Aceldama the Field of Blood Gambling Sermon Tone
A sermon denounces gambling as a global evil, detailing its spread through saloons, clubs, and churches. It warns of ruin to individuals, families, and industries, tracing harms from personal addiction to crimes, fraud, and social decay, ending with a grim vision of a gambler's grave.
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Ima
Vilages
Envn
London
England
St. Pauls Cathedal
Hirtsh Museum
Westminister Bridge
House of Commons
Hell
Billie’s
John Broa
Bremen
United States
Lombard Street
Fultoun Street
New Orleans
Brooklyn
New York
Wall Street Detectives Keep Robbers Off The Street
A New York Letter describes strict surveillance in finance districts, with detectives stationed at the Stock Exchange and a ban on professional thieves. It notes Inspector Byrnes’s seven-year record of no major robberies and praises female detectives for their keen sight and deft handling of summonses and theft traces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallstett
Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Murray
Sub-Treasury
Inspector Byrnes
Felow
Such
New York
Cats In Great Britain An Ancient String Of Laws
The article notes Britain has about 7,000,000 cats now, contrasted with scarce cats in olden days when strict laws punished killing or stealing them. Royal cats were protected, and a mousers guarding the Prince’s granary could fetch a heavy wheat fine if killed, a punishment tied to the cat’s weight. The piece ends with a remark on aging mind versus body.
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United Kingdom
Britain
Dickens
Charles Dickens
Little Neu
Tiny Tim
Dolly Varden
Fat Boy Joe
Othes
Polka
Olume J
Little Nell
Dots
Smike
Dame Durden
Sissy Jupe
Little Paul
Wheeller
Oliver and
the Jewin
Florence Dombey
Hans Anderson
Plas Book Publishing House
Leonard St
PO. L
Prehistoric Copper Mines in the Great Lakes Region
The article argues that a civilized prehistoric people mined native copper in the Upper Peninsula long before Columbus. It cites extensive ancient workings, methods of heating rock and hammering ore, and a 1847 discovery near Pockland, Michigan of a six ton almost pure copper mass with artifacts and a long-lived stump indicating great age. The piece questions the disappearance and origin of these people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Franklin
England
United States
Lake Superior
Getchee
Upper Peninsula
Milwaukee
Superior
Alexander Henry
O. Knapp
Pockland
Oatonagon County
Oldest Woman in France Believed 125 Years Old
A Paris letter describes a woman born March 14 1761 in Isere now living in Auberive en Royans. She reportedly kept solitude, survived through war, remarried, and hid in men’s clothes after 1814. For decades she cooked, sewed, and tended to herself though her sight failed recently. She claims meat unsettles her diet, subsists on cabbage broth, bread and butter, and rarely drinks wine.
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France
Rt. Jut de Claix
the Isere
Auberive En Royans
Lias
Marie Durand
Girard
Auberive
Ieere
Trades For American Boys Promote Hands On Labor
A column argues that American youths should pursue skilled trades over professions fueled by pride. It cites a New York lawyer who starved while in practice, claiming farming or mechanics offer longer, more useful lives. The author urges fitting one’s choice to ability and rejects false pride in manual labor.
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New York
Nicholas
The Curse of Scotland in Games and Lore
A colonial era sketch explores why the nine of diamonds is called the curse of Scotland with theories about Culloden Cumberland Glencoe and the Mary Queen of Scots era. The excerpt shifts to advertisements and health remedies including Hall's Hair Renewer Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and Dr Pierce products.
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Scotland
Culloden
Cumberland
John L’arymple
Glencoe
Hall
Ayer
Dr. Pierce
Well Known Tailor Froehlich Healed By St Jacobs Oil
Cincinnati tailor Jacob Froehlich, troubled by rheumatism for years, reports a quick cure with St Jacobs Oil. A Cincinnati reader notes personal victory in self mastery and a California reader praises Red Star Cough Cure for children. A Lowell note jokes about Daniel Webster delaying a word.
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Jacob Froehlich
Cincinnati, O
St. Jacobs
Wealth Opportunity Advertiser in Portland Maine
An advertisement promises easy work from home with no capital needed and potential earnings from five to twenty five dollars per day. It targets all ages and both sexes and claims some have earned over three dollars in a day. The copy urges immediate action and mentions Hallett & Co. in Portland Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shortsi Brednes
Hallett & Co
Portland Maine
Rates and Emigrant Services for Southern Railways
Ask thy purse what thou shouldst buy. Low Rates and Quick Time to Florida Arkansas Texas and the West and North West. L J Ellis Assistant General Passenger Agent East Tenn Virginia Georgia Railway Atlanta. Through sleepers to Kansas City Cincinnati Jacksonville and New York. Solid trains to Florida. Emigrant accommodations. Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. By ercamae.
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Florida
Arkansas
Texas
West
North West
L. J. Ellis
East Tenn
Virginia & Georgia Railway
Atlanta
Kansas City
Cincinnati
Jacksonville
New York
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Tome
Norge
Bes Este
St Pauls
San Francisco
Central Railroad and Banking Company
Postolice
Churches of God
Satan
Maryland
Queenstown
Liverpool
Dawn Roes
Dawn Coes
Hell Gate
Eterna
Eternus
Great Britain
Alaska
Switzerland
Glacier Bay
J. B. Marcusi
Utica
N. Y
Pierce
Isaac Thomson
Daniel Webster
Lowell Ourter
Icure
Finer
Binghamton, NY
Ham
Inventor'’s Guide
L. Bisa
Washington, D.C
Canada
Allen & CO
Kennedy, N.Y
Ercamae
Rochester
Law
Common Sense Fm Poultry Yard
Danielson
Universal Iisto Y
Boks
Ae Ansonus
Mayor Bester
Rural, Home CO
Rocarster
W. H. Clark
Cifiton Sta
Flenner & Altorneys
Washington, D
Oederick's Hay
Jebster
Pise
Ghills
Eure
Ade Vress BR
M. Woolley
M.v
Atlante, Ga
Sat Works
L. Power & Compart
Jae
Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano CO
Boston
Chicago
Ridente
Jeaheur
MW. Dunham
Wayne, DuPage
Pension Maths
RG Milo
Vens & CO
JLEV
C. Merriam & CO
Lual
K.dederick& CO
Albany,n.y
Aires Pre County
Halary
Ware CO
Male
P. Lovell’s Sons
Masa
H. H. Green & Sons
Green & Sons
M. de
Marietta Street
Baltimore
Ron Bitters
Jeffers
Pgs
Luown Chemical CO
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