Sermon on the Hart Panteth After God at Brooklyn Tabernacle
Rev. T DeWitt Talmage returns from a lengthy tour and preaches on Psalm xlii expounding the hart panting after water. He likens trials to pursuing hounds and urges fleeing to God's mercy, praising divine consolation and the river of life while defending faith against adversity. The speech blends natural history with biblical allegory and personal reflections.
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Talmaga
D.v.ne
Water Brook
Brooklyn
N. Y
Brooklyn Tabernacle
T. DeWitt Talmage
D. D
New York State
Solomon
David
Syria
John Brown
Jacoh
Esau
Isaiah
Hismself
Saul
Absolom
Jook
Bart Panteth
Adirondacks
Ael
Leon
Saraso
Toway
Ives
United State
St. Regis
Long Lake
Pursui
Upper
Saranac
God
Wall Street
Cape Fear
Cape Good Hope
Heavenly imagery seals a sermon on salvation and bliss
The speaker blends biblical and western frontier imagery to describe heaven as a welcoming place for the faithful, contrasting it with the world’s cruelty. He envisions souls entering heaven like travelers welcomed by villages, with feasts and bells signaling eternal reunion. The peroration likens Christ to a deer in the night, closing the sermon with a poetic biblical image.
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Heaven
Gail
Bether
Belizean Courts and Color Lines in a Distant Realm
A Philadelphia Record letter from Honduras notes Belize’s five courts led by a Grand Court with seven judges mostly men of color and a courtroom filled with ebony jurors. It contrasts colonial quirks with no bar to the bench and occasional royal appeals, pondering a drought of legal “limbs” amid commercial bustle.
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Belize
Supreme Court
Grand Court
Court of Ordinary
England
Belze
Francisco de Montejo
Kingdom of
Spain
Hiondura
Philadelphia Record
Salt Water Fire Suspension Trick
A described illusion uses a thread soaked in salted water to suspend a lighted ring or a muslin hammock. When burned, salt crystals form a strong ash cushion that can support the attached object. An egg may be used in a shell or a hard boiled egg to avoid a messy outcome if the display fails.
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Hibbard
A Weiful Dearth of Men at Vacant College House
A humorous tale describes a rumor of twenty five rowing and bathing students spending vacation at a house leading to temporary prosperity. Charming girls board there, and a satirical dancing master stages a quadrille with girls in Tom O Shanter caps. Sister Anne figure prompts a playful gaze as the audience shouts through the tender trombone.
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Sister Anne
Conversation About a Lisping Girl
Sam Sample asks Billy Bliven to call on a young lady the next day. The two discuss a lisping girl from a prior evening and a concert remark about music that had been performed. She responded with a quip about it being themed, Merchant Traveler.
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Sam Sample
Billy Bliven
Merchant Taveler
New Styles in Woman's West Fashion Trends
The article surveys current dress styles for women, praising basque and princesse gowns for varied figures. It notes Empire sashes as a finishing touch, describes blouse details for stout and slender figures, and highlights fashion’s push toward individuality and adaptable ensembles.
Fashionable yet practical children’s clothing of health and comfort
The article outlines child attire prioritizing health and comfort over luxury. It notes inexpensive materials under age twelve, linen and gingham fabrics, practical shoes and hats, and seasonal play dresses. It highlights white linens, Irish embroidery, and worn stockings, with wide brim hats and summer wear for boys and girls.
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England
Fashionable Frivolties and Trimmed Fashions Parade
The piece notes current Paris and New York styles with sashes girdles and white jackets. It mentions white daisy weddings, lead weighted hems for sea dresses, lace tulle mourning with jet beads, large bead embroidery, epaulets and passementerie on mantles, and extensive ribbon embellishments on dressy frocks.
Five Cheap Harvest Excursions by Great Rock Island Route
Five inexpensive trips offer a single fare round trip from Chicago on September 25 October 9 and 23 1888 to Kansas Nebraska Northwestern Iowa Minnesota and Dakota. Tickets are first class valid 30 days. Read via Great Rock Island Route with connections to principal points. Contact William Rickey Davenport Iowa or E A Holbrook Chicago Ill for rates and details.
