Scotch Oath Customs and Notable Vignettes
A London note discusses the Scotch oath formula observed by witnesses and the secretary of Scotland. It recalls a 1888 incident of a drunken elder at Buckingham Palace and a London shopkeeper who aided a dying man who later bequeathed $750,000 to his savior. Also mentions Brown's Cordial as a health remedy and government land survey rates.
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W. J. Jenkins
South Ottenham
Scotland
Tallall
Thack
Colin Scott Moncrie
London News
Catiencan
Werawl
Eivalaf Peorte
Bucking Salamoon
Evercot
Mary Eup
Ashford
Kent
Shen
Miss Burch
London
Dew York Advertiser
The Garden of Christ A Sermon on Faith and Beauty
A preacher likens the church to a Lebanon garden where rare plants bloom. He contrasts historic gardens of Charlemagne, Walter Scott, Shenstone, and Abbotsford with the church’s endless irrigation from Lebanon. The Gardener, Christ, tending paths, breaks buds to higher terraces, inviting all to enter and find eternal Spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlee
Henry IV
Montpellier
Shentone
Port
Yaster
Lebanon
Walter Scott
Abbotsford
Church of Christ
Lou
Bette
Chris
Tesus
Christ
Cassia
Ivory Palace
Sierra
Ains
Salvati
Kingdom of Heaven
Rious
Gaener
Theodore Hook
Theodore
Tam
Shenstone
Curious Maple Sap Facts and Vermont Sugar Heritage
Curiosities about maple sap and sugar described with prose about yields in 1892 93 and government bounty. Vermont is praised for sugar traditions and the science of tapping trees noting climate soil and wind effects on sap flow and sugar quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Commission
United States
Vermont
New York
Somerset
Delaware
Windham County
Postal Violation Funds Allocated to Conscience Fund
The United States Treasurer has received the sum of cents from a man who violated the postal law by using postage stamps twice. The amount is to be placed to the credit of the conscience fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Conscence Fund
Sparrows Defy Smug Fame In Quiet Urban Struggle
The sparrow, once dominant among birds, is described as a nuisance to native songsters. Pugnacious behavior drives smaller birds to seek new havens, sparking concern over how this small foe reshapes urban avian life.
Automatic Propulsion Invention For Ships From New York
A New York inventor proposes a self propulsion system using lone rigid platforms mounted on ether vessels. These outriggers lift with sea motion and drive a propeller, functioning both in calm and heavy seas like old ship pumps. The design aims to steer and propel the vessel even in storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Battered OCR Tidbits Span Medicines Diamond Mensa and Politics
The fragmentary text mentions Syrup of Fi BF as a liver remedy and hints at drug advertisements with unclear claims. It notes a 793 carat diamond linked to the Great Mogul and references a safety pin swallowing incident near Alt Louging Ga. plus remarks on Buffalo population and a long list of disparate items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Stephens
Alt Louging Ga
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Pepela
Brown
Lye
Geo. W. Thorst Wa. Wis
Waeushara Co
Wis. Hood
HileSeans
F. Smith &Co
Thomson’s
Judson Ie Thomson Mfg. CO
Waltham, Mass
Talmage
Brookly
Divine
Tad the Mexithorns
Iover
God
Ihess
Jersey City Ferry
Mulkman
Jesus
John
Church of God
At, Oder
Sumer
ML. Thompenn & Co
Washington
Vesix
Som
Edom
Texas
John F.jones
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Scatt
Scott
Towne
Aldroge
Dr. C. McLane
Dave
Fleming Brothers’ Co
Pittsburgh
RS Stephens
Chin
AL .O
Gesnkeel
tSell
Wi. L
W.L. Douglas
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