Harp and Javelin Sermon on Music and Sin
A Sunday sermon contrasts the harp's soothing power with the javelin of violence in Saul’s attack on David. It extols music as medicine for nervous and moral disorders, cites historical and biblical examples, and urges worship through sacred song to counter hatred and cruelty.
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God
Saul
David
Sin
Satan
Earth
Goliath
Asiling
Gibbon
Bajazet
Timur
Christian
Augustus Toplady
Isaac Watts
Alan
Savior
Elisa
Allard
Kilkenny
Ireland
Switzerland
Alps
Alpine
Heaven
St. John
Harpers
Floods Wreck New Castle and Flood Riots Across Pennsylvania
Widespread floods in New Castle flood eight feet deep. Residents flee by boats from second story refuges as furnaces mills and houses flood. Rail crossings blocked by drifted debris and wrecked trestles. Rescue crews saved prisoners as waters rose higher. In Greenville flood is worst in history flooding streets halting trains on several lines and destroying a major Elk Creek iron trestle. Western Pennsylvania banners report continued heavy rainfall and expected river highs threatening Pittsburg lowlands and factories along Shenango and surrounding streams.
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New Castle
Sons of Dollars
Greenville
N. Y
PS. &L. EE
L. E
Elk Creek
Shenango
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Rivers Flooding Reports From New England and Colorado
May 13 reports from Saco river in Maine show record high water since 1839 with sections of the city flooded and a Hiram boom reportedly broken. Lumbermen brace for log losses as waters rise. May 18 from Reo Curter Colorado notes Eagle river at a fourteen year high with snowmelt. Rio Grande track damage and Midland tracks in disruption as trains run on alternates.
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Bipperorp. Me
Saco
Hiram
Reo Curter
Col
Eagle River
McCarthy Beats La Blanche In Crescent City Bout
Billy McCarthy of Australia defeated La Blanche the Marine in 16 rounds in New Orleans May 19 behind a strong display of power and speed. McCarthy won a purse of 22 000 with 3 1000 for the winner and faced La Blanche's return after a previous suspension. The match drew about 4000 spectators and was praised for fair play and crowd enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Ortrans
Billy McCarthy
Australia
la Bianche
Frisco
Boy Killed By Trolley Car In Newark
Six year old Isaac Marder was killed in Newark as he crossed the tracks after school noon. He stepped in front of a trolley coming from one direction and did not see the car approaching from the other side.
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Newark
N. J
Isaac Marder
Col Benton, Bonaparte Son-in-Law, Dies at 83
Was Joseph Bonapart's son-in-law Col Z H Benton died at his Ox Bow area home aged 83. He married a daughter of Joseph Bonaparte and lived on an estate tied to the exile Spanish king in Watertown area.
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Watertown
N. Y
Z. H. Benton
Joseph Bonaparte
Ox Bow
County
Fire Island Title Cleared and Deed Recorded
Albany May 18 The title of Fire Island has been passed by Attorney General Rosendale and the deed of the property to the State placed on record in the Suffolk County Clerk's office.
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Albany
Fire Island
Rosendale
Suffolk County Clerk’s Office
Mastodons Sightings Reported by Alaska Indians
In Alaska near Fort Mile Creek reports from Stickeen Indians claim recent large mastodon tracks and sightings. Hunters describe tusks as long and yellowish white, resembling those of ancient bones found in the region. Local evidence includes a nine foot tusk and enormous teeth, with some belief live mastodons roam along the river.
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Alaska
Fortsmile Creek
Fortmile Creek
Juneau
Grant's Name and the Early Life of Ulysses S Grant
The text traces Ulysses S Grant's naming history. It notes his given names varied in records, with his family and West Point officials using different forms. It explains how his mother's Simpson family name appeared on early documents and how he later adopted Ulysses Simpson Grant as his full name.
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Grant
Ulysses Grant
Ulysses
Thoms Hamer
West Point
Simpson
War Department
Ulysses S
Ulysses Fie Grant
Ulysses H
West
Uir
Simpson Grant
Hat trimmings and violet mimosa fashion note
A fragment notes violet and mimosa as a favored hat trimmings pair, describing violet shades as dominant in hat decoration and naming mimosa as a popular accent. The passage reflects a period style obsession with floral hat embellishments.
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Rose
Pythagoras
Jubal
Babylon
Josephus
Timotheus
Sebastian Erard
Erard
United States Army
Theodosius
Antioch
Ple
Achilles
Ascleiades
Yorktown
Filippo Palma
Jerome
Prague
Naomi
Tower of Babel
Russia
John
Church On Earth
Waterloo
Forty-second Highlanders
Tennyson
Charles Wesley
Dio Lewis
Saul Jung
Hell
Samuel
Washington
Long Island
New Jersey Heights
Linccoln
Christ
Nazariah
Capernaum
Nazareth
Jerusalem
Solomon's
David Hume
Voltaire
Shaftesbury
Earl of Rochester
William Cooper
Hamaunei
Nareng
Bane Densmore
Densmere
la Blanche
New Orleans
Joseph Bonapart
Fire Island Clear
Grant’s
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