Power of the Press as Ally to the Pulpit
Rev. Dr. Talmage honors the newspaper press for two thousand sermons delivered beyond his church, crediting stenography, syndicates, and telegraph networks. He warns about both noble and corrupt newspapers, calls editors stewards of truth, and urges prayers for those who shape public discourse.
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Dr. Talmage
Christendom
Thad
Coure
America
Louis Klopseh
New York
Brooklyn
Italy
Venice
Solyman
Dalmatia
England
English Mercury
France
Paris
United States
Europe
Naples
Austria
Kossuth
Hungary
Napoleon I
Hamilton
J. Peter Zenger
Erskine
Paine
Marathon
Thermopylae
Earth
Hell
Thomas Jefferson
Lazarus
Death
Pulaskis
Peter Sheffer
Jesse Glover
Common Council of
House of Parliament
Telegraph
Cardinal Wolsey
Church of God
Certainty in Religion Cited by Des Moines Preacher
A Des Moines preacher asserts certainty as essential in faith and critiques doubt in religion. He argues that greed and doctrine serve as far as they go but must not weaken conviction. The message stresses clear, confident belief grounded in scripture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathell
Lepiscopalian
Des Moines
Triumph of Protection in American Industry
The system of protective tariffs raised American labor and industry, showing Europe that higher wages can yield cheaper production. U S iron and steel workers earn more yet produce better goods at lower costs, expanding output and foreign trade. American innovation thrives under protection, boosting rails, bicycles, sewing machines, ships, locomotives, and railway technology worldwide. Chicago Inter Ocean reports.
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United States
Europe
America
England
London
Japan
China
Australia
British Africa
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Ex Governor Boutwell on Gold Silver and Bonds
Ex Governor Boutwell aged 80 argues in a recent address that bonds should be paid in gold, not silver, noting silver’s depreciation and criticizing silver advocates. He credits past honesty in Massachusetts during war finance and urges maintaining gold equivalence for the nation’s currency amid party positions on coinage.
Foreign textile plants in America cited as tariff response
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes that Britain France and Germany respond to American tariffs by building textile plants in the United States. It argues this creates foreign capital and labor to foster a new free trade argument, though not vastly worse than prior ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyva Democratic
Great Britain
France
Germany
America
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
A Beautiful Girl's Affliction
The Tucker family of Versailles Indiana report their daughter Lucy aged fifteen improved after taking Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. Once frail and skeletal with impure blood and nervous prostration she began to gain strength and vitality within a day of starting the pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Versailles
Ind
Tuckers
Lucy
Miraculous Cure Reported by Family Patient
The doctor was surprised by the marked improvement after continued medicine. One pill after each meal was given until the boxes were used, and the patient has remained well with no fear of recurrence. Frank Tucker and family attest to the cure as almost miraculous. Subscribed before Justice of the Peace on April 28, 1897. The pills are claimed to treat diseases from impure blood or nerve strain and available at drug stores.
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Frank Tucker
Hugi Johnson
Golf Legally Defined In Court By Queen's Counsel
A London Telegraph remark captures a legal description of golf given in court. The queen's counsel defined the game as played in repulse fields with a small ball hit by a stick, and the player spends the day searching for it if he succeeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Telegraph
Western Canada Sees Record Prosperity and Immigration Draw
The article notes a surge of prosperity across Western Canada with strong railroad links, schools, churches, and nearby grain markets. It cites loan companies reporting high returns on Manitoba property and plans to attract settlers, including ex-Canadians, via agents in the United States.
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Dominion of Canada
Canada
Western Canada
Associated Press
Toronto
Manitoba
Alberta
Assiniboia
Saskatchewan
United States
Ring for 75 Cents Sparks Passenger Plot
Dialect filled note from Cleve land Plain Dealer recalls a passenger trading a ring for 75 cents to avoid trouble with creditors. The dialogue hints at a plan involving Lucindy to slip her finger through a hole in a ticket, in a scene of tense talk and implied consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mistah Johnning
Pahson
Lucindy
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cheney firm offers reward for catarrh cure failure
Frank J. Cheney of I. J. Cheney & Co. sworn as senior partner in Toledo Ohio pledges one hundred dollars for every catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The remedy is taken internally and claimed to affect blood and mucous membranes. Sold by druggists 75 cents. Also Hall's Family Pills advertised. The Back-biter quote from Detroit Journal follows.
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Bratrr
Ono
Crry
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
I. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
Frank J. Chendy
A. D
W.gleason
Tall
F. J. Cheentsy & CO
Prosperous Corn Yield and Salzer Seed Offer Attract Attention
Walters of La Rayaville Pa swore to 252 bushels per acre totaling 25 200 bushels on 100 acres at 80 cents a bushel claiming a strong return. Salzer offers 400 in gold for the best name for a 17 inch corn and oats prodigy. Seed potatoes at 1 60 a barrel with free seed catalogue and 11 new seed samples from Salzer Seed Co La Crosse Wis. Also notes a humorous exchange about quitting a club for a cash register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IE. Walters
la Rayaville
Salzer
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Kemp's Balsam Promoted As Cough Cure By Local Ad
A local advertisement touts Kemp's Balsam as a proven remedy for coughs and colds. It claims widespread community success and urges readers to ask friends who have used it. The pitch notes 25 cent and 50 cent bottles with a free sample bottle offered.
