Tears as Design and Help in Trouble in Sermon
A preacher argues tears are agony in solution and shows trouble as God’s design to curb earthly longing. He urges dependence on God, elevates sympathy from experience, and casts death as reunion, urging steadfast, joyful endurance toward heaven.
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David
Mary
Paul
Christ
God
Alexander
Bethany
Golgotha
Martha
Sarah
Father
Mother
Grandfather
Grandmother
Heavenly Street
Jesus
Brooding Over Trials Leads to Insanity
A description of fretfulness driven by persistent worry about life’s troubles. It notes the mind clinging to difficulties from morning through night, disturbing sleep and elevating anxiety until some individuals end up in an insane asylum.
Model Workshop and Lodging House aid for women
A good work has begun in Chicago for homeless women under the Model Workshop and Lodging House association. Supported by 33 women’s clubs, it offers a bath, clean gown, sitting room access, and a bed for 15 cents per night. Those without funds can earn lodging by housework and sewing.
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Chicago
Model Workshop and Lodging House Association
Self-Sacrifice Quote Reflects on Altruism
A reflective excerpt emphasizes that trivial self-sacrifice yields little reward while true selflessness, driven by overwhelming impulse and complete trust in serving others, yields deep delight and inner peace. The speaker, Phillips Brooks, frames altruism as the ultimate fulfillment of the self.
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Lse
Phillips Brooks
Bank President Credits Pink Pills For Relief From Locomotor Ataxia
In Worcester Otsego County New York President of the Bank of Worcester and Toledo City Bank of Toledo Iowa Mr Welling describes twenty five years with locomotor ataxia and credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with improved leg strength and steadier walking After trial and initial doubt he reports noticeable benefits and urges continued use He notes his active financial roles remain demanding and influential The Pills are sold by druggists or by mail from Schenectady N Y at 56 cents per box or six for 2 50
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Cooperstown
Philip G.westing
Bank of
Worcester
Toledo City Bank
Toledo
Iowa
Otsego County
New York
Mr. Weiling
Mr. Welling
Florida
Iowa Falls
Michigan
Welling
Worcester Bank
Moon signs and weather beliefs across eras
The passage outlines old moon based weather maxims from English and Spanish sources. It notes beliefs that new moon conditions predict wet or dry months, cites proverbs about the moon's circle and horns, and mentions a sixth day comparison to forecast consistency. Modern science discredits these links, though almanacs still echo them.
Women of Note and Noble Figures Highlight
A compendium notes Princess de Polignac once Winaretta Singer as Paris’s premier amateur musician, Gail Hamilton a cheerful former girls’ seminary tutor, and Senora de Cousno as the world’s wealthiest widow at about 200 million. It also cites Queen Victoria’s smoke bans at royal residences, Emily Faithful’s cigar habit aiding asthma, and a Cuban War update with Potts remarking insurgents ahead by about ten telegrams.
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Prince Leopold
Saxe- Coburg
Queen Victoria
Princess de Polignac
Winnaretta Singer
Paris
Gail Hamilton
Girls
Chile
Senora de Cousno
Windsor Castle
Balmoral
Osborne
Emily Faithful
Camphor Supply and Japan’s Refining Push
Japan now dominates camphor production with annual crude exports around five million pounds, a quarter to the United States and the rest to Europe. Refining moves from Europe and America to Japan, where crude is turned into finished camphor. Forest depletion prompts government action. new trees are planted and tended, with 25 to 30 years needed for full yield. Formosa camphor quality lags behind Japan’s, and Formosan forests remain sparsely exploitable.
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Sumatra
Borneo
East Indies
China
Formosa
Japan
United States
Europe
America
Tosa
Alarms and Patents Prevent Grave Robber Trains
Patents filed in Washington reveal diverse alarm devices to stop criminals and protect trains and graves. Gas or heat sensors trigger alerts, while railway track wiring halts locomotives and dumps abrasive sand. A jail wall design uses hollow bars wired to a battery to sound alarms if sawn.
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Patent
Washington
Hayseed
Almost a Hint in a Witty Exchange Between Dandies
A playful exchange features Dudely admiring Miss Fanny’s tiny fingers and noting their size while she jokes that a modest engagement ring could fit her finger cheaply. The light dialogue emphasizes charm and perception in a social scene.
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Fanny
Mabut Foreco Love Note at Counter Exchange
A brief dialogue captures a flirtatious exchange at a Mabut shop counter. A customer declares affection to a shop girl and asks for a favorable reply, while the clerk redirects by asking if anything else is needed at the counter.
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Mabut
Pretty Shop
Tact and misused persuasion in midwestern prose
A collage of quotes on tact and honesty contrasts with bold pitches for land from Kansas City to the Gulf, followed by a funeral scene at Mount Moriah Baptist Church, a Nascent health cure ad for No-To-Bac, odd anecdotes, and a long digressive note on nobility and pedigrees, ending with property valuations and public schools figures.
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Hornbeck
Kansas City
Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad
7Th and
Wyandotte Sts
Hanscoms
Gulf of Mexico
United States
Missouri
Arkansas
Ozarks
Tropical Gulf
Mount Moriah Baptist Church
Bull Skin Creek
Madie Walsh
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P.G. Westing
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