Lookout Mountain Vision by Reverend Talmage
A Sunday morning reminiscence on Lookout Mountain blends Civil War memory with a hopeful postwar forecast. The speaker cites battle sites, casualties, and military sounds while envisioning a future of agricultural plenty and lasting peace led by Christian ideals.
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T. DeWitt Talmage
Ntain
Blue Mountains
Caroline
Tpoosta
Cye
Youdeyoe
Laddia
Lss
Chickamauga
Lookout Mountain
Rowee
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Kolt
Angel of the Lord
Equaamere
Plo Sale
Shiloh
Rederat
Memory and Faith Revisit a Prisoner’s Quiet Refrain
A reflective poem depicts a prisoner in a narrow cell dreaming of freedom in nature and recalling childhood church memories. The speaker urges careful living from this hour onward, acknowledging memory’s power to revive past joys with divine companionship.
The Rose and the Gone Lover
A fragmentary verse recalls memory of a lost love. The speaker describes a lingering rose scent and a dress as proof of the beloved, who is gone. The narrator reflects on past meetings, shared laughter, and unseen heartbreak.
Mind and Brain Relations Story Of A Dog
Professor Calderwood recounts a tale where a dog belonging to a United Presbyterian family killed fowl, buried them, confessed, laments the deed, and dies of a broken heart. The narrative is used to illustrate moral psychology and animal behavior.
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Calderwood
University of Edinburg
United Presbyterian
Down at the Meals at Jail Hours Tavern
A comically chaotic tale follows John Forrester who moves to the city and seeks meals at all hours, arguing with the tavern keeper about the contract for daily meals while pacing the day with repeated dining requests. The fragment also touches on a series of odd vignettes and anecdotes from old newspapers.
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John Forrester
Tolin
Rp Geek
Maud Sts Sons
Tea and a Troubled Conversation With Doctor Johnson
A tea lover, Dr. Sant Fohneon, faces a moral rebuke from a woman who believes tea to be poison. She warns him of the danger, while he responds with calm irony referencing fate as the drink proves slowly lethal in the tale-like exchange.
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Alviee
Amiles
Texas
Little Rock
Ark
Pareon
Nap Smong Assurance Companies
Darkey
Sant Fohneon
E Ie Abe
Doctor Johnson
Seitches
Perfected Butter Powders and Salts Market Claim
Farmers buy Butter Powders and salts from Wella Richard son Co Burlington VI praised for color and quality. Other firms imitate but fail to match. Connecticut notices a wife too sick to split wood, husband endures tasks and old habits persist as he risks weather and effort.
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Wella, Richardson & Co
Burlington, VI
Connecticut
Boston Post
Could He Play Billiards
An elderly man visits a Rochester billiard saloon on Main Street to pass a few moments He wagers small sums with several youths and plays a quiet game He wins the final bet and prepares to leave claiming he only came to watch.
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Rochester Democrat
Tan
Marriage Advice for Joe From a Practical Adviser
A practical speaker counsels Joe to marry for substance over beauty and status. He warns against shivering on the bank and urges selecting a partner with money, health, sense, and a strong home life. The guide emphasizes balance, warning beauty alone and pedigree without wealth rarely lead to lasting union.
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Joe
Alany
Humorous Note on Hop Bitters Harangue
A reader recalls being persuaded by praise of Hop Bitters and a joking argument with his wife about its Merite. The writer admits gullibility and notes using the product for eighteen months before renouncing the hoax.
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Lena
Abe
H. T., Bt. Paal
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