Martyrs of Everyday Life Heroic Suffering Sermon
In Lakesier, July 29, Reverend T DeWitt Talmage preached on The Martyrs of Every-Day Life highlighting sickroom trials, domestic injustice, and humble charity as higher glories. He honored those who endured pain, toil, and poverty, predicting heavenly rewards for unseen heroes and heroines.
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Ouro
T. DeWitt Talmage
Brooklyn
Timothy
Talmage
Cromwells
Washingtons
Napoleons
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Bataan
lLerces
Toll
Gettysburg
Shiloh
South Mountain
Latimer Sor Tidley
Ponrtooner
Christ
George Peabodys
James Lenoxes
Earth
West
New York
Seattle
Love and Hate and the True Man in a World of Passion
A reflective meditation contrasts love and hate praising love as divine and expansive. It notes hatred harms the body and blinds judgment while recognizing humane acts in a desperado and the hope that enemies may recognize each other’s virtuous souls beyond mortal conflict. Lippincott.
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Bil
Lippincott
Notable meditation on mind and nature’s immortality
The speaker reflects on the mind’s vast memory and foresight, noting the arts and sciences and a wealth of discoveries. He asserts that nature contains countless things within itself and cannot be mortal, expressing firm belief in nature’s enduring, infinite capacity.
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Cierro
Liberty and Courage in the Fathers Great Experiment
A fragment reflecting on the love of liberty and self-government and praising the intelligent courage of the founders who undertook the great experiment of self governance.
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Guarfield
Advice to Young People From Temple Bar
A verbose poem urges readers to study Latin logic Greek and science topics from atoms to Earth, while neglecting domestic arts. It admonishes women to reject marriage, emphasize self denial, and prioritize knowledge above all, ending with a call to leave a legacy of learning.
Teach Trades to Girls in Progressive YWCA Report
The YWCA of New York, begun in 1858, reports on training self supporting women in work and business skills. It argues for formal trades for girls, noting men’s dominance in skilled labor and urging society to provide opportunities and practical experience so women gain first class proficiency.
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Young Woman's Christian Association of
New York
Franklin letter argues against overindulgent parenting
The Brooklyn Eagle reprints Franklin’s letter describing a mother congratulating a baby boy on teeth and praising indulgence as shaping a child’s future. It warns against coddling, urges honest, calm guidance, and notes dangers of confusing truth with fiction in early childhood.
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Wothers
Benjamin Franklin
Ray
Franklin
Brooklyn Eagle
Welsh grandmotherly tale of mercy and the robin
A Welsh neighbor admonishes a grandson who flees a robin struck by pity. The grandmother tells of the robin carrying water to cool the fires of sin, a symbol of mercy. The poem echoes Whittier’s themes of compassion and grace.
Wit Snaps and Graffiti From an Early Humor Page
A collage of quips and faux quotes from newspapers and mock columnists. Snappy lines poke at newspapers, manners, and society with absurd worldly wisdom and cartoonish framing.
How Lincoln Won Men Over
A Leeston Journal retelling of Lincoln standing firm after Northern governors pressed for changes. Lincoln asserted his presidential authority and urged Dickson to think it over, then gently drew him into loyalty with a personal, humorous prompt. Dickson later praised Lincoln as America’s greatest man.
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Nathan F. Dokson
Dickson
Lincoln
Abe
Beckson
Abe Lincoln
America
Leeston Journal
Washington Critic Letter Demands Change
A terse protest note complains of abuses and urges immediate action and reform, urging the addressee to depart and pivot to new uses. The piece signals public frustration and a call for accountability in civic or political conduct.
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Washington
A Dog Bites Child Over Cake in Buffalo
An up town child shared cake with a neighborhood dog when the animal suddenly snapped at a piece and bit off the child’s lower lip. The injury left the boy in precarious condition and the dog had to be restrained.
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Uptown
Watermelon ailment in Uncle Rastus tale
The York Sun prints a dialect joke where Uncle Rastus says he ate a whole watermelon before bed and feels sick this morning. He refuses a doctor and plans to eat another melon instead, in a humorous exchange with a gentleman.
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Rastus
Uncle Rastus
York
Washington Serves Breakfast After Note From Ellsworth
An unpublished Washington tale from a descendant recalls the Revolutionary War general visiting Hartford Connecticut. After a boy delivered a note from Chief Justice Ellsworth Washington shared breakfast with Ellsworth and the justice's twin sons, then sang them a Derby Ram ballad about a fantastically large ram.
