East St. Christian Church Services and Activities
The East St. Christian Church lists Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. and morning service at 10:30 with evening service at 7:30. A semi monthly preaching schedule includes the first and third Lord's Day mornings. Prayer meeting at 7:30 p.m. Future notices mention a colored congregation meeting every other Sunday and Sunday evening services at 7:00 p.m. plus 9:00 a.m. Sabbath School. Evangelical activities include Christian Endeavor at 6:00 p.m. and a Thursday night prayer meeting at 7:00 p.m. The pastor is C. Hants and another pastor named Purtaxper Weaver is listed.
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Ateneus
Epworth
Lord’s Cave
Guud
C. Hants
Socia Meeting
Nabhbatin School
Christian Endeavor
Purtaxper Weaver
Four new battleships named Connecticu Louisiana Tennessee and Washington
A government plan names the next four battleships as Connecticu Louisiana Tennessee and Washington. A law passed to appropriate 3.25 million dollars for a statue of General Grant to be placed on a public square in Washington.
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Sec’v. Gage
Connecticu
Louisiana
Tennessee
Washington
Houses of Congress
Gen Grant
Publc
Nation’s Daughter Sparks Quiet Social Turmoil
In Henry county discussions turn to Mrs. Carry Nation and her temperance activism as a seemingly modest event stirs broader conversation about reform. Local observers note pride in the nation’s namesake while debates over morality and governance gain unexpected momentum.
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Carry Nation
Henry County
Russia Slaps Penny Per Pound Sugar Tariff Threat
Russia charges nearly one cent per pound on all sugars sent to the United States and reports say Secretary Gage may respond with a one cent tariff on Russian sugar. A tariff war appears possible.
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Russia
United States
Gage
Neighborhood telephone fever spreads through Henry County
Farmers organize in many towns including Lewisville Strawns Snyder Shirley Cadiz Mooreland as Henry county sees widespread interest in neighborhood telephones and photie programs.
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Henry County
Lewisville
Strawns
Snyder
Shirley
Cadiz
Mooreland
Judge Tag to Head Civil Government in Philippines
The Spooner amendment to the army appropriation bill would let the President set up a civil government in the Philippines. Judge H. W. Tag, head of the Civil Service Commission, would be appointed governor with broad discretionary powers. Elizabet J. Binford of Tokio contributes a letter on the religion of the Japanese.
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Spooner
Arny
Philippines
H. W. Tag
Civil Service Commission
Elizabet J. S. Binford
Tokio
Japan
Missionary Letters Cite Japan as Seedbed for Change
The text notes that missionaries aim to turn iconoclasts by enlightening audiences to dispel idol worship. It highlights Japan as a fertile field for such seed sowing and praises Mrs Binford's letters as interesting evidence of consecrated effort.
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Japan
Binford
Snow as a fascination from science to poetry across the plains
The passage muses on falling snow’s appeal to scientists as a theme for study and to farmers as a weather signal. It invokes snow’s world changing power on arid regions, recalls Whittier Snow Bound and other poems, and notes how memory and school days are sparked by snowfall. It mentions McGuffey readers and Lowell.
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Chanticleer
Elasson
Wold
Denver
Colorado Springs
Puebla
Trindad
Rockies
Babylon
Ninaveh
Great American Plain
McGuffey
Whittier
Acrora
Lowell i
The Beautiful Snow Allusion Echoes Old Times
The writing evokes Sweet Auburn and Snow as The Beautiful. Poem lines like I once was pure as the driven snow appear as a memory trigger for dreams and recalling old companions as snow falls.
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Bryant
Long
Hawthorn
August Flower promoted for Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint
A medicinal advertises August Flower as a remedy for sour stomach sick headache habitual constipation heartburn and other digestive ills. It claims over three quarters of residents in Lighthouse Staten suffer these issues and promises relief with two bottles for 75 cents. Green's Prize Almanac is mentioned.
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Reum
O. S. Coffin & Uo
Local notes and oblique tips from a damaged page
Jacob H Turner of Muncie died at Hot Springs Arkansas from Brights disease. An usher at the White House is referenced amid a mix of health ads and miscellaneous local notices. James Green was arrested at Marion for boring gas mixers and fined. Jefferson Gates, farmer near Edinburg, fell from a tree while hunting a coon and may die.
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Jacob H. Turner
Muncie
Hot Spings
Ark
White House
James Green
Marion
W L Yancy
Paducah
Aorthern Kentucky
Feley
O S Coffin & Co
Jefferson Gates
Edinburg
German Syrup touted as a universal cure all
A German physician Dr A Boachee promotes Boschee's German Syrup as a rapid remedy for coughs colds and severe lung troubles. Claimed to remove the cause of the ailment, the medicine is not experimental and has stood the test for years with two million bottles sold annually. It entered the United States in 1868 and is sold worldwide. Three doses said to relieve an ordinary cough.
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A. Boachee
Boschee
United States
Green
O. S. Coffin
Pioneer Shelbyville furniture maker Joseph K R Stewart dies
Joseph KR Stewart, a Shelbyville furniture manufacturer, died Friday night. Also promoted is Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets priced 25 cents with samples free and guaranteed, offered for sale by O S Coffin & Co.
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Joseph KR. Stewart
Shelbyville
Dyspeptic Relief Ad From De Loyal Ford's Dyspepticide
An old advertisement urges readers troubled by stomach issues to use De Loyal Ford's Dyspepticide. It claims many suffer health problems from stomach woes and promotes the product as the right remedy.
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de Loyal Ford
8 Coffin & Co
Wanted Active Man to Deliver and Collect in Indiana
Classified notice seeking an honest man to deliver and collect for a long established manufacturing wholesale house in Indiana. Pays $0 per year with sure pay. Emphasizes honesty over experience and references from any bank if available. Enclose self addressed stamped envelope to a third floor address at 334 Dearborn Street, Chicago.
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Indiana
Dearborn Street
Eaco
Dr King’s New Life Pill Advertises Health Boost
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pill as converting weakness to strength and listlessness to energy. It claims mental power and health benefits with a gate price of 25 cents per box, sold by OS Coffin and Sons.
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Dr King
OS Coffin
Be in Style. Embrace health with Dr Caldwell’s Syrup
An advertising note promotes Dr Caldwell’s Syrup to relieve constipation stomach troubles and headache. It urges enjoying life and maintaining health while endorsing J H McCarty & Son as distributors.
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Caldwell
J H McCarty & Son
Prolific List of Remedies and Local Notices
A collage of medical remedies and local notices: Foley's Honey and Tar touted to heal lungs while ordinary cough medicines merely curb irritation. Dewitt's Little Early Risers praised as famed liver pills. Rocky Mountain Tea advertised for revitalizing blood and nerves. a Deep River saloon warned of demolition if liquor sales continue. a farm in Grant County yields a rich gas well. Vincennes flowers for Maurice Thompson memorial. an Anderson paper calls a $5,000 residence a mansion.
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Deep River
Dewitt
US Coffin & Co
Vincennes
Maurice Thompson
Old Fort Sackville
de Witt
Coffin & Co
Anderson
DeWitt’s Early Risers Deliver Pills Praise
Persons who cannot take ordinary find it a pleasure to take DeWitt's title Early Risers. They are the best deliver pills ever made. O S Coffin.
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DeWitt
O S Coffin
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