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Sermon Decries Cards Theater and Saloons Power
A preacher rails against gambling, cards, dancing, and theater as moral poisons. He cites Galatians sowing and reaping, condemns church members who play cards, warns of ruined lives, and laments how homes train children in vice. He cites Chicago Civic Federation, Pinkerton stories, and high society scandals to illustrate gambling’s reach.
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M. B. Williams
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Heaven
Cyrus T. Brady
Israel Zangwell
Archbishop Glennon
St. Louis
United States
Elty
Hell
Faro Bank
Chicago
Civic Federation
Buffalo
Farwell Hall
Indiana
Jeffersonville
Gaina
State Street
Palmer House
Farwell] Hall
Towa
God Almighty
Iowa
Auburn
N. Y
Penitentiary
So-and-So
Ohio
Cincinnati
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Robert
Pinkerton
Hayseed
Illfame
Gald
Tennessee
Apo
Florida
Pensacola
Jesus Christ
Monte Carlo
Calaboose
Blacklegs
Y Wiley
New York
Daughters of Faith
Archbishop Farley
Queen Alexandria
England