Vashti the Queen in a sermon on virtue and sacrifice
A preacher uses the Esther tale to exalt Vashti as queen veiled and silent and as sacrifice. He praises humble faithful women and warns against bold worldly women while urging steadfast faith and charity. He ends with a call to imitate Rachel Hannah Abigail Deborah Mary Esther and Vashti through Christ.
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Shushan
Amethyst
Jacinth
Topaz
Chrysoprastis
Persia
Eulaeus
Ispahan
Shiraz
Vashti
Ahasuerus
Vashil
Queen Vashti
Mary
Scotland
Elizabeth
England
Margaret
Heaven
Society of Angels
Jesus Christ
Rachel
Hannah
Abigail
Deborah
Esther
Provisional Baltimore Stamp Fetches Four Thousand Four Hundred
From The Four Winds notes a Springfield philatelist paid 4400 for a damaged one cent Baltimore provisional, with a second copy valued at 2000. Other items include India’s pawnbroking traits, Southern California festival profits, and Budapest tunnel ventilation flaws raising suffocation risks.
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Springfield
Mass
Baltimore
Gen
Booth
India
California
Los Angeles
San Diego
Budapest
Zalinski
Men of the World Reported News Tidbits
Gossip mentions Gladstone’s rumored vow against public speeches Cecil Rhones famed in England for love Georgine dowager countess of Dudley Louis the Greek runner celebrated as a hero by crowds and invited to the palace An Italian in New York employs 125 bootblacks on ferryboats paying $3.50 weekly and confiscating daily takings by nightly clothes searches earning hundreds weekly.
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Gladstone
Cecil Rhones
England
Georgine
Countess of Dudley
Louis
Marathon
Athens
Greece
New York
Youth Plans Night Out With Chaperon Escort
A shy young man asks a date to a Friday night opera and hopes his father can accompany as chaperone. The exchange highlights frail confidence and parental oversight in social courting.
Newland Conservatory Promises Superior Training Abroad
The institution boasts top equipment and both American and foreign faculty. Located in Boston, it aims to be America’s center for operas and concerts, making one year there arguably worth more than two elsewhere. Prospectus is sent free.
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Newland Conservatory
Perref
Boston
Toesee Center
America
Resturant Keeper Confronted Over Lodging Bill Claim
A man waited for his order and challenged the proprietor asking if the waiter was told to stay away to allow a lodging bill against him. The exchange centers on a dispute over charges at the dining establishment.
Local Reader Praises Dr Kay Keays Herbal Remedy
W Hatch of Marshalltown Iowa reports four years of illness despite doctor visits and medicines. After six weeks on Dr Keays Renovator Hatch claims improvement and endorses the remedy. Mail order option offered by B J Kay Medical Co Omaha Neb for samples or booklet.
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W Hatch
Marshalltown
Iowa
Keays
B. J. Kay Medical Co
Omaha, Neb Bend
Record of Priest Seen in 1888 Across Long Distances
A fragment notes a priest’s sighting in 1888 during a voyage or journey described as crossing many miles. The brief text hints at a remarkable distance covered but provides no precise locations or dates beyond the year.
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Pries
Cure ad claims Piso's Cure for Consumption saves bills
An advertising notice from C. L. Baker of Philadelphia dated December asserts Piso's Cure for Consumption as a money saver. It includes poetic lines about birth and family lineage.
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C. L. Baker
Philadelphia
Reading His Own Shame
Brewer Jones of New Hampshire keeps a ten inch thick scrap book of prohibition clippings to show his grandchildren the crankiness of today. The Midland predicts future shame of their grandfather for selling alcohol, likening it to a slave auction in moral terms.
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Brewer Jones
New Hampshire
The
Midland
The Full Account
A liquor dealer boasts of earning money to a group near his saloon. A listener contrasts with the harm caused, saying the man has made two sons drunkards and a broken-hearted mother, promising the full account will come someday.
Optimism Grows as Christianity Spreads Worldwide
Rev. A. L. Banks of Brooklyn, Ia, declares Christianity is girdling the earth and exerting gracious influence on mankind, bringing humanity closer to a sacred life and a better world each day.
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Rev
A. L. Banks
Methodist
Brooklyn
Universal divorce law urged by Reverend Jones
Rev G C Jones of Pittsburg urges a universal divorce law applicable to all states challenging differing practices in Connecticut and Dakota where judges largely decide divorce. He calls for nationwide reform to standardize divorce rights.
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Connecticut
Dakota
G. C. Jones
Pittsburg
Gambling as theft of another’s property message
Rev. M. J. Breaker argues that gambling deprives others of property, stating that winning $1000 from betting on horse races, a fare bank, or card games yields no true return for what was taken. He frames gambling as unjust enrichment and theft.
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Rev. M. J. Breaker
War Denouncement Urges Preventive Government Action
Rev. Wallace Nutting argues war should be denounced as slavery and that a righteous government must prevent and render war impossible through policy and moral leadership.
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Wallace Nutting
Repentance as Path to Salvation in Sullivan Quote
A short religious quotation by Rev. J. W. Sullivan emphasizes repentance as essential to salvation. It argues salvation from sin requires a change of mind and that one cannot be saved while remaining in sin.
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J. W, Sullivan
Wreath of Fame and the Captain of a Football Team
A humorous verse vignette shows a youth pursuing glory and wealth depicted by the wreath of fame. The poem traces years of waiting, a homeward return, and the boast of becoming captain of a football team with a cigar bearing his name, as narrated by L. F. Gernhart.
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L. F. Gernhart
Ragged Tramp Pleads With Woman At Farmhouse Door
A shabby tramp arrives at a farmhouse and sobs claiming the resident reminds him of his mother. The woman scolds him and orders him to wash and work, while a dog-attack threat lingers and the tramp is set to run.
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Lion
Jack
Nero
Bull
The Stern Merchant and the Clerk at Bill Debacle
A stern merchant questions a clerk about a customer named Mr Skinem. The clerk admits the bill was rendered by the customer who tore it into infinitesimal portions. A stranger’s entrance interrupts the tense scene, sparing the clerk potential harm.
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Skinem
Origin of mothers taking daughters to watering places
He cites biblical times with Abraham and Rebekah as the origin of the custom, asking where the practice began and noting Rebekah found her husband at a watering place. The exchange suggests a discussion of ancient social customs and matchmaking in antiquity.
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Abraham
Reebekah
North Dakota Wheat Crops So Large They Crooked County Lines
Real estate talk recalls two bumper harvests in North Dakota. Agents describe crops so vast that mortgages were forced into rivers and counties appeared as round as a full moon, blurring township boundaries.
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North Dakota
Much to Her Surprise at the Concert
Mrs. Winks remarks on a classical music program last night and Mrs. Binks agrees, saying she enjoyed it very much.
Weill Said and Miss Justout Exchange Odd Banter
The dialogue features Weill Said probing a topic as Miss Justout dismisses with quips about a strong jaw. Outal Knight replies with a cryptic remark placing the discussion between a seminary and a cemetery.
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Weill
Miss Justout
Bagage
Outal Knight
Bankrupt. Dyer Struggles With a Boorish Stranger
A dialogue scene shows Dyer challenged by a rude intruder who proclaims his own business while Dyer asserts bankruptcy and questions the stranger's manners in a tense exchange. The encounter reveals character and social tension within a setting of financial distress.
Guilty Plea in Odd Prompt Trial
In a terse courtroom sketch Judge Quick-Thirty sentences Wragged Whiskers Lemmer to thirty days after a vagrancy hearing. Jedge denies guilt with the reply I didn't do nothin as the court processes the unusual case.
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Lemmer
Jedge
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