Tony's Oath Amid Family Crisis On Canal Boat
Lonely Tennibel Devon on a canal boat with her brutal father Uriah hides a family secret. Uriah arranges a marriage to Reginald Brown, but Tony escapes a beating by fleeing into the lake. She later delivers a baby’s picture to Doctor Pendlehaven as the tale unfolds.
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Tennibel Devon
Salvation Army
Ithaca
N. Y
Philip MacCauley
Uriah Devon
Tony
Reginald Brown
Reginald
Flight from a Canal Boat Woman Estranged From Daughter
Tennibel awakens on the Dirty Mary to find Edith and Uriah gone after a vow made on a holy card. The girl clings to a plan and a future, while Philip MacCauley offers aid as she faces a perilous new life along the canal and at Cornell.
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Tennihel
Salvation Man
Gussie
Philip MacCauley
Mary
Tennibel
Philip
Pendehaven Place
John
John Pendichaven
Tony finds a new home in Doctor Pendlehaven’s care
Tony Tennibel, bareheaded and barefoot, seeks help as her mother vanishes. Doctor Pendlehaven learns of her hardship, offers aid, and brings her to a grand room where a man lies in bed with gray eyes, while Tony clings to her piglet and contemplates her future.
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Tony
Tennibel
Gussie
Mummy
Doctor John
Tonnibel
Tennihel
Uriah
The Bargain of Betrayal and Passover Institute
The lesson covers Judas betrayal and Jesus at the Passover meal. It notes Judas greed as motive, disciples’ obedience, Jesus’ foreknowledge, and the institution of the new covenant symbolized by the bread and cup. It calls believers to repentance and steadfast discipleship.
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Jesus
Lord Jesus
Christ
Satan
Judas
Alan
Judas Iscariot
What is Christianity in the Bible and Sermon on the Mount
A brief reflection likens Christianity to biblical teaching and the Sermon on the Mount, noting focus on core gospel claims and moral instruction. It asserts Christianity aligns with scriptural witness and early Christian witness, inviting contemplation of belief and practice.
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Bergion
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Claims Systemic Catarrh Cure
An advertisement explains Hall's Catarrh Medicine as an internal remedy that builds up the system cleanses the blood and reduces inflammation on mucous surfaces to prevent frequent colds and chronic catarrh. It notes druggists carry it and offers circulars from FBI Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Some day every turnstile will encounter its fattest man and go on strike.
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Hall
FBI, Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Lydia E Pinkham product praised in family letters
A collection of testimonials from women in Altoona Mills Wis Marinette and other locales praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for aiding fertility, recovery after childbirth, and general wellbeing. The piece highlights restored health leading to healthy babies and notes a free private medical guide.
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Altoona
Lydia E. Pinkham
H. H. Janssen
Millston, Wis
Marinette
Wis
H. B. Held
Jefferson St
Lydia H. Pinkham
Enthusiasm Over a Mistaken Cause Trumps Apathetic Caution
A concise adage argues that zeal in a flawed undertaking surpasses indifference in all things. It warns that rushing people may forfeit wisdom and lead to poorer judgments overall.
Minstrel Audience Quip Reveals Love Reversal
An amateur minstrel show prompts a joke about love between a man and a woman. The interlocutor asks the difference in love, and a minstrel named Rastus comments that a woman in love acts foolishly while a man does not. A louder spectator quips that the listener must be in love.
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Rastus
Willing to Hold Luxury Class Clash
A Baltimore American line quotes a wealthy heiress declaring pride in luxury while a penniless young man challenges her with his own offer. The brief exchange highlights class contrasts in a social vignette from the era.
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Edith
John Pendlehaven
Pendlehaven
Paul Pendichaven
Darlin
Faith
Devon
Bovy
Mrs. Devon
Edie
Tony Devon
Tony Dear
Yin
Cornell
Pendrehgven Place
Tomthel
REV. P._ B
Fitzwater
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Munster
Bellans
Darling
Tenatius
Ignatz
Ienatius
California Pelican
Theodore
London
Universal
Taviey
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