The Lame Take the Prey in a Brooklyn Sermon
In a Brooklyn sermon Dr. Talmage urges that many who are physically impaired or socially disadvantaged can become strong workers for God. He cites poets, explorers, and artists who thrived despite infirmities, and argues the church must harness ordinary people with ordinary gifts to win souls, urging the audience to abandon passivity and "take the prey" through humble service and steadfast faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Departmente Monbor
Ron
Worner
Caalan
John Milton
Prescott
Mexico
Gambnasio
Alexander Pope
Wei
Stuart
Demosthenea
Bacon
Lord Byron
Walter Scott
Columbus
Ferguson
America
Walloway
Jesus Christ
Robert Tall
Edward Payson
Richard Baxter
Samuel Rutherford
New York
Earth
Willie
Jie
Heaven
Wight
Alfletad Anon
St. Modobert
Cratchou
Sena
Fant
God
Artep
Holland
Army of Christ
Penernia
Goldiar
Church of God
Sin
Fhlerse
Lim
Lourd
Reval
Hiapsturg
House of
Stuarts
Palneed
Malicionancus
House of God
Haaven
Gond
Atrolon
Ain
Alain
Tod
Christ Jesus
Chiat
Cloxo
Praca
Japan poised to become cotton exporter as production grows
A leading Japanese paper notes rising cotton output and spinning capacity. Empire cotton production reaches 40 million pounds, insufficient for domestic needs, boosting imports. Japan now operates 22 spinning factories with 76,000 spindles, plus eight new ones adding 117,000 spindles, a 150 percent rise in the last 18 months. If trend continues, export prospects grow. last year’s spun cotton reached 1.32 million pounds as capitalists see profitable investment in the sector.
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Japan
Snowdrop's Harwood Home and a Soldier’s Return
In Snowdrop, Mrs. Harwood turns her home into a temple of aid after Captain Harwood and his four sons go to war. Years of sacrifice follow as the village mourns, endures, and quietly rebuilds, until the war ends, Harwood is released, and love rises anew between James Harwood and Mary Winton at the family grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike
Snowdrop
Plato
Kimerson
Victor Hugo
Arape
Harwood
Larely
Mrs. Harwood
Shio
Cornelis
Ciracchi
Italy
Eliot Lyhe den
Ther Raat
Amy
Aunt Amy
Huth
Naomi
Mary Winton
James Harwood
Oll
Renly
James Harwool
Jong
Imi
Victor Nugo
St. Denis
Tutus
Atanda
Whittier
Les
Ceteher
Cour
Mary
Anay
Emergin
The Universal Solvent and the alchemists dream
A fragment from the Kansas Traveler describes the universal solvent sought by ancient alchemists—the philosopher’s stone and the elixir of life. It notes the new isolation of argon gas as the “fury of the chemical world” named finorine, which bonds with metals and can dissolve water and release ozone, with warnings of its destructive power.
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Hoag
W. Mattien Williams
M. Henri Moisson
Indian Justice and the Lash: Tumlin’s Daring Reform
In early Appalachee country race tensions between whites and Cherokees led to disputes needing adjudication. Tumilin appointed an Indian Justice and Bailiff to settle conflicts. A case ended with both sides jailed fifty lashes and costs, prompting the remark that the judge’s system had limits.
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Appalachee
Tumilin
Tumlin
Dastica
Butone
Tummlin
Uwinmett
Derauld
How Book Auctions Catalog and Sell Rare Library Volumes
A detailed view of library consignments in book auctions, describing catalog creation, edition notes, autographs, bindings, and imperfections. It explains pre-sale inspection, bidding by dealers and private buyers, catalog pricing, and the value of prized catalogues and famous works in cosmopolitan markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anle
Quaritch
London
Paris
Judge Seeks Help for Friend in Big Room Porter Role
A speaker pleads with a judge to use influence to secure a friend a position as porter in a large room. The man boasts of capacity to carry liquor in large quantities, suggesting suitability for the role.
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Judge
Fragmented dialogue and oblique excerpts from a period newspaper
A collage of quoted banter and narrative snatches. Dialogues reference theater music and medical topics. Vague scenes include an offer of $2000 a year to leave medicine, a quip about debating, and garbled, era specific print quirks with stray lines about waiters and a troubled worker.
John G Carlisle argues for tariff reform and debt relief
In a closing House speech Carlisle denounces current taxation as burden on producers and bondholders. He urges revenue reduction without raising taxes, warns against monopolies, and cites New England industry gains under low tariffs to advocate broader free market reforms and expanded foreign and domestic markets.
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Carlisle
House of Representatives
Steen
Congress
Soan
Ublic Treasury
Legislative Lsbor
Secretary of the Treasury
Authority
Noruids
New England
Prent
Prente
Michigan
Burrowa
Hag
Niko
Uruichunga
Thia
Antuin
Isu
Adelotraumucnuesa
Qia
Carlinie
John Sherman
Wright
Labor Bureau
Ways and Moana Committee
Noreagat
Maine
Hiva
Cnapiti
Handa
Europa
Sir Hose
Europe
England
Usud
Austria
Hungary
India
Asia
Wu Bimhoo
Minnesota
Dakota
Puch Mn Byutem AB
Mexico
South America
Aula
Sitting Down and the Dilemmas of Chairs
The piece notes the difficulty of sitting due to varied chairs and furniture trends. It highlights pets watching their resting spots, people testing their seats, and the playful, sometimes comic, antics described as double-back-action rockers and elliptical springs. An anecdote quotes Arnie HM. Myers on a playful seating scenario.
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Vido
Aman
Indy
Arnie HM. Myers
Mot Water to Relieve Thirst
An old health note argues hot drinks relieve thirst better than cold. It claims cold beverages worsen feverish mouths and stomachs and that 90 degrees is too cold. hotter fluids aid digestion and quench thirst more safely. A Denver man, Awan, misdirects a horse-fly comic escape toward Boston as he hunts a mule for a phantom trip to Denver.
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Mr. Spurgeon
Charles
Denver
Boston
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Nin
Uluek
John G. Carlisle
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