The Day Is at Hand Sermon by Rev T Tal Mage
The sermon by Rev T De Witt Tal mage rallies believers to a holy battle for right. He cites recent global peacemaking through arbitration and rapid modern communication as signs of a nearing dawn. He enjoins courage, prayer, and action, urging readiness for a world transforming proclamation.
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Colorado Mountains
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John Moffatt
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Germany
Hong Kong
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Malachi
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Florida
Davenport Brothers
Andrew Jackson Davis
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Caleb
David
Red Sea
Ajalon
Marshill
Robert Clayton
Navershire Heath
Names of Plants From Distant Lands and Famous Names
A survey of plant nomenclature traces many English plant names to foreign languages and famous individuals. It notes dandelion from France, tulip from Persian, lilac from Persian, fuchsia for Leonhard Fuchs, dahlia for Dahl, and various animal and bird name influences, with quirks like gooseygrass and parson in the pulpit. The Eiffel Tower cost about one million dollars to build, with gate revenue supporting upkeep and partial repayment by exhibition end, plus a note on domestic sick-room dusting and care.
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Legion
France
Dyer
Louis VI
Fuchsia
Leonard Fuchs
Dahl
Northamptonshire
Yorkshire
Torquay
Gentleman's Magazine
Eiffel Tower
David Sparing Saul Lesson Card 1889
A Sunday School lesson summarizes David sparing Saul in Engedi as a noble act of overcoming evil with good. It notes David's restraint under pressure from 3,000 pursuers, his loyalty to Saul, and the moral: return good for evil. It links to Psalm 57 and pastoral applications.
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S. S. Quarterly
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Engedi
Dead Sea
Samuel
Ramah
David
Nob
Jerusalem
Gath
Adullam
Bethlehem
Judah
Ziph
Maon
Carmel
God
Abiathar
Abishai
Saul
Davin
Owyer
Doeg
Jonathan
Pillar
A. F. Schauffler
Sickroom Etiquette From Home Topics
Practical guidance for caring for invalids emphasizes neat dress and gentle demeanor. It warns against overfamiliar chatter, stresses skin care to prevent bed sores, and offers tips on bedding, feeding, and hygiene to maintain comfort and cleanliness.
Resignation Threat Sparks End of an Era on Midland
After 33 years, engineer Dick Rainsford is ordered to resign by General Superintendent Lockwood. Rainsford accepts, visits his wife’s grave in quiet resignation, and later commands a late-night mail train with his apprentice, reflecting on loss and duty as a new era begins.
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American Railroad
Lockwood
United States Midland Railroad
Mr. Lockwood
Raimsford
Rainsford
Midland
Dick Rainsford
Engineer Rainsford
Martha Rainsford
Rick
Martha
Bob Lockwood
Old Rainsford
Brave Engineer Sacrifices Life to Save Mail Train
In a dramatic heroic act on a speeding mail train, engineer Dick Rainsford and fireman fight back flames after a faulty safety valve causes backdraft. The engineer, with a smoking furnace and roaring fire everywhere, shuts off steam to halt the locomotive. He dies in the attempt, while passengers and a grateful superintendent mourn his loss.
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Bob
Dick Rainsford
Rainsford
Young Lockwood
W. H. S. Atkinson
Postmaster Resigns at Mount Carmel in Humorous Letter
An Illinois postmaster at Mount Carmel resigns before his term ends, critiquing politics with a witty letter to President Harrison. The piece also recounts a Treasury cash room tour and a comic exchange about isms among girls, reflecting late 19th century tone and local politics.
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Cleveland
Harrison
Mount Carmel
Ill
B. Harrison
Grover Cleveland
Dennis
Sam
Dudley
Foster
Grandpa
Benny
Eli
Sahara
Frank W. Havin
P. M
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Pedestrian and hotel clerk discuss walk to railroad station
A brief dialogue shows a hotel clerk asking if the pedestrian wants to walk to the railroad station or have a carriage called. The fat man asserts distance is short and requests transport, quipping about providence and logs. The odd phrasing hints at a clipped street scene from Texas.
