The Crystal Cannot Equal It by Taltoage
In a 1901 sermon Taltoage extols religious value over crystal wealth. Job’s warning that the crystal cannot equal faith frames religion as transparent, transformative, and glorious. The speaker urges personal conversion, purity of heart, and readiness to choose salvation over sin, toward eternal crystallization in heaven.
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Louis Klopach
Taltoage
Job
Cornish Mine
Hara Mountain
Mammoth Cave
Natural History
Reliejon
Napoleon
Borodino
John Thomas
Ontet
Alexander Severus
Herculaneum
Egypt
Rouen
Salisbury
Pe Srounie Weil
Sina
Plagah
Olivet
Calvary
Hidekel
Jordan
Cherith
Ignatius
Jesus Chri
Agaly
Solomon
Paul
Apocalypse
Ezekiel
Christ
Meg
God
Beiref
John
Beatsn
Heaven
Hudson
Arctes
Antarctics
Atlantica
Pacifics
Carthage
Sint
Sermonette Fragments on World Forces and Church Authority
Fragmentary sermon notes quote Rev. Dr. McAfee and Rev. Hanton on how world forces advance in pairs and the church's authority. They discuss divine motive, Christlike aims, and the church's role in aligning worldly progress with spiritual life. The text shows rhetoric of harmony between earthly power and divine vitality.
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McAfee
Presbyterian
Congo
Hanton
Congregationalist
Brooklyn
President McKinley Hymns Revered After Death
Thousands recall President McKinley by favorite hymns as nations mourn. The piece notes Lead Kindly Light and Nearer My God to Thee sung with depth and meaning, reflecting the president’s faith and the nation’s tribute. It mentions the hymn writers Mrs Bridges Adams and Lowell Mason and the 1841 origin.
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Chee
McKinley
William McKinney
Carolinal Lewman
Mia
Borah Adams
Lowell Mason
Bridges Adams
Great Harlow
England
Passing. Summer notices fading glow in the West pool
In a lyrical scene the setting sun shows Summer waning by the poolside. Narci notes pale, mortal beauty as scarlet flowers and fading tresses drift. The mist clings wan and dryads mourn the passing season while Summer hears a warning note.
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Summer
St. Louis
Briarsmere Chooses Between Love and Debt
Esme Briarsmere rides through rain to a collision of love and risk. Jack, once her true lover now poor, confronts Underwood over a mortgage and illicit distilling. A stormy night ends with Jack protecting Esme as he kisses her, while Esme contemplates a fortune to secure her future.
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Jack
Briaramere
Anerwood
Ralph
Esme
Powerlees
Foo
Torrente
Trembie
Underwood
Met
Tage
Aaid Jack
Briarsmere Mine Wish Turns To A Kiss
Esme teases Jack after he fears she fainted and jokes about Briarsmere as hers in a playful Chicago Tribune note. The brief exchange centers on cheeky romance amid a tense moment, capturing period voice and domestic humor.
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Briarsmere
Esme
Jack
Chicago Tribune
SIGHTS IN THE DEEP SEA
Describes life on the ocean bottom, praising coral lagoons and vivid anthozoa. Notes Atlantic seaboard conditions limit beauty, with parrot fish browsing corals and zoophytes, while plant life is scarce. Ends with a quote from the North America Review.
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Atlantic
North America Review
Lost Flag Parade In Pacific Island Fashion
A British flag goes missing aboard a ship near Solomon Islands. Marines land to investigate and find the chief’s wife wearing the torn Union Jack as a complete outfit. The incident sparks a lighthearted debate on empire and cultural influence in the Pacific.
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H. Mr. & Ringdove
Solomon Group
Pacific
British Columbia
Pacific Islands
Government rules watermelons as fruit not vegetables
The general board of appraisers ruled at Nogales that watermelons must be classified as fruit, despite arguments to treat them as vegetables. They stated the melon is known technically, popularly and commercially as a fruit and therefore is not an allowable vegetable import.
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United States
General Board of Appraisers
Nogales
Joseph and Egyptian History in the Hyksos Era
A historical note discusses Joseph's Biblical narrative set against Egyptian history, arguing the oppression pharaoh may be Ramesses II of the nineteenth dynasty. It links Hebrew arrival to Hyksos rule around 1700–1000 BC, with Exodus dated 1300–1200 BC. Joseph’s faithfulness at Potiphar’s court is highlighted as central, with ties to Egyptian legends and foreigners in Egypt.
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Joseph
Genesia
Otheer
Rameses II
Egypt
Uithom
Raamex
Asia
Merenpish
Ramesea IE
Jacob
Palestine
Potiphar
Nehemiah
Zoan
Th Ie
Placias
Bis
Potphar
Whder
Joseph Sin
Pieem
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M.kinley
Anarim
Narci
Ralph Underwood
Om Barton
Rathe
Heme
Jana
Deep Sea
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