Parents and the Family Name in a Sermon
A Sunday sermon urges respect for parents and the family name. It laments unfilial behavior, contrasts harsh elders with gracious memory, and calls on youths to seek reconciliation with their mothers and fathers, stressing duty, gratitude, and salvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abner
Slamp
Abigail
Solomon
David
Samuel
Hannah
Joseph
Jacob
Christian Henry V
United States
Henry Wilson
John
George
Henry
Mary
Frances
Rachel
Iour
God
Ari
Homer
Isaak Walton
Zeschylus
Ethelwold
Herodotus
Thomas Aquinas
Abraham
Count von Munster heads to Berlin as crisis shifts
Reports list the German ambassador to Paris journeying to Berlin along with other news items including a Watertown bank charity formation, a New York cloakmakers strike end, a major earthquake in Spain, and a string of trials and incidents across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count von Munster
Paris
Berlin
City Bank
Watertown
N. Y
New York
Tricks of Thieves. A Judge Loses His Watch and Ring
A long tale of clever hoaxes includes a judge losing his watch to a friendly thief who posed as a messenger. A Cincinnati jeweler outwits a sanctimonious suspect, and a Denver night guard falls for a safe cracking ruse by Forrester who later confesses his theft.
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Temple of Justice
Cincinnati
G N
Frenchy
la Mountain
Cal Duncan
Denver
Billy Forrester
Forrester
Jurgensen
Inter- Ocean
A Senator's Burdens in the Scranton Truth
A Western Senator describes the strenuous life of Congress. He details 700 case committees, constant visitors, and pressure from constituents, press, and social duties. Postage and public entertainments dominate his day, ending with ambivalent praise for the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Congress
Capitol
Senate
Amos Cummings
Reasoning Power in Dogs and San Francisco Chinese Population
A dog observes meditatively before a store door and is praised for canine problem solving. The piece recounts dogs killing a cat in two incidents as examples of reasoning. The second item reports an ordinance in San Francisco to relocate Chinese residents to a South San Francisco district.
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Nature
Powp
San Francisco
Board of Supervisors
Plant Structures as Food: Berry Misconceptions and Roots and Tubers
The article explains how many plant parts become edible, notes strawberries and raspberries are not true berries, and describes true berries, drupes, bulbs, tubers, and underground stems. It also explains root and shoot modifications for storage and food, including potatoes, onions, and cauliflowers as examples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Science of Botany
Popular Science News
Massacre in Formosa Troops Fall to Savages in Trap
A North China Herald report details a massacre in South Formosa where natives and mixed-heritage groups lured 200 troops into a trap using reverse straw sandals. Only ten escaped as about 5,000 attackers seized rifles from traders and soldiers out of pay. Proclamations promise rewards for returning guns, while concessions attempt to mollify the unrest.
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Formosa
China
Formos
Saal
North China
Heral
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Pittsburg
W. O. Buck & Co
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Lancaster County
Bishop Esher
Christian Evangelical Association
Reading
Regina Rothschild
Port Townsend
Wash
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Ind
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Florence
Italy
Cody
Theodore Storms
New York Central
Lyons
Armin
Goodell
New Hampshire
Richard Barber
Ann Mason
Ithaca
Forbes
Barber
Auburn
Tom Connors
Sam Mathews
Kankakee
Mathews
Connors
Vesey Knox
Parnell
West Division
Cavan
Joseph G. Biggar
M. Paul Giffard
Lathrop
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