Side Tracked Duties and the Call to Christ
Rev Frank DeWitt Talmage argues that truth and duty must be viewed in full, not in parts. He warns against delaying higher religious duties for lesser tasks, citing biblical examples and modern studies of students and professionals who neglect service for ambition or convenience.
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Frank DeWitt Talmage
D. D
Christian Herald
Colton
Weaer
Christ
Jesus
Thera
Anna Dlonn
Dena
Ais
John
Henry Ward Beecher
Garist
Sean
Theological Seminary
Chicago
Tired merchant warns against letting work eclips e Christ
Rev Frank DeWitt Tal mage urges overworked business people to drop some mercantile drudgery and honor their duties to God and family. He cites a wife’s lament about a husband driven by wealth, warns against neglecting the living for the dead, and calls out various professions for failing to balance faith, work, and kin.
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Ohrist
Christ
Lfe
Clara
John
Ufe
Babylon
Jesus
Mann
West
Brooklyn
Chicago
Greenwood Cemetery
Virginia
Willis
Evergrean Cemetery
Wiaower
Aveult
Springfield
Dewey
Manila
Mother and duty rise above love in living tests
A veteran preacher warns that honoring the living and serving Christ outweighs grief for dead parents. He cites a widow’s sacrifice, a soldier’s duty over family illness, and the need to live virtuous lives for the world and the redeemed dead. The talk urges trust in Christ and future reunion in heaven.
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Christ
Bee s LAXATIVE Honey and Tar cough syrup claims
Bee s LAXATIVE Honey and Tar differs from other cough syrups claiming antiseptic properties to destroy germs, solvent action to loosen phlegm and laxative effects to cleanse the system. Marketed as a permanent cure for coughs colds and bronchial affections by Meyer Bros. Co. and A C Gocke.
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Meyer Bros. Co
A. C. Gocke
Electricity Driven Irrigation Trial in Oregon
Electricity carried overland by wire is being used in Oregon to pump water for irrigation. If the experiment succeeds, the system will be developed further across farms.
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Oregon
Jimmies Account Brings Drunken Father to Reform
A cold day finds 12 year old Jimmie scraping funds to buy shoes readers learn of his alcoholic father Tom Hillbrecht who hides money for drink. After catching him in the saloon plan to change, Tom vows to aid his son by settling the bill and buying new shoes, producing a hopeful ending for the Hillbrecht family with a turkey soon after.
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Jimmie
Bones
Boulder
Tom Hillbrecht
Evelyn M. Wood Lovejoy
Union Bignat
Emily
Hmlbrecht
Asb
Mister Boulder
Walier
Mrg. Green
Father
Likker
Squire Green
Goulder
Ikker
Floyd
Tom Saywright
Tomad
Toni
Fald
Mr. Hillbrecht
Ninmie
Flrawood
Hillbrecht
Temperance teaching in schools gains broad support
The piece notes early opposition to teaching the effects of tobacco and alcohol in public schools but reports a lasting shift over 20 years. It credits the gradual decline in drinking, aided by legislation, cultural changes, and the spread of “soft drinks.” It argues moral instruction should anchor elementary education nationwide.
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Woman's Christian ‘Temperance Union
Atle
Thore
Tess
Jesa
Lesa
Philadelphia
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Doxology Amid Liquor Raids Turns To Wasteful Mayhem
In Woodbine Ta a crowd of women gathered as police destroyed a large quantity of liquor seized under the mulct law. They sang the doxology while officers broke the last bottle and dumped its contents into the gutter, a scene likened to Hugo’s warning about ruin.
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Victor Hugo
Woodbine
Is Alcohol a Food Demonstration Tragedy in Brockton
Two year old William Brophy of Brockton New York drank whisky from a flask within reach and died in convulsions almost immediately. The Union Signal calls this a practical demonstration of alcohols nature and its effects on the human organism likely to influence parental and allied views more than theoretical arguments.
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William Brophy
Brockton
N. Y
Atwater
ManZan Piles TreatmentIn Collapsible Tube
A new discovery named ManZan is advertised for pile relief in a collapsible tube with nogels for easy application. It promises instant pain stopping and curing effects. Sold by Mayor Bros. Co. and A. C. Qocke.
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Mayor Bros. Co
A. C. Qocke
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Red Cross
Frank Small
West Superior Street
Geome
Clinton Street
George Grey
Ohio River
Earth
Heaven
Erriese
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