Whosoever Compel Thee To Go The Second Mile
A Talmage inspired sermon argues Christ’s command to travel the second mile, urging believers to perform beyond duty, forgive enemies, and serve with self-sacrifice. It links Mosaic justice to Christ's teaching, highlighting industry, mercy, and love as paths to heavenly reward.
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Chicago
Frank de Witt Talmage
Christian Fellowship
Matthew
Hou
Matening
John Wesley
Methodia
Gane
Frines
Christ
Hether
Cory
Mwain
Ile
Ivork
Mwain Salle
Frederick Douglass
Darnarde
London
Mile
Tanpora
Howe
Jean
Forgitsanaa
Alumest
Fragments of a Train Encounter With a Mysterious Passenger
A disrupted memo describes a man boarding a compartment and revealing a well dressed woman, a concealed sleeping figure beneath a travel rug, and a disruptive lover pair. An unnamed man is investigated as a young woman from Arrowtown faces a related inquiry amid odd interactions and potential invitations.
Do you mean you have not read all of Shakespeare's plays
Miss Cayenne replies that she did not intend to confess failing to read all of Shakespeare's plays, and admits the remark slipped out accidentally like many people.
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Miss Cayenne
Bible Tron Pen Said to Be Steel Graverm
A Bible note explains that the tron pen mentioned in Job is believed to be a steel graver used to cut inscriptions on stone.
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Job
Icelandic birds residency counts unveil small year-round population
In Iceland, but only thirty-seven of these birds reside there year round. Of these, seven are resident land birds. The note highlights the limited permanence of these species in the region.
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Iceland
Coral Habitat Indicates Animal Presence Under Microscope
Freshly collected live coral from the water reveals a detectable animal habitat when examined microscopically, indicating the organism's residence within the coral tissue and structure.
There is Room Dram alled T
A fragment from a dramatic piece shows a sentry threatening with a wooden gun and a tense exchange with Tommie and Willie about memory and danger. The scene shifts to Bunyan and references to Pilgrim's Progress and writings carved in Bedford jail.
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Tommie
Willie
Bunyan
Wisk
Pilgrim's Progress
Bedford
Plate powder and ancient relics spark a curious near history
Plate powder made from rouge and prepared chalk yields a fine silver polish but harms. Greece records 3187 earthquakes in a decade. In Hudia a tooth claimed to be from Buddha jaw is preserved in a temple.
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Bedaha
Hudia
Buddha
Cape Colony Earthworm Habitat Described
A historical note describes Cape Colony as the natural habitat of a giant earthworm up to six to seven feet long, a soft scaleless creature resembling an elongated worm. Further details are sparse in the fragment.
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Cape Colony
Origin of the term gringo traced to war slang
The essay notes that Mexican soldiers called captured Americans greenies for their ignorance and tactics, Mexicans then used greenos in retaliation which evolved into the word gringos.
Electric shocks and safety in high voltage myths
A discussion notes that 50 volt shocks are not always fatal, citing an Institution of Electrical Engineers member who stood on a live rail and touched a live conductor with dry skin. He says dry conditions and nonmoist skin make handling live wires possible for some, while incidents with 5,000 or 2,000 volt currents caused varying injuries.
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Aember
Institution of Electrical Engineers
City and South London
Fragmentary Notes On Wire and Titles From A Distant Page
Fragmentary text discusses wire weights and imperial measures, mentions lifeboats credited to Lonel Lakin, and notes that the title of prince of Wales may be granted by patent and investiture rather than hereditary inheritance. It contains garbled phrases and OCR-like errors with scattered names and dates.
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Prince of Wales
Moss and sunward growth on trees noted in guide
The article explains moss favors the north side of trees in shade while sunlit south sides show fewer limbs. It claims disease germs settle on carpets and are spread by an industrious housewife who repeatedly sweeps and dusts to remove them.
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Nori Tees
Fragmentary Victoria ball disaster report from Sunderland
Fragmented OCR recalls a horror at the Victoria ball in Sunderland with a deadly staircase crush. Quotes reference Costigan Mulligan and Madigan as voices, noting a block on the staircase as the disaster cause and a plea not to say you’ve finished watching.
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Sunderland
Costigan
Madigan
Detectives and curious notes from a varied age
A fragmentary survey pieces touch on detective traits in great inventors and naturalists, Tibetan polygamy, a German novel's circulation, a four generation French farm, demand for gutta percha, coal mining, ancient cremation, altitude air quality, beliefs of Kentucky Negroes about caterpillars, and a casual line about cooking assistance.
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Rev. OR. Talmage
Christan Felloweh
Voraney
Cleck
Feary the Twain
Groening
Tis
Tod
Germany
Tesus
Pilate
Amare Roent, Asked Itm To Say Swiseth Said Refute the Charges. “Meares
Jove
Asain Nile
Jesus
Greece
Saa
Norseize
Calway
Aight
Lonel Lakin
Lond
Tibet
Ekkehard
Schaftel
Fam Uembergues
Department of the Pas de Calais
France
Gve
Im Anthraette Coal Mining
Kentucky
Secon
Samme
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