Our Social Recreations and the Christian Life
Dr. Talmage in Washington argues amusements shape souls, urging constructive recreation. He praises music, gymnasiums, parlor games, and outdoor sports as wholesome uses of the world while warning against dissipation. He stresses doing good as the noblest recreation and warns that death comes for all, urging mindful, virtuous living.
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Mar
Talmage
Sampson
Davon
Samson
Gaza
Heaven and Earth
Haydn Societies
Richard Baxter
Robert Hall
Atlantic
Martin Luther
God
Church of God
Old New York ad shows stage coach era on Broadway
The piece notes conservative New York firms cling to aged illustration styles. A book features a Fifth Avenue Hotel page ad with a bygone scene of a stage coach on Fifth Avenue and a sparse plaza, lacking modern cable and horse cars, dating to the early 1860s. The writer finds Broadway scenes of that era quaint and almost ancient.
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New York Mall
Express
New York
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Fifth Avenue
Enfant Terrible and the Visit That Shook a Child
A woman who overextended visits to a friend stayed several days. On departure morning she asked a four year old if he would miss her. The child replied no and when asked to return, he said one visit is enough, shocking his mother.
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Virginius
Macbeth
Shylock
Texas
Jack
Bnt
United States
Indiana
Board of Trustees
J.P. Megrew
National Soldiers’ Home
South Dakota
W. F. Havens
Indianapolis
Wilder
Laura E. Ingersoll
Charles Ingersoll
Eleventh
Maury Havens
Nora Hord
Whitley County
W. P. Youckey
Lafayette
Seventy-second Indiana
Louis Gross
Delphi
Wabash Valley
Tippecanoe
Redwood Leads Pencil Wood Shipment to Germany
A new carload of redwood from California has been shipped to Nuremberg Germany for pencil making. With European cedar reserves exhausted, experts report California redwood as the best substitute for pencil wood.
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California
Nuremberg
Germany
Europe
Bicycle Pledge Jokes Stir Evening Peace
Mr Lushly laments lack of peace as his wife joins the bicycle craze. She wants him to ride at night, arguing a man faced with returning a bicycle safely home has the same duty as signing the pledge. The Washington Star records the quip in a lighthearted exchange.
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Washington Star
Mr. Lushly
Philadelphia man seeks cure for X ray vision ailment
A man in Philadelphia claims X ray vision in his eyes and wants doctors to cure the condition, saying he sees skeletons of people within his line of sight and the sight annoys him. In Kansas, 23 of 39 mayors polled oppose resubmitting the prohibition amendment to voters.
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Philadelphia
Kansas
Indiana Soldiers' Home Opens At Lafayette
Indiana's state soldiers home nears completion at Tecumseh Trail near Lafayette with 125 veterans and wives already housed. Trustees report brick buildings, a grand dining hall, hospital, cottages, and grounds arranged for easy access and future administration. Local counties fund cottage construction, aided by the Relief Corps and Grand Army.
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United States
Coples
Vanderburg
Relief Corps
Grand Army
Soldiers
Indiana
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
Fort Wayne
I. N. Walker
James R. Carnahan
W. H. Tucker
D. N. Foster
C. J. Murphy
D. F. Speer
Andrew Fite
H. B. Martin
A. D. Cole
A. O. Marsh
C. M. Travis
W.S. Haggard
D. B. McConnell
J. J. Todd
Jasper E. Lewis
Tippecanoe County
LaFayette
Ames R. Carnahan
Indianapolis
Evanaville
James
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Dr. Talmage
Indiana Soldier Home
B. Wallace
I. B. McDonald
Columbia City
David N. Foster
James B. Wallace
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