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Kemp
Dealera
Puzzled Infant Questions Drinking Habits in Temperate Zone
A boy asks why most whisky and beer are consumed by people in temperate regions, referenced in a playful line from the Cincinnati Enquirer. The column hints at social trivia through a puzzled infant and a boy studying statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Paper
Cincinnati Enquirer
Health tonic touted for Wheelmen amid member drop
The League of American Wheelmen shows membership near 98,000 as weeks pass. Hostetters Stomach Bitters is promoted as aiding digestion and bile flow, supporting bowel regularity and kidney health, and claimed to prevent malaria and rheumatism.
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League of American Wheelmen
Endowment Gift For Football Hospital Discussed
A fragment reports Cumso noting Mr. Scadda left $100000 to Yellyard University. Cawker asks if funds are for a specific purpose, with Puck quoting the idea that the money is to endow a football hospital chair.
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Cumso
Scadda
Yellyard University
Cawker
Puck
Coughing Leads to Consumption: Kemp's Balsam Promoted
An old advertisement urges cough relief with Kemp's Balsam claiming immediate control of coughs. It offers free sample bottles from druggists and sells large bottles for 60 cents and 1.00. Delays are warned as dangerous.
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Kemp
Miss Parton’s Choice Receipts Offered By Walter Baker Co
A new edition of Miss Parton’s Choice Receipts will be mailed postpaid to readers who apply by star card or note to Walter Baker & Co. Limited in Dorchester Massachusetts. The note accompanies other brief quotations about manners and a nerve restorer ad offering a free trial bottle and treatise.
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Miss Parton
Walter Baker & Co., Limited
Dorchester
Mass
Berchese
THE
Muralo CO
New Brighton
S.J
New York
To Cure a Cola in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
Ad copy claims a one day cure with laxative Bromo Quinine tablets and offers money back if ineffective. Ads mention cheery prospects and a note from Sherman, Mt. Vernon NY, urging readers to write for it.
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S.jd. Sherman
Mt. Vernon
Grain-O Promises Healthful Family Beverage Substitute
Grain-O described as a long-desired substitute for coffee suitable for babies to grandparents. It is claimed to be gentle on nerves and digestion, made from pure grain, and presented as a genuine scientific food that promotes health and strength. Consumers are urged to ask their grocer for Grain-O.
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Baby
Grandma
Turning Over a New Leaf in the New Year
The Detroit Free Press quotes a reader skeptical of resolutions, noting they live in a flat and doubt the idea of turning over a new leaf at year’s start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Free Presa
Lane's Family Medicine Newspaper Ad
An old advertisement promotes Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movement as health care. It states the product acts gently on the liver and kidneys and promises relief from sick headache priced at 25 and 0c.
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Lane
Curious Quotes and Phrases from Historic Newspapers
A collage of quick snippets and quips from Chicago Evening News Washington Democrat and Chicago Daily News, touching on baldness age old remedies, marriage, appetite, and ailments. Mentions Piso's Cure for Consumption St Jacobs Oil and Ram's Torn with casual references to cures and scandals.
St Jacobs Oil Promoted for Pain Relief and Cures
An 19th century Washington Democrat ad text extols St Jacob s Oil as a cure for neuralgia rheumatism and sprains referencing a spinster and a workingman investing in the remedy It notes quick relief and claims recovery for various ailments in a period style promotional snippet.
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St. Jacobs Oil
St.acobs
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Grub Street
Oliver Goldsmith
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Deve
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Massachusetts
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
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Billy
Boston
Wheelmen
Atchison Globe
Washington Democrat
Chicago Evening News
Praige Halo
Pike
Buchmueller
Lexington
Chicago Daily News
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Sciatica
Ayer
Dr. Ayur
J. A. Gray
Trav. Salvaman Wrought Iron Range Co
St. Louis
Wrest
Rample
Megum Nie CO
Bouth Bend
Indiana
Land of Plenty
Department Interior
Ottawa
C. A. Broughton
Monadnook Building
J. O. Currie
Stevens Point
Wic
M. V. McInnes
Merrill Block
D. T. Cavens
Bad Axe
James Grieve
Head City
Mich
N. Bartiolomew
Des Molinos
D. H. Murphy
Stratford
Lowa
Beall Sinal
Jorge Vio
Allen Medicine CO
St. Paul, Mian
Klondike
Yukon Valley
Alaska
T. A. Grady
C.b.&q.r.r
Ait Clark Street
Joan A. Salzar Seen
James J. H. Gregor
All. & Son
Marblehead
GTS
Ohio
CBS
Dearborn
Loomis & AN
Tiffin
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