The Golden Calf Sermon by Rev Talmage at Brooklyn Tabernacle
A brisk lecture on idolatry centered on the golden calf from Exodus. Talmage decries stock market worship as modern idolry, describes its temple and altar of sacrifice, and urges turning to Jesus for lasting security over borrowed gold and worldly riches.
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T. DeWitt Talmage
Brooklyn Tabernacle
Israel
Exodus
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Aaron
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Parthenon
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Central Park
Brooklyn Bridge
Bushwick
Shoreditch
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West End
United States
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Sing Sing
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Greenwood
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Golden Calf
Pigeon messengers through history from Greeks to Turks
The carrier pigeon origins trace to the Greeks who taught Romans about them. Turks adopted pigeons in a telegraphic system five centuries ago with towers thirty to forty miles apart. Germany maintains extensive pigeon posts in military fortresses like Metz and Cologne with budgets around eight thousand five hundred dollars.
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Metz
Cologne
Brooklyn Eagle
Adlai’s Ax Haunts The Chicago Tribune Verse
A Chicago Tribune poem laments Adlai’s political ax with vivid, headless wrecks and the image of corpses carried off in sacks. The piece uses repeated chopping imagery to criticize political action and imply fear for the future.
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Adlai
Grover
Adiai
Chicago Tribune
Republicans Stand Firm On Protection Amid Democratic Free Trade Fervor
The article argues Democrats push for free trade and reduced tariffs as a revolution-like shift, while Republicans vow to uphold protection for American industry and the current banking system. It notes Democratic hopes to gain executive, Senate, and House power to enact tariff reform, and warns that failure would prove their promises fraudulent. The piece predicts a test of true commitments once Democrats assume power.
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Calhoun
Senate
House of Representatives
Republican Party
Great Party
United States
Farmers’ Alliance
Democratic Party
Cleveland
House
Congress
N. Y. Tribune
Cleveland victory reshapes nation with democratic sweep
Whitelaw Reid notes Cleveland elected by strong party majorities and popular vote, surprising observers. The piece argues a Democratic Congress will back him, while Republicans face control in both executive and legislative branches for the first time since before the Civil War, signaling shifts in tariff, schools, and foreign trade policies.
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Whitelaw Reid
Cleveland
Congress
Senate
Wayne MacVeagh
Tammany
Minneapolis Tribune
Minneapolis Journal
Tammany Gang
New York
N. Y
St. Louis
Iowa State Register
Illinois
Wisconsin
Burlington Hawleye
Journal
Indianapolis Journal
Democratic Party
Washington Post
Only one remained noble in the schoolyard riot
A poem recalling a chaotic schoolyard day as Madge drops her dinner and many boys race away. One boy stays, helps a frightened girl, gathers scattered belongings, and shows quiet pity. His small act reveals true gentleness and earns a noble moment amid the chaos.
Snow Man Mystery and Thanksgiving Day Mix Up
A winter tale follows Hulda and Grandpa family plans for Thanksgiving. Tony, just turning seven, stays home to pull the damper for a turkey while Hulda and Jacob manage baking and the snow man in the thawing snow. A missing churn mystery drives a lighthearted, rural Christmas-like memory.
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Hulda
Grandpa
Robert
Grandma
Tony
Dulda
Jacob
Iulda
Grandima
Snow Man Start With Old Churn Fails To Impress
A boy in a snowy scene scrounges the barn for a starting aid to shape a snow man. He uses a churn as a core, despite rusted hoops and a broken churn, while the family laughs at the improvised method and grandma speaks of giving a lesson to cherish the little fellow.
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Grandma
Seeing the World Through the Eyes of the Heart
A moral exhortation from Margaret Bottome urging girls to cultivate inner vision and seek cheerful, kind people. It encourages looking beyond outward appearances to find hope and happiness, using the eyes of the heart to ease burdens and reflect goodness.
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Margaret Bottome
Ladies’ Home Journal
Thief in Feathers and Curious Bits From Youth Pages
A collection of humorous anecdotes with a crow as a famed shoplifter in Nashville and a mock court tale. Also notes on missionary games for Indian children, a kindness question from Harper's Young People, a Transatlantic joke, and quips from Truth and N Y Weekly. The items mix light fiction, juvenile humor, and miscellany from periodicals.
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Nashville
Crow
Larper
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Harrison
Toledo Blade
Albany Journal
Boston Journal
Grover Cleveland
Kansas City Journal
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Bia
Om. A. Maitland
r-Awnay Todia
N. Y. Ledger
Harper's Young People
Emilie
Maud
Malam
Columbus
Cyrus W. Field
M. Everts
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