A Lesson on Wrestling Priests and Spiritual Battle
The sermon frames Christian life as a wrestling match against spiritual evil. Rev Dr Talmage argues for disciplined preparation, civil discourse, and firm faith, using ancient wrestling imagery and biblical references to urge believers to stand firm on the Bible while anticipating a final cosmic triumph. He warns against inflammatory language and emphasizes sanctified strategy, education, and moral resolve. The preacher envisions heavens backing the righteous struggle and cites historical and biblical parallels to urge readiness for the last great confrontation.
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Talmage
Paul
Plutarch
Clerkenwell
England
Henry Iiii
St. Giles’ Field
Westminster
London
Hercules
Jupiter
Alcmene
Athens
Walter Scott
Virgil
Thomas Moore
Lalla Rookh
Washington
Thomas Paine
God
Diabelism
Earth
Heaven
Hell
Sampson
Dagon
Satan
John Milton
Clumsyby on tact and calm in daily life
In a reflective passage Sun's CLUMSYBY discusses his admitted lack of tact. He notes his instinct to bluntly address misunderstandings, then explains a long practice of letting small irritations go to preserve equanimity and avoid unnecessary conflict. He emphasizes constant self watchfulness.
What Cuba's Loss Means to Spain
The piece argues Cuba's loss strikes at Spain's sustenance and exposes the nation to bread shortages as taxes bite. It parallels personal hardship to national decline and ends by recommending Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for indigestion dyspepsia and constipation.
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Cuba
Spain
Apperle
Hostetter
No stamping of bank checks and cigarettes in old days
A wry aside from a Detroit Journal excerpt notes the era lacked modern items like stamped bank checks, vaccination certificates, chewing gum, cigarettes, and keg pilsener. It portrays a courtly exchange where revenue would flow from the footwork of the queen and Sir Godfrey, reflecting dated notions on economics and commerce.
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Godfrey
Troit Journal
A Father's Story of a Miracle Cure in Appleton
Richard J. Creech recalls his son Willard overcoming a spinal disease after months on a stretcher. A Canada-based relative urged Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. Within six weeks vitality returned, and four months later Willard walked to school. Now two years later he is thriving at school and fully recovered.
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Gabriel
Michael
Archangel
John
Heaven
God
Father
Son
Holy Ghost
King’s Palace
Evening Crescent
Appleton
Wis
West End
Little Willard Creech
Richard J. Creech
Fort River Valley
Fr. Creech
Second Street
Wisconsin
Canada
Dr. Williams
Oery
Hall's Catarrh Cure Offered for Deafness Claim
Local advertisements claim deafness stems from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube and catarrh. They promise one hundred dollars for any deafness cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, urging readers to seek circulars and buy Hall's Family Pills from druggists.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Theater goer Mrs De Style faces unpaid stage expenses
The New York Weekly notes Mrs De Style, once on stage after a divorce scandal, has failed to cover expenses. A second theater goer comments that the scandal was not very serious.
To California by the North Western Line
Notice extols the North Western Line to California with favorable single and round trip rates for this season. Describes daily first class and tourist sleeping cars, weekly personally conducted tourist car parties, and many route options at no extra charge. Inquiries welcomed at Chicago and North Western agents or connecting lines.
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North-Western
California
Regon
Chicago & North-Western Ba Y
Frigid Combine and Refrigerator Trust Quip
A Detroit Free Press line mocks a cold market scheme: There’s the coldest deal yet as a hardware dealer jokes about a refrigerator trust. An Atlanta firm advertises dropsy remedies while a Yonkers Statesman gag quotes a medical student’s first response to a cold.
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Detroit Free Press
Yonkers Statesman
Elastic current tight you are mister joke from papers
A collage of wry quips and jokes from various papers. The snippets include a political orator calling for an elastic income, a quip about Dame Fortune, a line about English speakers, a housewife’s agitation simile, a joke about an Atchison bride cooking after losing her cookbook, and other brief humorous asides.
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Chicago Evening News
Cure a Cold in One Day Laxative Ad Patter
An 1890s advertisement fragment touts Piso's Cure for Consumption and St Jacobs Oil as cures for lung hemorrhage rheumatism neuralgia and colds. It cites testimonials from Louisa Lindaman Bethany Missouri and notes weather prognosticator as a storm center. The ad promises quick relief and claims that St Jacobs Oil works for neuralgia and rheumatism.
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Louisa Lindaman
Bethany, Mo
Stories of Relief From Pinkham Remedies
Letters from Mrs. Joan Williams of Englishtown New Jersey and Mrs. Josera Peterson of Warren Pennsylvania praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sonative Wash for alleviating long standing womb problems backache headaches dizziness heart trouble and related symptoms. Both claim full or major recovery after months of use and urge others to try the remedies.
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Joan Williams
Englishtown
N. J
JosEra Peterson
East St
Warren, Pa
Pinkhamm
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
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