Unpraised Heroes Memorial Sermon on Civil War Worth
The speaker honors both frontline and home front contributions in the Civil War era. He cites nations venerating generals and soldiers, praises unpraised southerners and northerners, and highlights lawmakers and farm workers who sustained the nation. He recalls a family tale of three brothers choosing who would stay and who would fight, underscoring duty at home.
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Boy
America
Memorial Day Sermon Praises Patriotic Christian Heroes
A memorial day address honors both Union and Confederate figures and civilian supporters. Rev Frank DeWitt Talmage extols ministers chaplains editors financiers and contractors who aided the war effort and urges Christian peace through national reconciliation. He lauds Robert E. Lee for choosing service to the nation over wealth and envisions a future united under faith with a final moral battle for Christ.
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The Teetotal Household Tragedy Lettered Silence
A reverend recounts a teetotal household tale of Willie whose wine habit led to ruin. After years of hidden drink and parental quarrel, Willie returns drunk and dies, with the vow that no drink shall ever enter the home again as the father declares the drink has killed their boy.
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Milk replaces beer at Vienna royal printing press
At Vienna's royal printing establishment 300 workers were allowed to buy milk instead of beer. 1902 to 1908 reports show milk consumption rising to about 8000 gallons while beer consumption dropped by 2400 gallons. Reform in Scotland includes closing public houses on five days yearly including New Year's Day and holidays.
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Royal Printing Establishment
Vienna
Scotland
Alcohol and Madness Rise in Scotland Says Dr Clouston
A lengthy perusal of Del Clouston’s annual report on insanity notes rising alcohol related lunacy. It cites Scottish statistics from 20 years ago to last year, suggesting more drink and a possible doctor’s fad for detecting alcohol in mental illness.
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Edgar Allan Poe
Scorsman
Jenahoiet
Scotland
Qlouston
Clouston
Drinking a Farm Oversimplified Show of Wealth
A satirical piece asserts a farm can be bought by drinking gin as readers are urged to imagine a plot of 100 square feet equaling a farm share. It frames land value in a drinking game metaphor, equating square footage to dirt worth 43.68 dollars per acre, highlighting the absurd scale of land value.
Temperance topics and temperance movement notes
A temperance focused item reports on an anti alcohol circular issued by the Prussian government, Liverpool saloon closures reducing police needs, miners at the Pittsburg district annual convention voting to bar any delegate who drinks, and a Missouri case where a druggist cannot sell whisky to a prescribed patient, with $160 fine upheld on appeal.
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Home Preserver
Liverpool
Friends of Temperance
Pittsburg
Court of Appeals
Student Evils at Chicago University Highlight Gambling Expulsions
The article notes Chicago university expelled students for gambling amid an investigation showing vice within the campus. Superintendent Seaver of Boston discusses in his annual report the evils linked to college athletics and urges frank recognition and closer supervision to curb or abolish them.
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Schoola Seaver
Boston
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