The Brooklyn Divine Warns Against Worldly Marriage
Reverend Dr. Talmage condemns marrying for wealth or social rank. He cites Nabal and Abigail to illustrate ruined lives from greed and luxuries, urging women to seek spiritual, godly marriages to the Emperor of heaven rather than foreign aristocratic matches.
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Caleb
David
Nahbal
Naval
Wellington
von Moltke
Washington
Nothieg
Nabil
Abigail
Carmel
Christendom
Marie Jeanne Philpon
Paris
Mme. Holand
Amiens
Lord Radstock
Lord Cavan
Lord Cairns
Lord Congleton
Bagdad
Christ
Taravansary
Milton
Tennyson
Spencer
Tom Moore
Robert Burns
Dickens
Amos Lawrence
James Fox
Peter Cooper
William E. Dodge
Shaftesbury
Miss Wolf
Mrs. Astor
Redenge
Fordam
Hercules
Benin
Monsic
Palmer
Powers
Crawford
Chantry
Capnova
Bierstadt
Church
Kenset
Cole
Crosey
Ole Bull
Gottschalk
Sonntag
Marie Antoinette
Eugenie
Damocles
Jupiter
Great Britain
Rembrandts
Claudes
Poussins
Guides
Raphaels
Rey Stone
Heaven
Earth
Cleopatra and Caesar tale of exile and triumph in legend
An ornate meditation on Cleopatra's exile and reunion with Caesar, set beside images of triumphal barges and divine embrace. The speaker cites spiritual guidance for a soul seeking peace, urging trust in Christ as the enduring conqueror and bridegroom.
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Cleopa
Egypt
Julius Casar
Mediterranean
Alexandria
Caesar
Ceneral
Cewaar
Cesar
Oman
Cleopatra
Apostle
Christ
Paul
Contented vagabond in cold at Union Square
In bitter winter, a grizzled man sits barechested under a half buttoned coat on Union Square bench. He smokes calmly, serene against the wind, while observers recall a tale of warmth inside despite cold, echoing Union Square humor about diners at Pelmonico's.
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Union Square
Jim Noche
Pelmonico
New York News
Chinese Tea Advice From A Chinaman
A historical note offers guidance for tea drinkers. It favors black tea at home and warns against outside tea, citing numerous adulterations and copper dust. It recommends infusing the tea, using one teaspoon per pot, pouring boiling water, keeping heat, steeping five minutes, then drinking without milk or sugar.
Noblemen Who Work At The Lexington Mine In Butte
A New York Sun report notes a Montana mine superintendent at the Lexington in Butte is the younger son of a noble house and wears gloves and silk year round. An expert assayist under him is a noble Frenchman with prior high office in China. The piece praises their honesty and steadiness.
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Montana
Astor House
Lexington
Butte
M. T
China
New York Sun
Regrets Prompt Bizarre European Trip Offer
A New Yorker posted an invitation to travel Europe with pleasant prospects. A hungry reveler, after an overnight dine, hired a cab to the address, woke the venerable advertiser, and declared he cannot go. The exchange ends with a humorous miscommunication.
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Europe
Advertiser
Orr
Calentia Times
Argand’s lamp sparks idea of the chimney
A Swiss inventor Argand created a lamp with a hollow cylinder wick allowing air flow for a brighter flame. While his brother capped the flame with a bottomless oil flask, the lamp flare intensified and sparked the concept of a glass chimney for improved combustion.
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Argand
Salt Lake Tribune
A House Full of Clocks
An unnamed narrator recalls staying with a cranky clock-collecting uncle in New Hampshire. The house chimes feature 15 clocks set five minutes apart, each striking at midnight to help the sleeper tell time at night. The uncle explains this arrangement lets him know when to wake.
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New Hampshire
Fred Richardson
Chicago Times
Ashland Youth Kills Moose With Revolver After Night Dance
A young man in Ashland fired on a moose on a road near a dance, repeatedly shooting until the animal collapsed and he killed it. He and helpers found the moose in the bushes and then pursued help. The incident is reported amid other notices including patent remedies and a Prohibition candidate.
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Ashland
Advertisements for eye-water and skin cure remedies
Multiple medical patent ads announce Dr Thomp son Eye-water at 25 cents per bottle and Wayne s Ointment claiming to stop itching heal ulcers and remove tumors. Swayne Son of Philadelphia also sell by mail for 50 cents. A separate letter from T A Slocum M D offers a free two bottle remedy for consumption to readers who mail address and P D details.
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Rwayne
DR. Swayne & Son
Philadelphia
Mo the Express
P. D
T. A. Slocum
M. D
Pearl St
Dr J B Comps Endorses Cod Liver Oil Remedy
Owensville Ohio physician reports SCOTT'S EMULSION with Hypophosphites improving four hereditary lung disease cases. Patients with coughing chest pain rapid breathing fever weight loss gained 11 to 28 pounds and no longer need medicine. Piso's Cure for Consumption advertised at 25 cents everywhere.
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Owensville
Ohio
Scott
It's Alwave the Way Health Claim
A man boasts that a friend with severe cough and prolonged symptoms of consumption was cured by Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. He asserts the remedy saves thousands from disease and that the cure proves it is "always the way" to recovery.
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Smith
Dr. Pierce
Posee
World's
Dispensary Medical Association
Main St
Buffalo
Yin
Missouri Supreme Court Rules Local Option Law Legalized
The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld the local option law, establishing prohibition in 34 counties and in 11 towns and cities that voted on the question.
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Supreme Court of the
State of Missouri
Woman Ends Engagement Over Lost Love and Ill Health
A distressed woman ends her engagement after realizing her young partner no longer loves her. Describing fading beauty and dull spirits, she attributes changes to female ailments and urges readers to try Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, claimed to restore health with a money back guarantee.
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Dr. Pierce
Speech on ending rum traffic and ballot power in Chicago fallout
A Clipper editorial links Chicago anarchist departures to urging action against the rum trade and to punish the public through voting. It calls for using ballots to choke the liquor traffic as a decisive political weapon.
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Blue Grass
Clipper
Chicago
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