Absinthe Drinking and the French Nation Curse
Absinthe drinking is described as a modern French curse with wormwood distillate. A hygiene committee recommends stopping manufacture within a year and banning sale within two years. The report notes uncertainty over passage and cites origins in military use in Algiers during 1844 7 and a flood of distillers selling the drink.
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France
Committee On Hygiene
Chamber of Deputies
Algiers
Africa
Cost of crime dwarfs reform efforts in America
Rev John J Munro of the Evangelical Prison Society cites Harper s figures showing annual crime costs total 1 076 000 000 dollars including police courts and prisons plus 160 000 000 in property losses. Wages lost by prisoners lift the grand total to over 1 076 000 000 dollars, far above the 550 000 000 dollars spent on moral cure and social work.
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Evangelical Prison Society of
New York
John J. Munro
United States
Harper's Weekly
America
Glass makers protest saloon ban in factory district
Alexandria Indiana glass manufacturers employing over a thousand workers protest drinking resorts near plants. They warn they will halt extensions or improvements unless saloons are removed from the factory district and confined to the business portion of the city.
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Alexandria
Ind
Three Propositions on Alcohol and Longevity by Dr McAdam Eccles
London physician Dr McAdam Eccles, renowned for his life assurance work, states three propositions on alcohol. First, universal experience of assurance offices shows excessive drinking clearly shortens life. Second, statistics over years indicate even moderate habitual intake reduces longevity. Third, total abstainers exhibit the greatest longevity among all community groups.
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McAdam Eccles
London
Science
Lord Charles Beresford
Congo
Bearts July convention postponed by Haworth league
The Christian Endeavorers planned a large assembly at Bearts in July but the Haworth league board of control voted to skip holding the convention this year. They decided national conventions will be held quadrennially, so the league's next gathering is set for 1909.
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Christian Endeavorers
Bearts
Board of Control
Haworth League
League
Christian Herald
Israel
Mount Sinai
Aaron
Nadab
Abithu
Egypt
Red Sea
Will Black
Will
Mrs. Black
Wil
Mr. Black
Sally
Total Abstinence Move Gains in Denmark
Denmark now hosts 14 total abstinence associations with 122,207 members. Over the last two years, memberships grew by 21,757 across these societies, while 88,884 people are enrolled in a single order.
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Denmark
Shifting Trends in American Alcohol Sales
Recent statistics show wine and spirits use in the United States declining while beer gains popularity. The number of retail liquor dealers has fallen, whereas outlets selling beer are increasing rapidly.
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United States
United
A Valuable Lesson From An Old Journal Note
A fragmentary item recalls a personal maxim about wisdom and growth. The handwritten lines mention a valuable lesson learned years ago and hint at a reflective, introspective moment attributed to a writer’s memory.
A Sermon on the Temple and Calvary Eyed by Rev Henry Bar
A Christian Herald sermon outlines the tabernacle and temple progression from outer courts to the Holy of Holies, then links Calvary to the rent temple veil. It argues Christ’s death ends the old dispensation, reveals gospel light, and grants all penitent believers direct access to God beyond the former barrier.
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Israel
Mount Sinai
Moses
Solomon
Jerusalem
Court of
Aaron
Calvary
Temple
Mount Calvary
Cloge
Heavenly Kingdom
Jesus Christ
Christ
Jehovah
Abraham
Apostle Paul
Apostle
Jesus
Falthus
Noted clergyman Rev Henry Barton Chapin dies
Biographical sketch of Rev Henry Barton Chapin who was born 1827 and served as minister and educator. He studied at Union Theological Seminary and Princeton, led several churches in New York Steubenville and Trenton, and long served as chaplain at Presbyterian Home New York City. He held roles with the United States Evangelical Alliance and the Society of the Cincinnati and received honorary degrees from Princeton.
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Henry Barton Chapin
Union Theological Seminary
New York
Princeton Theological Seminary
Presbytery of
Steubenville
Trenton
N. J
University Place
Second Presbyterian Church
Sterbenville
Third Presbyterian Church
Presyterian Home
New York City
Chapin Collegiate School
Chapin
United States Evangelical Alliance
World’s Evangelical Alliance
London
Society of the Cincinnati
Rhode Island
Providence Plantations
William Barton
Rhode Island Continental Line
Princeton University
Bizarre South Atlantic Stats on Marital Proportions
A fragment notes regional data from the South Atlantic division, comparing the proportion of married versus unmarried men and women. It states bachelors make up 27.1 percent of men while 22.3 percent of women are described as unmarried, highlighting regional demographic contrasts.
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South Atlantic
Preventable Perils of Youth Nadab and Abiath
A sermon warns that Nadab and Abihu's drinking led to ritual sacrilege and death, citing Leviticus and the warning that wine mocks and strong drink deceives. It argues alcohol harms homes, worship, and labor, urging abstinence, prohibition of liquor in churches, and two works of moral reform through gospel aid and conscience.
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Aaron
Tabernacle
New York City
Neighbors Fooled by Cough Cure Victory Tale
Mrs Eva Uncapher of Grovertown Stark County Ind recalls near death from a severe cough and weakness. She credits four one dollar bottles of Dr Kings New Discovery with fully curing her cough and restoring health. Dreler Bro druggists advertise guarantee with 50c and 1.60 and trial bottle free.
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Dr. King
Eva’ Uncapher
Grovertown
Stark Co
Ind
Dreler & Bro
Italian State Railways Buys 200600 Tons of U S Coal
The Italian State railway has contracted to receive 200,600 tons of American coal at Genoa for 5 64 dollars per ton. Reported prices from Welsh coal owners indicated a payment of 6 12 dollars per ton.
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Hag
Genoa
Insect bites relief offered by Pinesalve Carbolized
The notice promotes Pinesalve Carbolized to relieve bites stings sunburn cuts burns and bruises with a poultice action that draws out inflammation. It is sold by Meyer Bros Co at three drug stores located on Calhoun street numbers 602 902 and 1424.
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Meyer Bros. Co
Calhoun Street
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General Grant
City Point
Meyer Brothers CO
Calhoun
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