Practical Religion Makes Work Honest and Useful
A sermon urging faith with works as true religion. Dr Talmage critiques talk without deeds, condemns adulteration in commerce, and argues practical religion must reform professions from medicine and law to farming and journalism. He praises merchants like Arthur Tappan and figures in industry who live their faith in daily toil.
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Talmage
Twoman
Xander
Jerusalem
Evry
Jie
Jusalem
Geneva
Massachusetts
Madeira
California
America
Board of Health
England
Jesus Christ
Christ
Tod
Arthur Tappan
William EK
Dodge
Moses HW
Grinnell
Peter Cooper
Berkshire Hills
Florida
Colorado
Potomac
Raritan
James Brindley
Nathaniel Bowditch
Elihu Burritt
From Waterlooo to Wealth Through Faithful Work
A historical reminiscence recounts a Somerset and Ryland regiments era victory at Waterloo and capstones of a later English family. A farmer’s wife prays in a dooryard, blessing a home in Ohio and sowing prosperity. Their descendants fund parks, housing for workers, and orphanages in Halifax, England. The moral: faith allied with works yields fortune and benevolence.
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Bhat
Atyus
Wellington
Waterloo
Somerset Cavalry
Ryland
Kemp
Septeir Gisiys
England
Ohio
Halifax
Mancy
Hfalifas
Blue Peter in Whist at Graham's Club London
R. Frederic Foster critiques the blue peter signal first used at 87 St James Street, once Graham's club, arguing it replaced calculation and tenace with arbitrary conventions. He laments the spread of modern signals over traditional whist skill, claiming American leads and four signals erode dash and individuality.
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London
St. James Street
Marborough House
Graham
Henry Bentinck
Israel
Promised Land
R. Frederic Foster
Home Dressmaking Tips for Proper Bodice Fit
Advice for makers warns against tight bone casings and insists on loose wrinkled casings to shape arches. Soak whalebone before use for pliability. Use bent hooks with alternating eye fastenings, and ensure waist linings are longer to accommodate fabric stretch.
Health and overwork warn in obituary notice
A newspaper obituary urges care of health amid modern business strain. It cites digestion, nerves, and blood as factors, touts Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and the Common Sense Medical Adviser, and promotes free distribution of the medical book from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo.
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Pierce
Chas
Faulhaber
Brownlee, Cherry Co
Neb
Common Sense
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
Buckion's Arnica Salve Prescription and sales note
Buckion's Arnica Salve marketed for various skin ailments and eruptions with a money back guarantee. Sold by Emmert & Burrell for 26 cents per box. Includes a Dryden quotation and a note on the Metonic cycle of 19 years.
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Buckion
Emmert & Burrell
Dennigan Dennigan State hotel manager backs Chamberlain remedy
Major T. Picton, manager of the State hotel at Dennigan Jenne, praises Chamberlain's colic cholera and diarrhoea remedy. He says he has used it for years in his family and hotel guests, insisting it is an infallible cure for diarrhoea and dysentery and always recommended. Emmert & Burrell publish the notice.
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Boston
Syria
Aleppo
London
New York
Mah
T. Picton
Dennigan
Jenne
Chamberlain
Picton Rae
Emmert & Burrell
Solar system vastness echoed in quoted note
J J Gore remarks on the solar system's immensity as a mere drop compared to the universe. Hartwick lumberman D Robinson cites Chamberlain's Pain Balm as the only relief for his wife's five month rheumatism illness. Emmert & Burrell sell the balm for 50 cents a bottle.
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J. J. Gore
Earth
D. Robinson
Hartwick
N. Y
Robinson
Personally Conducted Tour Through Mexico
The North Western Line arranges a personally conducted tour through Mexico led by J J Grafton ex excursion manager. Departing Chicago on Tuesday morning February 2 1897 in a vestibuled Palace train the 30 day trip visits major cities and sights with options to extend tickets. Illustrated pamphlets and rate information available from Chicago and North Western agents.
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Mexico
J. J. Grafton
Chicago
Chicago & North- Western Ry
Illinois Central Holiday Excursion Rates Announced
The Illinois Central offers excursion tickets within 200 miles at one and one third fare for round trips. Tickets on sale December 24 25 and 31 1896 and January 1 1897 with return by January 4 1897. H W Rowley ticket agent.
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Illinois Central
H. W. Rowley
Chicago & Northwestern Ba Y
Union Pacific
Chicago & Northwestern R’y
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