Other Sheep Have I Which Are Not of This Fold
Rev. Talmage preaches to Brooklyn listeners about a universal scope of grace. He pictures Christ gathering sheep from diverse flocks and urges openness to those estranged from church, warning against gospel hardness and urging immediate personal conversion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. DeWitt Talmage
Brooklyn
New York
Alty
Siiher
John x
God
King’s Park
Countey
Church of God
Cameron
McDonald
Christ
Chris Si
Jesus Christ
Mr. Ancient
Hohokus Creek
Newfoundland
Theodore Parker
Renan
Jesus
Templars
Sons of Temperance
Mother
Church of God On Earth
Dolphin’s Dog Tom Learns Star Spangled Nautical Ways
A New York Sun feature describes Tom the Dolphin as an exceptional shipboard dog on Uncle Sam’s Dolphin. Though not pretty, his tar stains and chopped tail aside, he is highly learned in nautical matters and recognizes bugle calls for each boat, earning the sailors’ affection and a front-row view of ship life.
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Uncle Sam
Dolphin
Tom
New York Sun
Tom the ship's dog and the bugle call tale
Sailors train to tell Tom from other dogs as the bugle sounds. Tom ignores most signals until the gig with Captain Stirling goes ashore. He reacts eagerly to the boat bearing the Stars and Stripes, then sails home with the crew. He wags, dives, and is hauled aboard. He howls whenever a gun fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Captain Stirling
Ghastly Underwear: a Season’s oddities in dry goods
The Dry Goods Economist highlights ghastly underwear and other oddities of the season. A mid summer pattern might suit those who wish to “take off their skin and sit down in their bones,” offering a skeleton in the closet at small cost. The design’s vogue remains doubtful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Smith
Mashed on the Lord and a Ship of State Jibe
A Cleveland publisher reports a Victorian seminary tale where a student admits being mashed on a young man, then the teacher proclaims she is mashed on the Lord at prayer meeting. A Buffalo humor item asks how political ringsters join the ship of state, answering with a gang plank joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland P
Heslers
Buffalo
Alfonso XIII Crowned Infant King of Spain
The article notes Queen Maria Christina as regent for infant Alfonso XIII, born 1886 after his father Alfonso XII died in 1885. It mentions Spain’s distrust of foreign rule, the boy’s frail health, and the belief he may not reach manhood, with anecdotes about royal childhood and republican sentiment rising. It also references a cafe manager tale about corked and emptied bottles.
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Letina
Alfonso
Nrigtina
Archduke Charles
Austris
Alfonso XII
Infanta Donna Maria de Lea Mercedes
Asturias
Alfonso XIII
Europe
Alfonso XIII Lief
Spain
A Cellarman’s Quiet Leaks and a Likely Murder Plot
A detective observed cellar staff using a bottle’s waste to pour champagne into a shared ice bowl, a precise puncture leaving no noise or breakage. The piece notes the sedate theft method, followed by a reflection on imitation as a powerful social influence.
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Bacchus
New York City
Science and Industry notes on global trade and bio science
A compilation from Scientific American and other papers covers Florida fruit culture, California walnuts priced at twenty dollars per tree, and whalebone valued at ten thousand dollars per ton. It notes whaling plans from Australia to Antarctic waters, Italy’s coal consumption, starfish smell research, Scandinavian matches manufacturing, methods to locate vehicle noises, and Pasteur’s microbe work. It also discusses cat domestication myths, mammoth-era finds in Delaware, and Indian farming prospects versus irrigation limits on the plains.
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Florida
California
England
Australia
Antarctic
Scientific American
Italy
Europe
France
Germany
Russia
Spain
M. Proudo
Scandinavia
McPherson
Louis Pasteur
Rolleston
Virchow
N. Y
F. W. Putnam
American Association
America
Boston Society of Natural History
Putnam
Delaware
Philadelphia
Indian Territory
Kansas
Texas
Little Big Horn
Northwest
Uless
Old
Buffalo Range
High Plains
F. Remington
Harper’s Weekly
Cain
Adam
Abel
Biere
Tribune
Our Young Readers and Old Jack Tales From Century Pages
A collection of short pieces for young readers includes James Whitcomb Riley's Our Young Readers about a loving mother and a boy, and Old Jack a dog who helps and cares for his master’s family. The dog Jack guides by watchful eyes and courage, aiding a boy and visiting Dr Bond for a foot injury.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Century
Old Jack
Adopted pets and playful mischief in family tales
In a Detroit Free Press inspired note, siblings Tommie Homer and friends discover a frightened squirrel in the woods. the mother persuades against confinement, praising the animal’s right to freedom as a cherished family member. The story contrasts with other snippets on children’s wisdom and a Boston Herald tale about little Addie managing pennies.
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Boanie Somethans
Tommie
Homer
Sancho
Imcalaggi
Sara
Mamma
Bennie
Bonnie
Tommy
Peps
Renee Ae
Woods
Mre
A. Montfort
Detroit
The
Boston Herald
Addie
Rat in the Nursery and the Electric Rat Killers
A family debates saving a stray rat named Bonnie by treating him as a kitten. Pussy the cat nurses Bonnie, who befriends her brood, sharing meals and becoming part of the litter. A reporter then describes a separate scene of rat killing by electricity, with a dynamo and apparatus in a basement setting.
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Mamma
Homer
Bonnie
Tom
Order of Redentia Mount
St. Paul Peer
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Ge Wether
Atlantic
Mars Rock
William Shakespeare
William Wilberforce
Isaac Newton
Robert Boyle
Locke
Morse
Sahare
Falm
the Dolphin
New York Herald
Michigan
Kingley
Science and Industry
Tory
Jack
Jacke
Robert
Johnnie
Hans
Johany
Massie
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