God-Appointed Work Calls Christians to Aggressive Action
Rev. T. De Witt Talmage urges professing Christians to abandon halfhearted faith and embrace active, aggressive service in a hostile age. He compares idle piety to pruning, warns against novelty for novelty’s sake, and stresses practical, outward gospel work across daily life and institutions to storm strongholds of sin.
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T. de Witt Talmage
Esther
Ahasuerus
Mordecai
Heaven
Hell
Church of Jesus Christ
Prince of Wales
England
North Carolina
Church of God
Preachers Rally Faith in Gospel Duty and Triumph
A sermon urges unbounded faith to spread the Gospel in all venues from Sabbath schools to highways. The preacher cites veterans like Hedley Vicars and Havelock, praising steadfast believers and a bold call to march on against tyranny, with visions of divine triumph and eternal government.
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Hedley Vicars
God
Christ
Havelock
India
Peter Croy
Sennacherib
Sodom
Skalke
Jericho
Jehovah
Church of Jesus Christ
Israel
Prominent Indiana Legislator Seeks Courteous Publicity
A Louisville scene recalls a former Indiana legislator in broad cloth who paid $2.50 to insert a society note claiming he is at the Galt House with his bride and a request for 50 copies for constituents. The next morning the paper ran the note about his wife, his status, and his disavowal of newspaper notoriety.
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Indiana
Courier-Journal
Galt House
John Huckleberry
Biography of Goethe as rendered in four volumes
A historian notes Thayer's long life devoted to writing a German four volume Beethoven biography. The work is praised as the best of its kind, though the fourth volume remains unpublished. Remarkably the best life of Goethe is credited to Englishman Lewes, husband of George Eliot.
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Thayer
Beethoven
Goethe
Lewes
George Elioty
Chicago News
Exposes Silver Fallacy in Wage and Gold Debate
Secretary Ly man J. Gage argues wages rise while gold prices fall, challenging the view that gold appreciation damages workers. He cites 1872 to 1891 data, savings bank growth, and rising wages in iron and steel, textiles, and mills, framing bimetallism as sustaining the economy and labor. Senator Teller extols American progress and liberty over money.
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Trades League of Philadelphia
Secretary of the Treasury
Lyman J. Gage
Winance
Uberty
Commissioner of Labor
Eitec
Eakling
United States
Chicago
McKinley
Senate Chamber of
Teller
Colorado
Gold Standard Debate and Bank Note Reform Proposals
The piece argues for and against the gold standard, citing Thomas Benton and Andrew Jackson to defend gold as currency. It summarizes proposed Treasury measures to strengthen the gold standard, retire demand liabilities, and expand bank note issuance with secured bonds and higher par bonds. It notes aims to stabilize credit and public debt while expanding circulation through bank notes.
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United States
Bryan
Benton
Democratic Party
Thomas H. Benton
Senate
Rold
Andrew Jackson
the Treasury
Treasury
Senator Allison Pushes Silver Policy Amendment to Matthews Resolution
The finance committee reviews the Matthews resolution as Senator Allison plans an amendment repealing the Sherman silver purchase act. The proposed change cites policy to coin gold and silver with parity, seeking international safeguards. Turpie’s past vote ties his stance to party lines, risking a Republican shift.
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Allison
Finance Committee
Matthews
Teller
Senate
United States
Turpie
Chicago Tribune
Uncle Jakes Sinker at Florida Bridge Ends in Laugh
A Florida man nicknamed Uncle Jake weighing about 250 sinks from a bridge railing while fishing and surfaces laughing at his misadventure. The incident draws humorous reaction as readers note the odd rescue and disbelief at his whirlpool slip. Separately the National Summer School Association dissolves after stockholders cite poor finances in Glens Falls New York.
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Jake
Florida
Uncle Jake
Elean
Detroit Free Press
National Summer School Association
Glens Falls
N. Y
Foul Fiend Confesses Brutal Burlington Murder
Abe Storms confessed to killing Mya Rathburn and her 12-year-old daughter Mary in Burlington Indiana. He claimed the mother was killed in the cellar and the girl in the bedroom above after a violent struggle. An accomplice, Cox, is jailed. Sheriff warns deputies will shoot to prevent jailbreaks.
