Watering Places And The Moral Vacation
A sermon laments vacations at watering places as temptations to neglect piety. It contrasts modern resort life with biblical Bethesda, urging believers to rest and renew faith without abandoning religious duties. The speaker warns against migration of faith into leisure and calls for steady devotion while enjoying summer refuges.
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Louis Rlepach
Tusaul
Jerusalem
Congress
Capa
Bethesdas
Loleity
Orchestr Hoter
Bethesda
Luther
Edman el
W Chalmers
Siwaday
Zara
Watering places and moral hazards in modern society
A critical essay condemns watering places for fostering betting, idle intrigue, and shallow culture. It laments temperance harms, calls for moral reform, compares modern leisure with ancient vices, and urges reading uplifting books. It also praises pure remedies and contrasts social vanity with true spiritual fountains.
Obsolete sense of gig and its quaint usage in literature
An excerpt notes the word gig long obsolete for a flighty girl with rare senses. cites Mme D Arblay, Whyte-Melville, Sir Walter Besant and Chambers Journal examples. discusses gig as oddity fun and contrasts with giggle. mentions giglet fairs and antique farm servant usage. ends with a stray reference to exploration and law.
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The
Academy
Mme. D'Arblay
Charlotte L
Whyte-Melvilla
Kate
Walter Besant
Leslie Ephen
House of
Cncaiette
Chambers’ Journal
Postal Service
England
Forticulture Advice on Baskets Grapes and Orchard Form
A compact guide on farm carriers and orchard care notes the demand for baskets with swing down handles, proper tree form by high lower branches, and annual pruning. It emphasizes grape cultivation as a science, selecting early to late varieties, pruning to one joint per branch, and ensuring air circulation for ripe fruit. A brief aside muses on the difficulty of understanding love matches.
Linen Linings and Curtains In Everyday Travel Trunks
Linen linings for trunks become popular for easy washing, with hem finishes and cases for shirtwaists. Suede and chamois bags offered. sheer muslin curtains and soft colors preferred for windows, with practical inner curtains to balance light. Also tips on dishwashing, with emphasis on order, hot water, and ample supplies.
Cocoanut Cakes Currant Jelly and Boiled Corn Bread
A clipped recipe fragment describes making Cocoanut Cakes with butter sugar and grated coconut, Currant Jelly from mashed currants boiled with sugar, and Boiled Corn Bread using cornmeal flour butter and salt with a note to cork bottles and age flavor.
A Dreaded Disease in Seafaring History
A Philadelphia Medical Journal excerpt notes that before the modern era, crews on long voyages faced feared diseases due to lack of fresh vegetables. It cites 1795 British conditions and Blane’s era as linked to outbreaks, while recent times see prevention through vegetable provisions, with Klondike cases mentioned as exceptions.
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San Juan
Alaska
Afric
Searoy
Blane
Klondike
Pole
Philadelphia Medical Journal
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Iret
Sam
Enell
Jooking
Thomas Hughes
Gulf
Spain
Priz
Hamilton
Saratoga
White Mountain Valise
Tam
Agar
Baca
California
Bible Parterre
Naaman
Jordan
Duchess of Bedford
Home Secretary
Lillersea
Ford
Heaven
Earth
Harper's Bazar
Cas
Edgar A.greoevor
Detroit Free Press
Noel Little
Fuddy
Easybody
Parson Dundry
Boston Transcript
Dewey
Indianapolis Jourenal
Sally Scott
May Dobbs
Denver Tribune
Detroit Journal
Closefist
Althouh
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