Wrestling With the supernatural by Jacob at Jabbok
A sermon by Dr. Talmage centers on Jacob wrestling with an unknown visitor by the brook Jabbok. The preacher argues that God sometimes allows faithful people to endure midnight struggles with sin and hardship, but the experience can lead to blessing and the breaking of dawn.
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DR. Talmage
Jacob
Jabbok
Bible Times
Talmage
Joseph
Daniel
David
John the Baptist
Peter
Paul
John
Christ
Fied
Sonal
Hell
Lord Jesus Christ
Hannibal
Alps
Thermopylae
Balaklava
Israel
Job
Roussini
William Tell
Paris
Rossini
Isaac Watts
Hill of
Zion
Immanuel
Jesus
Lazarus
Church of Christ
Electric Bitters Offered as Remedy for Old People
Old people needing medicine to regulate bowels and kidneys are pointed to Electric Bitters as a true remedy. The tonic contains no whiskey, acts mildly on stomach and bowels, strengthens organs, aids Nature, and improves digestion. Sold at Hilderbrand's Indiana and several outlets by Moore's Homer City and Miller's Blairsville, price 1.00.
A Shrinking Affair and A Club of Long-Lived Members
A customer recalls undershirts bought at a bargain, noting washing shrank them and a wish for a better fit. In Lexington Kentucky a club exists where the youngest member is 89 and all others are over 90, meeting for pleasure and mutual improvement.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Lexington
Hood sarsaparilla and wood s pine syrup claims
A historical ad and a bank president quip are presented among sales pitches for Hood s Sarsaparilla and Dr Wood s Norway Pine Syrup. The text mixes tonic claims, drugstore availability, and a quotation about an artist suspected of overdrawing in a fiduciary trust scenario.
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Dr. Wood
Detroit Tribune
The Fashion Plate Highlights New Winter Couture Trends
A Parisian influenced overview notes short bodices with dress waists, mohair and bourette fabrics in brown tones, and softer roped textiles with color blending. Cape collars, collarettes, fur jackets, and short French corsets shape the season. Black remains stylish amid bright palettes and varied skirt silhouettes. Also cites medical remedies and a theatre figure, Miss Mabel Beardsley.
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Touchwood
Rasturtium
New York Post
Celery King touted as perfect laxative remedy
An old advertisement touts Bacon's Celery King as a universal remedy for nerve, blood, stomach, liver and kidney issues and claims it regulates the bowels. Daugherty Bros and partners offer free sample packs in several Pennsylvania towns, with large sizes priced at 25 and 50 cents. A Petersburg Illinois reader praises Salvation Oil for neuralgia rheumatism burns toothache and cuts.
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Daugherty Bros
Indiana
Mateer and Rankin
Elderton
B. Beringer
Beringer
Chas. Carman
Petersburg, IL
Washington Attorney Rates Wife’s Illness as Dire
A Washington attorney asks a brother lawyer about his ailing wife. The reply reports gloomy prospects, noting she is weak though not dying, and fears for the home. The doctor once predicted a “new woman” within a week, but no hope is given.
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Lauther
Melanchthon
Luther
Washington
Washington Star
Radical cure of nasal polyps reported in Pittsburg
Miss Melissa Daniels of Connellsville Pennsylvania suffered two years with polyps in both nostrils that blocked breathing. After home removal failed she pursued treatment by Dr Sadler of Penn Avenue Pittsburg who claims a radical cure restoring nasal respiration and health. Proponents tout Burdock Blood Bitters and Eclectric Oil as remedies with testimonials from Annie Zoepen and Rev E F Crane and mention a seven month PocREus report record.
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Melissa Daniels
Connellsville
Sadler
Penn Avenue
Pittsburg
Annie Zoepen
Crookstown
Minn
E. F. Crane
Dunkirk, N. Y
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Earth
Hood
Ino
Fashion Plate
Dean
Mabel Beardsley
Aubrey Beardsley
Cambridge
Newnham College
Gladstone
Mrs. Wanklyn
Ppocreus
Cas
Moorr
Sapolio
Greenville Flouring Mills
Penn Run
Pal
John S. Hastings
THI
Indiana Ladder Company
Vesxel
Vogel Bros
THE
Taiz OF
Sixth Street
G. T. Hamilton
Philadelphia Street
Iprana, Pa
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