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Great Rock Island
Chicago
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakota
Wm. Rickey
Davenne
E. A. Holbrook
Ill
Hungry Tower Legend at Rhine Castle Visit
A visitor at a Rhine ruin is given a tour by an old janitor who tells of the celebrated hungry tower. The skeleton of a doomed suitor is shown in a corner and is to be replaced with a new one, as the janitor mourns the tale of hunger and despair.
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Rhine
Emer? Proprietary Co
Chierm Tih
Family of Fighters and Long Porter Naval Legacy
Admiral David D. Porter, now seventy five and ill, is part of a Navy dynasty spanning ninety years. His father Porter of Essex battled British and other foes in the War of 1812 and naval campaigns, while the son fought Mexicans on western waters, continuing a lineage famed for gallantry against American and foreign foes.
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David D. Porter
United States Navy
Porter
Essex
Trivolitans
Pacific
Semmes
Wabash Route Land Excursion Tickets Offered
The Wabash Western Ry announces land excursion tickets at one fare round trip to Jackson Tennessee Aberdeen Artesia and Jackson Mississippi Citronelle Alabama Hammond Lake Charles Jennings Louisiana. Tickets valid 60 days from sale with stop over both ways. For details contact W G Martin T P A Des Moines IA or L M Martin GM Des Moines IA.
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Wabash Western Ry
Jackson
Tenn
Aberdeen
Artesia
Miss
Citronelle
Ala
Hammond
Lake Charles
Jennings
W. G. Martin
T. P
Des Moines
L. M. Martin
A Woman 149 Years Old in Russia
A Russian woman alleged to be 149, forty years younger than the Patriarch Isaac at death, lives on potatoes and milk, has never drunk alcohol, remains lively, reads without spectacles, and marked her birthday weeks ago.
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Russia
Isaac
Man Over Seventy Six Buys First Stamps At Post Office
Warner Hart of the Cumming area visited the post office last week to buy 10 cents in stamps remarking they are his first ever purchase though he is over seventy six. He owns substantial property and has over one hundred notes and accounts with various parties totaling several hundred dollars though many are out of date and unenforceable.
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Adrondacks
Sandy Hook
New York
Golden Gate
San Francisco
Ben
Baroness of Nairn
Lord Stafford
Earl of Yarborough
Duke of Rutland
Queen Victoria
David Jonged
David
Stag
Screen Lake
Lamartine
Nimrod
Gorl
God
Ilim
Jesus Christ
Adirondacks
Heaven
Heavenly City
Gong Loo
Landseer
Shining Pearl
St. Bernard
John Brown
P Tae
Warner Hart
Cumming
Log Cabins Reshape American Style and Remedies
Log cabins remain a staple of early American life with rugged appeal. Warner's Log Cabin Cough and Consumption Remedy hails from old time roots and herbs used to keep people well. Tippecanoe touted as a stomach tonic. Christopher Columbus noted as first helper of Italian emigration.
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Warner
Louisiana Lottery Winner From Kentucky Draws Big Prize
Frank Lawrence Dant of Harrodsburg Kentucky held one twentieth of ticket 3894 which won the $300000 top prize in the Louisiana State Lottery on the 7th. He is 22, unmarried, educated at St Mary's College and the Southern Business College. He works for the Louisville and Nashville railroad near Stanford and plans to stay in his job while investing his winnings. Pedestrian hazards noted as banana skins and careless people cause slips on sidewalks.
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Harrodsburg
Frank Lawrence Dant
Citizen's National Bank of Louisville
St. Mary’s College
Southern Business College
Louisville
J. W. Dant
Dant’s Station
Lebanon
Marion County
Kentucky
Knoxville
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Stanford, Ky
A Pill in Time, Saves Nine Dr Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets
Dr Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets are pitched as preventive and curative. The ad touts ease of use and cost efficiency for constipation liver regulation and blood purification. It notes travel and climate changes as benefits and mentions a violent incident involving a Missouri coroner.
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Dr. Pierce
Pierce
How Did He Know A Blunt Street Encounter in Washington County
A terse exchange unfolds with a beggar asking for alms and the response denying aid. The dialogue reveals tension as a blind man and a harsh observer spar over perceptions and appearance. The reference to a recently executed man adds grim context.
Harvest Excursion Tickets On Burlington Route Sell In September and October
The Burlington Route and its connections offer Harvest Excursion Tickets from principal stations on September 25 and October 5 and 25. Tickets valid to western farming regions including the West Southwest and Northwest. For details contact BL and Q Ticket Agent or S. Eustis General Passenger and Ticket Agent Chicago.
