Noah the First Farmer Sermon on Biblical Agriculture
A Talmage sermon likens grace to farming, arguing conviction is deep plowing and sowing seeds of the gospel. He uses biblical figures Noah, Elisha, and Cain to illustrate cultivation, sowing, harrowing of the heart, and death as threshing the wheat from the straw, urging steadfast faith and persistent toil.
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Noah
Cain
Adam
Nebuchadnezzar
Ahab
Herod
Job
Christ
Carthage
Strabo
Hesiod
Cary
Mullen
Aharrow
Wallstreet
Jason
Dayil
Paul Yer
The Yellow Corn and Pretty Soon Verses from Pall Mall Gazette
A fragment from Pall Mall Gazette includes verse about the yellow corn fields with lines on ripening ears and corn pone. It also features Delia Hart Stone’s The Land of Pretty Soon which critiques unfulfilled ambitions and the land of never yet achieved.
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Delia Hart Stone
Independent
Land of
Elix
Dreamy voyage and verse with distant shores
A fragmentary column mixes poetry by James Whitcomb Riley about sailing oceans and islands with moralizing sermon notes and local advertising jottings. The text blends verses of longing with devotional tips and a stray medical testimonial, all from an old newspaper page.
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Golden Sands
James Whitcomb Riley
Snake in the Wheel Traps Jacksonville Bicyclist
A Jacksonville rider named George Irwin struck an obstruction and fell into a ditch while cycling toward Orange Park. He saw a large water moccasin crawling through his front wheel as the tread cooled and the reptile disappeared after the fall. The accident occurred with a group ride. Irwin cannot confirm if the snake caused the crash or reacted to his fall.
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Jacksonville
Orange Park
George Irwin
Precious Metals Output in British Columbia Rising in 1895
Dominion Government figures show 1894 precious metals valued at 31,000,000 in British Columbia. Last year output totaled 5,93,375, with 1895 prospects improving. Three months to July 15 indicate gold subsidy and shipment value around 1,760,000.
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British Columbia
Dominion
Ayer’s Hair Vigor Claims to Restore Gray Hair
The ad proclaims that age cannot be counted by years for women and gray hair dulls beauty. It asserts Ayer’s Hair Vigor can restore hair to its original color by aiding nature and supplying necessary nutrition for health and growth, claiming no better preparation exists.
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Ayer
Illness at Lynn party and various old remedies and notices
An evening Lynn Massachusetts party served ice cream lobster salad chicken croquettes and banana fritters. Eighty people became violently ill with suspected food poisoning. The report includes unrelated items about Cuban prisoners, Spanish military actions, and a flood of patent medicine advertisements and various dubious cures.
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Lynn
Mass
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