Attila the Scourge of God and Wormwood’s dark star
The sermon frames Attila the Hun as a brilliant yet bitter figure, a scourge of God whose conquests spanned from the Adriatic to the Rhine. It compares his fall to wormwood, draws parallels with nations and cities, and urges moral renewal to avoid ruin as misused power and national decay threaten civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick and
Lowich
Thomas Scott
Matthew Tleary
Albert Barnes
Attila
Wormswood
Bethlehem
Mars
Adriatic
Black Sea
Macedonia
Greece
Thrace
Milan
Pavia
Padua
Verona
Seine
Moselle
Rhine
Aquileia
Nicht
Iasto
Attila Coz
Hern
Feli Gg
Cal Wormywood
Attilas
Corinth
Samson
Dagon
West
Earth
Dunceon
Woman's Weekly Dance Secret Baffles Lewiston Family
A Lewiston woman reported her Sabatis daughter ill with appendicitis each week at supper time. The doctor visited, but the girl hid her nightly outings by slipping out the window to dances with a beau. She later confessed plans to marry, asserting parental consent would not matter. The episode ended with a forced door opening and a startled family at breakfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabatis
Lewiston
Lewiston Journal
Mexico Sign Language Its Shades and Suggestions Beyond Translation
A feature on how Mexico’s sign language uses a universal set of gestures from Guatemala to Texas. It notes fixed meanings like I don’t know, no more, you’re sober, or flatter, and describes facial and hand signals such as the palm outward meaning equal treatment and the temple finger twist for drunk. It contrasts signs with spoken tongues and includes a humorous exchange about sales orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Guatemala
Texas
Prominent Men Oppose War Urge Philippine Independence
Boston and Massachusetts leaders appeal to the nation urging government to suspend hostilities in the Philippines and negotiate with Filipino leaders to recognize independence with U.S. protection for property. Signers include Coutwell, Edmunds, Sherman, Adams, Carnegie, Parkhurst and others urging restraint and a shift from imperial force toward a voluntary withdrawal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Boston
Marehi
United States
MeKinley
Philippine Islands
Coutwell
Massachusetts
Edmunds
Vermont
John Sherman
Caffrey
Louisiana
W.lourke Cochran
New York
Henry A. Johnson
Indiana
Samuel Gawpers
American Federation of Labo
Charles Francis Adams
Edward Atkinson
Carl Schura
Herman von Tloist
Chicezo University
Patrick A. Collins
Andrew Carnegie
C. Th. Parkhurst
McKinley-Threatens Reed Clash Over Speakership
United States politics and overseas policy headlines reveal President McKinley weighing support for James Sherman of New York to challenge Speaker Reed. Articles outline canal, Cuba, Philippines policies and Gomez’s stance amid looming congressional action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
New York
McKinley
Reed
Tie
James Sherman
New Yor
Board of
General Appraisers
Porto Rico
Philippines
Sherm
Gomez
Aguinaldo
United States
lHlaving
Manila
Malolos
Congress
Pasig
Boots sale gets private Murphy in trouble
A British private, Murphy, is brought before the command log at Jumport for selling part of his kit. He claims the boots were his own property after two years of wear, but the colonel counters they belong to the queen. An English traveler jokes about a train that did not stop, and a dinner with Reed and Choate ends with a witty exchange about rail passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy
Oliver
JD Mport
Tool
Maryland
Sur
Reed
Ambassador Choate
New York
New York Assembly
Choate
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Spring Health Cure
A vintage advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a spring medicine to cleanse blood and cure numerous ailments. It cites testimonials from Michael Boyle in Pittsburgh and J.B. Everton in Auburn and ANNO Roser in Fall River claiming relief from kidney disease liver trouble and palsy through the tonic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Michael Boyle
Denny ‘Street
Pittsburg
J.B. Everton
Main Street
Auburn
Jtoyd
Fourth St
Fall River
Mass
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the Star Wormwood
Weaver
Attias
Hans
Tyre
Togarmah
Dedan
Syria
Helbon
Ashay
Thebes
Egypt
Karnac
Luxor
Hippodrome
Theodves
Teves
Wiig
Maine
South Carolina
Alaska
Maxima
Fiapinos
Womez Isenes
Havana
Jones
Johnson
Briggs
Jim
Ipacnactanes
Tate
Bluffs
Ademen
Ife
Als Nine
Gr. Williams
Boos
Verve
DrWilliams Medicine
Schenectady
Patert
iGured Ormneryasre
Mreed
Scorch Free
Vollamer & Co
Fst
Wask
D.C
Tryik
Antes
Slicker
Are
Enterprise Paint Mfc. Co
Chicaco
Thompson
Atlanta
West Missouri
Rashtang Agricultu
Ats
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