Gates of Carbuncle Sermon on Gates of Suffering and Hope
Rev T DeWitt Talmage preaches on Gates of carbuncles as gates of labor sacrifice and national trial. He links biblical carbuncle imagery to civil strife hunger and economic hardship and urges prayer for relief and steadfast faith in hard times.
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T. DeWitt Talmage
Washington
Isaiah Hiv
Sleaven
East Indies
Ezelziel
Isaiah
Christ
Edom
Bozrah
Rachel
Benoni
Jerusalem
Bethel
Atlantic City
The Personal Devil and Faith in God
A Knoxville Methodist minister Rev. T. S. Warner warns readers about a personal devil as tireless foe of good. He states belief with heart aids moral strength much like faith in a personal God.
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Rev. T
Warner
Methodist
Knoxville
War talk at Carnegie Hall rallies G O P leaders
Gen Tracy warned the nation faces a grave crisis as Republicans at Carnegie Hall hear speeches by Black Woodruff Hobart and Lodge. He attacked the Chicago platform’s stance on federal law enforcement and urged victory in November with the ballot.
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Tracy
New York
Carnegie Hall
Trunk S. Black
Timothy L. Woodruff
Garret A. Hobart
Ilanna
Thomas C. Platt
Gibbs
Odell
Russell
England
Benjamin F. Tracy
the Navy
Chicago
Supreme Court
Congress
Fort Sumter
Union
Buchanan
Lincoln
Gettysburg
Appomatox
McKinley
Hobart
Messrs. Black and Woodruff
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Bryan’s Humble Beginnings and the Dollar Debate
A Fredericksburg speech mocks Bryan for promising “half-value” dollars as a cure for farm woes. It argues such silver coinage would mislead farmers, ruin credit, and amount to a swindle benefiting borrowers at others’ expense. The piece cites the Chicago Tribune critiquing sound-money supporters.
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Tryan
Fredericksburg
Bryan
Chicago Tribune
Belgium Issues 60 Cent Railway Packet Stamp In Lilac And Black
Stamp news notes a 60 cent railway packet issue in lilac and black from Belgium and reports on related color changes for Cape of Good Hope stamps. It mentions stamp thieves and dealer complicity, the Abin castle near Huy sold by Count of Looz Coswarem heirs, and a room covered with rare nineteen cuartos Spanish stamps. Philadelphia hosts a Philatelic Society with about a hundred members meeting biweekly to discuss new issues and price fluctuations.
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Belgium
Abin
Huy
Liege
Sherman Speaks on Silver and the Crime of '73 in Chicago
Senator John Sherman of Ohio visited Chicago on September 3 after Pacific coast rest. He spoke at the Commercial McKinley club urging silver coinage, arguing Republicans supported silver, detailing Jefferson and Jackson coinage eras, and opposing Democratic opposition while praising bimetallism and parity with gold.
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Senator Sherman
M. A. Garrett
Sherman
Montana
Ttig
Republican Party
Vermont and Maine Elections Signal Nationwide Loyalist Surge
The text claims Vermont and Maine victories for honest money reflect a national surge of loyalty to the federal government’s executive and judicial branches. It portrays this as the first step in a sweeping effort to erase the repudiation and anarchy party from American politics, invoking Civil War era unity and a pledge to uphold constitutional authority.
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Vermont
Maine
Paul
Pioneer-Presa
Odd Nineteenth Century Snippets Range From Beekeeping To Presidential Privilege
In a quirky roundup readers learn that Greenland potatoes rarely exceed marbles in size, the Grant and Garfield widows hold the franking privilege, a Jersey heifer raises a pig, and bees’ musical instincts are credited to the Chinese. An Elizabeth Capewoman aids a hive with a pewter dish, while elephants are noted for limited sleep and unusual waking hours.
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Greenland
Grant
Garfield
United States
Jersey
Frank Casterline
Bazetta, O
Cape Elizabeth
Assail the Jews and anti Jewish prejudice in silver campaign
The article condemns anti-Semitic rhetoric by silver advocates and politicians including Mrs Lease and B F Shively, noting Reform Advocate editor Emil Hirsch's critique. It argues Jews largely support gold standard, warns against labeling Jews as traitors, and calls for voters to resist religious bias in politics.
