Rainbow of Heaven and the Ark of Salvation Sermon
Rev. Talmage compares the rainbow around the throne to the covenant with God, urging readers to enter the ark of faith. He blends biblical imagery with the terrors of contemporary war and human sorrow, portraying Heaven’s colors as eternal preservation amid a deluge of sin. He praises humble geniuses and the small graces of everyday faith that endure.
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T. DeWitt Talmage
Lyn Academy of Music
Dora
Isey
Niagara Falla
Wall of
Heaven
Moscow
St John
Paris
London
St. Petersburg
Public Omnibuses in Paris From 2003 Record
The first line of public omnibuses, established in Paris on March 18, 2003, funded by Duke de B vanes and two Marquises, offered fixed five cent fares for the poor and litigants. The royal decree praised access, inaugurations drew crowds, but patronage declined after novelty wore off, and Paris saw no renewal until 1827.
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Paris
Duke de Bvanes
Esoh
Chicago News
Giant Buddha Image Eighty Feet High Described
The piece reviews Fa-hien's account of a colossal wooden Buddha in the kingdom of T'o-leih with varied translations stating 80 feet in height. It contrasts measurements by Ball Legge Waters Giles and Douglas, noting disagreement on scale and posture, and cites a Greek statue as a counterexample. It then shifts to Sadawaga Lake Vermonts Floating Island a 150 acre shifting landmass with trees and berry bushes, a popular picnic spot, occasionally breaking off and sinking.
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Buddha
Fa-hien
T’o-leih
Fahien
Fa Hien
Ball
Robert K. Douglas
King’s College, London
Maytreya Buddha
St. Louis Republic
St Louis Republic
The Women's Column and the Call for Rights
A composite piece surveys women's hostage tale and a broader advocacy for women in journalism and public life. It discusses mothers seeking their lost children, the rise of women reporters, and the demand for legal and political equality, highlighting taxation without representation and the need for legislative action.
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The
Woman's Journal
Massachusetts
Notes for the Women in Early Reform Debates
Quotations from Mary Wright Sewall, Miss Exarne, Mrs Henry and others urge women into public roles and voting. The piece cites unions for women since 1874 and notes small female union participation, with praise for female physicians in New York asylums and calls it modern progress.
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Mary Wright Sewall
Exarne
Goodale Sisters
South Dakota
General Armstrong's School
Hampton
Josephine K. Henry
Ellen B. Dietrick
England
London
Nottingham
Boston Herald
New York
Helpless Mothers and the Vote for Women
Rev Olympia Brown laments women powerless to reform almshouse mistreatment as officers and physicians benefit from patronage tied to politics. She urges unity, petitions, and suffrage to remove corrupt officials and place women in care of their sex. The piece also notes women wage gaps from 1880 census and comments on dog intelligence favoring mongrels.
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Olympia Brown
Harrison
Cleveland
Victor Hugo
Young Woman's Christian Association of
Chicago
Michigan Avenue
West Jackson Street
Massachusetts
Women in Medicine and the Push for Equal Training
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper argues that women should be admitted on equal terms to medical training and practice. It highlights rising female physicians, hospital roles beyond nursing, and a Johns University effort to raise 200000 dollars to support a new medical school open to women with equivalent preliminary training. Committees in six cities fundraise to advance this equality and opportunity.
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Johns University and Hospital
Boston
San Francisco
Frank Leslie
Illustrated Newspaper
Effective Oratory Elevates a Young Lawyer’s Reputation
Springfield Illinois reports on Jonathan H. Pugh, a once unseen attorney who takes on a corrupt brother in law exploiting a widow. His impassioned courtroom speech exposes lies, shreds the villain’s tale, and earns Pugh a flood of clients, transforming him into a sought after lawyer in town.
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Jonathan H. Pugh
Pugh
Mare
Springfield
Cloth From Wood Process Described for Making Fiber From Weed
A detailed description of Mitscherlichs method to produce cloth from wood fibers outlines boiling planks in sulphurous acid or bisulphite, drying, and successive rolling to press and separate mass into pliable fibers. After repeated treatment and drying, fibers become suitable for coarse filaments or long fibers after combing, with extraction of gums and organics possible post spinning.
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Mitscherlich
Voting in Japan and the rise of small bore rifles
The article surveys Japan's new electoral code and voting procedures, detailing voter qualifications, land or income thresholds, and a ticketed entry system. It notes a shift from ballot boxes to keyed voting, witness oversight, and centralized postpoll inspection, with emphasis on orderly, honest results. It also touches on global publishing industry concerns and literary culture.
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America
Free
England
Germany
Austria
Earth
Grosn
Tokio
Osaka
Mossves
Loeal
Tokio Gar
N. Y. ‘Tribune
Switzerland
France
Belgium
Paul Bruns
Tubingen
Bruns
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Rembrandt
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Canova
Luxembourg
Garth
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St. Lawrence
Ohio
John
Atlanta
Spain
Ss Torgus
la Torque
Inter Ocean
Margaret Fuller
Tribune
Grace Greenwood
Washington
Mary Clemmer Ames
Olive Logan
Sluman
Tig Cooper Union
Association of Working Girls’ Societies
Shndey
Mia Cleveland
Lucy Stone
Japan
Bass Vise
Antwerp
Bragg & Co
Cincianeti
Ivison, Biskeman & Co
Harmes & Co
D. Appleton & Co
Hare
Weas Ia
Popler Areindina
the Literary World
John Smith
Smith County
Adam
Keokuk
Gate City
James Warrooun- Ritxt
Merous
Ameri- Oxtren
Tolutel
Kreuteer
All England
Losp Tamwyson
Light Brigade
Istely
Ernest Zola
Emil Zola
Loxp Coresses
W. D. Howzrss
Henry James
Pye
Lovovie Hamery
French Academy
Constantine
Grapstome
New Oxford Atrest
Olive Logar
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Lamdon
Society of Authors
Tepaysen
Walter Besant
Burnett
Plymouth
Dobson
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