The Secret of Paul's Power in Moral Elevation
A sermon on Paul the Apostle notes his intellectual gifts and oratorical skill, then centers on his moral force. It highlights his self sacrifice, conscience, courage, and relentless prayer as the source of his power, urging divine grace to shape believers toward Christlikeness.
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Paul
Jesus Christ
Rollans
Apollo Belvidere
Agrippa
Christ
Palestine
Italy
Greece
Asia Minor
Apostle
Saul
Strange World Wraps From Natives to London Health
A potpourri of curious notes covers Antec survivors in Mexico fifty thousand stamps yearly in the UK and shattered glass on steamers. A plan for a Gibraltar tunnel. An American soprano in Madrid. A Persan crown ruby pot. Washington’s Fort Royal cabin still standing. Krupp works Essen. Coffee culture in Germany. The Polyhemus, a masted ram vessel. California named by Cortez 1505. Gold worth in Klondike and a Sammy Snaggs quip. Marriage linked to longevity and Underground health claims.
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Arnecog
Mexico
Lamboltz
United Kingdom
China
M. Berlier
Spain
Morocco
Gibraltar
Marie Engle
Madrid
Mancinelli
Leander
Persa
Fort Royal
George Washington
Krupp
Essen
Germany
United States
California
Cortez
Lower
Sammy Snaggs
Klondike
Pittsburg
Schwartz
Berlin
London
England
Fragmented Prose and Humorous Snippets From Aboard Page
A collection of quips and jokes from a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper page. It features aphorisms on speech and character, as well as humorous exchanges about wives, debts, and social roles, including notes about elderly twins, a Bangor despatch on potato shipments, and women occupying traditionally male crafts in Britain.
Piquant Points and Paradoxical Phrases
A collection of aphoristic lines on youth virtue time music crime risk poetry and fortune. The ideas play with language and common notions offering wry observations about life and ambition.
How to Salt Pork For Long Keeping
To Salt Pork, cover the bottom of the barrel with three inches of pure salt and pack the pork skin side next to the wood. Make a hot salt brine, boil and skim, then pour when cold over the meat. Keep pork submerged with a board and weight, refresh with brine as needed, and stir regularly in summer. Do not use cold brine on old pork.
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Jurm
The Bee Keeper Surplus Honey and Swarming Advice
An article explains surplus honey storage in standard sections and plain designs, preferring no separators for home use. It discusses swarming as natural but controllable, with queen clipping, cage relocation, and strategic hive moves to maximize honey while avoiding weak, destructive swarms.
Get Rid of Dock and Improve Hay Quality
A farm note warns that Rumex obtusifolius dock weeds are spreading in Europe and harming hay fields. Dock should be pulled when mowing and dry burned, a two year regimen to kill roots, improving crop value and signaling better farming practices.
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Europe
Hay Curing Dangers Highlighted by Ohip Farmer Note
A correspondent recalls a hay curing disaster where heat accumulation rose to 130 then 160 degrees, igniting in a few hours. The barn and outbuildings burned, taking a team of horses and much value. The account warns to ensure proper curing to prevent dangerous heat.
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Ohip
Preparing for a Big Harvest This Spring
A reflective note on work and better days ahead urges farmers to ready crops. It advises sweetening churn, mending fences, protecting stock, and maintaining tools. The piece stresses timely soil warmth, spring birds, and keeping plants healthy to ensure a profitable harvest.
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Meudy
Pins Made Soon After War of 1812 in This Country
The article notes that pins were first manufactured here shortly after the War of 1812, marking an early industrial development.
Worth Knowing and Quips From varied Daily Bits
A mosaic of short items ranges from insurance rate notes in Boston to New Year resolutions described as fragile. Humorous exchanges, weather gags, and quaint proverbs appear alongside a medical death statistic from the New York Post noting anaesthetic deaths and seven-year totals.
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Billroth
New York Post
Rich Stage Stars Accumulate Vast Fortunes Across Careers
The article lists wealth of famed actors and actresses including Melba Gillette Russel Bernhardt Modjeska Langtry Patti and Jefferson. It notes amounts such as 200000 50000 75000 85000 and over 2 million with remarks on how earnings arose from stage work and real estate.
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Lillian Russel
New York
Sarah Bernhardt
Modjeska
California
William A Bradly
San Francisco
May Irwin
Lily Langtry
Thames
Adelina Patti
A Bachelor’s Reflections on Love and Marriage
A humorous set of maxims on marriage notes how money, choice, and time shape relationships. It suggests men fear loss and women seek control, while compliments about women’s care for plants reveal gendered stereotypes.
A Grand Peach The Triumph Earliest Yellow Freestone
The Triumph peach is the earliest yellow freestone in the world ripening earlier than the Alexander. It blooms late and bears abundantly with strong growth. Two year buds produced over half a bushel per tree this season. Large fruit with small pits and bright yellow flesh.
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Triumph
Evergreen grove boosts Cass County farm value say critics
In Cass County Iowa a Cultivator of an Evergreen grove asserts every quarter section with an evergreen grove would raise Iowa real estate value. The Grove referred 40 has 500 Scotch pines eight to 14 feet tall, spanning 800 by 60 feet.
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Cass County
Iowa
Kerosene Light Began Era in 1826 Industry Record
The item notes kerosene first used for lighting in 1826 marking an early step in modern illumination history.
HENKEL CO Offers Wide Range of Books and Supplies
Testaments from 7 cts to 2 dollars Brpr Es from 46 cts to 5 CHURCH Books from 75 cts to 3.25 Book OF WORSHIP 50 cts to 1.25 SETS OF Books from 1 to 4 Girl Books pretty from 25 cts to 4 Picture Books Children cts to 1 Linen Books Children cts to 40 cts Box PAPERS from 6 to 40 cts Gold and Silver Paper embossed Tissue Papers all colors Correspondents and Visiting Cards Blotting Paper large size in colors You are cordially invited to call.
Harness horses endure as demand steadies in England
In the Brookfield stud preface Burdett Coutts questions the predicted decline of fine harness horses due to motor cars. He notes persistent strong demand for high quality English harness horses and urges breeders to continue, highlighting benefits of breeding sound stock for farmers and amateurs and noting international competition.
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England
Brookfield Stud
Burdett Coutts
M. P
Breeders Urged to Sell Only Market Ready Horses
At the National Horse-Breeders Association meeting in Chicago Col. F J Berry urged breeders to raise horses to specific market classes. He said small horses are obsolete and success hinges on export class types: carriage and coach, cab, omnibus, draft, and American trotter.
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National Horse-Breeders’ Association
Chicago
F. J. Berry
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