To This End Was Born A Sermon By Dr. Talmage
Washington hears Dr. Talmage proclaim the central purpose of life: to seek divine direction and pursue a calling aligned with God’s plan. He argues against random career choice, urging individuals to ask God for a specific, soul shaping purpose and to pursue usefulness and eternal life through Christ.
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Army Life Tales From Press Milroy Ind Civil War Tale
One of the first to offer service in the Civil War, A R Sefton recalls scarce rations in Tennessee. Canteens empty, hoof-trail water drank, sickness from fever, a field hospital, and lingering ailments. Four years ago a family doctor doubted recovery until Dr Williams Pink Pills aided a full cure after eight boxes. The pills allegedly purify blood and help many diseases.
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Miss Charmian and the Debutante’s Beauty
An old newspaper blurb discusses Miss Charmian as a youthful beauty seen through gossip. It contrasts this light note with an ad claiming catarrh is curable by F J Carney & Co of Toledo Ohio, promoting Catarrh Cure and Earverieo Family Pills as remedies.
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Cripple Cure Ad Echoes Across Vintage Ads
An old clipped text mocks luck and war pain with quips from Chicago Daily Record and Golden Days. It promotes St Jacob’s Oil as a rapid sprain cure, ending with a sharp product pitch about curing a sprain in a day.
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A Much Mourned Mother
A senior colonel recalls a soldier who asked leave to mourn his mother who had just died, then learns the same man had been granted leave for the same reason a month earlier. The colonel remarks on the double mourning and assigns the man to thirty days in mourning at the guardhouse.
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Pointed Paragraphs and Witty Observations on Marriage
A Chicago Evening News collection of aphorisms on love, marriage, politics, and social behavior. It riffs on money, opportunity, and family dynamics with sharp, humorous lines from Cupid to penitentiaries and beyond.
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No man should marry till he can listen to a baby crying
Quote from L. A. Bulletin stating that true readiness for marriage involves restraint when hearing a baby cry, implying emotional discipline over impulsive reactions.
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