A Song of Duty by Washington Star
Poem stresses relentless toil and restraint from joy or excessive sorrow. The speaker urges continuing work despite happiness or grief, noting life is brief and duty must prevail. The text recalls a Washington Star publication with its weary refrain We must toil on whatever betide.
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Howe
Washington Star
The Barbarian's Lessons in Courtship and Etiquette
A witty social vignettes a young man Mr Farrell and Miss Blake navigate polite romance at a seaside hotel. He learns manners via gentle correction and guidance on escort duties and dances as they move toward marriage in a genteel, era-appropriate exchange.
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Miss Blake
Blake
Blaanche
Amazatin
Mr. Farrell
No Romance in Min Proposal of Marriage in Ephraim Tale
In a town notable for Ephraim the great man, the postmaster recounts his death and a plain proposal to Eleanor. Ephraim spoke simply of a partner, offering a place to live and financial terms, and Eleanor accepted, proving actions outweigh words in love. A Roosevelt surprise follows with a governor receiving theatrical axes and old blunderbusses in a package.
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Ephraaim
Ephraim
Eleanor
Jest
Phere
Roosevelt
New York
Express
Albany
N.Y
Tina
Governor’ Company
New York Tribune
Forest Rangers Guard Sierra Nevada From Fires
The text describes federal forest protection in California, detailing patrols by government policemen on remote mountain beats to prevent fires. Rangers operate in districts under wardens, earning $2 a day plus expenses, with powers to arrest arsonists and extinguish incipient blazes. Fire causes include carelessness, accidents, and deliberate acts, with smoldering campfires the leading culprit.
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Californnia
Drouth
Sierra Madre
Forest Reserve Commission
Burying Them One by One in a Colored Pastor Tale
A Southern city colored pastor recalls resolving church strife by burying every deacon who opposed him. He says after a sermon he warned, then buried one by one, and the others grew quiet. He claims the method calmed the church and ended trouble.
Then and Now New York City Civil War era costs
A historical comparison shows New York City population about a quarter of today’s 805,000 at the start of the Civil War. City tax outlay then was 5 million, now 100 million. Police 1.6 million, public schools 1.7 million. Earlier expenditures include Mayor’s office 29 thousand, law department 40 thousand, board of health 40 thousand, fire department 37 thousand as a volunteer force.
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New York City
Law Department
Board of Health
Fire Department
Krupp Declares Income At One Million Pounds
Baron Krupp, head of the Krupp gun works, states his annual income for taxation as £1,000,000. His fortune is valued at £0,000,000 with 80,000 employees including 5,000 workmen and 15,000 clerks. If you get mad and throw your environments out of the window, neighbors will look that way.
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Herr Krupp
Baron Krupp
Krupp Works
The Circle of God Sits on the Earth and Time
In a lecture by Dr. Talmage the circle motif frames history and morality. God rules from the earth’s circle, shaping worldly cycles from theocracy to monarchy to republic and back, with deeds good or bad returning as a divine revolving justice. Forgiveness can break the wheel, erasing past sins, and heaven’s throne centers on Christ within the circle of creation.
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Louis Kiepsch
Talmage
Isaiah
God
Gisut’s Causeway
Ireland
Throne
Downings
Mitchells
Yorkminster
Babylon
London
And
Pompeii
Jezebel
Shakespeare
Lady Macbeth
Naboth
Naboth Buljah
Aoman
Christ
Churel
Willian BE
Ian
Fortune
Ridley
Paul
Antioch
Cyprus
Lystra
Corinth
Athens
Asia
Europe
America
Earth
Heaven
Voltaire
France
Germany
St. John
City of
Patriaceh
Seotec Covenanters
Dana
Presbyterian
Philadelphia
The Exodus Story in Egypt’s Eighteenth Dynasty Era
The article surveys Exodus chapter history within an overview of Egyptian rule from Thothmes III through Rameses II, noting Goshen life for Hebrews, shifts in power, and the oppression leading to the Exodus. It links Hammurabi-era correspondence, Amarna tablets, and Aten worship to the biblical period, ending with a teaser for next lessons.
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Jacob
Goshen
Joseph
Palestine
Tahutimes
Dhatmose
Thothmes III
Thothmes II
Egypt
Karnak
Upper
Megiddo
Syria
Western
Asia
Far North
Western Asia
Amenhotep III
Amenhotep IV
Rameses II
Pithom
Ranamses
Naville
Pitham
Rameses
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