How Old Art Thou in a Year of Flying Time
The preacher Talmage asks how old we are by the measure of life and eternity. He contrasts worldly joy and sorrow with Christian growth, urges using wealth, learning, or talent for good, and envisions a heavenly end when time is no longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Syria
Greece
Jacob
Joseph
Pharaoh
Lord Dundas
Wesus
Roy
Rex
John Milton
Salmasius
Sheridan
Drury Lane
Cumberland
Bishop Cooper
Pepe
Cano
Earth
Christ
Bethlehem
John Bradford
Richard Bax
Ter
Philip Doddridge
Paul
Wilberforce
Guinn
Malherbe
Lord Chesterfield
Dayboles
Godfrey Kieller
Edward Payson
Paul the Apostle
Heaven
Hudson River
Hell
Boyhood
God
Andover
Princeton
New Brunswick
Edinburgh
Christendom
Knowledge
Ghent
Celestial Realm
Oddities and notes from across the era
A miscellany of items from across the United States and beyond including farming, new trade boards in Chihuahua, wine and seltzer critique of Campanini, Oregon dog salmon, Calcutta jute for manilla paper, Nebraskans with safety pins, New Yorkers copying London coffee houses, Georgia pushing a state labor bureau, Canadian emigration forecasts, a New Hope California farmer with 500 acres of potatoes predicting $50,000, fashionable Highland dress in New York, Century Magazine sales rising since Lincoln, a white buzzard in Union Springs, Jay Cooke’s ongoing work, California consumption cure doubts for an eight year old, Grand Forks artificial slide record, Sullivan quotes on boxing, jockeys killed at Brighton Beach, Apalachicola sponge curiosities with devilfish arms.
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Oregon
Calcutta
Lulo
Neb
London
Georgia
Old Country
Dominion
New Hope
Cal
Century Magazine
Lincoln
Galignani
Union Springs
Ala
Jay Cooke
Philadelphia
California
Vallejo
North Star Tobogan Club
Grand Forks
C. T
Collision Proof Railway Car Patent Claim
A San Francisco inventor has patented a fire and collision proof railway car built entirely of iron and steel. Ordinary passenger coaches would weigh sixteen to twenty tons and sleepers twenty-two to twenty-five tons. The floor and roof are single metal sheets and the beams use rolled steel. Through a Snow Pile reports a snowstorm incident where an engine plowed through a snow drift, injuring cattle and killing ten of sixteen head observed by the crew.
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San Francisco
Chicago Herald
Elkhorn Valley
London Jubilee Tower Proposed in Oxford Street Site
The New York Sun reports plans to build a 440 foot high Jubilee Tower in London to commemorate Queen Victoria’s jubilee. The tower would crown Oxford Street, offering views of eight or nine counties and surpass all existing structures in the city.
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London
Queen Victoria
Oxford Street
New York Sun
Heroic Dissipation Quote From Boston Herald
A Boston Herald quote calls heroic dissipation by young men who attend social events then retire after dinner sleep until 11 and rise ready for battle at noon. It contrasts active non idle youths with those who indulge in late socializing before action.
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Cor
Boston Herald
Shilohs Cure Promises Quick Relief for Croup
An old advertisement notes immediate relief from croup whooping cough and bronchitis using Shilohs Cure sold by J. F. Fezer. The brief notice markets the remedy to readers seeking fast cough and lung symptom relief.
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Shiloh
J. F. Fezer
New Furniture Ad Promotes Prince Dressing Case and Commode
A Montreal ad touts the Sir ir a HAX GARTNER line with a $35 chamber suit success and a "Princess" dressing case. The piece features a plate glass mirror, swinging top washstand with water reservoir, marble wash bowl, waste receptacle, and a commode. Prices are claimed to be low with a full furniture range offered.
Shiloh's Vitalizer Sold With Guarantee
Advertisement notes a printed guarantee on every bottle for Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint and claims it never fails to cure. Sold by J. F. Fezer.
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Shiloh
J. F. Fezer
Also Mentioned on This Page
T. DE Witt Talmage
National Picture Gallery
Raphaels
Pacific Coast
Board of Trade
Chihuahua
Mexico
Campanini
John L. Sullivan
New York City
Paddy Ryan
Brighton Beach
Madison Square Garden
Chicago Tribune
Apalachicola
Fla
Chicago Times
London's Jubilee Tower
Mari
Jacobs J Arc
Chanles A. Vogeler CO
United States
New Orleans
New York
Ace Joyce
Maple Street
Greeley
Colo
H. E. Blood
Larimer St
Venver
Cinches
SPURS
Main Street
Greeley, Colorado
E. Hart
Prisic
West
Arapahoe ST
Denver
Schlicht & Field CO
Rochester, &. Y
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
Chica, LL
FERRY
D.m.ferry &Co
Ferry &Co
M. Ferry & CO
Detroit
Mich
Ispensory
Dr. Clark
Nervo Lim
Wil
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