The Garden of Christ in a World of Flowers
A 19th century sermon portrays the church as a richly irrigated garden planted by Christ. It extols diverse believers as flowers from violets to giants of the battle, contrasts garden life with desert sin, and urges immediate acceptance of salvation before life’s voyage ends.
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Martin Luthers
St. Pauls
Chrysostoms
Wickliffes
Latimers
Samuel Rutherfords
Christ
Bethlehem
Bartimeus
Galilee
Church of Christ
Fontainebleau
Champs Elyses
Versailles
Chatsworth
Church of God
Harmony of Individual and Society in Religion
The text asserts religion should reconcile personal aims with social needs, uniting individual desire with collective interests. It argues a harmonized faith can align private virtue with public welfare, creating a single cohesive purpose for both person and community.
Road conditions cited as crippling US agriculture profits
Potter delivers at Baltimore convention that muddy lanes waste vast farm outputs. He cites 152 million tons of produce and 1.2 billion dollars invested in farm horses and machinery, warns roads delay shipments and hamper prices. The speaker urges faster road improvements to end idle horses and lost time.
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Pollars
Tenac
Potter
Highway Improvement Committee
Baltimore
America
Texas to the front great road convention in Galveston
A Texas good roads convention will open in Galveston on May 22 with delegates from across the state. Arkansas held a Little Rock meeting in February without tax-for-works amendments, while southern and western states pursue similar steps. The piece praises lessons from France and warns that neglecting roads or forests will soon be widely rued.
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Galveston
Texas
Arkansas
Little Rock
France
Remarkable corn soaking treatment boosts germination and pest resistance
A neighbor reports testing corn soaked in coal oil with 30 hours yielding full germination while longer times reduce viability. Treated seed drains easily for planter flow and resists worms grubs and squirrels. Chinch bugs reportedly ignore treated seed, suggesting a valuable agricultural discovery pending a full year of confirmation.
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Green
J. Norton
Journal of Agriculture
A Muscatine Woman Endorses Pink Pills for Pale People
A Muscatine woman recounts swift relief from sciatic rheumatism after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. She credits a neighbor with guidance and notes no ensuing attacks after completing two boxes. The ad-like piece describes pills as restoring blood and nerves and lists conditions they claim to help.
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Journal
Muscatine
West Front Street
M. C. Briggs
Briggs
Williams
John Yoder
Eldon
Williama
I. Nesper & Co
Dr. Williams
der. Williams
Bulle
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Featured in Elixir Ad
An 19th century advertisement touts Hostetters Stomach Bitters as a remedy for biliousness headaches stomach irregularity and related ailments. It claims to cure dyspepsia rheumatism malarial complaints nervousness and constipation and urges daily use with a testimonial about mail etiquette in Indianapolis Journal.
Two Week Engagement Ends at Bociller Theater
Tragedian Alex Salvini ends a two weeks engagement May 2 at Bociller Theater. Philadelphia Press notes a boastful line about pride before a fall. An ad touts Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer promising free trials and cures with a $2 bottle.
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Bociller Theater
Alex, Salvini
Hall's Catarrh Cure Endorsed as Radical Remedy
A historical ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional treatment that cures catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It promises a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure and cites testimonials and Toledo company F. J. Cruminy & Co. as the makers.
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Cat Hall
Hall
F. J. Cruniny & Co
Toledo
B. Drugeista
Spring Trip South Excursion Ticket Announcement
Tickets sold April 7 21 and May 5 from northern cities to all points on the Loulaville Nashville Railroad across Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Florida and parts of Kentucky At one fare for round trip with 21 day return window 83 at destination stopovers allowed Write P Atmore Louisville KY or J K Ridgely Chicago IL for details and purchase Carlyle comments on the advice
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Loulaville& Nashville
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississipi
Florida
Kentucky
P. Atmore
Louisville
J. K. Ridgely
Chicago, Il
As You Like It at McVicker's Theater Chicago
Monday night May 4 featured Shakespeare's comedy with a strong cast and notable music. The line about worship reflects Melville's voice infusing the notice with cultural praise.
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McVicker's Theater
Chicago
McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Century of Grain Machinery
The McCormick Harvesting Machine Co of Chicago has 65 years devoted to grain and grass cutting machinery. It manufactures about one third of the world’s binders reapers and mowers, despite numerous competitors in the field.
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Co
Chicago
McCormick Company
Hires Rootbeer Endorsed for Taste and Temperance Style
An ap petizing note lauds Hires Rootbeer with a life like flavor in temperance fashion. Claiming best by any test, it states production by The Hires Co of Philadelphia and mentions a Mo package yielding gallons, sold widely.
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Chavioges
Hires Co
Philadelphia
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