Young Men Challenged to Nobility Sermon
Washington 1896 sermon by Dr Talmage urges youth to seek noble living through toil and faith. He stresses home influence, industrious habits, Sabbath observance, and religious principle as defenses against ruin, urging a clear life plan and steadfast virtue.
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Washington
Talmage
Dothan
Elisha
Jon
Adirondacks
Arly
Abe
Crecy
Prince of Wales
Charles V
Franci
Milan
Burgundy
Heaven
Hell
Adam
The Life Work of Sir Thomas Browne in Science and Life
Popular Science Monthly profiles Sir Thomas Browne, physician and early zoologist and botanist of Great Britain. It notes his coining of commensality, studies of graves, fossils, and animal mechanics, including gait and right left handedness, and mentions his discovery of adipocre soap. It adds a remark on his potential as a privy council member.
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Great Britain
Popular Science Monthly
Johnson
Browne
Privy Council
Poem Fragment But A Compass In Every Watch Theme
A reflective verse urges selfhood growth and steady self improvement as a path to knowledge and virtue. It envisions a homeward focus, acknowledging faults in others while pursuing personal light and cultured grace on a lasting, luminous ascent.
Compass method to find north using a watch
A writer notes a traveler explaining a simple compass trick: point the hour hand at the sun and the halfway point between the hour and twelve marks south. The narrator cites an American acquaintance who had never heard of it, suggesting widespread ignorance.
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Stanley
Calif couple claim gold mine visions and divining rod prowess
William Shafer and his wife in California claim visions of gold mines and a divining rod lead to rich returns. Shafer tours for San Francisco capitalists while his wife seeks paid visions for others. They once aimed to develop a promising vein in Contra Costa despite ownership hurdles. A steel dip needle, built for Shafer, supposedly detects coinage and a Death Valley mine is noted as owned by Redlands Mining.
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William Shafe
Cal
Shafer
Sanancisco
Death Valley
The
Redlands Mining Company
Curious Teipples Explore Eastern Ferments and Wines
An immense array of curious stimulants comes from the far East China, Japan and Java. The Orientals excel in fermenting and distilling, using vegetables to produce varied fluids. Government samples categorize them into wines, strong liquors, cordials and medicines with wines often fruit flavored and fragrant.
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Far East
China
Japan
Java
Friendly Whale Encounters Reported Off Los Angeles Coast
A Pacific Ocean whale encounters near Los Angeles County have been noted as unusually friendly, with sailors on several occasions reporting calm, nonthreatening interactions and occasional curiosity from the vessel traffic, prompting caution and further observation.
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Los Angeles County
California
Friendly whale crowds steamer passengers on strange voyage
The whale, described as harmless yet curious, swam close to a steamer several times. It followed or played with the ship, even blocking speed in one instance. On a voyage with the Medical Society of California aboard, the creature approached closely and its spouting mist drifted aboard, offering passengers a remarkable near view.
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Medical Society of California
Chocolat the Philosophic Dog Captures Paris Attention
A Parisian dog named Chocolat has become a public curiosity. He eats at fashionable restaurants near the Madeleine and Bois de Boulogne, wears a brass collar declaring he has no master, and gains free meals by killing rats. He appears at the Champs Elysees fairs, eludes sleep inquiries, and is often arrested as a vagrant but promptly released thanks to his collar.
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The
Madeleine
Bois de Bologne
Chocolat
Champs Elyse
Fox Hunt Traps Its Own Capture in Kentucky Farm
A Kentucky farmer and his son trapped a fox inside a poultry house by sealing a bag over the entry. When the door slid open the fox bolted free, escaping and leaving the pair with a bagged dog instead. The incident from Barren County is reported as a queer fox hunt.
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Barren County
Reynard
Singular will of a dog-loving Englishman
A 1805 will by Mr Berkeley of Knightsbridge left £25 to four dogs that saved him from brigands in France and Italy. On his death he requested two armchairs at his bedside for the dogs, their last caresses, and busts carved in stone at the four corners of his tomb.
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Mingatar Wall
Mr. Berkeley
Knightsbridge
Middlesex
England
France
Italy
Berkeley
Cipher Telegram Uses Numbers To Transmit Chinese Text
A system enables telegrams by mapping Chinese characters to numerals so the sender need not know the message meaning. The receiver uses a code dictionary to translate each numeral back into the corresponding character, with only about an eighth of words appearing in the code yet sufficient for practical use.
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St. Mark's
Venice
Tils
Heaven
Origin of the Calico Name and Calico Goods
The article traces calico to Calleado then Callent, a town centering on a crowing cock heard from a temple. A Malabar king rewarded a chief with land where a cock crowed, sparking a settlement name. From this origin, Call ent evolved and became the source of early cotton imports to England under the name calico.
