Parents as guardians in a plea for child welfare
A sermon style appeal urges mothers and fathers to protect, provide for, and guide their children. It condemns neglect that lets youths roam exposed to danger, calls for spiritual and temporal provisioning, and asks for homes and an asylum to shield orphans from a bleak future. The author cites biblical admonitions and laments the erosion of parental responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thin Town
Earth
Heaven
Christ
Wiessans
Perdition
Alumbia
Columbia
Colinsis
T. Ussery
Tr. Wiarton Haa
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement from Wheeling Worker
A Wheeling machine worker testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured his kidney condition after failing with other medicines. He recalls severe symptoms prior to treatment and credits three boxes with full recovery, urging others to use the original Doan's as sold by Foster Milburn Co in Buffalo and to beware counterfeit agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Walter McLachin
J. Holliday & Sons
Wheeling
W. Va
Jacob Street
Eage
Down
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Revolution Imminent and Bitter Tonic Promises Relief
An advertisement proclaims Revolution Imminent as a sure tonic amid trouble warnings. Bleatrie Bitters supposedly dismembers cannea and settles stomach, kidneys, liver and bowels while removing aches. Electric Bitters is offered as a guaranteed remedy by Webp, Wale Bridge druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dt Hever
Webp
Walebridge
The Longest English Word Debate in Periodicals
A World’s Events note surveys claims about the longest English word. It cites circumscriptibleness at twenty two letters, antidiaestablishmentarianisa at twenty eight, and a Welsh village name Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogogog, with other Greek roots cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New English Dictionary
Benson
Scotland
London Temple Magazine
Welabman
Big Jim Brady’s Death Warns Of Crime's Bitter Toll
The Courier Journal notes that criminal talent used for gain ends in ruin. Big Jim Brady, a famed burglar of thirty years, died after a life of crime and a three year stint in a New York hospital. His hand held a modern burglars’ kit. his tale urges honest labor and moral choice over crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim’ Brady
Westchester
New York
Erin
Brady
Chas
Schwab
Big Jim
Courier Journal
Insured Man Drops Dead While Paying Life Policy
A man in Chicago died suddenly while paying a new life insurance premium of ten thousand dollars. The event occurred during a scene at Furley Hall as the policyholder, S Ferrier, prepared to settle the payment. Authorities reported no further details at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pribune
Montomery
Mit
Dh S. Ferrier
Furley Aul
First Sweetheart Reflections From Max O'Rell
The New York American excerpt recalls a man’s memory of first love, a bittersweet tale of youth in public gardens, a church offertory, and a reunion with a girl after forty years, ending with an anonymous bouquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Max O'Reell
New York American
Circuit Court Draws Jury to Probe Gambling at River Side Park
Circuit Court met Monday morning with Judge Holding instructing the grand jury to investigate alleged promiscuous gambling on baseball games at River Side Park. In other actions, Willis Menefee won $102.53 against L and N Railroad for poultry damages from a carload shipment. Simpson Warren administrator for Jim Harris, killed on L and N tracks at Godwit, won a verdict for 0 against the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Holding
Riverside Park
Simpson Warren
Jim Harris
Godwit
L. R. Railroad
Willis Menefee
L. & N Railroad
Plainntiff
Lewisburd
Rural Route Directory Improves Local Mail Paths to Columbia
A Rural Route Directory lists route numbers and roads serving Columbia and nearby communities. It names Columbia connections to Ridley Station Webster’s store Williamsport Junction Theta pike Snow Creek and other landmarks, guiding business and correspondence along routes amid church roads creeks and farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Ridley Staton
Cansat Church
W. W. Thompson
Canaan Church
Friarson
Zion Church
G. W. Cates
Pisce
Mt. Pleasant Pike
Hampshire Ike
Webster’s
Lowell Place
Tomlinson
Williamsport Pike
Snow Creek
Mrs. Hite
Roland Govers
Greenlaw Inne
Rutherford Creek
Lowell
Mooresville
County Asylum
F. C. Daniel
Mra. Weatmoreland’s
Lewisburg
Hight Place
Campbellaville Pike
Glenwood Church
Williams
Williams’ Store Santa Fe Pike; Thence Up Shaw Creek
Lieper's Creek
Elam'a
Water Valley
Turkey Creek
Fly
Shaw Creek
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United States
Satterfield & Dodson
the Orphans OF Columbia
the Herald
Casant
Woldrdge
Max Orell
Ceposit
Draughon
Atlanta
Cas
Beara
Rural Route Directory
Castoria
Jazcinis
Bears
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph CO
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
VAMES
Caldwell
Leland Hume
T. D. Webb
P. Worley
Columbia le OT Bay
Citheen
Borns
Philips Co
N. College St. Nashville, Tenn
Booth Main Atrest
Vaughan
South Main
Eighth Stree
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