Wrestling with the Supernatural in Dr. Talmage Sermon
In a Washington sermon from November 15 1896 Dr. Talmage urges Christians to view hardship as a divine wrestling by the brook Jabbok. He cites biblical figures Jacob Joseph Daniel David John Paul and others to argue trials refine faith, end in blessing, and herald a brighter dawn.
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Washington, D. C
Bible Times
Talmage
Jacob
Anl
Joseph
Daniel
David
John the Baptist
Peter
Paul
John
Christ
Jabbok
Hell
Israel
Job
Rossini
Paris
Isaac Watts
Famous Woman Interview with Miss Winifred Seals Champion Rifle Shot
In a Home Chat interview at Bisley Miss Winifred L Leale discusses how she began rifle shooting by accident in Guernsey and how she competes against men. She uses the service Martini or Lee Metford hands, stressing sight and natural talent as keys to her prize wins.
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Lord Jesus Christ
Angelihood
Rhomble
Winifred Seals
Winifred L. Leale
Miss Leale
Bisley
Miss Seale
Guernsey
Misa Seale
Ants used as living sutures in Levant barber surgery
Greek barber surgeons in the Levant reportedly used large ants to hold wound edges together. A captured ant grips the wound with its jaws, and when the head is severed the ant head remains clamped, keeping edges in place. Observers noted wounds healing while bound by seven or eight ant heads. The ants come from Camponotus species with big heads.
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Levant
Irrefragable Proof of Sprokett’s Hidden Love
The fragment notes Sprokett’s affection for Ethel Gadsby, with a remark about a bicycle picture replaced by her photograph in his watch. The quirky dialogue hints at concealed romance within a local scene.
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Sprokett
Ethel Gadsby
The Sunday School Lesson on Solomon’s Downfall
A Sunday School golden text argues that Solomon’s later years show how a wise king can fall by foreign wives and idol worship. The lesson traces the path from royal glory to moral decline, noting idolatry weakened loyalty to God and led to the kingdom’s disintegration.
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Bolomon
Israel
McLaren
Solomon
I Dals
David
God
Olomon
Baal
Moab
Lot
Jordan
Jerusalem
Mount of Olives
Milman
Judah
Benjamin
Louis XIV
France
Flashes of Fun in Quick Witty Exchanges
A collection of humorous quotes from varied papers in which couples talk about marriage, travel, and social missteps. Banter touches on engagements in golf attire, Niagara visits on honeymoons, self made men, and streetcar seating quirks, all in brisk comic style.
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DR. Talmage
Hill of
Zion
Heavenly Fields
Immanuel
Jesus
Lazarus
Church of Christ
Luther
Melancthon
Philip
King Solomon
Cooper Bros
Shreveport Transfer
US Tesas St. Col. Louisiana
Philadelphia
Niagara
Witherby
Yonkers Statesman
Puck
Shreveport
Eon M. Carter
DeraLcer
Mit
Corner
Texas
Shreveport, la
Dreyfus & AU
Corner Spring and
Crockett Streets
Herman Loeb
St. Louis
Vicksburg
SB. McCutchen
T. L. Stringfellow
Spring & Milam Streets
C. A. Alston
Crockett and
Spring Streets
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