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Malabar
Hindoostan
Calleado
Callent
England
Compressed chocolate cakes praised as easy food salvation
A community physician notes compressed chocolate cakes are easily carried and nibbled, providing reliable sustenance for long days on foot or wheels. He emphasizes raisins dates and chocolate tablets as sturdy, portable food that helps him endure throughout the year.
Early Bridges Through History
The text notes wooden beginnings in Rome around 500 B C and Julius Caesar building the Rhine bridge for his army. It cites Trajan's Danube bridge of timber with stone piers as an early example, detailing its 70 foot span.
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Rome
Julius Caesar
Rhine
Trajan
Danube
San Benito Crew Safe After Long Exposure at Sea
Point Arena Cal Nov 25 The steam collier San Benito ran aground near here and will be a total wreck Eight crewmen drowned and the remaining thirty five were rescued by the steamer Wecott after exposure In two capsized boats eight more lives were lost The captains and rest of crew remained aboard until rescue Names given include W Scott H Condon Endergast H Sheridan and several seamen
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Point Arena
Cal
San Benito
Wecott
W. Scott
H. Condon
Endergast
H. Sheridan
Miners Strike Continues As Evictions Circulate In Indiana
Terre Haute reports eviction notices posted by the Pike County Coal company and Coal Bluff company. They run mines in Parke and Vigo counties, employing about 1,000 workers. The actions follow a miners convention decision to maintain a 60 cent rate. Operators aim to run mines independent of the union and hire workers at 65 cents. President Knight predicts other operators holding at 55 cents since May will raise to 60 cents within days, triggering a broader shift.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Rke County Coal Company
Coal Bluff Company
Parke
Knight
St May
Wheat outlook warns of famine risk and late exports
The Mark Lane Express notes a likely large drop in French wheat acreage in 1887 due to late sowing. It cautions that drought relief awaits India, and that no wheat will be available for export before April 1898. Australia imports California wheat with no surplus for shipments to Europe.
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London
Mark Lane Express
India
Australia
California
Europe
Remedy for Texas fever tick cleaning in cattle near Hannibal
Columbia Mo Nov 25 In regard to the Texas fever outbreak near Hannibal Professor H J Waters dean of Missouri Agricultural College says cattle may be freed from Texas ticks using a simple solution of black Virginia oil and carbolic acid making them safe for inclosure with other cattle
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Columbia
Hannibal
H. J. Waters
Missouri Agricultural College
Texas
Vermont insane institution probe slams supervisors and officials
A Vermont special committee reported to the legislature condemning management at Waterbury state institutions for the insane. The report harshly criticizes state supervisors and Dr. W H Giddings, superintendent of the asylum, among others.
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Vet
Mn Montpelier
Waterbury
W. H. Giddings
New Jersey Monument Dedicated at Orchard Knob
A party of New Jersey citizens dedicated the Orchard Knob monument to New Jersey troops who fought at Chickamauga, Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge. The $14,000 memorial is described as one of the park’s handsomest structures.
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New Jersey
Chattanooga
Tenn
Orchard Knob
Chickamauga
Missionary Ridge
Slavin Is Defeated by Armstrong in Four Rounds
New York November 25 Frank P Slavin once a top heavyweight candidate loses to a lesser opponent in four rounds. The victor is Armstrong an Iowa protege of Parson Davies noted for his powerful punch and color guard style.
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York
Frank P. Slavin
Grand Duke Nicholas Proposes Turkey Partition Plan
The Daily Mail reports in Berlin that during a visit to Vienna Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia carried a proposal to partition Turkey among the powers. Constantinople would become a free port with Russia holding Asia Minor and England controlling Egypt.
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Turkey
London
The
Daily Mail
Berlin
Nicholas
Russia
Vienna
Constantinople
Asia Minor
England
Egypt
World’s largest crowd at horse sale at Madison Square Garden
In New York the largest crowd ever seen at a horse sale gathered at Madison Square Garden where harness horse John 2 Gentry sold for 19000 dollars to Lewis G. Tewksbury of New York. Tewksbury also owns Robert J. Mascot and other swift horses.
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New York
John 2. Gentry
Lewis G
Tewksbury
Madison Square Garden
Prominent German Noble Dies Under Crowned Title
Bentax, known as Prince Otho von Stillberg Wernigerode, head of his house and president of the Prussian diet, general of the Prussian cavalry, has died at age unspecified. The obituary notes his rank and leadership within Prussia.
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Bentax
Otho von
No Mistaking Him A Mule’s Candidate In the Barn
A farmer and ney discuss a mule claimed as the candidate in a rural tale. The mule has clawed rails and swatted a gate, eyes a barn door as hungry as the world’s demand to move on. The farmer echoes a philosophy that progress comes from action rather than regret.
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Ney
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