Governor Foraker and the Bloody Shirt Debate
The article defends Republican views on Reconstruction era voting rights, condemns Democratic fraud in Georgia and Mississippi, and argues for federal action to suppress vote suppression. It contrasts Republican moral standards with Democratic South solidification and criticizes recent Confederate praise and policy shifts.
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Cinemnati
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Ohio
Pitti Ok
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Elaine
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Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Europe
Senate
Republican Party
Friends of American Industry
United States
Whch
Cincinnati
Jeffers N Davis
John C. Calhoun
Albert Sidney Johnston
Louisville
Henry Watterson
Nosser
Sheridan
Shenandoah Valley
Confederate States
Confronting sectarianism and bigotry in faith
The sermon by Rev. T DeWitt Talmage condemns sectarianism as a barrier to the gospel, urging liberty of conscience and unity among denominations. He cites history from the fourth to the sixteenth centuries, notes the harms of intolerance, and advocates a broad gospel platform and joint Christian work across churches.
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Hamptons
T. DeWitt Talmage
Jordan
Gilead
Ephraim
Church of God
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Episcopalians
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House of God
George Whitefield
George
Christ
Methodist Church
Francis I
Great Britain
Lam
Astor Library
New York
Christendom
Baptist Church
Boston
England
Montefiore
Lord Jesus
God
Robert Hall
Adoniram Judson
Latimer
Melville
John Wesley
Summerfield
John Knox
Alexanders
Young Men’s Christian Association
Bible Society
Tract Society
Foreign Missionary Society
Atlantic
Mars Head
Mars
Sin
Father
Heaven
Earth
Jesus Christ
Old jurors fined for eating while locked up
A historical note recalls cases from Henry VIII and earlier where jurors were fined for eating or drinking while deliberating. Lords chief justices punished jurors for pre verdict refreshments, with fines of 12 shillings for those who ate and 6 shillings for those who did not, in various reports.
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Henry Will
Reed
Queen's Bench
Dyer
Editor’s Instructed Rules On Advertisers And Officials
A Georgia paper’s city editor assigns standards praising advertisers and professionals while condemning nonadvertisers. The note, signed F Meddleton Pryor, sets bold selective praise for merchants lawyers conductors doctors partners and candidates with a dismissive stance toward those who don’t advertise.
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Georgia
F. Meddleton Pryor
Arkansaw Traveler
Sunday School Lesson on Christ Fulfilling the Law
The August 21 lesson draws from Matthew 5 17 26 noting Christ fulfills the law not abolishes it. It contrasts Old Testament completion with New Covenant application and warns against neglecting either letter or spirit. The review covers scribes and Pharisees, Hosea vs Gehenna terms, and the lifestyle demanded by true righteousness.
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Mount of
Beatitudee
Sea of Galilea
Christ
Meyer
Kingdom of Heaven
Abbott
Sheluck
Jesus
Scheff
Babylon
Alford
Hades
Hell
Ellicott
Schatf
Sonia
Heice
The Commercial Traveler Anecdote and Its Lively Portrait
A vivid portrait of the commercial traveler as a roaming figure of the road. The piece blends humor and pathos, recalling his nights in rough rooms, missed orders, and the constant chase for goods, with a nod to his resilient, sociable spirit and lasting appeal.
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Conersatan
Cty
Noah
Tack
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