Christ in the Ship Sermon on the Gen nesaret Storm
A Rev T Ne Witt Talmage sermon comforts distressed readers with the story of Jesus calming the storm on the Sea of Galilee. It urges believers to keep Christ in every venture, notes ministers and disciples faced peril, and emphasizes that following Christ brings trials but ultimate peace. The preacher praises steadfast faith, contrasts worldly risk with divine aid, and urges courage amid revivals and personal loss.
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T. Ne Witt Talmage
Timaier Nitla
Bering
Gnuillee
Gennesaret
Christ
Jesus
Mouch
Chrlet
Cahn
Iim
Gennesart
New York
Liverpool
God
Mount Hermon
Thal
Wrath
Jesus Christ
John Huss
Hugh McKail
Church of God
Genesescret
Nazareth
One War to Spell Tomatoes in English as Spoken
In a Chicago Chronicle piece, Mira Housekeep and a visiting clerk explore the comic mispronunciations of tomatoes as English is spoken. The scene shows price bargaining and a running joke about "tomatoes" and similar terms, illustrating linguistic variety.
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Mira
Waa
Tandin
Mra. Housekeep
Jim
Chicago Chronicle
Curing Hiccoughs With Many Remedies Tried
An onlooker recounts a noon meeting at Fourth and Vine where two men tested hiccup cures. One claims exhaustively trying remedies from holding breath to water to scares, then a stranger offers a white powder dissolved in the mouth at a saloon, and the hiccups vanish, cost included, per Cincinnati Telegram account.
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Fourth and Vine Streets
Ceca
Lager Ales and Wines Sign Causes League Flap
An article describes a dispute over the L A W Hotel sign used by German innkeepers. League officials seek removal of the sign from nonofficial houses near Jersey City. A German proprietor refused to comply, saying the sign stands for lager ales and wines hotel, prompting heated, humorous exchanges.
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Jay
L. A
Spegiai
League
Dot
N. Y. An
Tropic tale dialogue with Miyotha and Mwotka
A fragmentary exchange shows Mwotka chafing at his dusky partner's kitchen interruptions while Mrs Miyotha quietly stirs the fire. The scene conveys domestic tension amid a sun warmed setting and playful banter.
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Iny Mwotka
A Ruined Reputation
A dialogue unfolds with a sympathetic person querying an unemployed former Boston expressman. The man explains he carried the Bacchante to the station, causing his respectability to fail and preventing future employment in Boston.
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Percon
Boston
Boaton
Bacchante
Bantom
Prosperity of Farmers in the Virginia Report
Rejoicing among Virginia farmers as crops including melons potatoes peanuts and general grain fetch the highest prices yet in Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and New York markets. Settlers' tickets from Chicago and the Northwest will be sold on the first and third Tuesdays each month via Big Four and Chesapeake & Ohio railways at reduced rates. For details and pamphlet contact U L Truitt N W P A No 24 Clark St Chicago.
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Virginia
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Chicago
Northwest
Big Four
Chesapeake & Ohio
Pam Let
U. L. Truitt
Clark Sty
Not Worth a D
Chief Justice Peters of Maine recalled a tale at the University of Maine commencement. A young man delayed seven years in college, entered the ministry, then the Episcopal ministry to avoid prayers and sermons, earned a D. D. from a university, and Peters quipped that such a degree isn’t worth much.
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Peters
Maine
University of Maine
Episcopal Min
N. Y. Herald
Mere Bundles of Nerves and a Bitters Remedy
A short piece extols nervous irritability and claims Hostetter's Stomach Bitters eases digestion and improves nerve calm. It asserts relief from dyspepsia biliousness constipation and rheumatism through the tonic's corrective effects.
Sick Church Rumor Stirred by Medicated Building
In a New York village a recently dedicated church sparked gossip when a neighboring resident overheard a child ask her mother if something was wrong with the church. The child claimed she heard it was medicated, prompting curiosity about the building’s condition.
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New York
Doaton Courier
Mild Attack and Strongarm Jake in Pardon Dispute
A brief Cincinnati Inquirer item recounts a mild attack where Strongarm Jake claims to have shaken the assailant. The offender reportedly embraced religion and contemplated quitting crime, with a quip about attempting to pry open a safe.
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Jake
Cincinnati
It Was Taken Archeel to Harold Willoughby Audience
A fragmented dialogue references engagement, courtship, and a joke about a cyclome traveling 700 miles. An ad-style line promotes Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Rebuilder with a free trial bottle and treatise, listing Philadelphia address.
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Harold Willoughby
Fita
Kline
Archat
Phila
Purported Patent Medicines Advertisements Dusty Nineteenth Century
An assortment of testimonial style lines from the Washington Democrat promoting patent medicines and household products. Claims include fast relief for colds and consumption, a laxative remedy, and a “Constitutional Cure” with prices 15 to 25 cents. Several social quips are also noted alongside the ads.
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Christ IN Command
Dr. Talmage
Mees Jonca
Miss Jones
Washington Democrat
G. W. Patterson
Inkster
March
Hal
Newsparr
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