Grapes of Eschol and the Promise Land of Comfort
A long sermon explores the Israelite voyage to Canaan, the giant grape cluster, and the heavenly hope of resurrection. The speaker comforts mourners with visions of reunion, heavenly rest, and the unity of friends in the afterlife, urging faith over doubt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel
Egypt
Canaan
Conan
Dreser
Jane Marcy
Bitle
Ville
Chris
Lord Jesus Christ
God of All Comfort
Men of All
Collection of odd historic claims and notes from varied locales
A mixed set of historical tidbits covers topics from a deformed snow white colt born on a Ohio farm to ancient mittens and twelve fingered gloves. The notes mention a Vermont tombstone legend, almanack folklore on fishing, Senate pages, 19th century rail lines, US banknotes, a Brooklyn street contract, and trivia on Concord New Hampshire finance a Cochin temple and Blue Grotto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McKeehan
Peeples
Ohio
Teeland
Vermont
Isaac Bassett
United States Senate
Stephen Ronch
Liverpool
Concord
N. H
United
Robert Furey
Brooklyn
N.Y
Squrrt Lake
Iowa
Marwell Old Hall
Winnd
Germany
England
France
United States
Scientific and Industrial Notes on Ocean Temperature and Parrafin
A compilation of scientific curios and discoveries including ocean temperatures remaining constant year round, kangaroos jumping distances, and historic eclipse observations. It highlights W H Preece sending a telephoned message from Cardiff Bay to Flat Holm, Fahrenheit scale origins, Miss Maury at Harvard Observatory, Lord Lyon Playfair and paraffin, a thunderstorm incident in 1892, a mussel spray event on a German street, and a volcanic dust specimen near Omaha with iron oxide staining and lime carbonate coatings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Harvard College Observatory
Maury
Atlantic
Lord Lyon Playfair
Derbyshire
James Young
Paderborn
Germany
Omaha
Nebraska
J. E. Todd
Missouri River
Republican River
Knox
Cumming
Seward
Berlin Reports New Explosive to Replace Army Powder
A Berlin report describes a greasy brown explosive for the German army that burns slowly on fire with a bluish flame and only explodes when a secret additive is introduced. The claimed ballistic effect is nine times that of powder, with tiny quantities inserted into cartridges by a needle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
New York Commercial
Advertiser
Syrup of Fige Promoted as Healthful Purge
An 18th century advertisement touts Syrup of Fige as a gentle cleanse for costiveness bilious condition and sluggish blood. It claims to permanently cure habitual constipation awaken kidneys and liver and relieve headaches colds or fevers without irritation.
Glase fashions and varied wares feature in Austria
A jumble of ad copy notes diverse items from glass dresses and curtains to cures and tonics. Mentions glase in Austria, Brown's Hitters, Beecham's Pills, Brong's Iron Bitters, and Hall's Catarrh Cure. Includes brief notices on a princess, volcano Popocatapetl, and the Scotch herring fishery with crowd counts.
Nightingales Survive Winter With Novel Cage Design
A Norfolk bird keeper campaigns to extend winter residence of migratory nightingales. By separating the top from the cage he prevents head striking and enables the birds to endure cold months. The note cites Egypt and Arabia as regions the flock would travel to in absence of wintering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
England
Suigu
Egypt
Arabia
James
The Traveling of Roots In A Chicago Residence
Nature shows a curious traveling of roots as a wistaria root entered a dining room through a window gap during a demolition. The plaster was covered with fine rootlets, and roots extended onto the wall paper inside the room, though the home was ROSSELY inhabited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossely
Chicaro Resor
Deep Sea Fishes From California Slopes
The Albatross has collected about 190 deep sea fish species from the California continental slope. These soft, nearly black animals glow with phosphorescence and live 2 to 5 miles below the surface where pressure preserves their firmness. They inhabit perpetual darkness with near freezing water and heat, forming groups distinct from shore species and found across oceans from poles to equator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persepolis
Ostend
Sebastopol
Austerlitz
Gettysburg
George Whitefield
Third Street
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Potomac
Jordan
Ross
California
Poles
Equator
New
Xupe
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Tri.mage
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Brooklyn Divine
Nedland
Abraham
Sarah
Machpelah
Cape Hatteras
Somerville
Ty Darlings
Taso
Gallanta
Earth
Heaven
Here
John
George
Frank
Pearl Hung
David
Greenwood
China
Clarke County
Alabama
Austria
St. Hollensworth & Co
Owego, Tioga
Brown
Popocatapetl
Mexico
Beecham
Tranquebar
India
Jancis A. Hobart
Braintree
S. RK. Coburn
Claire Scott
Sind Hall
Isaac
Tae
Hood
Heermay Hiews
Carter
Hood's
Goitre
Selo
U. S
Emeline Hawley
Mary A. Stacey
JF. Smith & CO
New York
Mee
Swirt Sizcie Compas
Atlanta, Ga
Thomson
Asa Judson L. Tho
MFG. Co
Waltiati
Mass
Joe Cresraer
Seppage
Jean Senn Arme Co
Booten, Mace
Carie
Coukes
Trey
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