Sun of Christianity Shines Amid Infidel Thunder
Reverend Talmage argues that the prophesied sun blackout would mirror a world revolution if infidelity triumphed. He details how atheism would degrade women, erode moral restraints, destroy churches and charities, dismantle education abroad, and plunge society into a three-room hell, concluding that Christianity endures like the sun.
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Jerusalem
Josephus
Tropics
Arctic
Antarctic
Jexi
Vesuvius
Etna
Stromboli
Orkmen
Nova Zembia
Brooklyn
England
United States
Christendom
China
Barbary
Borneo
Tartary
Egypt
Hindostan
Cuia
Missionary of the Cross
Peo
All the colors of earth and heaven for God’s plan
A devotional passage extolls colors of earth and heaven and declares Britain America and Asia will conquer for God. It prophesies a divine mountain becoming a plain as spoken by the Lord with Hallelujah and Amen.
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Earth
Heaven
Great Britain
Europe
United States
America
Asia
Africa
Zerubbabel
Odd Names and Humorous Surnames in 19th Century News
A reminiscence recounts a Philadelphia suburb political meeting listing odd names such as Adam Dialogue and Jacob Juvenal and notes other witty labels like Preserved Fish and Sylvanus Shutflebottom. It recalls encounters among physicians, a dentist Toothaker, and Unitarian clergymen Bellows Furneys Sparks Burnap, plus a St. Louis real estate Swindler sign, all illustrating comic naming trends.
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Éllawiff
Philadelphia
Adam Dialogue
Jacob Juvenal
Jacob Hollowbush
David Barn@iollar
John Hoggerbetz
Anthony Abie
George Limeburner
Peter Fettera
d@hn Perkenpine
Peter Linensheets
Iain Dickensheets
Barzellai Flick
Frederick Everback
Nelson Swallow
Plomon Sell
George Crock
Jacob Jigshtcap
John Winpenny
John Roderpillar
Samuel V. Rex
Jacob Sauserman
Kidhard Slaughter
Samuel Haycock
Christian Grumbling
Sylvanus Shutflebottom
William Sheepshanks
Mr. Sheepshanks
Mr. Shuttlebottom
Shuttebottom
Toothaker
California
Boston
New York
Bellows
Furneys
Sparks
Burnap
St. Louis
Chicago
The Richest Man in the World Claus Spreckles
The New York Sun notes Claus Spreckles as the richest man, based in San Francisco, with a net worth of 200 million dollars. It details his rise from 750 a month, his Hawaiian sugar empire, a fleet of ships, and trade with Australia, England, and New York, plus beet sugar factory plans in California.
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Spreckles
San Francisco
Jay Gould
Vanderbilt
Hawaiian Island
Honolulu
Cramp’s
Philadelphia
Australia
Sydney
England
New York
New South Wales
San Diego
California
New York Sun
Joke at the House Lady and Cook Severely
A humorous exchange between Mrs. Winks and Mr. Winks centers on a joke about the lady of the house speaking to the cook. The line reads Bridget, said the lady of the house severely followed by laughter about the word severly. The snippet ends with further lines unread, tagged from the Omaha Word.
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Mrs. Winks
Mr. Winks
Bridget
Blood Balm testimonial on a 1887 remedy claim
An unsolicited testimonial from Kennesaw Georgia dated September 11 1887 touts Blood Balm as a cure for severe blood poisoning. The writer claims a wife recovered after three bottles restoring health including hair and eyelashes and a healthy infant.
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Kennesaw
B. B. B. Company
Exciting Wolf Chase in Idaho Described by Hunters
The account from the New York Times details a dramatic wolf hunt in Idaho with a large pack of foxhounds pursuing a matriarch wolf defending her litter. The mother sacrifices her pups, wrecks a lead hound, leads the chase away, then returns to the cubs before the wolves are killed.
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Benamin Reed
Lycoming Co
Penn
Territories
Idaho
McArthur and
Malade
Salmon Mountains
Salmon Mountain
Salmon Range
New York Times
Shooting Trout With a Gun Told by Mr Hatcher
A quotation from the Atlanta Constitution recounts Mr. Hatcher describing how he shoots trout from a pond with a rifle around noon. He claims the bullets do not penetrate the fish, instead killing them by concussion and causing them to surface dead or stunned. He prefers rifle shots to fishing with a hook.
