From the Text of Humans XV 20 The Call to a World Mission
The speaker urges Christian workers to stop rebuilding on others foundations and to launch an outside campaign. He compares the church to a fortress and army, calls for life saving stations for the lost, and highlights neglected fields like skeptics, alcoholics, and street children, urging bold outreach and unity in mission.
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Church of God
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Hell
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Blue Roses and Gradual Color Change Across Varieties
A noted naturalist argues color shifts in roses and birds occur through gradual steps rather than sudden jumps. He explains blue roses would arise via continuous variation from red, with upward color transitions often progressive and forward, while regressions to yellow from red can yield orange hues.
Wrong Prizes day arrest of an itinerant cigar vender
Patrick O Fin an itinerant cigar vender was arrested and brought before Commissioner Shields for selling wares from a box without a revenue stamp. The exchange included a joke about cigars and a small picture given with each item, leading to a comment on inconsistency.
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Jody
Shields
Finnerty
The Winning Word and The Suitors in New Jersey
In a Brooklyn tale as told by the York World, two suitors vie for a fair maiden. One pledges a life of outlaw hardship in far New Jersey, while the other promises home and happiness as she pledges her hand to him.
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Warren Wilds
New Jersey
Brooklyn
York World
Bank notes from old England spark curiosity in archives
Bank of Fagland notes reveal a 1699 dated 1365 pound bill printed on a single plate with blank spaces for key details. It bears marginal marks and shows repayment in three installments. A cleanly preserved 1783 note professed as a unique 1,000,000 pound bill is also noted, dated long ago.
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Bank of Fagland
Bank of England
Walter Scott's Popularity Indicated by Publication Volumes
A late edition review shows relative popularity among Walter Scott works. Copies of Rob Roy and Old Mortality lead, with 260 and 230 copies respectively, followed by The Antiquary and The Bride of Lammermoor, Durward, and Count Robert of Paris in lower counts.
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Walter Scott
Hard Westminster Uzett
Durward
Count Robert
Oklahoma elopement fuels ranch supper at Two Bur
Okalohoma reports a sensational elopement as Rattlesnake BIT rode off with Clara Melville daughter of a wealthy cattleman. The furious father pursued but arrived too late. He forgave them and a grand supper followed at the Two Bur ranch.
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Okalohoma
Clara Melville
Bur Ranch
Skating Styles Highlight Fancy Figures and Speed
The piece notes many intricate maneuvers in skating including the double Philadelphia graph and Chinese reports of the war styled figures. It contrasts dancing as poetry with skating's grace and speed, praising faultless curves and swift, ideal performance.
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Philadelphia
Skate Speed Theory From Early Ice Rink Notes
An early skating treatise argues that power comes from the combined pressure of the heel through the blade to the toe. It asserts speed arises as momentum grows from continuous, tapered pressure and a straight stroke extending to the toe.
American Club Skate Advice For Racing Blades
Guidance on racing skate blades emphasizes extreme motive point and rapid leg movement. Recommends an eighth inch blade thickness and precise heel to toe alignment for speed, notes risks for amateurs, and compares practices of Russians and Norwegians.
Curious superstitions and Pittsburgh memories collide
A jumble of 19th century beliefs from mistletoe blessings to twelve-month customs contrasts with Pittsburgh history. It recalls mistletoe used to ward witches and ensure restful sleep, along with a note on Trinity churchyard, the Brunot family, and early Pittburghers. A North Carolina divorce and remarriage anecdote adds modern ironies.
Skating Gear and Fashion for Women in Winter
The article describes women skaters using steel reinforced toe and heel straps, and fur trimmed costumes. It notes bipod stilts for speed, leather tubes supporting ankle, and bulky yet advantageous gear. Skating outfits favor flannel under tights, short skirts, warm wool stockings, calfskin shoes, fur trimming, and accessories like a small fur toque and gloves.
Wild Teaser Ad Promises Cure for Nervous Ailments
A fragmented ad touts a mysterious remedy for heart palpitations sour stomach and nerve unease claiming to enter the stomach and eradicate symptoms. It ends with a boastful line about a seed book and a sample, while a rough joke fragment about heat adds to the jumble.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Powerful Health Cure
These three words tell the whole story of the wonderful cures by Hood's Sarsaparilla. When the blood is impure it is fertile soil for disease germs and leads to ailments such as scrofula salt rheum rheumatism catareh grip and typhoid fever are likely to appear.
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Hood
St Louis man wins damages from horse owner in 1891 case
A St Louis resident recovered a verdict for damages after a horse ran into and killed trotter Mark Twain, 2 4, in 1891. The plaintiff receives 1114.68 dollars and the defendant must pay costs totaling over 4000 dollars.
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Missouri
St. Louis
Mark Twain
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