Circle of the earth sermon on divine justice and memory
A Washington despatch reports Rev Dr Talmage preaching on Isaiah 11 22 the circle of the earth and Gods providence. He argues history moves in circles from theocracy to monarchy to republic and back, and that sins or good deeds retrace a cycle yet can be broken by forgiveness through Christ. The address ends with Christ as the center of heaven and earth.
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Montreal
Washington
Marion & Marion
Dominion
New York
Atlantic Bidg
D.C- Sw
Talmage
Isaiah
God
Downings
Mitchells
Yorkminster
Ezekiel
Jezebel
Shakespeare
Naboth
Elijah
Paul
Antioch
Cyprus
Lystra
Corinth
Athens
Asia
Europe
America
Earth
Heaven
Voltaire
France
Germany
St. John
City of Heaven
Christ
Savior
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Teething Remedy
An old advertising claim promoting Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. It asserts universal use by mothers, promises immediate relief from night crying, and cites benefits such as curing diarrhoea, regulating digestion, easing wind colic, softening gums, and restoring energy. It notes pleasant taste, a 25 cent price, and sale by druggists worldwide.
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Mrs. Winstow
Mrs. Winslow
Worship of the Beard Across Time and Faiths
The piece traces how beard reverence has spurred laws, wars, and church enforcement from ancient Israel and Islam to medieval Europe. It recounts rulers shaving or cutting hair, bishops enforcing dress norms, and courtiers risking hell for beard length, noting cultural shifts toward intolerance as hair fashion evolved.
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Israel
Paradise
Worcester
Canterbury
Henry I
Henry
Hardly Educated Enough Fly Trap Tale
A smart traveler visits a hot town, sleeps well while others suffer as flies swarm rooms. He pays for a bed, then explains he kept flies out by closing windows and luring them with honey, hiring them with his sample box. The landlord is impressed as the traveler boasts his clever trick.
Vast cash for mere notions of clever ideas
A portrait of rapid wealth from simple thoughts. Harvey Browne sells the core idea of aerating water for $50,000 to a London firm, starting a chain of instant cash deals for ideas. Norman Miles fetches $25,000 for perforated stamp edges, Jacob Morris gains $20,000 for a drying starch gum, and John Rubin's similar doodads bring quick payouts. Henry Stephens sells a churn concept for $10,000, with a later butter-machinery invention then cashing in for $5,000. The piece underscores a era of swift, risk-free monetization of ideas rather than full patents.
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Harvey Browne
Harver Browne
Payne, Nichols & Co
London
Norman Miles
Miles
Jacob Morris
Spitalfields
Morris
Westminster
John Rubin
Cooper, Hennessy, & Co
England
Rubin
Henry Stephens
Stephen
Stephens
Lawrence
Gavin
Japan Has Few Rich Men And A Surprising Wealth Gap
The Jiji Shimpo survey finds 441 individuals in Japan hold at least 250 000 yen, with Tokyo housing about a third of them. Osaka Kobe Nagoya Kioto and Yokohama follow, while Kiushiu shows wealth is widespread but sparse in high income. Comparisons to American millionaire counts suggest Japan has far fewer top earners per capita, though quarter millionaires are harder to gauge.
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Japan
Jiji Shimpo
Jiji
Tokio
Osaka
Kobe
Nagoya
Kioto
Yokohama
Kiushiu
Japan Daily Mail
United States
America
States
Daiji
Anufacturs
Wealth distribution among classes and generations noted
The text reports that 441 wealth holders span farming and merchant classes more than manufacturing, with at least sixty six noblemen not pursuing trade or profession. It notes that only one or two in ten built wealth in one generation. the rest inherited much of it.
London's New Lord Mayor Sir Joseph Dimsdale
London welcomes Sir Joseph Dimsdale as its new Lord Mayor noted for birthright gentility and education at Eton He is a banker and Carlton Club member with a country seat in Langdon Hills Essex He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and travels widely celebrated as a fitting choice for coronation week and royal visitors while a humorous country boy dialogue ends the piece
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London
Sir Joseph Dimsdale
Joseph Dimsdale
Eton
Carlton Club
Royal Geographical Society
Travellers’ Club
City of London
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Hale
Canada
the T. Milburn Co., Limited
Toronto
Ont
Meas
B Med
Doan
Bright’s
Security
Carter
Huntley Webb
Angier
Angier’s
Angier Chemical Company
Boston
Mass
G. G. Smith
Undertaker
Barrie & Stroud
DO Dolmage
Stroud
Collier St. Barrie
Bristol’s Pills
Bristol’s
Empire
Frank
Penny Davis
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