Letter on funeral costs and public funds in a nation’s ethics
The writer critiques state burial expenses and political display, arguing the treasury bears excess cost for public funerals while families struggle. He cites Brumby’s death and the need for modest monuments, urging private charity and quiet help for the poor over grand statewide pageantry. The piece condemns the vanity of lavish tributes and praises discreet benefactors.
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Solumon
Bury
Senate Marvill
Odie
Cuttiages
Washington
Montpelier
Phatis
Vernon
Califurnia
Oregon
Congress
Booker Washington
Tom Brumby
Smother
Manila
Upagreaa
Dewey
Brumby
Capitol
Chia
Carnegie
Rockefeller
Editor's Life Saved by Chamberlain Cough Remedy
In October 1896 I suffered a bad cold settling on my lungs and feared consumption. After tried local doctors, I used Chamberlains Cough Remedy and saw immediate improvement. Three bottles restored my lungs to health, says B S Edwards, publisher of The Review Wyatt Illinois. For sale by Hill Orr Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Edwards
the Review
Wyatt, Ill
Hill-Orr Drog Co
Whiskey and Morals Stir Debate Over State Dispensary
A lengthy temperance discourse argues against whiskey, labeling it unhealthy, corrupting, and economically wasteful. It condemns state liquor sales for fostering crime, disease, and social decay, citing moral and religious grounds and a New York lawyer’s speech on intemperance’s societal wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Individ Harris
Womfort
Mod
Ingman
Wink
New York
Horrors of the corrupt system and calls for reform
A citizen laments judicial and political decay in South Carolina condemning corrupt governance and urging readers to demand legality and integrity. The piece contrasts moral ruin with appeals for honesty, cautioning against vice and praising virtue, while ending with an advertisement for Botanic Blood Balm claiming cures for rheumatism and catarrh and offering a free trial bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blood Balm Co
Mitchell St
Atlanta, Ga
Hill- Grr Drug Co
Wilhite & Wilhite
Bible View Debates Role of Women in Scripture
In a dialogue Mary and John discuss gender in the Bible. They note that the Bible highlights men more than women and concede that the book says all men are liars, prompting the husband to leave to check the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Jezebel
Ahab
Mary
Yard milk by the Irishman tale at country shop
An Irishman in a country shop asks for a yard of milk after seeing a sign everything sold by the yard. The shopman marks a yard with his finger on the counter. Pat ends by asking to wrap it and take it home. A note claims twelve pounds is the weight of a new U S Army automatic machine firing 450 shots per minute, portable by one man.
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Marnita Street
Prince
Rupert
Carnegie
Rockefeller
Dr. Hedley
Cadi
Pat
Mable
Henry
Chatham Island
Ecuador
Zeto
Ancient Egypt insights in Moses era and its scholars
A fragment discusses Egypt's advanced knowledge before Moses, detailing astronomy, geography, irrigation, and temple learning. It praises Egyptian universities and the arts, noting monumental pyramids, craft, and literature, then shifts to unrelated jokes about a rainy day and a minister’s audience.
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Archinologista
Indover
Egypt
Moses
J. W. Hanson
Suez
Arta
Joseph
Europe
Luther
Fortcard
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Billarps
Lihat Constitution
Sep Joriary
Débiees
South Caroling
Tiberty
BON OF
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Brett
the Bible View
N.Y
Gorm
Az Suntan
Phas of Old
de Samuelptoer
Haine Sco
Ipiita
Bears
Castoria
C. D. Anderson & Bro
Qo, C. Anderson & Bro
Pearless Lee Gook Stove
John T. Burriss
John A. Hayes
United States
Gainesville
Thares
Hill-Orr Drug Co
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