Christian Work Sermon Urges Action and Duty to Serve
A Reverend sermon exhorts Christians to abandon idle piety and self examination and to plant their faith in broad public service. He cites Esther, Havelock, and Peter Croy as examples, urging laypeople to preach, work, and mobilize across churches, banks, and stores to advance the Gospel and confront worldly vice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. DeWitt Talmage
Esther Esther the Beautiful
Ahasverus
Shimion
Kether
North Carolina
Church of God
Humom
Production of Pollen and a Sure Thing Tale
A columnist surveys pollen production in flowers from peonies to dandelions noting millions of grains per bloom and wind pollination with vast waste. It cites Darwin, Kerner, and Blackley on pollen dispersal and measuring methods. The piece ends with a short anecdote about a man, an alarm clock, and an irate neighbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darwin
Kerner
Tyrol
Blackley
Prof
Joseph F. James
Popular Science Monthly
Old Miner's Tale of Gold and Loss from 1851
A Helena Journal excerpt recalls a Californian prospecting boom in 1851. An aging miner recounts finding a rich claim, burying one hundred thousand dollars in a cave near San Jose, then losing it to Mexican bandits who looted the treasure before vanishing. He later encounters one bandit in Los Angeles and learns how the thief tracked his possession. The tale blends nostalgia with hard luck from the Forty Niner era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enziab
Tokio
Japan
St. Louis Republic
St. Helena
N. Y. Ledger
California
San Jose
Thenegsin
Los Angeles
Helena
Perez
Mexico
San Francisco
Names Changed by Famous Figures Across History
A curio-filled column recalls how notable individuals adopted new names or were known by different roots, from Henry Colbath to U. S. Grant and Jules Grery. It notes how misrenderings and reforms shaped public identity and even included a humorous anecdote about mistaken clocks and a vivid Paris mosquito note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. 8
Grant
Wilson
U. & Grant
Hiram
T. L. Harmer
Congress
West Point
Harmer
H. U
OU. S
U. S
Jules Grery
French Republic
Jules
Grery
Judith Francois Paul Greviot
Frank Leslie
Henry Carter
America
St. Louis Republic
Miscellaneous items and quick-witted vignettes from the era
A collage of brief curiosities and quips from 19th century life. A Louisville cyclist plans a three year world tour. A tramp returns to Moberly, a Philadelphia couple wed after a Denison detour. Cartoonish gags, stray facts, and odd anecdotes abound from towns, poets, and clergymen. Entwined names include Anna Williams and a coin design, plus jokes on horses, chimneys, and clever children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C
Dobbs
Hobbs
Brooklyn Eagle
Jacob Battery
Louisville
Dayton
Maberly
Ai Béim
Pany
Apsoaia
Conn
Augusta
Creil
France
Fne
United States
Anna W. Williams
N. Y. Sun
Maria
Ethel
O'Brien
Chicago Post
The New Woman and Her Work in Modern Life
Candace Wheeler discusses how the new woman evolves from circumstance and labor, highlighting women who have entered education and industry, built independent livelihoods after leaving home, and now shape daily journalism and domestic science. It notes Wellesley and Vassar promoting scientific study, rise of women in architecture, design, and teaching, and urges study of domestic labor laws to improve homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acreat
Shatabe
Aad
New York
Wellesley College
Vassar College
Lucy M. Salmon
Aimee
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Christian Work
Ansamo
Peter Croy
Logians
Sennadherib
Sodom
Jericho
Sam
Church of Jesus Christ
Phil
Edinburg
London
Brooklyn
Christ's Church
Church of Christ
Bank
Store
Anvil
House
Mechaine
Hedley Vicars
Christ
Israel
Havelock
India
Russia
Marie Stuart
John Rowland
Rowland
Stanley
Ace
Henry M
Henry Wilson
Henry Colbath
George
Chicago Tribune
Ladies' Home Journal
Paris
Seine
Mostquitoes
London News
Wilberforce
Boston Courier
The
Alps
Italy
Indianapolis Journal
Madras
Shanghai
the Woman's Column
Women IN Business
Raie
Cent
Degke Bnmnor
Florence
Phia School of Déaign
Min Minerva Parker
Wanken
Min Hetxs Cross
Tadian
Wobie-special
Sieg George
Thousaand Indies
England
Opium
Board of Revenue
East India Co
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