A Fortunate Engagement at Oldford Club
Mary Monk, a London stage hopeful, joins Miss Rosie Heather’s amateur club for a short engagement at Oldford. On a train from Waterloo, Heather coaches Mary in two roles from The Little Heiress and Old Clo, revealing plans, pay, and a shopworn theatre world.
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Mary Monk in Oldford A D C Love and Turmoil
Mary Monk, a London actress, visits Oldford with Miss Rosie Heather for the amateur dramatic club. She attracts attention from Sir John Seaton and William Wormald while navigating envy from Miss Heather, a chaperone, and gossip among locals. Mary plans a future with Seaton, while Wormald proposes amid the intrigue.
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Out of the Ordinary Global Factoids
A collage of curiosities and.statements: Boise sprinkling water from an artesian well. Cherbourg harbor cost and Napoleon. Danish Parliament perks. New York hotels rising. Emperor of China and Indian viceroy rule half the world. German long distance rates. Chicago's daily train and visitors. Kansas farmers save on binder twine. Oakland electricity from distant stream. Nova Scotia judicial doves. Russia’s census history. Philippine civil service hours. Japanese home dais for emperor. illiterate whites in southern states. Texas pensioners and sums. buoy technology off the North Sea. Pearl Harbor naval plans. smallest steam railroad at Buffalo Exposition. rice irrigation in the Lousiana and Texas plains. Egyptian cotton imports and substitutes. a mistranslation of the Lord's Prayer in Delaware Indian tongue.
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Philippine Commission
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Peace and war in religion and world civilization
Rt Rev Fredrick Huntington argues that war drains civilization and that Christ’s kingdom brings peace. He cites The Hague conference as a step toward ending war methods, urging nations to pursue justice, mercy, and self sacrifice rather than bloodshed. The sermon frames peacemaking as divine and human progress toward a universal, peaceful order.
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Christ
Iran
Federation of Nations
Nimrod
Tamerlane
the Hague
American Congress
Amon
Four agencies of peace rise in Christian diplomacy
The sermon envisions arbitration mediation negotiation and the congress of nations as rising powers in global peace. It argues that Christ’s gospel and historical insight urge a shift from armed conflict to moral leadership, with finances backing schools hospitals and charities over armies.
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Questions on Congregational Influence in Early American Religion
A reader in Indianapolis questions details from a Presbyterian editorial, asking about New England faith dominance, church distributions, Continental Line origins, pre-Revolution demographics, Cromwellian independence, John Robinson's stance, congregational majority, church state relations, Presbyterial order structure, Jeffersonian influence, and New England immigration impacts. The letter seeks historical accuracy and balance on Congregational roles.
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Presbyterian General Assembly
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Thomas Jefferson
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New Hampshire
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The Perfect Hour Poem by Edith M. Thomas
A lyric meditation on the Perfect Hour as summer ripening passion. The speaker depicts a maiden guided by nature through May and June, where birds, fruit trees, and the breeze frame a blossoming awakening. The poem centers on a sovereign, enduring feeling that culminates in a sacred inner flame.
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Edith M. Thomas
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