Labor and Capital Reconciled Through Cooperative Thrift
In a Washington speech, Dr. Talmage argues labor and capital share interests. He advocates co operative associations, temperance, frank employer relations, and Christian ethics to lift workers, end strikes, and widen education and charitable giving for lasting peace and prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Klopsch
Washington
Lazarus
Shadrach
England
Wales
Thomas Brassey
Lord Derby
John Stuart Mill
Troy
Duchess Collects Notable Victorian Autographs
The duchess of St Albans houses a premier collection of Victorian autographs featuring the royal family and nobility plus writings by Tennyson Browning Gladstone John Bright and Chamberlain. Some verse is unique to the duchess from celebrated poets of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duchess of
St. Albans
Tennyson
Browning
Gladstone
John Bright
Chamberlain
End Without Means: Trush Illustrates Futile End
A concise observation from the Chicago Daily News notes that Trush's case presents an end pursued without the necessary means, highlighting a futility in approach. The remark frames a critique of method over outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trush
Chicago Daily News
Reform Notes on Saloon Influence and Prohibition Actions
A collection of condemnations of saloons as vice engines and calls for reform. The notes cite clergy and reformers, quote figures on alcohol’s harm, and report City Marshal Locke’s order under Mayor Martin closing all saloons and hotels in Concord New Hampshire with declared enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Board of Excise
Iuditor
John G. Wooley
United States
Union Gospel News
Lord Derby
Martin
Locke
Concord
N. H
A Voice to Young Men Promotes Clean Living and Reform
Mrs. T. B. Walker of Minneapolis solicited 30 leading firms with letters asking whether a capable young man who drinks in moderation after hours has a place in their line. All but one firm replied no space for drinkers. At a Charities and Corrections meeting in Cincinnati George Torrence stated cigarettes link to crime, citing high smoking rates among reformatory boys and noting 92 percent smoked at admission. The discussion mirrored this concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Jesus Christ
Kingdom of Heaven
Heaven
New York
Church of God
United States
George Peabody
Jon
Steward
Albany
Harrisburg
Washington
Henry Wilson
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Plato
Jerome
Origen
America
Carpenter of
Nazareth
T. B. Walker
Minneapolis
National Convention of Charities and Corrections
Cincinnati
George Torrence
Pontiac
Reformatory
Honeymoon Misadventure Ends in Police Station Remorse
A newlywed couple from Easthampton visiting Holyoke faced a saloon temptation on their honeymoon. The husband, drunk after several drinks, slept off drunkenness in a police cell while the bride waited anxiously at the depot and streets. He was fined five dollars and later found. she returned home single, heartbroken by the ordeal. The story, quoted from Rev. O. Miller, reflects anti alcohol sentiment and public concern over drink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holyoke
Easthampton
Boston & Maine
Griffin
Rev. O. Miller
National Advocate
Drummers Harsh Choice Foreshadows a Fall in Whisky’s Wake
A Nashville drummer recounts a southern tour in which he refused a drink offered by a powerful buyer. The man later fell from prosperity to poverty due to whisky, while the drummer remained with the same employer, noting the moral of restraint and the buyer’s decline.
Temperance Sermons Promote Three Beers a Day Claim
Rev. A. J. Kerr of Broome Street Tabernacle, New York, urged temperance with a circular using a sensational list of groceries and money savings claiming three beers daily for a year could buy huge foodstuffs and gifts. An expert reportedly confirmed the calculation as within bounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Kerr
Broome Street Tabernacle
New York
Candle power visibility in old lighting note
A historical note explains that a single candle power light is visible from one mile away while a three candle power light is visible from two miles, illustrating early lighting measurements.
Grocery and household goods ad with prices
A fragmented advertisement lists canned fruits and dried goods from California brands and generic items. It mentions peaches, pears, raisins, apricots, Prunes, white fish, mackerel, syrups, oils, and wines with various prices and pack sizes. Names include California Brand, Lyndon, Golden Drips, and Villa France with multiple price points.
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Great Britain
Iowa
Philadelphia
Balcon
Dutch Reformed Church
Pretoria
South Africa
Nashbville
C Ndie Power Light
White Fruit House
Rio
Java
Young Hyson
Japan
Baltimore
Calif
Fome Pack
California
Ecrop
Fish
Holland Hersing
New Orleans
Otis
Mashinethy
Boilec
Ini
Best
Villa
France
Ciara
Amophre
Katile Ax
J. Best
Pouning
Trey Mely Kelley
Elley Island
Walle Elley Island
Allan Érman Kuemmel
Kuemmel
Gucatel
Aden
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