Railways Filling Up Open Lands In West
Railways fill open lands in the West as rapid settlement follows new line construction. The Mobridge bridge links main line to coast division, with Mobridge poised as a key town. A drive from Marmarth to Musselshell shows thousands of homesteads within reach, and Beach flats near the line report $300,000 in improvements and a booming local economy.
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Mobridge
Missouri River
St. Paul Road
New Coast Division
Missouri
United States
Marmarth
N. C
Little Missouri
Musselshell River
Montana
Pacific Coast
Frontier Railways and Prairie Growth
The Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway spurred state population growth by extending feeders into new territories. Track laid at five miles per day marks a rapid Pacific Coast extension toward Butte, Seattle, and Tacoma. Montana offers abundant coal, including high quality lignite, with a black lignite band near the Yellowstone crossing signaling rich energy for settlers. Government surveys near completion will make claim shanties common nationwide.
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Chicago, Milwaukee and
Chicago
Butte
Mont
Seattle
Tacoma
Wash
Montana
United States
Yellowstone
Uncle Sam
Happiness from Troubles and the Call to Mind Control
A reflection on human mood notes that misery trails companions, yet most people seek normalcy and calm. Worry shapes effort, but apprehension can be managed through simple mental treatment, arguing for constructive responses to looming clouds and life’s trials. George Harvey discusses this view in North American Review.
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George Harvey
North American Review
Northern Hammerfest and southern Punta Arenas described
The most northern town is Hammerfest at 79 degrees 39 minutes 14 seconds latitude near Norway with about 4,000 inhabitants where the sun stays above the horizon for two months. The southernmost town is Punta Arenas on the Strait of Magellan with around 10,000 residents.
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Hammerfest
Norway
Punta Arenas
Strait of Magellan
The Baby's Fault in London Tatler
A nursemaid tells her mistress she plans to leave because the baby is terrified of a policeman, making it impossible to approach the child. The exchange reveals tension between caregiver and child and hints at authority presence in the household.
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London Tatler
Secret pocket coat could make tailor rich
Detroit Free Press notes a tailor could gain money by inventing a secret pocket in a coat to hold cigars unseen by friends who might borrow them. The clever design promises personal wealth if it catches on.
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Detroit Free Press
Doctoral Degree Procedures at the University of Paris
The University of Paris awards the doctor degree in the relevant faculty. Candidates must hold the lower degree, submit two theses on different questions, answer questions or objections, and pay 140 francs while presenting 100 printed copies of one thesis. A doctor of letters requires one Latin and one French thesis, with scientific theses as original research and theology as oral and written exams.
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University of Paris
Suggestions in a Name A Scotchman in search of work
A Scottish laborer newly hired at Cramp's shipyard in Philadelphia carries heavy planks. After two hours he asks the foreman if he stated his name at hiring. The foreman confirms Tomson, prompting the man to joke that perhaps he said Samson.
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Cramp’s Shipyard
Philadelphia
Tomson
Samson
Worth Reading Wide World Facts Chronicle
France has more than 300 daily newspapers. Generally the right ear is larger than the left. Rats are an alarming nuisance in England. For every ton of gold in circulation there are fifteen tons of silver. Germany sends 29,000,000 feathers per year to England for millinery purposes.
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England
Germany
Rejoicing in Hope and the Christian Spirit
Rev Guy Jamieson speaks on Romans twelve twelve urging that hope is the backbone of strength work and endurance. Without hope the soul withers. with hope the mind stays calm, patient, and steadfast toward the coming of Christ and the eternal glory. Leaders and laity alike are urged to endure, rejoice in hope, and anchor the soul to the divine promise.
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Guy
Jamieson
St. Paul
Christian meekness versus worldly strength
In this sermon Rev. John J. Donlan argues meekness is a sturdy, Christlike virtue not weakness. He cites Jesus' sacrifice and Moses as examples, urging readers to pursue meekness amid practical life demands.
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John J. Donlan
Jesus Christ
Christ
Moses
Earth
Hymns You Ought to Know The Ninety and Nine
A poetic retelling of the gospel parable of the lost sheep. The shepherd seeks the wanderer across rugged terrain and deserts, expressing deep care and divine rescue. the chorus celebrates the return to the fold and heavenly joy at the finding of the sheep.
