Christmas Night Meditations on Mary and Creation
A Sunday sermon reflects on the Bethlehem scene praising Mary the mother, the Christ child, and all creation from stable beasts to fields and scientists. It honors motherhood, fields, and humane treatment of animals, urging practical care and transport for grain to Baltimore's warehouses.
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Mary
Joseph
Manger
Christ
Luke
Bethlehem
Lord
Earth
Robin
Lark
Anon
Alomo
Jethlehem
Benold
Childhod
Our World
Elijah
Jesus
Tainoon
L. Const
Adam
Baryaoud
Naaman
Jordan
Lonpas
Epard
Ana Sours
Wolf
China
Mars
Baltimore
Curious oddities and crime notes across the era
A compendium of curiosities and criminology bits including a dog that times a clock bytouch and remembers strokes, new theories on crime by Smyth, hypnotic experiment warnings, marriage customs in Loo Choo, and various oddities from eagle traps to buried wills and a talking dogless tale of dental intrigue.
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F. N. Barksdate
Pennsylvania Railroad
Colonel Barksdale
Barksdale
Loo Choo Islands
Islands
Ima Szandor
von Kraft Ebing
The Parrot and the Hen Mischief in a Garden
An amiable parrot in Ashland Penn. terrifies a neighboring hen with shrill shouts and mock commands. When threatened, Polly climbs to a hand for safety, then returns to shout orders as the hen retreats to her nest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
Poll
Ashland Penn
Two Barn Swallows Punish Cat With Aerial Pecking
A vivid anecdote from St. Louis Republic describes two young barn swallows tormenting a cat. Each day the birds swoop from above, pecking the cat on the back as she flees across the hay loft and yard. The swallows repeat the course for about two weeks whenever the cat appears near the barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Com
Republic
Pride Has a Fall in Little Miss Chrysanthemum
In this tale a vain girl with frilly attire mocks a pale roe before a feathered lady interrupts. The florist snaps off Chrysanthemum’s head, taking the flower for herself, as reported by Belle Hunt in the New York World.
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Miss Chrysanthemum
Roe
Miss Carysanthemum
Belle Hunt
New York World
Indian Giant Jack Williams the Wests tallest man
The Louisville Courier Journal profiles Jack Williams, a seven foot two inch, 257 pound man living on a Washington County Indiana farm near New Providence. Born in Polk Township on September 24 1555 he is 32 years old and single. He grew exceptionally tall as a teen while other family members remain of average height.
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Washington County
Indiana
New Providence
Louisville
United States
Jack Williams
Polk Township
Louisville Courier- Journal
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DR. Talmage
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Caspar
Belthasar
Isaac Newtons
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Farge
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Rush
Valentines Mott
Abercrombie
Abernethy
Joseph Henry
Agassiz
Brooklyn
New York
Washington
Jefferson
Arfield
Lincoln
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
Martin Luther
Wesley
St. Bernar
Samuel Ludgett
Doddridge
Walter Scott
Benjamin West
Anias
Caimi
Frevertex C. Smyth
City of
Scribner
Smyth
Byrnes
North American Review
New Review
Lombroso
Turin
Pete Marker
A.h.smith
Rutle Creek
Rocky Mountains
David Wismer
Quakertown
Penny
Perkasie
West Philadelphia
Bartram Botanical Gardens
Bartram
Philadelphia
B. F. Deuarves
Oakland
Cal
Cuaries Allen
Leamington, Ont
Detroit River
Canada
Windsor
Maine
Hanford
Pos
Northamptonshire
England
Dexter
Dre. Jesericn
Criminall
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