Superfluities a Hindrance in Young Giants of Life
Sermon on avoiding excess by a giant with extra fingers and toes, contrasting ordinary people’s service with wealth and power. Warns that wealth and prestige burden, urging humble use of hands and feet for God, charity, and community, citing examples like Peter Cooper and everyday workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan
Shimea
Fyother
Gigy
David
Vavernier
Java
Volcatius
Maupetius
Berlin
Gath
Israel
Bath
Duff
Izale
Tyler
Il Hs
Potomac
Bie Luthers
Faradays
Wis
Bismarcks
Gladhi
Washingtons
George
William Wirt
Samcan
Valentine Mott
Joseph C. Vy
Disraeli
Poland
Peter Cooper
Trenton
Mr. Lester
Cooper Institute
Boat
American Bible Society
Saratoga
Hamburg
Carlsbad
God
Humanity
Charles Bell
Waterloo
Earl of Bridgewater
Jehu
Jehonadeth
Irrajan
Beneventum
Rome
Champs Flysees
Pinion
Christ
Charles Reade
Perdition
Thomas Trowbridge
Inkermann
Ramsgate Blacksmith Faces Murder Charge Over Past Tragedy
Richard Brespine a Ramsgate England blacksmith is jailed on murder charges after confessing to pushing a woman named Hannah White overboard in a quarrel on a boat twenty four years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Brespine
Ramsgate
England
Hannah- White
Defense of the Alamo remembered in Austin monument tale
A Galveston correspondent recalls the Alamo siege led by Travis Bowie Crockett and Bonham, the 1836 assault by Santa Anna, and the fort’s defenders. It notes the Austin monument of limestone from the Alamo, its partial destruction in a later fire, and the preserved base now to be placed in the new State Capitol.
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Galveston
St. Louis
Austin
John P. White
Court of Appeals
L. L. Foster
State Bureau of Statistics and History
Texas
San Antonio
A. Barrett Travis
Santa Ana
Republic
Travis
James Bowie
Davy Crockett
John R. Bonham
I. W. Smith
Gonzales
Dickinson
Col. Travis
Evans
Bowie
Crockett
Foster
White
State Capitol
The Colleen Bawn tale of Elly O Connor and Scanlan
A historic crime tale claims Boucicault drew on real events. Elly O Connor was romance target for Scanlan who married her in secret and plotted to end her life to marry Miss Chute of Castle Chute. A murder attempt, first by servant Danny Mean and then by Scanlan himself, ends after their boat trip.
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Danny Mann
Kilrush
Clare
Scanlan
Dublin Castle
Daniel O'Connell
Gallows Green
Sullivan
Limerick
Collegians
Boucicault
Colleen Bawn
Elly O'Connor
Owen
Limbeland
Edomhis Es
Lamerick
Chute
Castle Chute
Eily O'Connor
Glin
Danny Mean
Shannon
Danny
Bricklayer Congressman Stanton and the Capitol inquiry
The 1857 Kentucky Congressman Stan ton, a former bricklayer and mason, chaired an investigating committee that exposed no fraud in Capitol construction. He dressed as a mason and inspected sites personally, disproving contractor claims and averting further scandal.
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Stanton
Kentucky
Congress
Capitol
Chicago Times
Congressional Investigating Committee
National Capitol
Start Him in Business The Learner’s Training Dollar Gift
A rich man contemplates sending his son into business with a staged departure and a cash stake. He reasons that gifting twenty one thousand dollars in small bills would expose him to early losses and hustle, teaching discipline, resilience, and market roughness that prevent greater future ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Rom
Island Bones on San Clemente Awes San Diego Party
A San Clemente island discovery astonishes a party led by Arthur Cheatham of Santa Ana. They found a valley of dry bones with about five hundred human skeletons scattered across the site, suggesting a sudden massacre of native inhabitants.
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Riversie Cal
Tribnne
Frank Morrison
Trivor
San Clementi
Laguna
Arthur Cheatham
Santa Ana
San Diego
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DR. Talmages
Ance
Travis, Bowie
Crockett Fell
Star’ Ag
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