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Newspaper
Benton County Times
Location
Vinton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1895
Page
4
A Western prairie scene frames a sermon on tears as agony in solution. Dramatizing trouble as a design to curb worldly comfort, Talmage argues tears teach dependence on God, prepare hearts for sympathy, and shift focus from this life to the next, citing scripture and personal parables.
The speaker likens sorrow to a healing balm drawn from biblical allegory and personal loss. He urges believers to see death as a progression from mourning to reunion, describing heaven as a united home where loved ones are together. He urges cheerful perseverance and preparing for the final escape to glory.
The Ram’s Horn praises Leo XII for a decree loosening fast day obligations for poorer church members. Father Ducey of New York is quoted describing the hardship of abstinence, forced labor in sweatshops and sewers, and eating rotten fish. The piece lauds the pope as progressive in recognizing religion beyond mere forms.
In Chicago a new project named the Model Workshop and Lodging House association helps homeless women. Supported by 33 women’s clubs, it offers 15 cents a night for a bath, gown, sitting room and bed with housework or sewing as payment if penniless. The article cites Phillips Brooks on selfless service as its guiding ethos.
The article profiles Philip G. Westing, president of the Bank of Worcester and Toledo City Bank of Toledo, Iowa, who credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with easing twenty five years of locomotor ataxia. He details initial skepticism, a long search for relief, and eventual improvement after substantial use, noting stronger legs and better balance. The piece frames broader worries about nerves amid modern fast living and cites sales details for Pink Pills.
The passage notes beliefs about new and old moon phases predicting rain and wet months. It cites Spanish proverbs about the moon guiding water and sun circling, and mentions that English farmers once linked sixth day weather to earlier days with a high accuracy, though scientists have debunked these notions.
The piece notes Princess de Polignac once Winaretta Singer as Paris's top amateur musician, Gail Hamilton’s pupil idol status, Senora de Cousino as possibly the wealthiest widow worth about 200 million, and Queen Victoria’s strict ban on smoking at royal residences. Emily Faithful balanced women’s causes with a cigar habit for asthma relief. A Cuban War News fragment questions insurgent telegraph lead times.
The article explains Japan's dominance in crude camphor exports, the aging forest stock, and new government measures to replant and tend camphor trees. It details refining processes shifting from abroad to Japan, outlines tree growth timelines, and notes a district in Tosa with thirteen trees aged about a century capable of yielding 40,000 pounds of crude camphor worth about $4,000.
A Washington patent office draft showcases alarms for gas leaks grave robbery cemetery protections and rail block systems plus a jail cell design using hollow bar walls and a battery linked circuit that triggers an alert if a bar is sawn. The piece also reflects social humor with brief cartoon dialogue on engagement rings and shop counter chatter.
A prose piece on tact distinguishes honest discourse from policy and promotes a land prospectus for the Kansas City Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad. It invites readers to request a pamphlet describing Missouri Arkansas lands, climate, water, timber, and farm opportunities along the Ozarks, with free descriptive materials and affordable land options.
At Mount Moriah Baptist Church on Bull Skin Creek Miss Madie Walsh lay in state as funeral rites began. When the coffin lid opened several onlookers swore she moved and the undertaker saw a spasmodic hand motion. The supposed corpse rose and sat up crying I thank God. She remained conscious throughout but could not speak.
A collage of old advices and quips on stimulants and cures, featuring No-To-Bac claims, Hall’s Catarrh Cure, Piso’s Cure, and Dr Bline’s nerve restorer. Mentions Sterling Remedy Co recruiting in New York or Chicago, plus notes on diamonds and pensions, with miscellaneous editorials and verse fragments.
Rev Charles Parkhurst notes rich American girls rarely value genealogical records and seek marriage for wealth rather than lineage. He argues some couple their wealth and blood marry, guided by material glamour. The piece cites education property values in the United States totaling about 600 million dollars, with public school property at 400 million.
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