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Providence
Texas
Old farmer Anderson Reunites with Long Lost Son After War
After twenty eight years Percival Anderson returns to his family in Cushion Valley Pennsylvania. A demijohn of whisky found in the mill dam is tasted by neighbors as Percival meets his parents. The elder Anderson admits error and says the war is over. Percival now owns land in western Florida and a big grove.
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Old Davy Anderson
Percival
Fort Sumter
Copperhead
Cushion Valley
General Anderson
Anderson
Old Davy
Father
Anderson Farm
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Harrisburg
Mill
Andersonville
Everglades
Florida
Jacob Shuer
Breekknock
Key West
Percival Anderson
Shuler
Gay
Pennsylvania
Willows
Southern property to be sold and old folks home life
Brecknock Pennsylvania corresp notes a Southern property sale and the subject will spend his remaining years with the old folks at home. The item reflects a local obituary or notice of settlement and retirement within a community in the era.
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Brecknock
Cor
N. Y. Sun
Notable Fortitude in Union Hospital Story of Charley
A Philadelphia Press corresp recounts a Union Army hospital tale from Alexandria during the war. Charley, with a thigh wound, required amputation and later bled from a main artery after an artery sloughed, his caretaker pressing a thumb to stop life flow. Charley calmly urged the thumb removal at last, then died.
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Alexandria
Charley
Harry
Philadelphia Press
Remarkable Irish Soldier and a Lost Eye Tale
A vivid vignette contrasts soldierly calm with fatal bravado. An Irishman boasts of a bandaged eye and fake wounds while a doctor is busy, only to die soon after. The piece shifts to a Philadelphia Press correspondent visiting Wilmington hospital where Arthur Perry, an Ohio boy, recalls hunger and cold before being captured and wounded. He clings to hope of returning home, then dies in twilight, comforted by a lieutenant.
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Regis de ‘Trobriand
Poetomac
Wilmington
N. C
Philadelphia Press
Arthur Perry
Ohio
Electrical Lexicon of Terms Used by Electricians
A compact dictionary of electrical terms includes Ampere Currents Dynamo Electropre Ohm Vout Warr Wheatstone Bridge and related notes. The text explains units and concepts such as current flow resistance electromotive force and power with references from Edison Volta Watt and Wheatstone Bridge as used in early electrical practice.
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British Association
Paris
Westinghouse
Edison
Dynamis
Electron
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Vout
Volta
Warr
James Watt
Wheatstone
N. Y
Government to manufacture two thousand new knapsacks
At the Soldiers' Home in Dayton Ohio it is revealed that the U S Government provides care for soldiers' graves in private and village cemeteries. The War Department has tested a hip weight transfer knapsack and the Ordnance Bureau has ordered the manufacture of two thousand for army use.
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Soldiers’ Home
Dayton
Ohio
United States
War Department
Ordnance Bureau
Army
Fishing with a rifle Exciting sport on Pacific otters
A Forest and Stream account details sea otter hunting from elevated derricks off Oregon and Washington. Shooters use Sharp rifles with telescopes to target the head at long range, often at two hundred yards or more, while workers patrol beaches to recover the carcasses.
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Oregon
Washington
Gray's Harbor
Farmer Learns Potatoes Size Surprise
An exchange between a city resident and a country farmer reveals humorous pride in self sufficiency. The farmer notes he could have had new potatoes earlier if he knew their size, but he waited until they were too big. The anecdote appears in the Boston Transcript.
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Thes Agriculturist
Boston Transcript
Qualifying the Remark on a Road and a Meeting
A brakeman asserts five years of experience and insists he runs the road though the speaker argues he only walked. Fontenelle, at ninety, fails to recognize Madam Helvetius who chides him. He replies that looking would have prevented passing.
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Old Farmer Anderson
Electrical Lexicon
Pacific
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