Forbidden Honey. Talmage Denounces Debasing Books and Gambling
In Brooklyn on Oct 16 Rev. T. De Witt Talmage warned against corrupt literature and temptations he cited as “forbidden honey.” He linked seductive novels, intoxicants, gambling, and stock schemes to ruin personal and domestic life, urging readers to seek wholesome books and spiritual reform. He warned that even seemingly refined amusements can lead to moral downfall and death.
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Brooklyn
T. de Witt Talmage
Brooklyn Tabernacle
Cadet Class Grows Into Walking Encyclopedias of Military Skills
George I. Putnam described cadets who mastered fortifications, bridge construction, languages, law, and weaponry at the Military Academy. They studied from Adam to modern times, learned to march and drill, built and demolished miniature forts, and explained gunpowder and battlefield plans in detail.
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Military Academy
Adam
George I
Putnam
St. Nicholas
French Fable Of Flies Ends In Irony
A French fable relays four flies seeking meals with grim fates. One finds impure jelly and dies. another eats alum bread and dies. a third is slain by lauded beer. the fourth eats German fly paper and survives, quipping that Germany adulterates all, before an unexpected longevity. The piece ends noting England paid £5,000 for a garter for Austria’s Crown Prince.
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Germany
Boston Journal
England
Austria
Are Blind Blinders Needed to End Cruelty to Horses
Hartford Times reports on horse welfare urging removal of tight or loose blinders. Humane Society agent Thrall notes frequent eye injuries and heat harm from near leather. A driver changes a blindfold after a plea, showing growing humane action and hope for freer horses on city streets.
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Hartford Times
Thrall
Connecticut Humane Society
Mr. Thrall
Mr.Thrall
Rice-Throwing at Weddings in Ancient Legend
The Chinese tale from Shansi tells sorcerer Chao plan to kill Peachblossom after learning of her marriage to a rival. On wedding day she counters his plot by having rice thrown at the door, luring the Golden Pheasant away. The trick lets Peachblossom survive and explains the custom of rice throwing at weddings.
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Shansi
Chao
P’ang
T’ang
Peachblossom
Veachblossom
Spurious Archeological Artifacts Convicted in Newschatel
A gang of forgers in Canton Newschatel were convicted for selling fake relics of pile dwellings and forging museum curator signatures to back fraudulent horn age items. Sentences ranged from two days to six months.
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Canton of
Newschatel
Archeological Museum of
Jome Journal
Infant theology and a Boston boy's mischief
A Boston area boy commits a private misdeed in a closed room and insists his mother did not see him do it. She answers that God saw everything, prompting the boy to declare that God is not sharing all he sees in the house. The brief quip reflects on parental moral framing and divine omniscience.
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Dr. Talmage
Christopher Wren
Huber
Swammerdam
Virgil
Aristwus
Moses
Samuel
David
Solomon
Jeremiah
Ezekiel
St. John
Europe
Sphinx Atropos
Pethaven
Saul
Jonathan
New York
Chicago
New Orleans
Brooklyn
Wall Street
State Street
Boston
Third Street
Philadelphia
Switzerland
God
Hesiod
Grace
Percy Shelley
Queen Mab
Rowland Hill
Surrey Chapel
Italy
Mediterranean
Shelley
Boston Courier
Deepfet Taolelolei
TOWER
J. Tower
Simmons St
Mase
Haunted by Chill Symptoms Prompt Use of Bitters
An 19th century style ad touts Hosetter's Stomach Bitters as a safe, speedy remedy for chills, hot flashes, and profuse sweating. It claims the tonic expels virus, cures dyspepsia, liver complaints, nervous ailments, rheumatism, and kidney or bladder inactivity, urging prompt use.
Early Americans skilled in stone work and textiles
The passage notes that early Americans were largely stone age in tools with metal knowledge rare. They excelled in stone workmanship and pottery, Clay molding, textile arts including cotton and wool spinning and weaving. Cotton grew widely in Mexico and Yucatan and two goat species were kept in Peru for wool.
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Mexico
Yucatan
Peru
Freire Yellow Fever Claim Questioned by Rio News
The Rio News reports mixed views on Dr. Domingos Freire claiming discovery of the yellow fever microbe. It advises medical men to request microscopic slides and proofs before accepting his statements.
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United States
Domingos Freire
Freire
Rio News
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets
A short advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets as a purgative that works promptly and effectively with no unpleasant after effects. It stresses the product as purely vegetable and harmless for both men and women.
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Pierce
Unique hand crocheted dress from Austin young lady
A young Austin woman, skilled in crochet, created a full hand crocheted dress from white spool thread using about 10 000 yards. Sleeves shaped with lock crochet and the piece took three months to finish, praised as very beautiful in the Austin Reveille. The piece serves as a notable local craft achievement and advertisement for her handiwork.
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Austin
Nostalgic Patent Remedies and Advertisements
An assortment of old advertisements offers Scott's Emulsion claims for digestion and growth, a free catarrh recipe from Prof. Lawrence, a merchants exclusive silver set giveaway, and an exhaustive piece on the stomach pump. The tone mirrors period health advertising and promotional notices.
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J. A. Lawrence
East Ninth Street
New York
Happy Homes and a Woman’s Health Cure
An essay argues that most marital unhappiness stems from female complaints and promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a guaranteed remedy. The ad claims the medicine cures female weaknesses and ailments and offers a money back guarantee as printed on the bottle wrapper.
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Pierce
Verdi Builds Hospital Amid Musicians’ Debate
Bur dette's Column notes Verdi funds a hospital already costing about $12,000 with ten beds ready. The writer suggests some American musicians could build an insane asylum with a rope walk, until new wings appear yearly, while praising Verdi's justice and humanity.
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Verdi
America
Burdette
Brown's Bronchial Traches Offers Instant Relief
A fragment notes a remedy claim for sore throat or cough with warnings of progress leading to lung trouble. It also includes a definition of matsunkee as Japanese for daisy and a curious line about calling a girl or another man's wife matsunkee with impunity.
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Brown
Matsunkee
Daisy
Prickly Ash Bittern Promoted for Digestion Relief
An advertisement extols Prickly Ash Bittern as the superior remedy for indigestion and dyspepsia with symptoms from bad blood to fullness and heartburn. It claims proven efficacy and offers Florida maps and books via O M Crosby in New York. Also mentions Florida readers and a patent steel stiffener for boots.
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Florida
O. M. Crosby
New York
Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific R
Rock Island
Joliet
Otayte Balle
Peoria
Geneseo
Moline
Illinois
Davenpoine
Washington
Fairfield
Ottumwa
Oskaline
Weat Liberty Lowe
Va City
Des Moines
Indianola
Winterset
Atlantic
Knoxville
Audubon
Harlan City
Dea Centre
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Gallatin
Roeten
St Joseph
Kansas City
Missouri
Leavenworth
Atchison
Minneapolis
Bt. Pant
Watertown
Dakota
Great Rock Island
Chi “Airy
Somfortabis
St. Jose
Albert Lea
St. Paul
Interior
United States
Canada
R. R. Cable
E. ST. John
E. A. Holbrook
Pass. Agt
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Buffalo
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Stadneatl
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Payne & Son
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Fort Wayne, Ltd
Wilieme
Arvin
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Washington, D.C
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Mich
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