The Soft Tongue That Breaketh the Bone Sermon
Reverend Dr. Talmage extols kindness as defense and usefulness, arguing that a gentle word wounds more than offense and can convert skeptics. He cites biblical teaching, historical quarrels, and a vivid Rubens painting, urging believers to embody sympathy in sermons and daily life to redeem nations and aid individuals.
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Hent
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Lepanto
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Bethel
Boston
Jack Tars
Antwerp
Belgium
Rubens
England
Matthew Hale
Westminster Hall
King’s Bench
Electric Lines in Europe Rise to 111 Systems in 1895
Electric traction expanded across Europe from seventy to 111 lines in 1895, covering 902 kilometers. Only Bulgaria Greece and Denmark remained without electric networks while the rest of the continent advanced. A Great Recommendation notes Manhattan Kansas presents itself as a desirable residence, with the assessor finding forty two piangs in the city.
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Denmark
Manhattan
Kansas
Preservation tip for eggs with vase line and salt
A home advice note recommends preserving eggs by packing them in a wooden box with lid, interleaving with kitchen salt. Turn the box every two weeks to keep yolks centered. Boiled eggs preserved this way allegedly taste fresh and vase line is favored over butter for longevity.
Homemade water filter by eminent sanitarian Dr Parkes in 19th century guidance
The New York Post describes a home made filtration method. It uses a flower-pot base with flannel or zinc gauze, coarse gravel, white sand, animal charcoal, and a final sterile sponge or flannel layer. The setup rests in a wooden frame with a receiving vessel below.
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Parkes
New York Post
Best Tea Kettle Choices Benefit Serious Cooks
The New York Mail and Express notes three ideal kettle metals for kitchens agate ware aluminum and copper. Copper heats fastest but needs heavy cleaning. Agate ware stays clean yet dark and can chip. Aluminum stays bright but can oxidize if heated dry.
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New York Mail and Express
Whortieberry Pudding and Vintage Kitchen Recipes
A regional recipe column lists Whortieberry Pudding with berries molasses milk soda and spices boiled two and a half hours. Pineapple Preserve mixes pineapple with sugar without water, then lemon juice. Pie Plant Jelly uses stalk juice boiled with loaf sugar, poured into jars. Watercresses with French Dressing includes oil vinegar salt pepper and onion juice. Old Virginia Cheese Cakes describe a lard crust filled with sugar eggs milk butter vinegar and sherry baked to brown tops.
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Virginia
Relics of Roman Occupation at Silchester Unearths New Finds
The Silchester excavations near Reading reveal continued progress after six seasons. Dyers’ insula XIII and two large houses in insula XIV show intricate mosaics, a chapel with a household shrine, and a possible Vitruvian hydraulic machine, the first found in Britain. A rare blue glass bowl and planned public display at Reading museum highlight the season.
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England
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Britain
Insula XIV
Reading Museum
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Ben
London Times
Uncle Billy Hubbell Finds Cure for Rheumatism
Bath resident Uncle Billy Hubbell, long plagued by lunatic rheumatism from rail work in the 1800s, reports complete relief after using Pink Pills for Pale People. Narratives trace prior failures at springs from Las Vegas to St Catherine and White Sulphur, with his nephew Wiltem H Hallock endorsing the remedy.
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Dr. Williams
Williams’ Medicine Company
Schenectady
N.Y
Seaboard poster honors Bryan as campaign note
The Seaboard Air Line issued a silver ink poster for Bryan’s notification meeting in New York. General Passenger Agent T. J. Anderson sent a copy to the Democratic candidate, who replied it was one of the most unique campaign items seen.
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William Stiles
Jersey
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Cape May
Stiles
Xpert
Cape Coast
Seaboard Air Line
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T. J. Anderson
New York
California Fig Syrup Co
Do You Know This Man Sent In Personal Letter
A fragmentary testimonial from Ed itor Biblical Recorder cites Keeley treatment for tobacco and drink habits. It claims cure after about five years and notes home use with a cost of five dollars. Names and place referenced include Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Biblical Recorder
Wises Greensboro
N. C
Poultry Yard
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