Mrs Billsdoo and Signor Spagheti in a chaotic contemporary tone.
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Yucatan Channel
Bernini
St. Loe
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Talmage
Bucoxtus
Gailmant
Taber
Professor Herry
Exyre Brownn
Organus
Pyramids
Zecharia
Naharm
Mary
Jesus
Bayard Taylor
Columbes
San Salvador
White Nile
Kilima-Niaco
Ann
Samuel W. Baker
Speke
Grant
Baker
Victoria and Albert
Abyssinia
Nhite
Sir Joseph
Mississippi
North America
Amazon
South America
Europe
Asia
Pheer
Herodotus
Twas
Alexander the Great
Paris
Apollos
Merk
Sero
Paul
Diocletian
Sheeld
Tris Elty
Brockiyo
Julius Camar
Alitandeia
Alexander
Garshone
Egyptian Rail Train Going Up the Banks of the Nilet
Bat Thers
Morad Bey
Napoleon
The
Cairo
Mohammed
Gevest Sportaman
Ehateoh
Pusrosh
Prometheus
Christ
Pos
Wurid Certon
Memphils
Carthage
Boston
Karnpac
Rameses
Aremphis
Aigdon
Hierapolis
Zoan
Goshen
Jeans Christ
Citien
Africa
Philm
Eaneth
Menes
Dhodorus
Ptolemy
Ammon
Delris
Colams
Ming Hng
Mars
Canada
Livonia
Roussis
Pitesburg Dispatch
James Blug
Montreal
Nelehildren
Johnny
Johony
Pather
Jorony
Billsdoo
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