Cleveland and Olney Win Credit for Civil Service Progress
The article lauds President Cleveland and Secretary of State Olney for advancing civil service reform. It credits their policies with reducing spoils system incentives, expanding protections under civil service, and promoting honest, efficient government. It argues merit-based public service gains will improve U.S. governance nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Cleveland
Mr. Olney
England
United States
Cleveland
Henry W Grady Lesson Poem on Weaving Life’s Pattern
A reflective poem tells Henry W Grady’s favored parable about a tapestry weaver. Work on the wrong side yields unseen merit while the right side reveals final beauty. Faith in heaven’s pattern guides patience, endurance, and reward, with the Master’s praise and a golden crown.
The Thompson Street Bicycle Club Rally
The Thompson Street Bicycle Club held a Saturday meeting where new humorous mottoes were hung and members debated etiquette and safety. A judge ruled on Sundown Green’s marital bike dispute, supporting the idea that wives should sacrifice for the rider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson Street Bicycle Club
Toots
Razor as Weapon in a Colored Man's Pocket
Prof Slayback Harper, an organizer of the club, rose to ask for information. He notes that since age sixteen he has carried a razor in his hind pocket, the same as many colored men, and says that razor was his weapon of offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
South
Illinois
Ohio
West Virginia
United States
Slayback Harper
Kidney Remedy Promises Relief in Urinal Symptoms
Advertisement urges readers to use Dr Kilmer Swamp Root for kidney bladder and urinary issues. Claims include relief from back pain frequent urination scalding sensation and liquor aftereffects. Offers sample bottle and pamphlet by mail and notes price 50 cents to 1 dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazett
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Peruna Cures Catarrh and Sparks a Career
A short patient story extols Peruna for chronic catarrh that threatened a young man’s promising life. By taking seven bottles he is cured and urges others to seek the remedy. The ad notes a free 64 page booklet from The Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co. Columbus Ohio. A light quip about liver location follows. Dr. W A Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Stern
Marine City
Mich
Delaware
Hartman
Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company
Columbus
Ohio
Burdens We Carry and the Call to Cast on the Lord
A meditation on worldly worries and burdens not meant for us to shoulder. A girl questions the Atlas figure about carrying the world, and the father explains many loads should be laid down before the Lord. It urges trusting divine strength and reserving care for what is God’s burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Trumbul
Boys to Remember and The Making of a Man
The passage argues that character forms in boyhood not after manhood. It urges promptness, reliability, conscientious effort, and energy, noting that habits built in youth shape future success and moral qualities. It warns against laziness, excuses, and cruelty to the weak.
One Minute Cough Cure Endorsed For Colds And Croup
An advertisement extols an inhalant cough remedy as absolutely pure harmless and reliable. It promises to relieve colds croup and lung troubles and notes children prefer it because it is pleasant to take.
Spurgeon Quote Reflects Regret and Frustration
A terse Spurgeon reflection notes that a vexed look a cold word or withheld help can breed lasting regret. The aphorism emphasizes small social slights accumulating into remorse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nok H. Spurgeon
First a Mole Then Cancer Cure Found in Blood Remedy
A Macon resident describes a 20 year battle with facial cancer. After failing standard treatments the patient credits S S S for curing the cancer by purging the blood and healing the lesion. The account touts the remedy as a sole blood treatment that reaches the disease’s root.
Purely Vegetable Cure Claims for Blood Diseases
A Swift Specific Co. advertisement from Atlanta, Georgia, promotes a vegetarian remedy that allegedly cures cancer, contagious blood poison, scrofula, eczema, tetter, rheumatism, catarrh, and other blood origin diseases. It offers free books on blood and skin diseases mailed to any address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
Not As Successful Elopement
A fragment notes a failed elopement with a fatherly telegram warning of forgiveness if she stayed away. The terse line presents a social judgment on the event as described in the Harper's Bazar quotation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Bazar
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup Extolled for Teething Relief
An old advertisement touts Winston's Soothing Syrup as a universal teething remedy used by millions of mothers for over fifty years. It claims to soothe gums relieve pain cure wind colic and diarrhea and promises immediate relief. Sold by druggists worldwide at 25 cents per bottle with a note to demand Mrs Winslow's brand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. BE. Johnston
Eufaula
Ala
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
Winston
Mrs. Winslow
Modern Telephone Supplants Postboys for Cures
The piece contrasts old postboy message delivery with fast telephone service and compares tedious cold remedies to the near instant relief claimed by One Minute Cough Mecum cure. The ad-like note emphasizes speed and efficacy.
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Constitution
America
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Woman’s Department
Children’s Department
Barnesville, Ga
Tutt’s
Tutt
Henry W. Grady
Frost
THE
Thompson Street Club
M. Quad
Tarheel Jones
Sundown Green
Thorougly
Green
St. Louis Republic
Gatarrh
DeWitt
W. A. Wright
Btoria
Ewe Laawasne
S.S. S
MR. H. Powers
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