Regulating Commerce and Moral Views in a Nation
The author argues Congress has broad constitutional power to regulate interstate trade including transport and canals while warning against overreach. He extends to discuss marriage, virtue, and divine symbolism, claiming true marriages arise from regeneration and must endure beyond earthly life. He condemns money-focused views and urges reform in social and familial expectations.
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United-States
Congress
Wabater
New York
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illlinois
Atea
Marriage lecture highlights sacred bond and social order
Rev. B. Edmiston spoke on marriage as divine union shaping human destiny and society. He argued marriage links one man and one woman in conjugal life, expressing inmost spiritual affection and eternal aims, with originality seen as foundational love of humanity.
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California
Heaven
Cblrist
B. Edmiston
Barron v Hickey and Mickey's Side of the UIT
Barron complains to the editor about misreporting of a circuit court trial. He claims key facts differ, citing boot money hay potatoes cattle and mares involved, with contradictions amid testimony from Barron and his son. The letter-style reminiscence questions the credibility of the reported proceedings.
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Mickey
UIT
Inet
Henry
Barron
Tle
Healeo
Thomas Sullivan
Horsea
Ming
Thomas
Trial testimony clashes over judgments and costs
The report recounts a local court dispute involving Hickey and Darfut with misstatements about who owes whom and how costs should be allocated. The justice allegedly favored Hickey but signed for Darfut’s judgment, prompting controversy over the trial’s outcome and the witnesses’ credibility. The letter-writer criticizes the proceedings and parties, naming Dawion Hickxr and Peter McManus amid accusations of misrepresentation and misreporting.
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Hickey
Darfut
Sculley
Peter McManus
Dawion Hicxxr
Beet sugar boom for Nebraska and California plants
Prov. J. D. Buren notes the U S sugar import surplus over exports by 90 million dollars and argues beet sugar experiments abroad have grown into an industry. He highlights three US factories in Freeport California and Sacramento Alvarado with strong prospects, urges Nebraska farmers to embrace beet production, and foresees locally produced sugar becoming common as sugar beets spread.
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Unite States
France
Prussia
Austria
Russia
Holland
United States
Europe
America
Northampton
Mass
Fond du Lac
Black Hawk
Wis
Illinois
California
Hinois
Freeport
Pacific
Sacramento
Alvarado
Nebraska
Burlington & Missouri Rivey Railroad
Three Blues
Buren
Talmage Sermon Silent Trumpet Draws Strong Praise
The Christian Intelligencer lauds T De Witt Talmage after a sermon praising his trumpetlike delivery and gospel boldness. It notes his blood-earnestness and confirms Spurgeon writes for the Christian at Work, with sample copies offered from Office 102 Chambers Street New York.
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T. de Witt Talmage
Christian Intelligencer
Christ
Tabernacle
Talmage
Afr
Spurgeon
America
Chambers Street
N. Y
Canal cost debate favoring railroad over ship route
The Rock Island Canal plan to connect the Illinois River with the Mississippi faces cost estimates near 15 million dollars. The Union argues funds would better fund a grand transcontinental railroad unlikely to freeze and with steady water supply needs. They suggest Illinois River improvements can provide needed transport between the Mississippi and the Great Lakes. T. O. Workman writes to the Northwestern Christian Advocate contending his wife was not declared insane and plans to publish a full history of the Metamora case.
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Rock-Island-Union
Illinoi River
Mississippi
Union
Illinois River
Great Lakes
T. O. Workman
Northwestern Christian Advocate
Asane
el Paso
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