Daniel Window to Jerusalem Sermon at New York
A sepia sermon extols Daniel’s open window toward Jerusalem as a symbol of faith amid persecution. The preacher urges immigrants and Americans alike to keep spiritual windows toward heaven, contrasting worldly allure with the New Jerusalem and urging persistent prayer and hope in Christ.
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Serusalem
Daniel
New York
Jerusalem
Pacific
Texas
Lyons
Marseilles
Paris
Victor Hugo
Gambetta
Ome
Norway
America
Temple
God
Babylon
Corinth
Athens
Sodom
David Livingstone
Africa
Majwara
Rusalem
Earth
Heaven
Earl of Westmoreland
Shadrach
Honse
Arabian Desert
Desert
Judea
London
Great Britain
Washington
New Jerusalem
Redeemed
Missionary Women Engage Heathen Families in India
Seven hundred eleven female missionaries work in India visiting 40 513 heathen families in two years and instructing 62 414 heathen girls in various mission schools.
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India
Sion
Belgium Sees Revenue Rise From Drink Habit
Belgium reports revenue from the drink habit increasing from 4 million to 33 million francs over forty years. During the same period crime rose by 200 percent and insanity by 128 percent, highlighting social costs alongside economic gain.
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Belgium
Our Wit and Humor Parodies from a Summer Night Garden
A compact humor column presents verses and cartoons about a man chasing a playful Eve in a palm lit garden, ending as the waiter scene reveals his folly. Also features light verse exchanges between Earlest Eaton and John in Truth about a wheel request and missing items.
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Father Adam
Eaton
New Woman Defers Wrath Over Fin de Siècle Attire
A distressed New Woman storms with restrained fury as she adjusts a torn fin de siècle outfit. Her anger remains unspoken, and a prompter’s sense of defeat settles in as she refrains from profanity. A separate scene shows Mrs Briggson-Harold noting cough lozenges on a desk, sparking fear of poisoning, while Mr Briggson explains they are hotel and office floor mosaic samples.
Imaginative art talk and seaside imagery in 19th century quips
A collage of witty lines on art, imagination, and social banter includes Miss Highland and Miss Dinwiddle debating a summer hotel scene drawn by an unnamed artist. Interspersed are quips on folly and a joke about a separation case, ending with Wilmington, Del., flooded with counterfeit dollars.
Mystery Explained and a Fisherman's Folly in News Snips
A collection of humorous clipped exchanges from newspapers shows sharp banter about money education and marriage. A hopeful father debates the value of education and a clerk's income while others joke about monopolies and everyday wants. The tone mixes wry insight with city life snippets.
Dumas Responds To Youth’s Manuscript Proposal
A Detroit Free Press excerpt recounts a youth sending a manuscript to Alexandre Dumas seeking collaboration. Dumas, momentarily astonished, writes back firmly declining and asserting his independence as writer.
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Dumas
Detroit Free Press
Pleasant Parageant and Shy Voices in Old Jokes
A collage of humorous clippings quotes from various papers. It notes winter flies surviving cold, a telephone conversation quip, a beach scene with a tongue tied doctor, a tramp named Weary William and a cripplet tale, and a jailer banter about contempt of court. It ends with a mysticist query on reincarnation tied to Spain and Cuba.
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Somerville Journal
Atchison Globe
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Weary William
W. W
Finansic
Boston Globe
O'Toole
Justice Nipper
Nipper
Spain
Washington Star
A New Electric Candle for Banquet Rooms
An electric candle system uses pads under the tablecloth connected to electrical apparatus. Candlesticks sit over pads and are joined by metal points through the cloth to establish current, causing immediate light. Lifting the candlestick turns the light off. Pads may be linked by wires and placed on brackets as desired.
Early Inventions by Women Focused on Beauty Devices
The article notes that the earliest patents by women, dating to 1809, centered on beauty products beginning with a corset. It lists a dimple producer and a versatile crimping pin used as a paper cutter, skirt supporter, paper tie, child’s pin, and shawl fastener.
New Wrinkle for Fair Cyclers
Some women bicyclists pin the front hem to the back using a safety pin to divide their skirts while mounting. This keeps the divided skirts neat and preserves modesty when walking.
German Catholic Societies meet in Albany NY
An advertisement notes a meeting of the German Catholic Societies of the United States in Albany from September 18 to 18. It invites inquiries to Andres J. Y. Jan, General Agent, and hints at educational and moral themes. The fragment mentions remedies and advice while promoting various notices and quotes.
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Pia
United States
Albany
N.Y
Andres J. Y. Jan
Gen
Tim
Lock Pino
M. Blont
Sprague
Wash
Cam Tang
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Talmage
Persia
Dimiel
Darius
Christ
Heavenly Jerusalem
Stephen
Jesus Christ
Son of
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Eden
John
Mary
W. J. Lampton
Willie Gibbs
Jones
Smith
Brown
Wilmington
Del
Indianapolis Journal
Cole
O'Brien
Terigatton
the Foundation
Hood
Hood’s Pills
Suis
Red Cross
Tao
PRA
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