Amusements and recreation as moral duty and delight
Reverend Talmage argues the world provides both destructive and constructive amusements. He urges Christians to master the world through lawful uses such as music, gymnasium, parlor games, outdoor sports, and above all the joy of doing good. He cites examples and champions active benevolence as the highest recreation.
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Gor
Atlantic
Martin Luther
God
Cea
Metropolitan Museum
Historical Society
Wen
Agassiz
Doremus
Boynton
Mitchel
Joan B. Gough
Church of God
Kingdom of Darkness
Jou Amit
The Sacrifices of Missionaries and a Final Hour
The speaker recalls Moravian missionaries choosing danger over safety to minister to enslaved Africans in Barbadoes, highlighting selfless faith. He warns that worldly amusements sap the soul and urges immediate repentance before the last hour of life arrives.
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Colonel Gardiner
Moravian Sstel Nationlen
Barbadoes
Virginius
Macbeth
Meg Merrilles
Shylock
A Unique Advertisement For A Fever Ridden Country Seat
A humorous ad by Mr Bonner offers a country seat near Melrose Station at West Morrisania for cash terms. He jokes the site is plagued by fever and ague, with his family and workers affected, and notes modern improvements, two acres, a barn, and fine box stalls. He hints drainage could hurt pockets and urges immediate inquiries.
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Bonner
West Morrisania
Melrose Station
Agne
Dexter
Song Birds Popular Choices And Cautions
A Louisville Globe Democrat item notes bright songbirds like goldfinch canaries mockers redbirds blackbirds and skylarks as pets. It warns female goldfinches are poor cage birds, describes care needs for redbirds, and mentions English skylarks as pricey imports popular with the wealthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canaries
Hartz Mountains
Gulf States
Dallas
Texas
Louis Globe Democrat
A Difference In Dudes and an American Beetle Fashion
A New York letter to the London St James Gazette notes a quirky American fashion trend. Mexian beetle accessory stories illustrate a Mexican beetle on a shirt front offered for five dollars with a light hearted guide to keeping it. The piece paints the insect as harmless and affectionate rather than dangerous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
St. James Gazette
Auckland plans crater lake reservoir amid volcanic risk
On Dangerous Ground reports Auckland New Zealand a lively city of 70 000 people near an extinct volcano crater. Scientists warn of possible renewed activity but residents plan to cement the crater bottom and use it as a reservoir for water supply, blending risk with enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auckland
New Zealand
Spider medicine and malaria cure tale from Indiana reminiscence
A man recounts malaria battles in Vigo county near Terre Haute and a bizarre cure involving swallowing medicine, a live spider, and a patent remedy. The article argues malaria is a blood poison cured by liver and kidney health, endorsing Warner's Safe Cure and quoting J M Booth of Springfield as a testimonial.
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Indiana
Vigo County
Terre Haute
Warner
J. M. Booth
Springfield
Mass
New York Mail and Express
Bright
Cutler
Ricur
Dr. Kilmer
de, Kinmer & Co
Lingharmton
N.Y
What Causes Baldness
A letter to the New York Commercial Advertiser argues baldness comes from barber shop shampoo with borax and from alcoholic hair restorers. It recommends daily combing with a fine tooth comb to remove lint and prevent scalp irritation, noting women are less bald due to more frequent combing and less borax shampoo use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alopecial
New York Commercial Advertiser
Arkansaw Traveler on Missouri River Journey Ends Tragically
A log raft carrying Jule Tillson his wife and five children floated down the Missouri from Northern Nebraska toward Arkansas. After six weeks on the water a six year old child prone to somnambulism vanished into the river near Sioux City. The voyage continues for the surviving family members aboard their fragile craft.
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Missouri River
Harlem
Missouri
Nebraska
Jule Tillson
Arkansas
Niobrara
Tillson
Arkansaw
Sioux City
Aansar City Journal
Shortest pangram challenge by youth readers
In a note from Youth's Companion letters page one writer proposes a shorter pangram than John quickly extemporized five ton bags. The accepted goal asks for a sentence using all alphabet letters with minimal length. A reply shows My aber quickly vexed the wrong tops. Thirty-one letters with no consonant repeated, suggesting possible further compression.
