Drive Out Unclean Things From Your Soul Sermon
A Sunday sermon urges Christians to purge vices lik e the vulture owl chameleon and snail from the soul. It warns against gloom gossip and half hearted faith, urging decisive action toward heaven and away from worldliness with vivid biblical examples and calls to zeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jin Christ
Gong
Rome
Hannibal
Wilson
Ers
Esson
Mary Ann
Darth
Tan
Ben
Benner
Tusk
Satan
Brooklen
Ant
Anatan
Sinai
Hell
Earth
Heaven
Brooklyn
Boston
Rogers
Paul
Christ
Pompeii
Jesus
Princeton
Universalists
Neros
Pauls
Mary
Nott's colossal plan for Chicago sewage drainage proposed
Gordon H. Nott explained to a City Council committee a main sewer tunnel twenty feet in diameter running twenty six miles south to Des Plaines River eight miles south of Joliet. The proposal includes a deep ramp, rapid current, a precipitating basin of eighty acres, a 300 acre settling basin, and selling settlings as fertilizer. He estimates ten thousand ninety workers over four years for completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Times
Gordon H. Nott
Bridewell
Desplaines
Joliet
Curstry Heat Maine’s Oldest Resident Dies at 109
Curstry Heat of Searsmont, Maine, died recently aged 109. Years earlier he resolved to never work again after forty years of labor. He reportedly had lungs so strong his voice could be heard a mile even at age 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curstry Heat
Searsmont
Maine
Mr. Heat
Colored man hanged in Marlin described with vivid headlines
A colored man was hanged at Marlin Texas the other day and newspapers gave sensational treatment naming the event with phrases like A Midair Dance and Jerked to Eternity. The piece condemns the sensationalism and racial framing used by the papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlin
Texas
The Double Chin and the Thinker in Physiognomy
The piece discusses Lavater the physiognomist and his praise of double chins as marks of intellect and character. It mentions Lavater citing examples from Raphael Cicero and Wren, notes painters and writers’ use of chins, and cites Wilkie Collins and Shakespeare to illustrate public perception of the chin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavater
Washington
Reason
Raphael Witi
Cicero
Wren
Wilkie Collins
Count Fosco
Fosco
Shakespeare
London
Stamford
Senator Vance Uses Humor In Will Contests Trial
The trial over a planter Johnson estate continues with Senator Zebulon B. Vance closing for the disinherited heirs. Vance ridicules the heirs’ complaints while recounting a tale of a deacon saved from drowning and offering a worn coin as payment for life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zebulon B. Vance
Johnson
Mr. Vance
Vance
London
Chicago
Proper Mode of Electrical Executions
A Medico Legal Society report from New York outlines an electric chair method with a helmeted head support a sponge covered metal electrode on the spine and a second electrode on the crown. It calls for a 1000 volt dynamo and about thirty seconds of current using water to wet contacts and skin. The piece notes the method is more horrible than gallows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Peterson
J. Mount Blewer
Frank H. Ingram
Rh. Ogden Poremus
Medico- Legal Society
New York
New Orleans Picayune
Chronic Offender Quip Sparked by Wiggins and Bache
In a terse exchange, Wiggins notes Serogzs may be at odds with his third wife. Bache retorts that repeated offenses merit punishment, underscoring a sharp, no-nonsense street verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiggins
Serogzs
Old Bache
Rail Travel Fifty Years Ago Compared with Modern Lines
A New York Observer reminiscence recalls early rail travel on the Harrisburg line with strap rails and rough, dusty cars. Passengers faced jolts from loose end rails and dreadful car coupling, while the Pennsylvanian capital offered a momentary relief as travelers stepped onto cleaner air by a canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Penn
Pennyslvania
New York Observer
Idols Behind Weekdays Show Ancient Gods in Museum
In the Northern antiquities hall a display links weekday names to idols. Sun god for Sunday holds a burning wheel. Moon for Monday bears the moon. Tyr for Tuesday, Woden for Wednesday, Thor for Thursday, Friga for Friday, and Seater for Saturday appear in various forms describing their worship and attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aterlin
Tulseo
Woden
Thor
Friga
Seater
Wild Western Names Mentioned in Okanogan Outlook
The Okanogan Outlook laments a traveler’s remark that only a few locals are worth visiting. It lists Wild Goose Bill Okanogan Smith Texas George and many others including Shooku in the trapover Sun rise Jack Yellowstone Jim Buckskin Charlie Dogskin Bill Okanogan Bill Baldy Brown Tuff Nut George Baldy Huff Wild Bill Wenatchee Bill and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okanogan
Washington Territory
Wild Goose Bill
Okanogan Smith
Texas George
Shooku
Sunrise Jack
Yellowstone Jim
Buckskin Charlie
Dogskin Bill
Baldy Brown
Tuff Nut George
Baldy Huff
Wild Bill
Death Warning in Germany Heard From Crickets
A cryptic report notes that in Germany a cricket's cry is interpreted as a death warning, reflecting superstitious belief or local lore connected to omens and folk traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Also Mentioned on This Page
DR. Talmage
Ano
Jerusalem
Felix
Martin Luther
John Oldcastle
Wesley
Knox
Rocky Mountains
Church of God
Wild Western Nomenclature
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