Plague of Bad Books and Moral Reform Sermon
A Sunday sermon compares corrupt literature to the biblical plague of frogs, urging strict enforcement of postal laws, moral suasion, and a shift toward healthful books. It cites laws against vile printing, calls for postmasters and lawyers to act, and urges parents to guard youth with good reading.
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Moses
Egypt
London
Hudson
Society For the Suppression of Vice
Congress of the
United States
Rowland Hill
England
East Indies
Solon
Hesiod
Hoe
Polybius
Tacitus
Pliny
Livy
Eschylus
Euripides
Vatro
Toledo
Crook Portrait Highlights His Reserved Iron Will
Captain Crook emerges as a rugged, practical leader described by Bourke in the Century. He is six feet tall, lithe and relentless under fatigue, preferring simple living, water and milk, and avoiding pomp. His plain appearance and action first ethos echo Daniel Boone in spirit.
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Bourke
Crook
Powder Valley
Montana
Arizona
Daniel Boone
Navy Yard halves cost of 8 inch breech rifle in eighty seven days
Ordnance shops at the Washington Navy Yard showcase faster 8 inch 35 caliber breech loading rifle production. Labor cost $2327, about 3760 less than the prior 8 inch gun and 370? less than a previous 7.5 inch model. Manufacturing time is one month shorter than the first high power 6 inch gun.
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Washington Navy Yard
Curious Reflections on Death From Gunshot Injuries
A St Louis Republic excerpt discusses how lethal gunshot wounds cause rapid, sometimes consciousness altering, yet not always instantaneous death. It cites cases of William of Orange and Charles XII where survival impulses persisted briefly amid severe injury. The piece notes varied pain and reactions depending on injury, defying a single universal pang.
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Spain
William, Prince of Orange
Netherlands
Charles XII
St. Louis Republic
Sealing Wax Colors Signal Meanings in Paris Windows
Paris observers note sealing wax colors in stationers shops arranged like a spectrum. White signals a marriage proposal or death in some cases violet expresses condolences, and chocolate for business letters. Ruby marks fortunate lovers, green for hope, brown for melancholy, black for constancy, pink for youth, gray for friendship.
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Paris
Saya
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Rev. DR. Talmage
Sterling Discourses
Sing Sing
Harrisburg
Michigan
Tombs
New York
Dirk
Benjamin Franklin
Cotton Mather
George Law
Far West
Doddridge
John Angel James
Birmingham
William Russell
Jack Sheppard
Alexander
Warrior
Julius Cesar
Hester Stanhope
Earl of Stanhope
Far East
Lebanon
Jerusalem
King of Kings
Lord of Lords
Jesus
Alabama
Spinner
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