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Mr. Hatcher
Atlanta Constitution
Mason & Hamlin
Mason G Rams
Farly rising noted as a trait in long lived individuals
A study highlights early rising as one characteristic associated with longevity. Researchers observed that people who rise early tend to adopt healthier daily routines, potentially contributing to longer lifespans.
New Industrial Aims and Discoveries Across Europe and America
French workman makes artificial silk. Gru son’s repeating cannon tested in Belgium at 27 shots per minute. British Admiralty orders war vessel Blake at 9000 tons and 20,000 horsepower. U S pin consumption reaches one per person daily, needing sixty million pins. Electric light efforts span about 200 towns, electric road companies in fifty towns. Vienna engineer Fisher patents smoke abatement by electric condensation of smoke solids. Cancer bacillus elusive. Senger notes difficulty verifying prior claims. Postal cards printing machine delivers 300 per minute in rail deliveries. Dry rot still a timber killer spread via tools. Austrian thread from boiled wood offered as new fiber. Coal distillation yields coke, ammonia water, coal tar with pitch, creosote, oils, naphtha. Paper bottles emerge for inks and glues with rapid machinery. French artesian power powers heavy machinery. Grenelle well at 1800 feet yields 500,000 gallons daily with sixty psi, heat used for hospital heating.
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Brosschart
Belgium
Admiralty
Blake
United States
Vienna
Fisher
Pr. Senger
Berlin
France
European general climbs famed Rock of Ceylon
General Lennox led a small party to scale Sight Rock in Ceylon becoming the first European in years to reach the summit. The cylindrical cliff features spiral galleries, Buddha figures, and a plateau with two rock cut tanks. descent required careful guiding and took about two and a half hours.
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Ceylon
Lennox
Creasy
Buddha
Curious Jersey City House Grows Like Hotel
In a United States Circuit Court room two men discuss patent lawyer Livingston Gilford and his son Gilford. They joke that the elder built a new room after each win, gradually expanding their Jersey City Heights dwelling into hotel sized wings with hundreds of rooms.
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United States Circuit Court
New York
Gilford
Man No. 1
Jersey City Heights
Eivers
New England
Wild cattle roam New Zealand defy hunters in tangled thickets
New Zealand hosts numerous wild cattle descended from early losses during the Maori wars. Hunting these animals is dangerous and exciting as they hide in dense vines and creepers, making pursuit difficult for horsemen and hunters alike.
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New Zealand
Dr Peirce's Favorite Preservation Promised For Female Ailments
A historical advertisement extols Dr Peirce's Favorite Preservation as a cure for many female weaknesses. It claims benefits for leucorrhea painful menstruation uterine prolapse backward forward tilt bearing down sensations and related internal heat and ovarian pain. The copy uses lyrical prose to attract readers.
Four Thousand Women Employed by Government in Washington
A report notes that 4000 women are employed by the government in Washington, highlighting the scale of female federally funded work and preparedness for public service roles.
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Washington
Health and digestion woes spark happy living
The text argues health is base of happiness and links digestion issues to misery. It touts Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets as a safe vegetable remedy and notes many cures from Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy priced at 50 cents. It also declares hunger commands obedience.
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Ierce
Dr. Sage
Conventional Monon Resolutions Attract Travel Interest
The Monon Route promotes its double connecting link between Florida winter cities and Northwest summer resorts. It touts rapid transit via Pullman Buffet Sleeper and Chair Car from Chicago to Louisville, Indianapolis and Cincinnati with low rates. For details contact Genl Pass Agent B. A. McCormick, Chicago, or request a Tourist Guide. Workers are invited to write to B. F. Johnson & Co. of Richmond for inducements to join work opportunities.
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Monon
Vullman
Florida
Northwest
Chicago
Louisville
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Bk. A. McCormick
Monon Laute
Dearborn St
Scott's Emulsion Aids Recovery In Debility And Tubercular Wasting
In General Debility and wasting in children and consumption, Scott's Emulsion of pure cod liver oil with hypophosphites is praised as a valuable food and medicine. It is claimed to restore appetite, strengthen the nervous system, and build the body with a testimonial from John Sullivan, hospital steward, Morganza, Pa.
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Scott
John SuLllivan
Morganze
Hughes
Portrait of Lincoln Sown in Alleghany Garden Bed
The head gardener at Alleghany City ark in Pennsylvania has planted a bed containing a portrait of Mr. Lincoln that is startlingly true to the great original.
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Alleghany
Penn.) City Ark
Mr. Lincoln
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