Narrow Escapes and the Skin of the Teeth Faith
A Talmage sermon at the Academy of Music urges personal rescue from spiritual danger, using Job and Paul as images of narrowly escaped ruin. It urges embracing the Bible, resisting skepticism, and making one decisive push toward salvation, with vivid shipwreck and peril imagery and calls to cast off distractions to seek Heaven.
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T. DeWitt Talmage
Academy of Music
Job
St. Jerome
Schultens
Horace
Solomon
Moses
Paul
The Visiting Card Uses and Etiquette
A discussion on visiting cards as tools of social contact in society. It covers when to send cards, how to address invitations with at home hours, delivery by servant, replies using Accepts or Declines, and sending multiple cards for family members. The piece ends with Beaconsfield’s note on readiness for opportunity.
Transfiguration lesson. Luke nine eighteenth century study note
International Sunday School lesson for May 18, 1890 discusses the Transfiguration near Mount Hermon with Luke 9 28 36 and parallel accounts. It covers the glory of Jesus Christ the revelation to Peter James and John and the meaning for faith, resurrection bodies, Moses and Elijah, and the exodus. The piece notes the blessing of such experiences and practical suggestions for believers.
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Jesus Christ
Hermon
Cesarea Philippi
Tyre
Sidon
Decapolis
Sea of Galilee
Jordan
Jesus
Matthew
Luke
Mark
Christ
Moses
Elias
Elijah
Peter
God
Diverse items of news and social concerns from the era
A survey covers 71 000 Black people leaving North Carolina in fifteen months. The Holland Society marks New York City sites with tallets. Moose hunting on the Ottawa River is wasteful, leaving carcasses. Mississippi allows sale of native wine in all counties. Census work tallies 65 million people with 20 million blanks weighing 229 tons. Brooklyn women form the Women’s Health Protective Association for cleaner streets. Paris grave-diggers form a union seeking higher pay and pensions. French cemeteries are municipally controlled.
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North Carolina
Holland Society of
New York
New York City
Ottawa River
Canada
Supreme Court of Mississippi
Brooklyn
Women’s Health Protective Association
Paris
France
The Dream of a Million Dollars Test
A poor laborer dreams of wealth offered by a small old man who tests him by demanding he earn one cent honestly. After a day of futile labor and mockery, he awakens to find the ordeal was a dream, revealing he is already capable and valued as a working man.
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Mr. Spurgeon
Moses
Christ
Elijah
Heaven
Jesus Christ
Israel
Tam
A. F. Schauffler
Edo
William
Jacobs
Spade
Chicago Tribune
Foreign Gossip From The World Beyond An English Home Of Rest For Horses
A London home for horses with a Lord as president is noted. Paris streets total about six hundred miles, two hundred lined with trees. Madrid benefactors present small gifts at actor benefits and papers publish lists. Vienna reports a diplomat’s relative admiring a diamond cross. English parish registries show odd names such as Foot Bath and Morning Dew. Emperor William’s horse wears a novel two-part shoe with rubber-like material to prevent slipping, ordered for him and sixteen others. Victorian rabbit suppression acts in colonies aim to kill seventy-five percent via poisoned grain. A Hague baker cites David’s census as cause of influenza to dodge census formalities.
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Kingdom of God
Old Arkwright
Cape May
Long Branch
Simon
Andrew
Heaven
Coney Island
Emma
Gottenburg
Harwich
Christ
Earth
Satan
Eddystone
God
Paul
Melita
Ivan
London
Paris
Vienna
England
Foot Bath
Pascal Lamb
Morning Dew
Deer
Smith
James
Edward Bing Tally-Ho
Jewett
William
Hague
David
Israel
Holland
Absur d Chinese Notions and Medical Ignorance in China
A New York Times summary of Dr Henry Drayton's talk on Medical Science in China prepared by Prof E P Thwing. It denounces Chinese medical knowledge as limited by language and tradition, details erroneous beliefs about anatomy, medical education, and the role of idols, and notes gradual changes due to European and American influence and growing vaccination and mission hospitals.
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China
Academy of Anthropology
Henry 8. Drayton
E. P. Thwing
Canton Hospital
Drayton
Academy
Thwing
N. Y
Magnificent Syracuse Through the Eyes of a Traveler
An Art Journal piece Reflects on ancient Syracuse contrasted with its present ruinous state. It recalls Thucydidean history of the Athenian siege, Nikias harbor action, and the 784 BC Corinthian settlement, noting the modern harbor now hosts Italian ironclads and torpedo boats amid a transformed landscape.
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Europe
Sicily
Syracuse
Oltygia
Thucydides
Nikias
Gylippus
Demosthenes
Athens
Art Journal
First Sermon Failure Sparks Enduring Calling
W H Thomas recalls a humbling start in ministry amid candlelit log-house worship then school-house attempts. He describes three anxious passages, a later 30 minute talk, and his father’s remark that he merely “tried to preach.” Long experience brought confidence but deep responsibility remains.
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W. H. Thomas
Chicago Tribune
Domestic Tips From 19th Century Periodicals
A compilation of household guidance cites methods for cleaning jars with broom straw brushes, making cough syrup from vinegar and onions, roasting beef sirloin with vegetables, and simmered mutton broth. Recipes include cakes and fried mushrooms, with care tips on mushrooms and elaborate notes on feather bed renovation and mattress care from Rural New Yorker.
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Christian
Vanderbilt the Studious Bachelor of Fifth Avenue
A New York Letter describes George Vanderbilt as a slim pallid bachelor of twenty nine with a $10 million estate. He neglects society to read rare classics in a lavish Fifth Avenue library and pursues art, opera, and a developing North Carolina home while allegedly writing a historical novel.
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George Vanderbilt
Fifth Avenue
North Carolina
N. Y
Marriage Costs Cited By Servant Girl
A servant-girl in Town tells her mistress she will leave next month to marry her young man. The mistress warns to count the cost, but the girl quips the license must be bought by him, noting he bears the expense himself.
Sunday school concert proves lessons beyond looks
Somerville’s Journal notes the Sunday school concert shows true merit lies beyond beauty or first impressions. A boy who can recite poetry well may not be the one who wins the prettiest girl, yet the event leaves a lasting impression on the audience.
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Somervills Journal
Raising Jacks How to breed a good jack
Instructions from a Tennessee correspondent on selecting a jennet and jack for breeding. It covers height, conformation, timing of breeding in April or September, housing requirements, feed, and foaling setup. It includes building a sheltered foaling pen, a watcher’s room, and steps to help a weak colt nurse and stand.
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Tennes
Farmer
Beautiful Singapore Hair and Fashion Described by Elizabeth Bisland
The excerpt praises Singaporeans as the most beautiful with long glossy hair and bronzed skin. It notes men and women wearing similar styles, including skirts and blouse-like jackets, with women and men sharing hair fashion that blurs gender distinctions.
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Singapore
Elizabeth Bisland
Salem Witch Tale Delivers Grim Irony at Station
A conductor cries Salem Salem as a train arrives. A woman asks the judge if this is the place where witches were hanged. The judge replies with a wink that they do not hang witches now, in a grim ironical vignette from Salem.
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Salem
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