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Chicago
Lease
B. F. Shively
Indiana
Harvey
Ebenezer Wakeley
Reform Advocate
Emil G. Hirsch
Ahlwardt
Rothschild
United States
Messrs. Rothschild
Levi A. Eliel
Bryan
Kansas
Shively
Doings The World Over Headlines Issue
News briefs from around the world note W H Mallock to edit a London weekly at half price, New Zealand council bans Chinese and Asians, plan to statue Theodore of Tarsus in Canterbury, fire in Moscow Panin hall ruins, water damages at Rumanzieff and Dolgorouki galleries, Juan Fernandez reportedly vanished after a Chilean earthquake, Chilean vessel sent to verify, £6 543 017 in London bank deposits unclaimed for 30 years with no activity by depositors.
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W. H. Mallock
London
Spectator
New Zealand
Legislative Council
Canterbury
Theodore of
Tarsus
Tumanzieff
Moscow
Panin Hall
Rumanzieff
Dolgorouki
Robinson Crusoe
Juan Fernandez
Chili
United Cigarmakers Hold Twenty-First International Session
Nearly 200 delegates gathered in Detroit as G W Perkins opened the Cigarmakers International Union session. Perkins read an exhaustive report showing US cigar output up slightly, with 4 237 755 943 cigars consumed in the year ending June 30 1896. Factories totaled 14 070 with 7 147 union and 6 925 mixed or nonunion. Union shops employed 12 278 hand workers and 15 247 mold workers. open shops counted 10 675 union and nonunion workers. Wages amounted to 41 767 089 dollars, and product value reached 129 693 275 dollars.
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Kear
United States
Detroit
Mich
Turner Anll
G. W. Perkins
International Union of America
Thomas Dolan
Perkins
Beating Infant Fatal Tragedy Shocks Peoria
Jennie King, aged 27, killed her three month old niece Grace Irene King with a cobblestone at the Hamilton street home of George King in Peoria Illinois. Neighbors summoned aid after the act and a coroner's jury ordered her held for the grand jury.
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Jennie King
Peoria
Ill
Grace Irene King
George King
Hamilton Street
Rampant Crime Stirs Cleveland Citizens
Cleveland on September 29 reports no abatement in crime with hold ups and murderous assaults. Since Sunday night 25 houses have been entered and streets are deserted by seven. Citizens hire cabs or bodyguards as police struggle to curb depredations, despite arrests of supposed leaders.
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Cleveland
Doctor shoots wife and partner in Pennsylvania killing attempt
Dr T L Johnston, a leading Duncannon physician, shot his wife and George S Henry after luring Henry to his office. Henry was wounded fatally while Mrs Johnston sustained nonfatal injuries. Johnston surrendered to a constable and is en route to New Bloomfield.
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Pennsylvania
New Bloomfield
Four Die in Fire on Cyrus Off Delaware Coast
Off the quarantine station in the Delaware river the Cyrus anchored after a barrel of oil burst while being lowered into the hold. A match lit the oil and a blaze filled the hold, suffocating three crewmen Alfred Becks Hans Jaggers Fred Hilner and a stowaway.
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Chester
Cyrus
Simmons
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Delaware River
Alfred T. Becks
Hans Jaggers
Fred Hilner
Weather Bureau Chief Dies in Arizona Mine Accident
A. L. White head of the U S Weather Bureau in Phoenix was killed and several companions seriously hurt when a dump train derailed at the Congress mine 60 miles north of Phoenix. Most escaped with broken limbs. others were crushed or bruised in the wreck.
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Arizona
Phoenix
A. T
A. L. White
United States Weather Bureau
Congress Mine
National wheelmen meet opens at Trenton fair
The annual interstate fair in Trenton New Jersey hosts the national circuit meet of the League of American Wheelmen drawing over 10000 spectators the largest crowd in fair history John S Johnson wins the one mile in 1 47 00 with two quads no triplet and Jimmy Michael records 5 miles in 9 51 45 the fastest time on any track
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Pennsylvania Avenue
United States Senate
White House
Horace Mann
Massachusetts
State House
Commons
Plymouth Rock
Studion
Potomac River
Finney
Lexington
Bunkersfill
Monmouth
Long Island
Valley Forge
Yorktown
Colonies
St. Lawrence
Gulf
Atlantic
Pacific
Louisiana
Georgia
Carolinas
Maine
New York
John Russell
Europe
American
Reichstags
Babylon
Thebes
Tyre
Republic
American Republic
Philadelphia
Bull Run
Republic of Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
John Hancock
Daniel Webster
S&s
Prentiss
Henry Clay
Trenton
N. J
League of American Wheelmen
John S. Johnson
Tyler
Waltham
Mass
Jimmy” Michael
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East Gate
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Stamps and Collectors
Andrew Jackson
Democratic Party
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Jefferson
Jackson
Weather Bureau
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