Whose trust shall be a spider's web in Jobilike sermon
Rev Dr Talmage warns that financial fraud and bank mismanagement threaten honesty and public trust. He likens deceitful directors to spiders and urges strict accountability, urging young men to avoid speculative borrowing and to live with integrity in business and faith. He closes with hope of relief for victims and comfort in divine justice.
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Bee
Spider
Crete
Bastile
France
Job
United States
Myelf
Marlies
Kersetts
Haynes
Pres Dent
Bunny
Wall Street
Pt Meng
Trinity Ose
Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn Hill
City of Churches
Christ
Mount
Bille Tives
Taul
Corinthians
Life in Libby Escape Described in Century Narrative
The Century recounts the Libby prison escape with vivid imagery of night scenes. Loft interiors show a lone candle weeping over bread and milk tins as guards jeer Lights. Prisoners lie in six ranks guided by a Captain enforcing orderly “spoon fashion” for warmth and comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libby
Borden
Habits of the Salmon by Mr Henry Nice
Veteran fisherman Mr Henry Nice describes his salmon experience along the coast and his 9000 case catch last year. He disputes the idea that salmon die after spawning and notes tagged fish return in two to three years. He explains the pronounced hooklike jaws aid nest digging and fighting before salmon return to the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Nice
Oddities and Historical Fact Fragments From 19th Century Notes
A long list of curiosities and anecdotal claims spans diverse topics from watches and steam engines to sports, birds, cats in Paris, a fatal accident in Maine, and a Japanese dynasty lecture. The item mentions a Paris circus, a deadly blow in Lebanon Centre, and a bird bell in Jones County, Ga.
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Washington
Penn
Indianapolis
Brown
United States
Cumminsville
Ohio
Paris
Herbert Lord
Lebanon
Eddie Davis
Davis
Soleure
Switzerland
Cowlitz River
Oregon
Jones County
Will Meeks
Harding
Atchison
Neb
Japan
Berlin Academy of Oriental Languages
Historical Museum
Dresden
Martin Luther
Maria Theresa
Napoleon
The Lessons of Unser Fritz Case and Warner Remedies
A historical critique contrasts modern medical trends with old fashioned root and herb remedies. It highlights Warner's Log Cabin Sarsaparilla as a trusted spring tonic and purifier, citing patient testimonials and urging use over other preparations.
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Europe
Unser
Garfield
Grant
Warner's
Warner
African Burial Customs Observed in New Guinea
Licerok Covrier notes a ritual surrounding a boy eaten by a crocodile. Parents killed the monster and ate the remaining flesh. They cleanse bones with sun drying and bamboo frames, then wear skulls as ornaments. Other tribes bury bodies up to the neck and decorate the skulls.
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New Guinea
Laura Lost Beau Laments in Old Personal Verse
A dated verse piece recounts Laura losing a fickle beau to her healthy cousin Ellen. It naively promotes Dr. Pierre's Favorite Prescription as a cure for "women's peculiar weaknesses," and includes stray lines about temperance and early 20th century anecdotes.
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Laura
Elen
Ellen
Chang Yen Hoon Famous for Palace and Gardens in China
Chang Yen Hoon, Chinese minister in Washington, is renowned at home for a magnificent palace and extensive gardens filled with rare phantoms of flora and animals.
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Chang Yen Hoon
Washington
Suffering from Itching Piles and Skin Tumors Heal with Swayne’s Ointment
Moisture and irritation worsen itching and stinging from piles. Tumors may bleed and ulcerate. Swayne’s Ointment claims to stop itching and bleeding, heal ulcers, and remove tumors. Sold by Dr A Wayne & Son of Philadelphia and by druggists, 50 cents by mail.
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Swayne
Awayne
Positive remedy claims cure for consumption by T A Slocum
The letter to the editor touts a cure for consumption and offers two bottles of PRES to readers who mail their express and P O address. T. A. Slocum, M C, 151 Pearl St New York requests readers respond with address to receive remedy.
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P.O
T. A. Slocum
M.C
N, Y
Cove Express
Rt M.mit
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Cure for Debilitating Ailments
Purported patent medicine ad extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure all for sores boils pimples humors indigestion debility catarrh rheumatism and kidney and liver complaints. It lists ingredients like sarsapararius dandelion mandrake and juniper berries and features user testimonials from M.S. Charke and Mary L. Owns praising dramatic recoveries.
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Hood's
Bright
Dr. Kilmer
Electric Street Railways Spark Scranton Lead in Power
Scranton Pennsylvania hosts a leading electric street railway designed by Charles J. Van Depoele. The four and a half mile line uses steel rails, seven Pullman cars, and 415 horsepower motors. It runs on culm fuel at about one dollar per car daily, showcasing cost savings over animal power. Similar systems exist in Appleton and St. Catharine driven by water power, proving distant power sources can fuel efficient urban transit.
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Scranton
Charles J. van Depoele
Chicago
New York
Boston
Appleton
Wis
St. Catharine
Ontario
Scribner
When Women Were Scarce In The West Fifty Years Ago
A humorous reminiscence recalls how scarce marriageable women in the Western frontier invited eager suitors. A Boston woman visiting Alton Illinois married a Unitarian minister and soon faced a flood of callers including twenty seven in one day. Many proposed after services but she had already pledged to the man who rode out to meet the stage.
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United States
Arctic
Cape Farewell
Gol Harbor
Thank God Harbor
West
Boston
Alton
Times
Catarrh remedy and temperance society note
An 19th century ad claims Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy cures catarrh and urges prompt use from druggists. The Congressional Temperance Society reports progress, noting its fifty seventh anniversary meeting in Washington and growing membership.
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Congressional Temperance Society
Washington
Scott's Emulsion Use Promises Quick Gains for Delicate Patients
After meals a tonic titled Tse offers Hypophosphites and claims to be easily digested and palatable. It highlights rapid improvement in delicate people and cites a Alabama physician endorsing a child eight months old gaining four pounds quickly after using Scott's Emulsion for consumption and throat and bronchial issues.
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Scott
Prim
M. D
Alabama
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Calcutta
Mary Leavitt
India
Ife
Piree
Towa
Raines Eier
Wells
Richardson & CO
Burlington, VT
Wii
Hood
M.S. Charke
Decatur
Mary L
Troy
Nooo & CO
Lowell
Masa
CLL
Mood & CO
Apothecaries
Mass
DR. Kilmer’s
Rela
Byers
Montgomery Ward & CO
Michigan Ave
Fumiete Barret
Molle
Blair
Ely Bros
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Main St
Buffalo, N. Y
Druggista
KS. Wells, Dervey City, N. 4
Raven Om Cataline
Sc. Devg
Weiss
Jersey City
N. J
WELIA
Gene
Pettit
Iss
Pier
Addness
Teo & Lo
Auguste
Maine
Ieee
Eagle Photo Co
North Chatham, N.Y
Bryant's College
Maio Mt
Haffalo. M, Y
Leonard Street
N.Y. City
Pleasan
OUR
USA
St. Vitus
Invalids
Dispensary Medical Association
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