Heroes of common life and quiet endurance
Dr. Talmage extols everyday heroes who endure sickness, toil, domestic hardship, and charitable acts. He praises sickroom sufferers, sewing-machine workers, and silent givers, arguing their steadfast faith and service merit heavenly crowns over worldly fame. The sermon urges readers to act bravely in ordinary life and find reward in steadfast virtue.
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Washington
Talmage
England
Scotland
Washingtons
Napoleons
Wellingtons
Archangel
Satan
Job
God
Gettysburg
Shiloh
South Mountain
Comfort in Hard Times From a sermon’s hopeful refrain
A 1900 sermon exhorts discouraged workers and the afflicted to trust in divine aid. It recalls biblical assurances that the righteous are not forsaken and urges perseverance for sewing women and others facing hardship. The message invites believers to find consolation in faith and the promise of nourishment in paradise.
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Elijah
South
Louis Klopsch
Oregon hot springs to power laundry plant near Lakeview
G Grimes, owner of boiling springs two miles south of Lakeview Oregon, plans a laundry plant to use large volumes of hot water going to waste. He notes three nearby springs rival in size and that wool washing could be done cheaply, leveraging the medicinal water that bleaches well without harming fabrics.
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G. Grimes
Lakeview, Or
Lakeview
Grimes
Portland Oregonian
Wireless Telegraphy Promises Long Range Signaling
The piece notes skepticism from older telegraphy practitioners toward wireless telegraphy. It cites Professor A Fessenden discussing Marconi's law, asserting range grows with antenna heights and improved apparatus, suggesting signaling could reach 1000 miles or more with sufficient height and power.
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Marconi
A. Fessenden
The
American Institute of Tectrical Engineers
Loudon Globe
Where Whittier Worshiped in Amesbury Quaker House
A silver tablet marks the Quaker meeting house in Amesbury Massachusetts where Whittier worshiped. Built in 1851, the builders included a Quaker minister and two elders to create a neat plain house on Friend street. Whittier sat in the right aisle seat.
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Whittier
Amesbury
Mass
Friend Street
Death of Hoosier Schoolmaster Jeems Phillips at Vevay Indiana
James Stillman Phillips known as Jeems Phillips of the Hoosier Schoolmaster died recently at Vevay Indiana. Born June 1821 in Switzerland County near Vevay he spent his life there. He had a noted early talent for spelling and resisted having his picture taken until a few years ago.
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Hoosier
James Stillman Phillips
Jeems Phillips
Hggleston
Vevay
Ind
Switzerland County
Suiting the Action. Which of the popular books do you prefer
A Chicago Tribune exchange features a maiden asking which book she likes best and a man naming To Have and to Hold in an ecstatic whisper. She protests but her voice is smothered.
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Isabel
Claverhouse
John Brown
Heaven
Lord Claverhouses
Earth
Mary
Harry
Chicago Tribune
Press Censorship in China
In China censorship is intense with officials suppressing objectionable content by targeting editors rather than articles, a harsh method noted by the Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
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China
Council
Poultry remedies and health products advertised in a 19th century notice
A dense ad page touts American Poultry Mixture as a cure for cholera roup and gapes with claims of universal efficacy, a $50 guarantee, and sample offers from American Mfg. Co. It also promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic for bowel health and Banner Salve for injuries, ending with a note about visiting Columbus and a cycling line from D. Q. Storie.
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American Mfg. Co
Terra Haute
Ind
An Ohio Minister Praises Dr Warner’s White Wine Syrup
The Rev G W HaGans of Clyde Ohio endorses Dr Warner’s White Wine of Tar Syrup for sore throat weak lungs coughs colds and similar ailments praising its superiority over other remedies. He signs with gratitude to the doctor. A remark follows about few men having self confidence enough to argue with a pretty woman.
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Ohio
Quick Relief For Asthma and Health Ads Spotlight
Letters praise Foley's Honey and Tar for asthma relief. An ad touts Mystic Cure for rheumatism. Belgium hosts auto clubs with 740 members. Smith's Sure Kidney Cure claims 98 percent cure rate with 50 cent price, sold by Chas. R. Kirk. The true pessimist would rather be wrong than happy.
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Smith
Smmith
Chas. R. Kirk
Mystic Cure for Rheumatism Sold at Chariton Drugstore
A noted claim offers a “Mystic Cure” for rheumatism and neuralgia promising radical relief in 1 to 8 days. Advertises rapid benefit from the first dose and states the cure removes the cause with immediate disappearances, priced 75 cents and sold by D Storie, Druggist, Chariton.
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Chariton. Ly
A Mint to Suitors from a World of Bills
A young man compliments Mr Manygirls and asks to marry one of his seven daughters. The old man, irritated by a pile of spring clothes bills, finally smiles and jokes that the suitor may take one or all seven to Utah.
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Utah
New York
Ministers Debate Sermon Writing In Early Apostolic Travel
A religious journal weighs if ministers should write sermons while apostles were told not to carry serip on missions. The piece clarifies serip as a food receptacle, not writing. An editorial warns neglecting backache signals kidney trouble.
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Serip
White and Red Wines Contrast in Fermentation
The text explains that white wine may ferment without grape skins while red wine uses skins. It notes juice from all grapes is nearly colorless, with the exception that champagne grapes look almost black on the outside.
The Thoughtful Boy at the Ball Games
A brief humorous note remarks that a thoughtful office boy contemplates new excuses to slip away to ball games, reflecting a playful workplace scene as described by a Cleveland Plain Dealer quote.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Best in the World and Health Remedies Ad Claims
The advertisement quotes Dr J W Hamilton of San Francisco praising Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup as the best cough medicine with proven asthma relief. It notes a Liverpool physician’s pinl eye discovery in horses and Ira W Kelley of Mansfield Pa credits Foley's Kidney Cure with restoring health after kidney trouble. Portable houses are built in Connecticut for shipment to Venezuela. Four men can erect one in three hours.
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J. W. Hamilton
San Francisco
Cal
Warner
Ira W. Kelley
Mansfield
Foley
D. Q. Storie
Connecticut
Venezuela
Bright
Smiths Sure Kidney Cure Brings Rapid Relief
A Memphis father recounts eight years of bladder stone suffering in his son. After trying many places and eminent physicians without improvement, a cure with Smiths Sure Kidney Cure is claimed, requiring two bottles and showing quick gains. The ad also promotes Foley and Cascarets products.
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Cincinnati
New York
Chicago
Nashville
Smith
Jonn IE. DepMan
Memphis
Tenn
Chas. R. Kirk
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Atkins
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Dewey
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Germany
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Promise City
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Chariton
Belgium
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