The Disadvantages of Some People Sermon by Talmage
In a Brooklyn Tabernacle sermon, Talmage argues many face disadvantages from names and family legacies to physical impairments and poverty. He urges resilience, education, faith, and using remaining faculties to overcome hardship. He cites historical figures and biblical examples to illustrate endurance and conversion of weakness into strength.
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T. DeWitt Talmare
Brooklyn
Thave
Shave
Chis
Kar
Richards
Morristown
N.J
John
God
Henry
Alfred
Joshua
Nicholas
Ambrose
Anirew
Esther
Abigail
Anna
Crace
Victor Spoanin
Rosalie
Margaret
Ida
Godike
Clara
Amnesia
Bertha
Yfe
Pet
Tor
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church of the United States
Sour
Pickle
Adame
Paul
America
Sain
Maine Republicans Ride Victory On Prohibition Issue
A Maine election yields a solid Republican win with Blaine in national prominence. Prohibitionists and Democrats faced off as Republicans campaigned on national and state issues, boosting GOP turnout and signaling renewed strength for the party. The result boosts Maine and nationwide prospects for Republican governance.
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Maine
Blaine
Temperance Ofyvans
Mugwump
Tribune
Revies
Inser
Petree Cs
Hale
Republican Party
Chicago
St. John
Neal Dow
Mr. Blaine
Garecon
Ftsion
Congress
Udinese
Cleveland
Ojo
Foraker
Reputlian
Tris
Albeamers
Neaidbo
Tagusind
Seipans
John Sates Leonard
Regulan O Party
Democratic Secret Service
Exposed Hypocrisy of Indiana Mugwumps Over Civil Service Reform
The piece argues Mugwumps in Indiana misled by supporting Cleveland while exposing alleged Civil Service law violations. It cites Postmaster Aquila Jones’s removals, classified-service dismissals, and political replacements, plus other irregular actions linked to Democratic officials and Indiana politics.
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Indiana
Mr. Cleveland
Cleveland
Nazwamp
Washington
Voorhees
Web
Lucius B. Swift
Indianapolis
Swift
Aquila Jones
Hendricks
Tiuman
Jones
Classified Service
Burnside
Dowling
Vilas
A. M. Kuiin
Todianapolis
Counei
Bynum
Kuhn
Mir
Claveland
Lonieville
Deset
Wilds
Elpp
Secretary Manning Assigned to Austrian Mission
The Washington Afar reports that Secretary Manning is to take the Austrian mission, signaling a high-level diplomatic posting. The notice confirms Manning’s appointment and outlines the anticipated channel for the transfer.
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Washington
Manning
Bayard as Secretary of State Sparked Debate
In a caustic editorial tone the Telegraph questions why Bayard was put in charge of the State Department arguing his selection undermined any chance for his presidential nomination. It criticizes his handling of Phelps England policy Mexico relations and Britain ties begging whether the appointment aimed to block his 1880 bid.
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New York
Crecy
Aucustus
Preston
Southwest
Beethoven
Thomas Carlyle
Cont
Thomas Stockton
Philadelphia
Chattanooga
South Mountain
John of Bohemia
Euccephalus
Alexander
Vastu
Bayard
State Department
Tim
Phelps
England
Mexico
Great Britain
Earth
Heaven
Horatio
Ldeage
Telegraph
Still Go Marching On in Wartime Speech at Miarchall
The misread speech and garbled names reflect a wartime rally in Missouri. The speaker asserts Confederate aims and vows renewed effort to threaten the United States, while critics question the loyalty of political leaders and the war’s direction.
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Arenutenn
Miarchall
Jen Shel
St. Laas
United States
Jeff Davis
Plato and the Cotton Patch A Debate Over Body and Soul
In Arkansas a farmer forces his son Dan away from books to hoe grass, arguing Plato spurns the body while urging the soul’s purification. Dan pleads for study but headstrong father insists practical work proves virtue. The scene ends with Dan sweating in the fields.
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Venus
Man Billson
Dan
Billson
Tie
Diven
Erand
Plato
Mun
Arkansan Truveer
Frontier Justice in Red Gates District Aims at Enforcing Law
An injured man confronts a frontier justice official in Red Gates Arizona last week. The lame witness contends a man named Po assaulted him and stole a horse. The justice arms himself and calls for vigilante action to string up the accused for thirty minutes.
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Amano
Jim
Chirayo Kamien
Miscellany notes from the era on travel, industry, and oddities
The column surveys varied items from a Carson river fishing note above Empire to a runaway Pittsburgh horse, tobacco crops in South Carolina, and a faint image of rail damage near Richmond. It mentions Salvation Army incidents, fashion fads like traguage, Parisian dressmaker tales, and curiosities on gold fineness, antique fashion, and an early hot pen drawing invention.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Louisville Courier-Journal
Otter Dam Creek
Richmond
Salvation Army
Uties
N. Y
Salvationists
Utica Herald
W. F. Wail
Blackstone
Albany
Ga. A
Possi
Liverpool
Iva
John
Pittsburgh Post
Boston
Tuelumne County
Cal
Sana
Salem Museum
Russia
Peter Bales
Soston Bulletin
FL Tribune
Dolly's Inquisitiveness in a Petite Conversation
A playful exchange between Dolly and a nurse or mother figure explores heartrending questions about eating and body parts. The dialogue reveals Dolly’s curiosity as she presses on whether Mentnese and other features can eat, provoking laughter and a fainting incident from Nae Davis.
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Dolly
Doly
Davis
The Aurora Height Mystery Revealed by Experiments
The text surveys attempts to determine aurora borealis height with wide estimates. It cites Dr. de la Rue using a voltaic battery to demonstrate electrical discharges in rarefied air, concluding most brilliant auroras occur around thirty eight miles high.
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de la Rue
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