Church and State and the Unity of Religion in History
A critique tracing the alliance of church and state from Constantine to modern England. The speaker argues this fusion corrupts Christianity, condemns ritualistic power, and cites bishops and titles as unscriptural, urging a separation of church from political authority.
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Gulf of Vide
Thomas Cooper
Christ
Constantine
Crujt
Rong
Cohine
Christickery
England
House of Lords
Philip Skiprth
Earl of
Yarborough
Old
Rome
Samuel
Winchester
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Ter
Peter
Italy
Permis
Tarsus
Judea
Ithew
Jem
Jericho
Cesarea Philippi
Neo Fork
A Missionary’s Trials and a Sunday School Visit
A Sunday School Union report describes a missionary’s visit to a bare 12 by 16 foot schoolhouse with two beds and a dirt floor. Rain and mud turn the night sleepless as the party endures hardships while aiding settlers and noting a nearby obituary of Mr Steel aged twenty four.
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Sunday School Union
Sennon
Poe
NN Steel
Rock M(l.) Union
Steel
Hig
Denver
Lek
The Fire that Old Nick Built Imaged in Temperance Verse
A readable excerpt recreates the house that Jack Built motif to argue against intemperance. It traces a chain from intemperance to fuel, to an axe, to a sledge, to the grinding stone, ending with a quiet force and moral force behind temperance pledges and eternal truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Nick
Jack
Nick
Charity and Work as Virtues in Old Texts and Sayings
The piece reflects on charity covering faults rather than exposing them, contrasting merciful conduct with social gossip. It then discusses the purpose of food and work, citing the axiom if any man will not work, neither shall he eat, and warns against excess leading to sickness and ill temper.
Odds and Ends from a 19th Century Paper
A picaresque collection of quips and vignettes ranging from era humor to small social observations. It lampoons lawyers, match making, zoos and telephones, with jokes about Indians, pawnbrokers, post offices run by women, and a Kansas hotel notice about self-harm prevention. It closes with a taxidermist mishearing at the Centennial Exhibition.
Horse stops runaway on Long Wharf Newport
James Groff’s horse ran away on Long Wharf as boatbuilder James N. Hart crossed with a broom and pail of water. Hart splashed the horse in the face, stopping it instantly, amid amused spectators. The tale ends with a moral about keeping a man with a pail of water ready for such runaways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Providence Journal
James Groff
Long Wharf
Newport
James N. Hart
Hart
Novel cure for drunkenness by Broadbrim Quaker
An inveterate drunkard asks a Quaker for a cure. The Quaker replies that keeping the hand open before lifting a glass breaks the liquor without breaking sobriety. The moral: self control via a simple act can curb temptation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadbrim
European lad falls from tree while stealing eggs
A European lad named Green climbed a tree near the Bangalore railway station to pilfer eggs. He reached into the nest, grabbed a snake mistaken for a chick, lost balance, and dislocated his right arm. The paper remarks that such mishaps should deter boys from nest raiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangalore
India
Green
Island pest claim calms English farmer fears
A London Spectator note reassures an English farmer alarmed by talk of an arrival on the island of the potato bug that the insect is not Doryphora decemlineata but Doryphora juncta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Spectator
Illinois Terminal Rail Time Schedule Freeport to St Louis
Trains from Freeport run to Chicago and St Louis with passenger and freight services. Times show departures 9 30 am and 12 80 am, arrivals in St Louis around 9 20 pm. Chicago and western connections listed with freight and passenger options for multiple cities.
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Tllinois Ornthal
Freeport
Sioux City
St. Louis
Johnson
A. Mitchell
Chicago
R. H. Honper Ticket Ag’t
Sesternunion Railroad
Fitcu
Agt
Detroit
Toledo
Cleveland
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Rochester
Albany
Toronto
Montreal
Quebec
Portland
Oston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Cairo
San Francisco
Sacramento
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Denver
Council Bluffs
Sioux City St. Paul
Marquette
Escanaba
Menasha
Madison
Cheyenne
Omaha
Yankton
Winona
Duluth
Green Bay
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Union Pacific Railroad
Missouri River
Centaur Liniment Promises Relief for Many Ailments
A historic medical advertisement touts Centaur Liniment for pain relief across numerous conditions including rheumatism sciatica neuralgia and lumbago. It claims to ease burns frostbite and wounds, improve sprains and bruises, and offers free bottles to the poor and distressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Phese
Benjamin Brown
Centaur Liniment praised by horse owners and farmers
Advertised as a universal remedy for horses and livestock, with testimonials from managers at Adams Ex Stables and Nat Ex Stables and farms in Alabama. Claims include curing spavin sprain windgalls scratches sweeny and general lameness. Promoted as valuable for farmers veterinarians and delivery to test at one gross per request.
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Expressmen
New York
H. Marsh
Supt
Adams
Pultz
Stables
N.Y
Albert 8. Olin
Nat
aXe
Montgomery
Ala
Savannah
A. T. Stewart
P Laboratory
J. B. Rose & Co
Dry St
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Odds and
School of Design
Montana
Advertiser
Ife
California
Street
America
N. Y. Com
Ada
Texas
Danbury
Whitehall Times
Worvistown Herald
Sitting Bull
Rhode Island
Australia
Black Hills
Lubbock
Kansas
Belgium
New Jersey
Troy
Westhiud
East Drive
Stenneett
Gen
Rockford
Rock Island
ST. Louie
Mt. Morris
Forreston
Iowa
R.R
Ccom
Oregon
Rochelle
Aurora
HL OK LE
Medical
Centaur
Tting Machine CO
Chicopee Falls
Mass
Atenna
Jackson
C. A, Jackson &Co
Petersburg
Vickery
Auguste Mato
Suan
Excelsion CO
Tribune Building
GEO. P. Rowell & CO
Park Row
Louisiana State Lottery CO
Ito
Cercersseese
Secessaeesen
Wee
Johnin & CO
Washington St
China
Ill
Chas
T. Howard
New Orleans
Horse Thief Detective Association of
Harlem
Florence
Stephenson County
Ira Crippen
A V Sheetz
J S Aspinwall
Marshall H C Beat
N D ‘Peck
J M Bechtel
W . Kye
Eli Miller
Irmbebs
Dean
J Best
Washburn
Gengal
Deaner
Nes Schofield
Atchinson
E Garrison
Hef
Agpinwall Eli
Mack
Bechtel
Hance
Ganinwall
Miller la Dimull
Winters
Farley
Vanubrocklin
Goodsel
Fox
Sheetz
WilFye
Stont
Lfritzel
McGrath
Hart and
Millerberg
A. VY
D, Kuehner
Galena and
Exchane
Tate
Journal Office
Castoria
Samuel Pycher
Hyannis
I J.B. Rosa & Co
Dey Street
Castorta
Pitcher
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Star Clothing House
Isaac Stine
F. Taylor
Just
Mount Joy
S. F. Taylor
Hettin We Sorel Ran Bros
South Post Office
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United States
France
Ireland
Germany
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Westinghouse
Miller's Patent
Marvin Hughitt
W.H Stonnete
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