Soldiers in the Time of Peace Sermon by Rev Talmage
The sermon compares a Civil War era armory to a church armory of faith, urging soldiers of peace to drill discipline in duty, obedience, and civic service. It praises unity across North and South, honors past fallen soldiers, and calls for steadfast Christian resolve and readiness for divine judgment.
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T. de Witt Talmage
S. N.Y
National Guard
England
Ireland
Germany
Russia
Pulaski
Fort Sumter
Fort Lafayette
Fort Hamilton
St of Action
Whati
Volunteers
New York
Alabama
Massachusetts
Louisiana
Michigan
Georgia
Forward marching hymn of celestial triumph and faith
A ceremonial, grand-Narrative exhortation invoking heaven’s orchestra and banners. It envisions all nations and centuries marching under a divine commander, with triumphant praise to God and a universal declaration of overcoming.
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Heaven
Garnet Wolseley
Tel-elve
God
Israel
Paper Box Making Machine Demonstrated in Auburn Maine
A new paper box making machine in an Auburn factory rapidly forms pasteboard boxes from flat sheets. With 500 pieces in the machine and 50 motions, it yields over 20 boxes per minute, up to 8 by 18 inches, with potential to also produce box covers. The Lewistown Maine Journal notes the system’s efficiency and future expansion.
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Auburn
Maine
Rofer Ld Rio
Lewistown
Handsome Africans and Bangalas Customs Described
The Bangalas are tall and powerful with features not of the typical negro type. Women wear waist cloths or woven grass kilts, men often eat manties of goat skins. They scar skin in patterns on arms, shoulders, and busts with irritants, sometimes forming unsightly lumps. One figure over six feet tall, linked to Captain Coquilhat, displayed strong royal ties and affection during arrival time with Mata Bwyki wearing leopard skin hat and embracing Coquilhat amid wives.
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Jerusalem
Tower of David
Huingsrt
Thor
God
Tribe of
Judah
Reuben
Confederate Army
Grand Army of the Republic
Sonabitigg
Africa
Coquilhat
Mwafa
Bangala
le Roi Des
Bangalas
Mata Bwyki
Blackwood
Distribution of the sexes across lands and emigration trends
The article notes that while globally men and women are roughly equal, regional imbalances exist. Europe shows more women, especially in the north, with the gap widening. post Napoleonic wars it narrowed but then grew to 1870. In America, Australia, and Africa, male emigration dominates, keeping men in excess as new native populations arrive.
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Europe
America
Australia
Africa
Chinese hospital life in Hong Kong 1867 Tung Wa Hospital visit
A visitor recalls Tung Wa Hospital in Hong Kong, noting Chinese staff practice and ward layout, patient cleanliness, opium use, and a grim post‑fire photo exhibit of 800 Qing migrants. The article highlights sanitation, isolation practices, and the plight of rescued women and street life in colonial Hong Kong.
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Tung Wa
Hong Kong
Canton
Tung Wa Hospital
Oramadd
St. James
Where Big Noses Are Stylish In Japan
A fragmented passage discusses Mr. Lee Mapano, a Japanese man, noting that nose size defines beauty in Japan. It claims the nose is the notable facial feature. eyes are black, cheekbones high, chin receding. It asserts large noses make a beauty, then abruptly ends with garbled lines.
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Lee Mapano
Japan
Politicians On The Fence Stay Briefed
Politicians wavering on key votes stay closely informed as debates unfold. Officials monitor developments, awaiting cues from party leaders and constituents to guide forthcoming positions and public statements.
Bobby's Wish and Antiquarian Ads
Bobby longs for the world to trade Minnie's doll for a pup while Minnie plays with her doll. Sypher & Co. New York advertise as antiquarians buying colonial relics including portraits letters and era artifacts. A printer hoards five years of beer funds totaling five hundred twenty one dollars eighty six cents.
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Bobby
Minnie
Binghamton Republican
Sypher & Co
New York
Antiquarians
Broadway
May to Bell Letter Praises Pierce’s Favorite Prescription
A letter from May to Bell describes rapid health improvement after taking Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. May recalls severe illness a month prior, with weakness and pain, and credits the medicine for relief. The note asks Bell to visit, while a separate line notes Iowa saloonmen organizing out-of-state transportation to sell liquor in original packages.
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Bell
Pierce
States
Iowa
Remarkable Cure Promoted by Dr Pierce Pellets
An antique ad-like snippet touts Dr Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as a quick remedy for fever and foul breath after a week of illness. It also features Dr Herrick Johnson linking saloon drinking to crime and police costs, and briefly mentions Dr Sage's remedy for catarrh.
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Dr. Herrick Johnson
San Diego Council Licenses Saloon Closures in Favorite District
The city council of San Diego approves an ordinance licensing saloons in the favored district and curbing unruly establishments. Officials say the measure targets disorder and improves safety while guiding licensing standards and enforcement.
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City Council of
San Diego
W. C
Salaries in dime museums rival freaks wealth in Chicago tale
Mr. Kohl recalls dime museum pay scales, noting fat ladies earning up to 500 dollars weekly, a four horse wagon entrance, and ropes to hoist performers. He cites Chang the giant Zozo the dog faced man and Millie Christine the two headed nightingale as high earners. He claims freaks are among the city’s wealthiest performers and that salaries vary enormously.
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Mr. Kohl
Chang
Zozo
Millie-Christine
Nightingale
Sherman
Freaks of A Dime Museum
Chicago
Triune
Dixon's Catarrh Cure Promoted by Toronto Firm
The article claims catarrh is contagious and caused by living parasites in the upper air passages. It credits Tyndall Huxley and Beale, asserts standard irritant cures fail, and touts Dixon's two weekly applications with permanent cures in severe cases. It provides A. H. Dixon & Son Toronto address and calls for stamped responses.
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Tyndall
Huxley
Beale
Dixon
A. H. Dixon & Son
King Street West
Toronto
Canada
Scientific American
Scott's Emulsion touted as vital tonic for wasting children
In General Debility Emaciation Consumption and Wasting in Children Scott's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil with Hippes ages is a most valuable food and medicine. It creates an appetite for food strengthens the nervous system and builds up the body. A testimonial from John Sullivan Hospital Steward Morganza Pa claims a young man once given up by physicians improved with the Emulsion, coughing ceased flesh and strength returned and his life years ahead.
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Scott
John Sullivan
Steward
Morganze
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