Devils and Hellfire Beliefs in Theological Texts
A dense discussion details devils as powerful beings who can shapeshift and perform miracles, and explains their supposed intellect and tricks. It surveys damned souls, their punishments, and varied medieval to early modern tomes on hell, bodies, and postmortem experiences.
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Beelzebub
Heaven
Holy Maria Crescentia
St. Thomas
Hell
Earth
St. Bonaventura
Minucius Felix
Lactantius
Church
Suares
Pope Innocent II
Lessius
Alea
St. Teresa
St. Syprian
How He Proved ft Scotsman in a French Penal Colony
A life sentence prisoner in a French penal colony sought permission to marry a female convict. The governor objected and the priest cross examined him. The groom claimed his wife was dead and produced a startling proof stating he was sent there for killing her, yet the marriage proceeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exsamine
France
Sond
Tarkington Leads Indianapolis Primaries for Story Material
Washington Post notes Booth Tarkington led the field in the Indianapolis legislative primaries to gather material for a forthcoming story. The piece frames Tarkington as the dominant figure in the contest while hinting at his long involvement in local politics and writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Booth Tarkington
Indianapolis
King Ali and the Sister's Need
A priest calls King Ali to aid his brother in distress. He leaves the throne and journeys through squalor to find a neglected prisoner child and doomed companions. Ali learns the brother in need is all who suffer, and he acts, sacrificing crown for compassion. The text ends with time erasing kingship and memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pera
Allah
Ali
Lazar-Bet
Annie M. Hawes
Guam the Pacific Island in Mary Augusta Challens View
A narrative on Guam describing geography and demographics, with notes on cultivation and diet. It details social customs, gender roles, reverence for elders, beliefs in viajo and bruja, and a dramatic tale of witchcraft. The piece contrasts pre and post American influence, praising the governor and education efforts while highlighting sanitary neglect prior to 1895.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Augusta Challen
New York
Guam
Pacific Ocean
Manila
Philippines
Ladrones
Magellan
Marianas
Rota
Saypan
San Luis d'Apra
Jesus
Maria
Jose
Guam in 1900s: roads, wells, and new schools
The article portrays Guam under Spanish and American influence, detailing southern villages from Agana to Piti, native Chamorros, social classes, and religious customs. It highlights improvements after American occupation, including Protestant missions, healthcare expansion, a planned people’s hospital, markets, liquor controls, and better transportation and water access.
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Agana
Manila
Guam
Leary
Padre Palma
Schroeder
American Board
Agana Hospital
Caroline Village
Piti
Uncle Sam
Life Story of the Late Dr. Newman Hall
London Mail reports the death of Rev Dr Newman Hall at Hampstead after a month long illness from a paralysis stroke. He was eighty six, famed Nonconformist preacher, Maidstone native, son of a newspaper proprietor, who began as a reporter at fourteen and recalled witnessing an execution the year he left school.
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Lord Beaconsfield
Maidstone
Queen Victoria
Surrey Chapel
London
Rowland Hill
James Sherman
Christ Church, Lambeth
Paddington
Dover Pier
Paddington Chapel
John Bull
England
America
Boston
London Mail
Newman Hall
Hampstead
Mr. Disraeli
Willing to Take a Box. New York Times fragment
A fragmented text from a New York Times item notes a woman speaking to herself and hints at rural limitations. The piece references a person from a Massachusetts town and an ownership or belonging context.
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New York Times
Oman
Mass
Attar of Ylang Ylang and the Philippines
The War Department’s Insular Affairs division reports on captur ing the Philippines and its link to attar of ylang ylang fragrance. The oil comes from the ylang ylang tree, a tall plant with three inch drooping greenish yellow flowers famed for strong aroma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philippines
War Department
Ylang-Ylang
Bone
Ylang Ylang Trade in Philippine Islands Drives Perfume Industry
The Manila grown ylang-ylang provides the finest perfume base. trees thrive near settlements, yielding up to 100 pounds of flowers per eighth year. Attar production uses steam distillation with water only, producing clear oil. Seventy five pounds of blossoms yield one pound of oil, with flower prices around 10 to 15 cents per pound and manufacturing cost near $4 per pound.
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Cologne
The
Rhine
Kanzanlik
Balkans
Tropical Asia
Philippine Islands
Europe
United States
Manila
Germany
France
England
Where My Treasure Ix Lord of the Ving and Mourning Tone
The verse muses on passing life and death, proclaims a wish to be laid to earth beneath blue skies and heather. A lark sings morning tidings as a lone sheep bleats, while stone heroes of the moor loom in memory in a London Spectator context.
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Joe Jefferson
Chard Harding Davis
New Bedford
Marion
Sagasta
Island
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Royal Palace
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Spain
Barcelona
Madrid
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Storer
Dr. Newman
Attar OF
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WM. A. Logsdon
Taft
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Washington Street
the Journal
Indiana
the Journal Newspaper Co
Indianapolis, Ind
Island Coal
E. Wash. St
Central Printing CO
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Barry Saw and Supply Co
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