King Og Giant Bedstead Sermon at Brooklyn Tabernacle
Rev T DeWitt Talmage uses King Og and his iron bedstead to warn against harmful surroundings and doubt. He cites giants from history and Bible figures, urges faith and diligent living, and frames modern life as a march toward Canaan with sleep and rest as vital.
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T. DeWitt Talmage
Bashan
Brooklyn Tabernacle
Hashan
Wianta
Ammon
William the Conqueror
Roland
Alexander the Great
Duke of Brunswick
London
Charles Birne
Maximin
Pliny
King Og
Cyrus
Solomon
Sardanapalus
Egypt
Canaan
Mdrei
Moses
Israel
Chantrey
Hugh Miller
Turner
John Ruskin
Prideaux
Bradley
Supreme Court of the United States
God
Adam
Jacob
Christ
Eutychus
Paul
William H. Seward
John Quincy Adams
Josiah Quincy
Judge Story
Walter Scott
Red Sea
Promised Land
David
Joshua
Goliath
Braggadocio
Oguse
Noah Webster
Satan
Job
Heaven
Nile
Ghenephres
Rabbath
Jordan
Hazard
Tom Paine
Alexander
Martin Luther
Thomas Troubridge
Inkermann
Earth
Democratic House Embraces Fraudulent Silver Policy
A virulent editorial harshly assails the Democratic House at Washington for backing free silver and using tyrannical rules. It cites Speaker Reed, predicts ruin, and urges President Harrison and Republicans in the Senate to deliver the nation from what it calls a dire policy and political chaos.
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Democratic House
Tree Colmage
House of Representatives
Washington
Democratic “House
Democratic Party
Reed
House
Harrison
Senate
Republican Party
N. Y. Mail and Express
Indiana Indorses Harrison for Second Term at Convention
The Indiana Republican state convention in Indianapolis urged delegates to support President Harrison for a second term. Opposition existed in one county, Allen, but overall the stance reflected broad statewide pride in his administration and a desire to rally the party nationwide for doubtful states. The piece notes Indiana's historical swing and discusses nominating strategy for the national convention.
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Indianapolis
Harrison
Allen
Indiana
Commonwealth
Morton
Hendricks
Minneapolis
Temperance lecture faults moral excuse in drunkenness
Dr. F. W. Bartlett argues against blaming others for drinkers and urges holding the drunkard accountable. He warns temperance lectures that shift guilt away from the individual undermine morality and sobriety, advocating punishment and conscience to spur reform.
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Howe
John
F. W. Bartlett
Campaign contrasts in 1888 and 1802 race
The Chicago Inter Ocean argues the 1888 campaign was principled and the 1802 race shows party leaders predeciding policy. It predicts Republicans will push the McKinley tariff and Sherman silver act while Democrats seek to overthrow both or replace them with free coinage, shaping the national contest.
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McMullin
Pittsburgh Times
Czar Reed
Troy Times
Raum
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Democratic House
Chievago Inter Ocean
Cleveland's Declaration as Candidate for President
The Chicago Herald notes Grover Cleveland pushes for direct person to people nominations in June Chicago convention. It argues he would override party discipline and seek votes from delegates regardless of New York state delegation alignment, contrasting with past opposition to such moves.
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Gen. Bragg
Chicago
Cleveland
Daniel Manning
John Kelly
Bourke Cochran
T. V. Grady
Grover Cleveland
New York State
Chicago Herald
Dem
Tragic fall of a church leader known as the German Leecher
A pastor once admired for eloquence and growth succumbs to alcohol and social pressure. Despite resignations and reform attempts, he returns to church work, drinking with companions who seek his services. After a final night of drinking he shoots himself in despair, leaving a widow and children to mourn amid the ruin.
Bloodhounds Dragged Him to His Death Claim
A Reverend quotes the National Temperance Advocate alleging bloodhounds dragged a man to his death. The wording attributes the claim to the temperance publication and reflects sensational rhetoric.
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DR. F. Beazell
National Temperance Advocate
Saloon Keeper's Temperance Lesson In Molasses Truth
A saloon proprietor recounts his five year abstinence while recalling his Ireland days and the pledge to avoid his own poison. He joked that the “drink” he poured was molasses and water, a lesson on temperance amid dealers who rarely drink their own liquor.
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W& Liquor
Tle
Ireland
N. Y. Herald
Appalling figures on liquor and tobacco consumption
The Iowa State Register notes a sharp rise in domestic tobacco output with cigars at 4,406,605,081 and cigarettes at 2,076,270,885, while beer and distilled spirits also show large increases. The yearly liquor bill nears 1 billion dollars, prompting calls for renewed temperance efforts by patriots and Christian workers.
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United States
Internal Revenue Department
Iowa State Register
Sake, Salvation and Temperance Across Lands
A compendium of 19th century temperance notes cites whiskey costs vs butter, Chicago elevated rail plans, ads for abstinence pledges, rising insanity with alcohol use, sake in Japan, and temperance stances by Cardinal Manning and the American Knights of Labor.
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Denver
Chicago
United States
Japan
Bexsamiry Richannson
England
Cardinal Manning
American Knights of Labor
Labor Association
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der, Todd
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Cleveland Democrats
Hill
Hill Democrats
Chicago Journal
Harter
Ohio
David B. Hill
New York
Treasury
Toledo Blade
Samuel
Bragg
Fond du Lac
Temperance Notes
Picea
Temperance
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