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Burlington
Dnih
Abe Storins
Mya
Fanny Rathburn
Mary
Greiner
Storms
Ife
Cox
Coounty
Sheri Smith
Buelingston
Portia Aids Starving With Harrowing Newfoundland Rescue Tale
The Red Cross steamship Portia, delayed four days off St Johns Newfoundland, tells of harsh ice floes and a desperate relief effort. Hundreds starve or die from exposure as relief fleets struggle to reach destitute fishermen and residents. The port and city suffer as roads and rails halt and prices of food surge beyond reach.
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New York
Red Cross
Portia
Monduay
St. Johna
No I
Halifax
Newfoundland
St. Johns
8. Johns
St. John
Fatal Wisconsin Central Freight Wreck Near Gray's Dale
In a Wisconsin Central railroad crash at Gray's Dale two locomotives and several cars were wrecked after a northbound freight stalled in snow. Engineer Walsh was killed and fireman McCarthy was seriously injured. Walsh's body was found on the boiler. McCarthy was taken to Waukesha and later Chicago.
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Wisconsin Central
Milwaukee
Burlington
Wissays
Patviel Walah
Iremuan
George McCarthy
Gray's Dale
Wisconsin Central Railroad
Walsh
Chicago
McCarthy
Waukesha
Oatman Dairymen Fail in Elgin Area
The Oatman brothers dairies and caramel business face collapse with debts of $38,000 to first National Bank of Elgin and Elgin Butter Co. Patrons at all creameries have not been paid for two months. Oatmans operated ten Illinois and seven Wisconsin creameries plus fruit ranches in California. assets around $175,000, liabilities exceed assets.
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Ligin, UL
Oatman Bros. Dairymen
Dundee
Lrst National Bank of Elin
Elgin Butter Tub Company
Oatmans
Illinois
Wisconsin
Mlgin Board of Trade
Chicago
California
New Jersey Governor Griggs Resigns. Voorhees to Act
Governor Griggs sent a resignation to the secretary of state effective at midnight. The New Jersey Senate and Assembly adopted resolutions designating President Voorhees to take the oath as acting governor at noon, with Chief Justice McKie to administer. A concurrent resolution eulogizing Griggs was also passed.
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Trenton
N. J
Griggs
Secretary
Voorhees
Senate
House
McKie
Assembly
Witty Aphorisms From the Chicago Record
A collection of pithy sayings on virtue friendship marriage and politeness attributed to the Chicago Record. Observations on choosing between evils jokes about marriage and the strain of home life are presented as light moral reflections.
Impracticable Currency Reform Scheme Opposed
A Chicago editorial criticizes a Indianapolis convention pushing a monetary commission currency reform plan. It argues the scheme would fund legal tender notes into interest bearing bonds and seek bank notes redeemable in law but not in gold, risking instability and depositor harm.
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Monetary Commission
Indianapolis
Congress
United States
Monetary Commission Plat
Chicago Tribune
Gold standard gains in Midwestern support says Chicago Times
The In Manipoliy convention drew strong attendance from Indiana Illinois Iowa Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota. Gov Shaw led the discussions praising the gold standard and urging calm factual debate over silver. Proponents claim gold as the basis of all business and exchange, aligning public sentiment with New York.
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Middle West
Indiana
Olinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Gov. Shaw
New York
Lowa
Chicago Times
Terald
Opinions on tariffs and politics hint at economic shifts
Editorial excerpts argue politicians misread causes of labor troubles and praise the 1897 tariff act for improving customs receipts. They note a growing surplus expectation and reference disparate views from Cleveland Leader Washington Star Later Ocean Chicago Tribune on tariff and fiscal policy.
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Marl Hanna
Cleveland
Washington Star
Chicava
Ocean
New England
Boston
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Chicago Tribune
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