Notable Sermon by Rev Doctor Frazer on Lincoln's life
Rev. W. J. Frazer delivered a Sunday morning sermon at the Presbyterian church centering on Abraham Lincoln as a model of American possibility. He contrasted Lincoln’s rise from humble roots to the White House with Washington, urged Christian public service, and highlighted Lincoln’s self taught education and use of books, especially the Bible, Shakespeare, and Blackstone.
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W. J. Frazer
Presbyterian Church
Abraham Lincoln
Dr. Frazer
Lincoln
Ife
Republic
White House
Lowell
America
Adam
Washington
Linecoln
Virginia
Congress
Utica
Dictionary of Congress
Illinois
Aesop
Robinson Crusoe
Weem
Burns
Bunyan
Blackstone
Grant
Sherman
Henry Watterson
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Washington City
God
Christ
Mr. Lincoln
Henry W. Grady
Steketee’s Pin Worm Destroyer Advertised Sample
An 19th or early 20th century style advertisement promotes Steketee’s Pin Worm Destroyer for pin worms and other worms. It claims relief for itching and nervous irritability, markets the product as gentle laxative, and directs readers to order from Geo G Steketee of Grand Rapids Michigan.
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Steketee
Geo
G. Steketee
Cherry, St
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Lincoln's Bible Readings Shaped a Nation's Leader
A tribute to Abraham Lincoln highlighting how his deep Bible knowledge formed his education, character, and moral compass. The piece extols his honesty, self control, humor, and faith growth, noting his stance on emancipation, temperance, and leadership in wartime. It praises his imperturbable prudence, compassion for the South, and pursuit of divine guidance during the Civil War.
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Abe
Congress
Lincoln
Edwin M. Stanton
Cincinnati
Seward
Stanton
Volney and Paine
Speed
Christ
Theodore Parker
Bishop Simpson
White House
Gettysburg
Beecher
Brooklyn
Harriet Beecher Stowe
God
New Great South American Kidney Cure Promises Quick Relief
Distressing kidney and bladder disease relieved in six hours by a claimed remedy sold by C. H. Leonard in Elkhart Indiana. The promoter asserts rapid relief for bladder kidneys and back pain with immediate water retention recovery.
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C. H. Leonard
Elkhart
Ind
Bohemian Father Joseph Stroer Welcomes Thirty-Eighth Child
Vienna Tageblatt reports Bar rington Bohemia resident Joseph Stroer now has a thirty-eighth child from his wife, who presented him the newborn. Stroer is seventy-one years old and has been married three times.
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Vienna
Battle-tested veteran credits pain relief to pink pills
Henry Simons, a Grand Army veteran and former Civil War prisoner from Lineiem Avenue, recounts a near fatal accident with a buzz saw and credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing years of malaria gastritis vertigo and heart palpitations after first box. The pills are sold by druggists worldwide.
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Troy
Henry Simons
Lineiem Avenue
Grand Army
Mx Simons
Co. H. Twelfth Geonnecticut Volunteer Infantry
Shenandoah
Libby
New Orleans
Miners Entombed After Alabama Mine Disaster
Birmingham reports-185 United Mineworkers from Pratt City and other areas feared dead after an explosion at a Virginia mine 18 miles southwest of Birmingham. Rescue trains by Birmingham and Bessemer dispatched. J D Hillhouse to inspect. Alabama United Mineworkers President Edward Flynn and National Committeeman W R Fairly headed to the scene.
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Birmingham
Ala
Virginia
Siow
United Mineworkers of America
Pratt City
Hoth Birmingham
Bessemer
Alabama Steel and Wire Company
Reid & Co
J. D. Hillhouse
Alabama
Edward Flynn
Alabama United Mineworkers
National
W. R. Fairly
J. B. Allier
Flynn
Banana skins and hair tonics trend in English hotels
A letter to London papers notes high demand for banana skins in England especially for boot cleaning at hotels. Barbers report late summer as peak for hair tonics scalp massages and hair styling. A Mr. F. A. Affalo claims to have seen a large vodka flask hauled from the North Sea by a trawl and asks if it explains contemporaneous Dogger Bank visions.
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England
F. A
Affalo
London
North Sea
Dogger Bank
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Dr. Price
Price Baking Powder Co., Chigags
London Times
A. Lincoln
New Salem
Washingtonian Society
Springfield
Ilinois
Navy
Taft
Douglas
U. S. Senate
UNION
Allen
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