Raw Recruits and the Armor of God Sermon
A Sunday sermon urges new church members to embrace a strong Christian life with constant work discipline. The speaker warns against spiritual laziness, extols prayer, Bible study, and faithful associations, and urges higher aims beyond mere conversion.
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Jesus Christ
God
Perhips
Christ
Gol
Saratova
Gospel of Gol
Moses
Bearn
Paul
Tom Paine
Thas
Bolinzorox
Voltaire
S.x
Jold
Assanihe
The Push for Better Common Roads Across States
The piece argues that good roads concern all classes and that current methods are inadequate. It contrasts the solid infrastructure built for rail with worn horse-drawn transport and calls for reform in country road building as times grow ripe for change.
Alpine Edelweiss Protection Bill Leads to Fines
Tyrol government passes law to curb uprooting and selling Edelweiss amid fears the rare Alpine flower may become extinct. Tourists and traders are blamed for plant destruction as collectors profit from the flowers.
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Swiss
Tyrol
Poisonous-feeding secret blamed for neighbors’ deaths
An old Black woman in Columbia South Carolina is said to know a secret center on a dug that makes hens fat and tasty but turns the flesh poisonous to humans. Neighbors who ate the meat reportedly died, while a local undertaker is involved in the deaths.
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Columbia
Long Time to Wait and Brahma Cycles in Theosophy
Theosophists describe a year of Brahma as 360 days and nights, with 100 Brahma years forming the great Kalla a vast period of 411 billion years after which the entire solar system passes into a fourth phase and all things are said to be revealed on the objective plane.
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Tere
God
Heaven
Taos
A Bridge of Salt in Death Valley Hard Grits a Wagon Route
A long salt crust across Death Valley forms a natural eight mile bridge as workers beat down salt pinnacles with sledge hammers to carry wagons. Two graves lie near the eastern end above the rail.
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Death Valley
Furnace Creek
C. Hart Merriam
Corps of
Lake Erie
Thease
Hawks and Martins Rescue Pigeon in Flight
A hawk attacked a pigeon as pigeons circled in the city sky. Martins responded to a shrill signal and swarmed the hawk, forcing it to drop its prize and flee. The incident prompts praise for animal mercy in a New York Advertiser quotation.
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Viola
Martin
New York Advertiser
One Way to Gratify a Toad
A humorous note on the toad's reaction to back-scratching. The animal initially appears wary of the twig, then relaxes after several passes. The toad hisses with pleasure, swells its body for more room, and relaxes into a back-scratching stance before hopping away.
Gunner's shell destroys cottage he built
Pierre Barlat a Sevre s gunner in 1870 fires on a bridge cottage he and his wife Jeanne saved to own. The general commends a direct hit. Pierre cries, saying the cottage was all he had. The article ends noting Chicago post office profits of 2,000,000 yearly.
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New York Tribune
Wanamaker
Hawthorne
Pierre Barlat
Sevres
Paris
Jeanne
Pierre
Jeanee
Germany
Mount Valerian
Noel
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DR. Talmage
Anil
Earth
Hell
Lord Jesus Christ
David
Summerfield
Doddridge
Hannah More
Charlotte Elizabeth
Apostle Paul
Christ’s Church
China
India
Fenelon
Anitiere Mas
Bell Telephone
Ter
Hawk and
Ole
Chicago Post-Office
M. E. O'Falion
Las
Irs
Mary FE
Piqua, Obie
An An
Hood
Bksey
Progzists
de. Kite & Co
Binonastos
Fea
Himir
Tutt
Neta
Park Place
N. Xe
Abask
Marebali Woot
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