Money is weak yet mighty in life and home, preacher argues
Jay Gould or Mrs Booth is contrasted with the power of money, showing money cannot buy a home or manhood. The sermon cites examples from San Francisco Knob Hill and London funerals to claim wealth lacks intrinsic value and true worth lies in character and communal responsibility.
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Jay Gould
Mrs. Booth
Methi
Cobb's Island
Larry
Sonny
Crowning Hill
America
New York
Duke of Brunswick
Bouin Simeon Fich
Goldbug
Gould
Wall Street
Safe Deposit Company
London
Salvation Army
Earth
Gettysburg Reunion's Crossing of Colorful Badges and Threads
Major William A. Wallace recalls a blue and gray reunion at Gettysburg where uniforms swapped hands and identities blurred. A Union veteran offered his shoe string badge after declaring he wore no button, while a Confederate soldier quipped about being skewered yet lucky to survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
William A. Wallace
Johny
Wallace
South
Yank
Albany Argus
Government control of railroads argues for nationalization
The author asserts government ownership yields cheaper better rail service as shown by Germany Russia and Australia. He claims government operation prevents strikes and preserves surplus for the people while changing to meet evolving needs, and that once this view is understood objections fall away and methods to nationalize will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Russia
Australia
Wisconsin Missing Children Reappear as Indian Theft Suspected
A Wisconsin correspodent reports Thomas Schloss's children, a boy of 5 and a girl of 7, vanished a decade ago near Medford. The boy has escaped near Mishicot and speaks the Algonquian language. he says his sister is alive and likely with Indians. The father arrived from Medford and hopes for reunion, neighbors searched wilderness for two days with no trace.
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Thomas Schloss
Medford
Mishicott
Wisconsin
Cor
Philadelphia Ledger
Mortality Patterns Reported Across Peak District Parishes
A Sal a Journal excerpt notes unusually low death rates in Peak District towns Buxton Flash Edale and Tideswell. It cites Buxton at nine per 1000 and claims death comes first to the very young and the very old in Flash while Edale deaths follow seniority under Kinder Scout.
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Derbyshire
Buxton
Flash
Edale
Tideswell
Peake Countrie
Sala
Tennessee Governor Turney’s Baptism Jest Report
A New York World vignette recalls Governor Turney of Tennessee telling a Georgia regiment of revival in camp. When asked how many of his men converted, he learned none and ordered eighteen men to be baptized at once to not be outdone by Tennessee.
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France
Turney
Tennessee
Georgia
Cer
New York
Stork Legend vs Reality in Japan Child Customs
A Baltimore American remark ponders why Japan has many strapped babies on backs, joking that Japanese storks may be involved. The fragment mentions a plaza and a fan, describing an odd, unclear scene with casual, streamy phrases and a hint of cultural misinterpretation.
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Japan
Germany
Baltimore
Acts xix Teaching On The Holy Spirit In Ephesus
Commentary on Paul’s third missionary journey through Ephesus and Asia Minor. It discusses Apollos, baptism, receiving the Holy Spirit, laying on of hands, and miracles as signs of God’s power, urging believers to seek light, faith, and service in Christ.
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Apollos
Corinth
Paul
Ephesus
Antioch
Syria
Priscilla
Aquila
Galatia
Phrygia
Alexandria
Cornelius
Ethiopia
God
Jesus
John xiv
John
Christ Jesus
Lamb of God
Christ
John vi
Peter
Jacob
Israel
New Jerusalem
Moses
Tyrannus
Asia
Asia Minor
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Thomas Dixon
St. Louis
Dyer
St. Louie
St. Lewis
Iowa
Arkansas
House of Delegates
Council
Louis
Saint
Washington Star
England
Big Plaza
D. M. Stearns
Cood Soda
Luxury
D. W. Adams
Nason Street
Maynard, Mass
T. H. Farrell
Undertaker
Summer St
Rambler Bicycles
Cyrus H. Cook
Brown’s
Hubbard Street
Concord
E. H. Davis
Wood and Stone
Concord Junction
Jeremiah Sheehan
Horace Tuttle
Walden Street
J. C. Friend
Henry A. Richardson
Attorney- At-Law
Friend's Block
Mass
Exchange
State St
Boston
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