Anomalous Being in Man Declared in Seventeenth Century Sermon
The speech marking Girard College's semi centennial quotes Marriot Brosius on man as an anomalous being. It references Da Vinci’s fresco The Last Supper and contrasts divine beauty with human treachery, citing Coleridge Pascal Cowley Byron and Combe to argue humanity blends good and evil. Perfection may be approximated but never attained.
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Marriot Brosius
Pennsylvania
Girard College
Leonardo da Vinci
Judas
Coleridge
Pascal
Cowley
Byron
Combe
Port Arthur Victory Shapes Peace Talks Says Observer
The article argues that peace negotiations between Japan and Russia are constrained by Japan’s victories at Port Arthur and Manchuria. It says Russia faces money pressures as war costs rise and bond markets weaken, leaving Russia pressured to settle. The piece portrays Japan as holding the winning card in the war.
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Portsmouth
Japan
Russia
Nogi
Port Arthur
Lioyang
Mukden
Oyama
Manchuria
Paris
London
Brilin
Crown Flesh Worm Eradicator Advertises Pimples Removal
An odd historical ad notes Crown Flesh Worm Eradicator claims to remove pimples and other skin issues. It mentions asking a local Gibbons Drag store for details.
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Crown
Ask Gibbons Drag Store
Balance of U S trade shows hefty 411 million surplus
The Bureau of Statistics report for the year ending July 1905 shows the United States with an excess of exports over imports totaling 411,096,769 dollars. The article argues that practical results matter more to citizens than free trade theories, noting tariffs and treaties did not bar American prosperity in global commerce.
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Bureau of Statistics
United States Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
A fruitful year for American farmers in 1905 crops
The Crop Board reports 1905 will be record breaking with wheat at 709,731,000 bushels and corn at 2,698,116,000. Oats barley rye hay and other crops surpass ten year August averages. hay worth over a billion, and combined seven crops may total 4.2 billion, vastly exceeding the national debt.
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New Crop Board
Department of Agriculture
Hawaiian Volcanoes Stirred Curiosity in Early Reports
Lafayette Young notes Colonel Hepburn and wife spent five weeks in Honolulu and visited a volcano on a neighboring island with a rough sea voyage. He reports Hepburn wants no more volcanoes. Victor Murdock, Kansas congressman, spent two weeks in Hawaii ahead of Taft party and viewed the volcano, remarking it looked too much like hell.
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Honolulu
Lafayette Young
Des Moines
Colonel Hepburn
Victor Murdock
Kansas
Hawaiian
Taft
Peculiar Disappearances At Runyan Prompt Medicine Claim
In Butlerville Ohio Peculiar Disappearances of symptoms such as indigestion biliousness are blamed on Dr Kings New Life Pills. The advertisement says they are a remedy for dizziness sour stomach headache and constipation. Guaranteed by Kirk Drug Co price 25 cents.
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Runyan
Butlerville
Kings
The German Tariff and Reciprocity Conference Clatters
The article argues the Chicago reciprocity conference relied on rhetoric over facts. It notes Germany imported 212 million dollars from the United States in 1904, 132 million duty free under the new tariff, leaving only 70 million affected. It contends most rate hikes target products that can be supplied domestically if the U.S. maintains its market.
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Chicago
United States
Germany
Executive Mansion for Iowa Governor Urged by Patriot
The Patriot and many state newspapers urge the legislature to provide a suitable executive mansion for the governor. The plea argues it is a plain duty and reflects the dignity of Iowa, noting the chief executive now resides in hotels or boarding houses during official duties.
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Iowa
Quiet Local Service Sets Example for Public Duty
The Chariton Improvement Association quietly performs useful work without pay, earning respect from good citizens and serving as a model for public duty. Its disciplined, lawful approach suggests how orderly enforcement could reduce social evils across communities.
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Chariton Improvement Association
Healthy Mothers urged to use German Syrup for lung and bronchial relief
Mothers and children face coughs and bronchial trouble that medical experts warn could risk consumption. Dr Boschee's German Syrup is advertised as a quick remedy with new trial bottles priced 25 and 75 cents. The Salvation Army reports extensive global reach with hundreds of corps and tens of thousands of officers, workers, and periodicals across many languages.
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Salvation Army
Notice of Proof of Will in Lucas County Iowa
Notice is hereby given that an instrument purporting to be the last will of William Keating deceased was produced opened and read. A hearing of proof is fixed for September 8 1905 by the district court in vacation. Witness George F. Carpenter clerk seal August 16 1905.
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State of Iowa
Lucas County
William Keating
George F. Carpenter
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