Great thin gs hang on small acts and a Damascus rope
Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage preaches on Paul’s escape from Damascus through a basket lowered from a balcony. He argues history hinges on tiny, unseen deeds and recalls mothers and hidden helpers who held the rope for others. The sermon urges that no seemingly insignificant life is without impact.
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Dr. Talmage
Paul
Damascus
T. DeWitt Talmage
Grimsby
Can
Monastery of
Mount Sinai
Apostle
Earth
Heaven
Tion
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
Thessalonians
Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
Felix
Tecan
Father
Mother
Summerville
Charles G. Finney
St. Paul
Heavenly Temple
Mighty One of Heaven
Parental Friendship and the Foundation of National Life
A Philadelphia Public Ledger essay emphasizes intimate parent child bonds as the core of moral character and social happiness. It argues that gentle loving authority and genuine daily care form a lasting influence beyond fear and coercion, shaping national life through well raised citizens.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Independent Man Burdened by Opinionated Clerks
A Chicago Journal opinion lampoons retail clerks and tailors who dictate styles and sizes, claiming these salespeople curb individual choice. The piece laments constant corrections and condescending advice that erode personal control over clothing in a town forced to conform to others ideas of what suits.
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Sam
Chicago Journal
Torekka's church abundance and saloon absence noted
Torekka Kansas claims more churches than any city its size and none of its citizens visit a saloon. Other items report Sheriff GreeneWalt's century-old pear tree and an English amateur acquiring a year 1716 Stradivarius in Milan for 890 pounds. Railway timetables are now small enough to fit inside a watch cover. Swine plague studies stress clean water for hogs. Rhode Island Senator Grace has avoided portrait sittings despite photographers attempts.
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Torekka
Kas
Greenewalt
Green Ridge
York County
Milan
Cnace
Rhode Island
Bald-Headed Women and the Hairdresser’s Secrets
A humorous St Louis Globe-Democrat piece questions why women seem bald-headed in high society. It highlights that richer meals may accompany thinner hair, notes dramatic hair fashions like V bangs and Graecian knots, and recalls staged salon tricks to conceal thinning hair while teasing society’s pretensions.
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St. Louis
West End
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Two Neighbors Duel With Fences On Brush Street
At noon yesterday a man in Detroit erected a high fence to block light from his right side neighbor, only to find a second fence completed on the opposite side by the left side neighbor. He shrugged and admitted, I never thought two could play at this game.
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Brush Street
Detroit Free Press
Hens Need Space and Early Feeding for Better Egg Production
The piece argues that hens must be natural roamers and provided with early feeding and proper exercise. When kept confined in filthy hen houses to protect crops, they scratch for corn, fail to lay eggs, and lead farmers to conclude hens don’t pay. Proper housing and access to outdoor space are implied as remedies.
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É. Paul Pioneer Press
Advertising claims for Plaster and Bitters remedies
An advertising fragment touts Auucock's Porous Plasters as a universal external remedy for back pain and many ailments, notes thirty years of use and medical endorsements, and warns against substitutes. It also cites Washington Critic guidance and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters with testimony from sufferers of dyspepsia malaria and related conditions.
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Auucock
Hostetter
Trains Schedule and Arrivals for Wheeling Route 1888
Trains leave Wheeling for St. Clairsville at 7:05 a.m. 8:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. 4:10 p.m. daily except Sunday. Accommodation runs from Cambridge 5:30 a.m. Zanesville 6:30 a.m. daily except Sunday arriving Columbus 6:35 a.m. Cincinnati 12:45 p.m. Other connections cover Mayetta Caldwell Cambridge Newcomerstown Canal Dover Canton Akron Cleveland Buffalo Toledo Pittsburgh New York Coshocton Newark Zanesville Columbus Chicago St Louis Kansas City. In effect June 13 1888.
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National School of
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Euclid Ave
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L’art de la Nmiode
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Ae &B
19Th St
Secret Service
Grannan Detective Bureau Co
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Plum Street
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Chicago, Ill
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Cleveland & Marietta Railway
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Atom Om
A. T. Wikoff
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Jackson
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Maud
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Remont
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Morley
Rheumatic Syrup Company
Jackson, Mich
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Chicago & Wheeling
Dennison
Aeave Cole
James McCrea
Tord
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