Fierce animal duels and curious cage conflicts
The piece catalogs contests between fox and rooster in Somersetshire, kangaroo and buffalo in a northern zoo, stags in Scotland, a horse and bulldog at Sheffield Park, and a gorilla versus a python, plus Siamese fish fights and a humorous cow milking anecdote, all described in brisk, period tone.
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Compton Pounceforte
Somersetshire
England
Gillies
Scotland
Sheffield Park
Siam
London
Three Cryder Triplets Spark Newport Betrothal Buzz
Announcement from Newport confirms the engagement of Elsie Cryder to William Woodward. The Cryder triplets, once interchangeable in society circles, now face growing attentions and mistaken identities as Miss Pedith Cryder wed last June to Frederick Lathrop Ames and Miss Ethel Cryder is expected to marry.
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Newport
Elsie Cryder
Cryder
William Woodward
Elsie
Edith
Ethel Cryder
Miss Cryder
Pedith
Frederick Lathrop Ames
Ethel
New York
Mrs. Ames
Baltimore Sum
Weasel Outwits Rat in Lumberyard Hole
A Louisville Courier Journal tale recounts a Maine weasel fighting rats under a lumber stack near a fishing camp. The wily animal lured the rat into a woodpile hole then escaped, leaving the rodent dead by its own trapped chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet Wolfe
Mississippi
Louisville Courier-Journal
Sanitary Phone Mouthpieces Featured In 19th Century Report
The Philadelphia Press cites a woman physician noting an intelligent sanitary device for the telephone with a felt mouthpiece cover like photographic shields. The device is said to work in any house and helps keep germs away. Separate notes discuss Caspian and Volga basins becoming shallower due to imbalanced inflow and river dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Press
Shields
Four Sources of Success Revealed in Sermon on Faith
The Rev. Robert A. MacFadden of Danvers Mass preached at Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian on who the sons of God are. He outlined four sources of success as blood heredity flesh will of man and God, stressing that true success is spiritual and comes through faith and grace not birth or force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grost City
Eccopcme
New York
Brookley
Robert A MacFadden
Danvers
Mass
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian
God
Iman
John
Lyman Abbott
America
Amaz
Hannah
Moses
Elizabeth
Mary
Lois
Eimaize
Timothy
Apostle
Eli
Henry Ward Bececker
Noah
Samson
Delilah
David
Arthur. Dinmerdale
Great Britain
Jonah
Nineveh
Aaron Burr
Christ
Saul of
Tarsus
Paul the Apostle
John B. Gough
Power of an Ideal Statue Inspires a Transformed Child
A Greek slave girl's statue in an Italian market inspires a ragged street child to change her life. Each encounter reveals new beauty and her clothes are cleaned and mended, until she becomes a transformed child through admiration and impulse.
Positive Gospel as a Stable Religious Guide
A Presbyterian piece argues that a preacher with a firm grasp of Bible doctrine and practice, clear views, and vigorous preaching gains lasting influence. The text claims such leaders attract intelligent followers, heighten communal enthusiasm, and increase converts through faithful ministry.
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The
Presbyterian
First Result of Effort Enlightens Humility
The passage argues that every genuine effort at self-improvement teaches humility as progress reveals our faults and weaknesses. It emphasizes striving to be guided by a higher rock and enduring personal growth through learning from each step.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ewart Gladstone
Exalt Our Dives and Daily Pettiness
A reflective note on choosing grander life goals over petty routines. The speaker urges elevating everyday living toward higher purpose and meaning rather than trivial concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Brooks
The Help of God Is Man's Only Hope
A brief reflection asserts that divine aid remains humanity's sole remedy, framing faith as essential to enduring hardship and guiding moral action.
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God
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Queer Animal Fights
Caspian
Volga
Casus
Cauyears
Gad
Robert A. MacFadden
Man
Goa
Speer’ Passi
Europe
Speer
Ists
Ninth Street
United States
Gton
D.C
Washington
Foley
Striends
Mobile
de. Navarro
Aliss Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Alice
de Navarro
Deine Estes
Neta
York
Alexander
Dickson
Home Street
Hobart Trust
Passaic, N. J
WM. McKenzlay
Harry Meyers
Frank Terhune
Michael Meyer
M Mever
Sale & Exchange
Bank St
Rewark, N. J
Franklin
Park School Hall
T S Browy
X Ae Connony
Ernest Wv. Cooxtratt
Hugo B . Reed
J.B. Doyle
Old Post Office
Highfield Dane and
Passaic Avenue
Nutley, N. J
Algo
Bloomfield Ave
Passaic, N. I
Harley A. Keyler
Frederick
Keyler
John G. Keyler
Shomfield Avenue
N. J
G.W. Barker
Desiers
Gopreams &c
Randnook
Scientific Aimericat
Jana Wark Murn & Fig
van Brand Ofae
Bulldog
Mai
George
Y. Gould
I. A. Mills
Heath Baronet
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