Largest Dollar-Mate News From Across The Nation
A long, scattered summary notes Montana wealth, Boston mortgages amid Southern competition, a planned olive oil factory in Sonoma Cal, a Kansas promissory note case, and Minnesota constitutional questions. It also reports Australian Antarctic expedition plans, live cattle shipping to Philadelphia for European markets, New York wealth trends, and German suicides among schoolchildren. The piece ends with reflection on prayer meetings adapted for Pacific coast audiences.
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Wyoming
Utah
Montana
Philadelphia
Europe
Chicago
West
New York
Temperance, Time to Come Home and Then to Cord Home
An array of vignettes and reports from a late 19th century paper, blending a nostalgic verse about a mother and child with census figures on alcohol consumption. It cites New York World data on 1859 1869 spirit use, notes on the distribution by wholesalers institutions and retailers, and regional totals led by New York and Illinois. It also includes commentary on the customs of treating, temperance union efforts in Chicago, and assorted notes on temperance activity and alcohol policy. The piece juxtaposes personal memory with public statistics and reform debates.
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Germany
New York Evening World
Census Office
United States
Northwest
New York City
Pennsylvania
New York
Milnois
Missouri
Massachusetta
District of Columbia
Indiana
Illinois
Kansas
Iowa
Maine
Massachusetts
York
Chicago News
TRE W. CT. U. IX
Caicaco
Chicago
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
America
Anchorage
Bethesda Inn
New York Tribune
Tiverson
New York Observer
Angel of the Spring-time sowing guidance poem
A religious reading urges sowing at one's feet first, then expanding outward. The angel instructs planting in the door-yard before the plain, promising wider harvests as goodness grows, with the message that cheerful deeds begin at home and spread outward.
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Widerner
Sincere Desire and Conscience in Moral Action
The text urges constant divine awareness guiding free will and insists on sincere desire to act rightly. It warns against self deception by ignoring conscience and compares misplacing a bag of money to rationalizing wrongdoing. Amos Lawrence emphasizes accountable exercise of conscience and acceptance of sincere desire as the key to virtue.
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Amos Lawrence
Kansas City
Conansis City
When Shall Children Be Taught to Pray
A mother argues for early prayer formation, teaching infants to clasp hands in prayer from dawn of understanding and guiding them toward daily devotion. The piece emphasizes the enduring habit of prayer shaping a child’s life and heart.
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Maroma
Margaret E. Sangster
Necessity and Prosperity in Human Motion
Mr. Parker discusses necessity as a driver of invention and growth, arguing it fosters progress while prosperity can breed stagnation. He laments youth overexposure and urges a turn to disciplined, home-centered living, contrasting famine’s harsh lessons with modern comforts. The piece closes with aphorisms from Pascal Rothe Edwards Fox and others.
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Joseph Parker
Europe
Pascal
Rothe
Edwards
Dods
God
George Fox
MacDonald
Remarkable Kidney Disease Cure Claim Examined
A Rochester physician revival of Brights disease as kidney failure sparks scrutiny. Dr Henson and Dr Warner discuss symptoms and cures, citing personal recoveries and a tested remedy. Interviews reference experts, statistics, and a public interest in early treatment and safety.
Explanation in a Mountain Town Barber Shop
A Detroit Free Press excerpt recalls a Kentucky mountain town barber shop where a lone patron is shaving. A stranger named Simmons arrives with a shooter, who contemplates firing through the window before learning the man in the chair is not his target. The barber urges calm and explains motives to avoid further bloodshed.
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Kentucky
Bill
Simmons
Sam
Detroit Free Press
I Wish to Be Accurate and Be a Blamed Fool
A man in a drug store insists on correcting his earlier weather remark. He notes the day’s magnificent weather, then damp, nasty conditions, then clear sun. He pledges to be accurate and asks to be recorded as a blamed fool in the end.
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Derkéansaw Traveler
Turkey preparation advice sparks public outcry in fall tale
In a lighthearted piece the wife of Justica Field describes feeding a turkey champagne or sherry before Thanksgiving. Readers nationwide respond with sharp criticism, recalling a New England custom of feeding turkeys brandy to impart flavor and the amusing, then disapproved, spectacle of a drunken gobbler.
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Justica Field
Killig
California
Maine
Richmond
A Petsy for Your Thoughts and Oddities
A jumble of quotes and snippets includes a playful exchange about a cent’s value between Miss Amy and Goslin, a note about the German Emperor’s brother Prince Henry splitting time between sailoring and state duties, a wry remark about postage stamps sticking, and a blurb praising Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a testimonial from Dr L L Gorsvena and a promotional offer from F J Cheney & Co claiming cure guarantees.
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Beall Price
Miss Amy
Goslin
Prince Henry
Berlin
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Australia
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Antarctic
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House of Lords
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Adj
Christian Intelligencer
Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle
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Bright
Werner
N. St. Paul Street
Warner
Orleana Medical College
H. H. Warner
8. A. Lattimore
State Bank of Health
Hanson
London General Post Office
Stark Bros
Louisiana
Munge Judd &Armer
Mlines
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Arcu St
Phila
Oklahoma
Tyler & Cok
City, Mo
California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Collishille
WEW
Turkey
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Drs Dane Catlingstelle
J.B. King
Hudson, Gale, Dikes
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Terp Pettin
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Fifth Ave
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Second Avenue
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Main
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Dobbins
Farmers’ Alliance
Messrs
F.J. Cheney
L. L. Gorsvena
M.D
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Paris
Dr. White
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Cassel
Lancaster, Pa
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Security Building
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Adeler & Cos
Iola Tyier
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Covernor
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Elihu E. Jackson
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LS. Johnson & CO
Mass
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Hopewen
Lahore
L. Douglas
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Nass
Macorsined
Schenck
Kt. Scheruk
United Seaton
Chesebhrough
Scott
Scot & Bowne
Epps
A.B.C
Landa An
Pete
the Rey
Ees
Catarra
Pest
Crareisgy
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Waren
Horse
Pierce’ Golden
Pierce’ Golden Medical Discovery
Main Street
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Ragimeer
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Sydney
August Flower
Geo. Gates
Costath
G Green
Weedbury
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Faery Ath Aimee
ELY Felys
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Amd
Byrial Ely Bros
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