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Washington
Connecticut
Hartford
Bull's Tavern
General Washington
Ellsworth
Derby
Ram
Poor Show for the First One in Colorado Story
An old frontier tale about a bragging frontiersman at Kline's ranch in southwestern Colorado. A tourist and a long haired hunter trade yarns about huge fish, with the punchline that the Colorado storyteller fares poorly when first to speak.
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Kline
Colorado
Touriss
Cimarron
Columby
Oregon
Noting the Betrothal of a Woman and a Poor Man
Harry St Claia challenges Mabel Nageon about marrying into poverty. She boasts she will be a famous housekeeper capable of dusting well and baking exquisite cream tarts. He ponders aloud and suspects he may have misjudged his fiancé after their talk.
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Harry St. Claia
Mabel Nageon
Harry
Sublime Contemplation on Lake Shore Prank at Hastings Bank
A Chicago clergyman and his son stumble on two bathing women while a prank unfolds about distant schooners. The dialogue centers on humor and mischief as the boy teases about sight and blindness before being hauled away. Herman Bobzine, formerly Elliott's College student, advances to a bank bookkeeping role in Hastings Nebraska.
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Chicago
Villian
Herman Bobzine
Elliott
Business College
Burlington
Hastings
Neb
What's That Long Stop in Baseball and Modern Attire News
A quirky mix of remarks on baseball jargon and fashion trends. The piece notes a hypothetical longstop in baseball, anecdotes about an Australian family of tall children, a Cincinnati dressmaker story, a Mentone lightning strike, and fashion notes on silks, gowns, umbrellas, and bathing wear. It also mentions a girl named Take opening others letters and a Ky. town’s unusual birth description.
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England
Cincinnati
Mentone
Ind
India
Take
Diamond Jo Line Steamer Service Promoted for Summer Travel
The Diamond Jo Line and St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Co promote six river steamers for through traffic from St. Louis to St Paul and Keokuk. Through boats Pittsburg St Paul Mary Morton Sidney War Eagle Gem City leave from Washington and Olive streets with Monday Wednesday Friday departures. Children under five travel free and ages five to twelve pay half with an adult. Full details at the company office. agents Isaac P. Lusk, Fred A. Bill, and R. A. Snowdon.
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St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company
Pittsburg
St. Paul
Mary Morton
Sidney
Washington Avenue
War Eagle
Gem City
Keokuk
Olive Street
St. Louis
Great Northwest
Isaac P. Lusk
Fred A. Bill
Dubuque
R. A. Snowdon
St Paul, Minn
Gazette
Five Cheap Harvest Excursions Offer Unrivaled Travel Value
The Great Rock Island Route promotes five low fare excursions from Chicago on August 21 September 11 and 25 and October 9 and 25 in 1888. Round trip one fare with first class return passage options. Tickets via the Rock Island Route to Kansas Nebraska Northwestern Iowa Minnesota and Dakota. Contact William Rickey in Davenport Iowa or E A Holbrook in Chicago for rates and details.
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Chicago
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakota
Wm. Rickey
Pasenger
Davenport
E. A. Holbrook
Nils
Wabash Land Excursion Tickets To Southern Points
The Wabash Western Ry announces land excursion tickets at one fare for the round trip on several August through December dates to Jackson Tennessee Aberdeen Artesia Jackson Mississippi Citronelle Alabama Hammond Lake Charles Jennings Louisiana. Tickets valid 60 days with stop over both directions. For details contact W G Martin T P A or L M Martin Genl Agent Des Moines IA.
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Tenn
Aberdeen
Artesia
Miss
Citronelle
Ala
Hammond
Lake Charles
Jennings
W. G. Martin
Des Moines
L. M. Martin
Harvest Excursions on Burlington Route West
The Burlington Route will sell Harvest Excursion tickets to all points West on August 21 September 11 September 25 October 9 and October 23 for 30 days. Stop overs allowed west of the Missouri River. One fare for round trip. For fare and information contact Jas Hunter Ticket Agent or Geo B Dunbar Gen Agent Des Moines.
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Missouri River
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Geo. B. Dunbar
Des Moines
Michigan Central Niagara Falls Route to New York and Boston
The Niagara Falls Route trains from Chicago to New York and Boston offer Wagner palace sleeping cars and vestibuled dining smoking first class and baggage cars. The Michigan Central limited carries all classes without extra charge and includes a through sleeper Chicago to Toronto with a connection to a parlor car for Montreal. Accommodations available at Clark street and Lake street depots in Chicazo.
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Toronto
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Chicazo
Prize and health recovery through medicines in a period piece
A discussion praises a $100,000 prize but elevates recovery from consumption as more fortunate. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription are promoted as unfailing remedies for consumptive and other ailments. Advertisements claim cures for skin issues, burns, and ulcers available from druggists.
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