How Old Art Thou A Sermon On Life’s Measure
The speaker reflects on aging and time using Genesis imagery of Egypt’s wealth and a gate of eternity. He warns that many judge life by sorrows yet asserts a higher measure of earthly existence, citing famous figures and their struggles to illustrate universal trials.
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Talmage
India
Syria
Greece
Jacob
Joseph
Jife
Milton
Salmasius
Sheridan
Drury Lane Theater
London
Bishop Cooper
Pope
Garden
Grotto
Cano
Eepesh
Measuring Life By Christian Standards In A New Year
A sermon urges readers to value moral and spiritual growth over wealth or status. It contrasts worldly success with eternal aims, recalling Luther, Baxter, Doddridge, Payson, and Paul to show true measure is deeds for Christ. The speaker calls for preparation for eternity and a hopeful, sanctified new year.
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Earth
Ohn Drapes
Luther
Richard Baxter
Philip Doddridge
Christ
Paul
Wilberforce
Quin
Malesherbes
Confessor
Lord Chesterfield
Godfrey Kneller
Edward Payson
Apostle
Heaven
Hudson River
God
Andover
Frinceton
New Brunswick
Ghent
Misquoted documents spark domestic confusion in Cleveland
A man debates constitutional texts with his wife, confusing the constitution with the Declaration of Independence. After she fetches a thin volume, he declares it the wrong document, revealing a humorous misunderstanding involving a misread title and a misnamed work.
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Jane
United States
William
Cilevéi and
Plain Dealer
Leprosy Fears Amid Hawaii Duty Include Bitters Cure
A warning notes U S soldiers in Hawaii may contract leprosy and bring it home. It claims stomach disorders and blood diseases are far more common yet curable with Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, also advertised as a remedy for malaria fever and ague. Sold at all drug stores.
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United States
Hawaii
Remark on Smoking Dangers Cited by Chicago Evening News
A cited quote recalls a Dixit anecdote claiming a young man smoked fifty cigarettes daily without harm. the only evident effect noted was the death of the smoker, sparking questions about smoking risks.
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Dix
Chicago
One of Many. A Husband at Stock Exchange and Home
A humorous exchange quoted from the Chicago Evening News contrasts business life and domestic life. Mrs Weeks asks what her husband does and Mrs Meeks says he operates in stocks, a bull at the exchange and a bear at home.
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Weeks
Meeks
the Stock Exchange
Chicago Evening News
Very Low Rates Via the Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway
Semi monthly excursions to the southwest promote travel to Texas as the empire state of the Union. The pamphlets describe Texas resources mild climate and fertile soil and invite inquiries to H I Bowsher Dist P A Cincinnati Ohio for details and dates of excursions.
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Missouri, Kansas & Texas_Railway
Southwest
Texas
Empire State of the Union
Middle States
Commissioners of
H. I., Bowsher, Dist. P. A
Cincinnati
The Cornfed Philosopher Quip Atop Political Run
The Cornfed pemaneper quips that a successful statesman must endure much while running and still lie, as quoted by the Indianapolis Journal. The remark satirizes political endurance and deceit in public life.
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Indianapolis Journal
California Tourists Offered Weekly Burlington Sleeper Excursions
The Burlington Route announces weekly guided sleeper excursions on Wednesdays from Chicago to a two year schedule. A recent folder was sent to L Wakeley, General Passenger Agent, St Louis Missouri.
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California
Burlington
L. Wakeley
St. Louis
Demand for 25 Million Paper Collars in U S Yearly
The transcript notes a large demand for paper collars in the United States, linking collars to civilization. It cites labor groups opposing convict-made goods and prison sales, and mentions a Kentucky medical note and cautionary advice to girls about seemingly fatherly kindness.
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United States
Boston Transcript
L. A
Hall's Catarrh Cure promotes safe treatment option
The text warns against mercury based catarrh remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. It notes the internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, urges obtaining genuine product, and mentions testimonials and Druggists selling at 75 cents per bottle. Hall's Family Pills also praised.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
One Way to Try The Impresario Opera with Coon Songs Between Acts
A playful note on audience taste suggests staging Wagner with interludes of coon songs between acts as a provocative theater experiment.
To Cure a Cold in One Day Uses Laxative Bromo Quinine
A vintage advertisement promises a one day cure for colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets and offers a full refund if it fails. The piece includes a joke about quarrels and period humor from the Onion Eater and a quoted exchange from the New York Journal.
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Ayer
Living Witness Praises Pinkham Vegetable Compound
A Canton Ohio woman Mrs Florence B Hoffman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her long illness. The letter notes severe abdominal pain dizziness and sleeplessness followed by a strong endorsement of the medicine and its founder's experience. The piece highlights Pinkham's longstanding work with female illnesses and the scale of her correspondence.
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Mrs. Pirkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Florence B. Hoffman
Roland St
Canton
Hoffman
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Dr. Talmage
Beott
Atchison Globe
Ugs
New York
Baltimore
Indianapolis
Louisville
ST. Jacobs Oil
LAA Wah Acs
Éli
Oktok
N. Y. Journal
Mrs. Hoffman
Mrs. Pinkham
Dr. Ager
D JO Ayer
Jos. Krehling
Sterling Remedy Company
Montreal
Winchester
Owa
New Havin
Conn
J. P. J.len Med CO
Bt. Paul, Minn
Drusgiste
Jarley
West 224 Street
New York City
Star Plug L. & M
LIGG
Anaize
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