The Pathos of Polygamy in Mormon Life and Law
A critical examination of plural marriage among Mormons, detailing three motives for the practice, its harms to women and families, and recollections of Brigham Young’s 1863 manifesto. The piece contrasts worldly gains, religious duty, and martyrdom as drivers while citing examples of unhappy households and calls for constitutional action to end the practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Th
Lane
Ivy
Uran
Rathey
Ride
New York
Joseph Smith
Brigham Young
Napoleon
United States
Indy
East
Tam
Ian
Coudfort
Hotda
Allaires
Anny
Lily
Heaven
Blood Balm Cure Promoted for Cancer and Blood Poison
An advertisement touts Blood Balm B B B as a universal cure for cancer and blood poison, claiming it expels the deadly poison from the blood. It offers free sample bottles on request and lists large bottles at $1, with six-bottle treatments also $1, from Blood Balm Co. in Atlanta, Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blood Balm Co
Mitchell St
Atlanta, Ga
The Devil’s Face Behind Whiskey Drinkers Home
A distorted wartime like rambling text notes a prohibition era warning. It rails against whiskey and calls for restraint while narrating the social harm to families and wives and portraying alcohol as a moral danger. The piece references beliefs and locales with scattered names and phrases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
The Last Words of a Drunkard Lecture Fragment
J J Talbot, died from drunken de bauch effects at Wikhart Indiana, reflects on lost calling and ruin. He laments loss of priestly authority, wealth, home, wife, children, mother, and status, showing how drink devastated life and left only grief.
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J. J. Talbot
Wikhart
Ind
The Last Opportunity with Dr Brooks and Ingersoll Tale
The article recounts Colonel Robert G. Tyer soll’s tale of a visit to Dr. Phillips Brooks and a refused admission due to sermon day. Brooks allowed an unseen member. he explains strangers may be church members and may meet again in heaven. It ends noting happiness is a state of mind rather than a disposition.
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Robert G. Tyersoll
Tell
Philips Brooks
Brooks
Dr. Brooks
Trouk
Ingersoll
Colonel Layersoll
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