Talmage’s Holy Land Journey From New York to Damascus
Dr Talmage writes from the Atlantic toward home after a long inspection pilgrimage through Palestine and Syria. He describes storms, rugged travel by horse, desert huts, and holy sites from Damascus to Mount Hermon, and notes baptizing an American in the Jordan while broader reflections on faith, travel hardships, and biblical landscapes fill his letters.
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Constantinople
America
Atlantic Ocean
Christ
Holy Land
Genesareth
Palestine
Syria
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Adriatic
Aigean
Dardanelles
Marmora
Damascus
Seul
Noah
Straicht
Ananias
Saul
Naaman
Abana
Pharpar
Jordan
Europe
Paul
Patmos
John
Mount Calvary
Brookie” Tabernacle
Gideon
Lake Galilee
Mount Zion
Mount Moriah
Mount Hermon
Herodic
Solomon
Cattle Ships Described in Harsh Voyage Conditions
The New York Sun details brutal conditions aboard cattle ships, citing open sheds, poor construction, and relentless exposure to sleet and spray. It notes overcrowding, brutal handling by crews, high death rates, and routine cruelty during winter passages across the western ocean.
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Deptford
New York Sun
Otters in the Woods Spark Tales of Fishing and Fights
A New York Tribune correspondent recounts visitors in Stoddardsville Pennsylvania as woodsmen share otter lore. A hunter describes catching a tame young otter after watching a mother teach her brood to slide a log into the pool. A separate woodsman recalls a territorial fight between a male and a shy female otter along Choke Creek.
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Stoddardsville
Penn
New York Tribune
Lehigh
Choke Creek
Lennenhoeck
Fragmented narrative with animal interactions
A reader describes a chaotic scene at a camp involving multiple beings as a struggle erupts around a female. The account notes aggression, swimming, and retreat while bystanders react with confusion and restraint. The text remains fragmentary and difficult to interpret.
Yezd-i-khast A Rock Town In Persian History And Mystery
A correspondent describes Yezd-i-khast built on a central rock in a narrow ravine between the Medes and Persians boundaries. The town reaches through a rickety wooden bridge into a cave-like entrance. A crowded public prayer square marks new year customs, baths, henna dyed nails, and stark living conditions inside a tunnel like street with a wary gatekeeper and a seller of dried grapes near the dark pass.
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Yezd-i-khast
Persia
Fars
Irak Acdjemi
Couldn't Break His Oath Commodore Forbes Relies on Governor
An aged Commodore Forbes, having received a peace officer commission, seeks revocation after deciding he cannot uphold his oath to preserve the law. He visits Governor Rice but is told the governor is unavailable, leaving the matter unresolved as Forbes contemplates a drastic action.
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R. B. Fort
Rice
Kendall
Sasande
Ernor
Colonel Rice
Commodore Forbes
Boston Gazette
Too Much of Many Things in the World and Nature's Prolific Eggs
The passage contrasts human excess with universal fecundity listing numerous species and their egg counts. It notes love and babies bring happiness despite overabundance of negative traits and puns. Read as a reflective, period voice on life and nature.
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Msue
White Hair on Young Heads and a Mysterious Cure
A salon tale recalls a health resort visit where a coiffeur sold a wash claimed to turn brown hair white and remove hair color. The narrative notes the subject tried the product nightly, with the miraculous wand-like effect described as transforming appearance much like famous legends.
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St. Louis
Pais
Marie Antoinette
Lola Montezes
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Miss Brownlee
Philadelphia Record
Dakota
Montana
Decembah
Abe
Bic
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