The Third Degree by Gelett Burgess
A reflective poem excerpt in which a self accused sinner considers judgment, desire to reform, and the chance of salvation. The speaker questions virtue, struggle with temptation, and whether mercy allows a better life after flaws. The verse ends on a wary hopeful note about earning heaven.
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Gelett Burgess
Gage
Clouds Cleared Away and a Village Photo Dilemma
In Hopetown a widow seeks a photo to please her son abroad, while a photographer’s sudden disappearance strands her studio. A curiously evolving tale follows a woman named Dorothy Shepard’s rumored marriage and a landlady’s frail vanity as a man recalls his past and assists in portraits for travelers on a wheeling tour.
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Dorothy Shepard
Candy
Morphy
Reginald Cleves
Mother Lar
Weill
Lin
Teel
Mother Farley
Hopetown
Bia Studio
Mother Fart
Richard
Mr. Sakey
Iberty
Tricks of Country Fair Fakers and Their Schemes
An exposé of fairground con artistry detailing how fakers use cheap canes rings knives and wheels of fortune to separate patrons from money. It describes equipment costs and tactics including loose stakes fraudulent wheels and hidden tricks aimed at enticing purchases and bets.
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Ile
Hilla
Gephi
Joses
Our wheels up Dot and tintypes in minutes
Hal announces a quick shift to the photo business in Slapetown with Dottie by his side. He reveals Dorothy, now his wife for two years, kept a secret about Reginald Pierce moving opposite their home. The two Dorothys remain inseparable friends as the scene unveils a playful domestic revelation.
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Dot
Dottie
Hal
Nell
Traps to Catch Tigers Powerfully Guarded This Novel Method
A Sumatra adoption of a new tiger trap uses two-layer wooden fencing nine feet long and four feet wide to form an enclosure. A baited dog sits near a post while a concealed steel trap waits under earth and leaves. The mechanism aims to capture any animal that steps on the designated plate with strong springs.
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Sumatra
Lyer
Naliver
London
Desirable Qualities in an Opel and Sunday School Work
Describes opal color quality terms Harlequin and Tashfire with definitions. Notes on opal value by color vividness and pattern. Also references 1874 Sunday schools organized, reorganizations, and funding from the American Sunday School Union, with numbers on schools taught, sermons, and employment figures.
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Sataisongev
Dreams in Religion Do They Gate God’s Messages
A preacher argues that dreams echo waking thoughts and rarely carry divine revelation. He cites biblical figures and modern examples to claim God speaks through select dreams while warning against dyspeptic or drug influenced visions.
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Louis Klopsrb
Talnage
Subje
Joel ii
God
Abimelech
Jacob
Earth
Hoaym
Joseph
Ehier Butler
Ehier Baker
Pharaoh
Solomon
Gideon
Nebuchadnezzar
Lilahe
Christ
New York
Pittsburg
London
Gaston
Maychester
Celestial City
Didding
Adam
Heaven
Fiame
Christendom
Jean Ient
Job
Flo
Yhou
Soloman
Gregory
Mount Etna
de Quincey
Asia
Vishnu
Osiria
Napoleon
Leinsk
Dresden
Borodine
Alghe
Richard LIII
Bosworth Field
Coleridge
Robin Khan
Exodus reflections on Moses Aaron and the plagues
The piece recounts Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh, the Hebrews’ oppression, and the ten plagues, highlighting the first suspension request, the stubborn refusal, and the climactic death of the firstborn. It notes natural explanations for some plagues while affirming God’s sovereignty in judgment and hardening of Pharaoh’s heart.
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Moses
Phernod
Aaron
Egypt
Goshen
Midian
Sarah
God
Meremptah
Ramesee
Pharaoh
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