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Gold
The Meek Man as a Moral Force in Christian Thought
This piece argues that meekness is not passive but a disciplined mastery of self. It contrasts the meek man with the stoic and the weak, urging active restraint guided by love of God and Christ’s example. Meekness grows from enlightened heart and steady character, not from retreat or subservience, leading to strength and spiritual reward.
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Christ
Short Meter Sermons on Temper, Conscience, and Work
A compact, period voice meditation warns hotheads cool, convenience masks conscience, and honesty resists the knocker. It cautions against rushing to conclusions, urges clear, steady effort, and notes sympathy can falter when selfishness takes charge.
Paths to salvation and sincerity in Christian life
A moral admonition warns against relying on church support for heaven and urges personal effort. It contrasts creeds with Christ's simple teachings as the true guide. The message stresses cost of virtue and the necessity of personal faith reflected in daily action.
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Christ
French Rolls From Milk Sponge and Yeast
A baker's recipe instructs fermenting a sponge with one quart milk warm, one teacup yeast, and three pints flour until light. Mix in a beaten egg, melted butter, salt, soda, sugar, and enough flour to form a soft dough. Let rise four to five hours, shape into balls, let rise again, score the tops, and bake thirty minutes to produce cleft rolls common in French restaurants.
Macaroni Dish with Tomatoes and Cheese Bake
A recipe instructs to boil half a box of macaroni until tender, rinse, then simmer with a quart of tomatoes and fried onions in butter. Transfer to a baking dish, top with cheese, and bake until melted. Garnish with parsley and serve hot.
Stuffed Tomatoes with Breadcrumb Nut Filling
Instructions for preparing baked stuffed tomatoes: scoop pulp, mix with bread crumbs onions celery and nuts, season, refill shells, top with cheese and butter, cover, bake, then uncover briefly before serving on lettuce with croutons. Contains detailed steps and timing for a moderate oven.
Simple Molasses Ginger Bread Recipe Card
Combine one cup molasses with flour until stiff then stir in two large tablespoons of melted fresh lard and one cup boiling water in which three teaspoons baking soda are dissolved. Add spices or ginger to taste and bake slowly about one hour. add a cupful of seeded raisins for fruit cake flavor.
Chocolate Loaf Cake Recipe Steps
A recipe describes creaming one cup sugar with half cup butter, then beating in two eggs. Melt chocolate with half cup boiling water, cool, add half cup sour milk. Mix in sugar butter eggs, a teaspoon of soda dissolved in boiling water, two cups flour and vanilla. Bake in a loaf tin.
Steps for Custard Sauce Preparation
A recipe lists yolk of one egg three quarters cup sugar one tablespoonful butter three tablespoons cream three tablespoons brandy. Beat sugar and butter then add egg. Combine in double boiler bring to a boil add the white and use immediately.
Egg mixture for thick sauce in double boiler
Break two eggs into a bowl and beat well then add sugar salt mustard vinegar and cream. Cook the blend until thick in a double boiler, stirring until smooth and cohesive.
Household Hints From an Old Newspaper Page
Practical tips on cleaning and cooking from a vintage column. Ammonia removes metal verdicts, milk browns fried mush, whipped cream enhances squash pie, avoid soaking carving tools, heat to loosen rusty screws, save cooking water for soups, whiting and ammonia polish silver, sandalwood scent for rooms, avoid linen stains with Vaseline, kerosene alcohol or turpentine for stains.
Temperance Worker Endorses Peruna Remedy
Bessie Farrell of Brooklyn operates the Young People's Christian Temperance Association and endorses Peruna as a valuable nerve and blood remedy. She cites personal experience aiding digestion and strength in worn-out women and young mothers. Dr. Hartman reportedly prescribes Peruna to thousands of women, with many letters praising the benefits. Man-a-Lin the Ideal Laxative.
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Bessie Farrell
Third Ave
Brooklyn
N. Y
Young People’s Christian Temperance Association
Hartman
Depew’s Quick Wit in Brief Encounters
Senator Depew, leaving the President’s office, was greeted by a venerable Illinois minister who recalled meeting him years before. The exchange turned humorous as the minister wished heavenward reunion, and Depew replied with a boyish quip about meeting there after a long time.
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Depew
Illinois
Galena
Ill
Mr. Depew
Senator Epew
She Did Her Duty by Him in a Pennsylvania Town
A colored laundress failed to arrive at her usual time to wash in a Pennsylvania town. She later explained she stayed home to receive her diseased brother's remains from Pittsburgh, a sight that greatly edified the housekeeper.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Lippincott’s
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