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John
Aber
Fraudulent three cent pieces pass as ten cent coins
A Columbus detective reports tampered three-cent pieces passed as ten-cent coins. The scheme uses a dime on each side and a sneeze in a vise to flatten the piece, leaving a dim outline of dimes. The altered coin resembles worn ten-cent pieces. Ohio State Journal.
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Columbus
Ohio State Journal
The Ladie's Favorite Hat Fashion Parades With Cure Promise
The piece touts a new ladies hats trend likely to excite women and promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a positive cure for female ailments. It claims the medicine builds up weak patients and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied, citing Sir Andrew Clark on abstinence and patient loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Pierces Pleasant Purgative Pellets Described as Cute
The speaker praises Pierces Pleasant Purgative Pellets calling them the cutest little things. He notes they work thoroughly cause no pain or weakness and do not cause fuss. The description emphasizes the pellet’s beneficial but gentle action.
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Piake
Dr Sage Catarrh Remedy Pamphlet Request From City Hall Pharmacy
Public notice advertises Dr Sage Catarrh Remedy as mild soothing and healing. Offers free pamphlet from City Hall Pharmacy 264 Broadway New York. Also claims a private cure for consumption with free bottles on request to T A Slucum M D 181 Pearl St New York.
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Dr. Sage
Swayne's Ointment claims cure for skin diseases
Symptoms described include moisture intense itching and stinging worsened by scratching. Tumors may form bleed and ulcerate if untreated. Swayne's Ointment purportedly stops itching and bleeding heals ulcers and removes tumors. Marketed as universally efficacious for skin diseases. Dr Swayne & Son Philadelphia. mailed for 59 cents. also sold by druggists.
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Swayne
Swayne & Son
Philadelphia
Relief claims of St Jacobs Oil cure all pains in one or two applications
The advertisement asserts that St Jacobs Oil relieves in any climate and season with one to two applications and often permanently cures chronic pains. It cites ten years of average experience, says thousands have been cured, and presents testimonials and inquiries showing permanent relief from healing to response with no recurrence of pain.
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Hood
Hool
West Bloomfield
Dragetstir
C. J. Hood & CO
Columbia Law Stute
Meriden
Norwicch
Oberline
Yale
Universe of
Penn, Phila
Wellesley College
Chatauqua University
Loisetts
Bifth Ave
New York
St. Jacobs
WM. F. Kidder & CO
John Rev.y
Halros
Hair
Peabody Medical Institutes
Haston
Mass
Parker
MDS
Coryric
Br. Pierce
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
Its Supremacy in Bottled Cures and Fair Pricing
The twenty million bottles sold are hailed as cures with permanent results in most cases. Prices guarantee uniform quality, making each bottle a cure and ensuring protection for the poor.
Local Drug Trade Ad From Vogeler Co Balt Maryland
An old catalog note indicates product availability sold by Druggists and Dealers Everywhere through The Charles A. Vogeler Co of Baltimore Maryland.
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Charles A. Vogeler Co
Balto
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Dagon
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Heaven and
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Handel and Haydn
Steinway
Academies of Music
Gymnasium
Richard Baxter
Robert Hall
P. S
Andrew Clark
T. A. Slucum
M. D
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Dr. Lace
ST. Jacobs Oil
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Kidder
Piso
Consumptio
Ents
Ston CO
Washington, D. C
Rite Brewster Safety Rein Holder Co
Holly, Mich
Wantea
Jay Bronson
Detroit
Mich
Swamproots
Hous
Woodbine
Reis
Jersey City
N. J
Root
Invalids’ Hotel and Purgical Institute
Pierce
Loca Asent
Sage
Main Street
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Pelle
Alice Dr. Pierce
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