Seven in the Bible and the power of the number seven
A sermon on the primacy of seven across scripture and nature. The preacher traces seven as a divine symbol from creation to Revelation, contrasts candlesticks and stars, warns against prophetic overreach, and envisions the sevenfold heavenly wall crowned by the emerald chrysolite.
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Heaven
Jacob
Piaraoh
Gaiom
Gui
Naaman
Stroy
Jordan
Elisha
Ezekiel
Jericho
Igenariah
Canaan
Gueti
Pleiades Kome
Rother
Christ
Heavenly Wall
Earth
Bear attack ends in fatal shot in Wright Township
Farmer Lacroix and his son tracking a bear near Montreal confronted the animal in the fields. The bear gripped the elder by the shoulders and clawed at him before the younger Lacroix killed the bear with a shot to the head.
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Lacroi
Wright Township
Montreal
Lacroix the Elder
Lacroix the Younger
Eiffel Tower Strike Ends with Wage Increases
The strike of workers on the Eiffel Tower ends with wages raised by 5 centimes per hour, increasing monthly. A further 5 centime rise applies when working days shorten to nine hours. Those employed by the time the third platform is reached receive 50 francs when the tower is completed. The structure stands 470 feet high.
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Eiffel Tower
Gas Wells Near Wheeling Run Dry Threaten Regional Industry
A Wheeling dispatch reports natural gas wells near the city are failing, risking widespread shortages in Pittsburgh and other towns across Pennsylvania Ohio and Indiana. If confirmed, many manufacturing nodes built on cheap gas could revert to coal increasing costs for homes and industry and halting distant gas pipelines.
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Wheeling
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Congress Portraits of Notable Members and Traits
Washington correspondent profiles several House members. Stewart of Texas the tallest, Barnes of Georgia the heaviest, Ingalls the thinnest. McKinley of Ohio called the most learned Republican leader. Reed of Maine witty. Carlisle of Virginia intellectual on Democrats side. Sunset Cox witty. Gen. Weaver of Iowa noted for vast knowledge and quick, reasoned debate with a soldierly bearing.
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Stewart
Texas
Barnes
Georgia
Ingalls
Congress
Washington
McKinley
Ohio
Tom Reed
Maine
John G. Carlisle
Sunset Cox
Gen. Weaver
Iowa
Don Pratt
Army Horses Tails Docking Criticized As Fashion Hazard
A 19th century letter argues against docking horses tails praising their role in balance and speed. It notes that military horses rarely have tails trimmed while condemning fashionable mutilations seen in civilian sport horses. The writer cites polo and Comanches as examples of wiser practices and questions evidence for docking in cavalry units.
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Ixion
Newport
Evening Up the Score Hat Feud Ends in Vandalism
A Cincinnati young society woman sparked a family quarrel over a new hat. Brothers unscrewed the milliner's work with a knife and cut the hat’s plumage. Amanda wept, raged, and the next morning a bicycle and shotgun parts vanished, while Amanda appeared innocent.
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Cincinnati
Mamma
Amanda
Comparisons Are Odious in English Right of Way Suit
A direito of way dispute in England revisits an old trial where two elderly villagers testified on its long existence. The judge questions one about temperance and the other confesses a long history of no sober nights, highlighting legal satire and village life.
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Edward Irving
Horace Bushnell
Albert Barnes
Wolesley
Jesus
Edward N. Kirk
Congregational Church
Stephen H. Tyng
Episcopal Church
Matthew Simpson
Methodist Church
John Dowling
The
Baptist Church
Samuel K. Talmage
Presbyterian Church
Dr. DeWitt
Reformed Church
John Chambers
Independent Church
St. John
Christ
Nerva
Trajan
Antoninus
Daniel
Greece
London
Gibraltar
Thunderbolts
Seven
Tom Paines
Heaven
Heavenly Wall
England
Dyspepsia Said to Have Affected Napoleon’s Leipzig Battle
The text argues that mental performance falters under pain or low spirits. It cites Napoleon’s defeat at Leipzig as a historical example, blaming a dyspeptic attack from a hurried meal of shoulder of mutton and onions.
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Battle
Leipsic
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