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Burlington
Las Bates
Northwest
BL & Q
S. Eustis
Gen'l Cass
Chicago
Harvest Excursions Offer Westward Farm Tours
Wabash promotes Harvest Excursion rates for Iowa farmers to visit crops in Texas Arkansas and Kansas. Ticket sale September 25 October 9 and 23 for round trips at one fare with 30 day validity. West of the Missouri river stopovers allowed. Contact W G Martin or L M Martin in Des Moines Iowa for details.
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Texas
Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri River
W. G. Martin
T. P
L. M. Martin
Des Moines
Iowa
A Woman Recalls Near Suicide and Patent Cure
The dialogue recounts a woman’s near death attempt from chronic weakness and despair, saved by Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. The second item notes Milwaukee city workers gaining monthly pay raises for oilers, firemen, and coal-passers.
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Mary
Dr. Pierce
Oilers
Milwaukee
Harvest Excursions depart. rail trip to Kansas to Texas
The Missouri Pacific and Lion Mountain Route start August 21 with further departures September 25 October 7 and 23. Round trip tickets at one fare, thirty day return limit, and ample stopover privileges. Also notes on Chicago surpassing Boston as a literary center and various quips on culture and travel.
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Missouri Pacific Ry
Lion Mountain
Kansas
Nebraska
Arkansas
Texas
Chicago
Boston
Letter Too Heavy for Two Cents Says Postal Clerk
A postal clerk in a country office tells a Black man the letter is too heavy for two cents. The man explains the letter was written by his son and the son kept writing with heavy bold handwriting. He plans to have it rewritten with a pencil.
Notable shift in athletic diets over the years
The piece notes that prize fighters and fast horses once used alcohol for vim, but as stimulant harms became known, diets varied. Recently cereals, meats, potatoes, bread, and Moxie Nerve Food dominate among athletes, pedestrians, racehorses, and overworked city dwellers as a continual aid.
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Ats
Agin
the Fashion
Paris
New York Sun
Farmers Land Excursions
Christopher Columbus
Suicade
Caress
West Virginia
Kissimmee, Fla
Washington County
Ely
Eilert’s
Marquis of Queensberry
Isaac Thompson
Bay City
Mich
Castoria
Standard Oil Company
Lima
Wells Birreroton & CO Proprietors
Ton
N.S. McDonnell&co
Blake
Exand
Fort Ave
Des Molnes
PH. B. Paul
North Clark St
W.N.U. Dom. V. xvi
THE
Mohammed
Mr. Soup
Uniontown
Dakota Territory
New
Ishpeming
Picchi
Nevada
S. LE. Banks
Whitehall
Matthew Wixry
Muskegon, Mich
A. D. Nevis
Jackson, Mich
Louis Evzrxora
Wabash, Ind
Sciatica
St. Jacobs
George A. Rose
Beaver Dam
Wis
St Jacobs
Jannette Weber
Utica
Fulton Co
Illinois
Et. Jacobs Oil
Harper
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Baltimore
Moody
Moody & CO
Cincinnati, C
Piso
Hood
M. A. Steinman
Grand Avenue
Grani Rapids
Hood & Co, Apothecaries
Lowell
Masa
Carters
Nanseal
Carter Medic
L CO
New Yoak
Jose
Small Price
Brewster Safety Rein Holder Co
Holly, Mich
ENCK
J. N. Sechencik
S. W. Cor
Main & 12Th Sts
Kansas City
N. B
Was
Expresa
Bera
Maus
Goiae
Hamimond
Greenteaut Thompson
Jogist
J. MM. Bucktey
D.B
Cief
Christian
Richard Peoctor
Prof
A. Lois
Common Sense Cure Co
State St
Stow Hist
Charlestown
Tacoma
Henry Goetz
Praugyg St
Termarkkeé
Truk & Co
Augusta
Maine
ACER
L. Pond
M.D
Aurora
Kane Co
Lil
Brans Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Onio
Mark
G. H.ingraham
M. D
Amsterdam
D. K. Dyche & CO
Druggista
Catalus
Montgomery Ward & CO
Michigan Avenue
McNine
Johnson & CO
Male Street
Richmond
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