Divine Chirography and the Book of Life for Heaven
Rev T DeWitt Talmage delivers a sermon on divine chirography from Luke twenty, comparing earthly handwriting to the Heavenly Book of Life. He argues Christ’s bold, trembling signature writes the names of believers who repent and trust in salvation, while those not written there face exclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. DeWitt “Almage
Washington
Joseph Henry
Smithsonian Institution
John Hancock
Earth
Slim
Tie
Heaven
Heavenly Library
Saul
Samuel
Martha
Christ
Palestine
Galilee
Hle
Charles Carroll
Carrollton
Charles
Hell
Jie
Saragossa
Chalons
Marathon
Thermopylae
Delhi
Apostle Peter
Thomas Chalmers
Dean Stanley
Lord Byron
Rufus Choate
Alexander Dumas
Yonder Throne
Yonder Gate
Ile
Iie
John G. Whittier
Massachusetts
St. John
Lord Jesus
Golgotha
Come Out of the Woods and Hear the Bells of Heaven
A religious meeting features testimonies of conversion with a man recalling years of sin and a family's forgiveness. The speaker urges believers to step from belief’s shadows into the sunlight of pardon, contrasting seasonal changes and ending with a note from Norristown Herald.
Harrison speaks in Richmond on union law and protection
Ex President Benjamin Harrison addressed about 6000 in the Richmond Auditorium tonight. He urged Virginians to uphold the Constitution against Chicago platform aims and defended law and order, free silver opposition, and protection for American industry as he praised McKinley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Benjamin Harrison
Exposition Grounds
N. J. Young
L. J. Lewis
Congress
Lewis
Gen. Harrison
McKinley
Bryan
Virginia
Washington
Indiana
Gettysburg
Appomattox
Chicago
Cleveland
Supreme Court
Daniel
Senate
Harrison
Charleston
W. Va
Democratic Plans Shift Focus to State Legislatures
A Chicago bulletin from national Republican HQ outlines Democrats abandoning Bryan to target state legislatures where U S senators are chosen. The aim is to retain silver influence in the Senate by electing silver-supporting senators and blocking tariff bills without free coinage of silver. Republicans expect to win many of the 20 upcoming Senate seats, while Democrats defend silver interests and attack Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Republican
Democratic National Committee
Bryan
United States
Senate
Republican Committee
Democratic Committee
Repubicans
Notable Obituaries and Endings Across Prominent Figures
Flour Otto Lilienthal's heirs burnished by cremation of flying machines and plans. Warburton estate worth two million passes to son and daughter. Dr. John Wesley Gadsden, famed veterinary surgeon, dies in Philadelphia, noted for proving pleuro pneumonia contagious. Kate Robinson receives gold spoon from Daughters of the Revolution. William A. Clark, the Silver King, plans a Woodlawn mausoleum for his wife, costing about $100,000.
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Otto Lilienthal
Charles N. Warburton
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph
John Wesley Gadsden
Philadelphia
United States
National Society of the Daughters of the Revolution
Kate Robinson
Carthage
N. Y
Robinson
William A. Clark
Silver King
Montana
Woodlawn Cemetery
New York
McKinley's Record Day Delivers Sixteen Speeches Across Record Crowd
Saturday in Zanton Ohio drew large delegations from Harrisburg and the Sunday Creek valley, including 600 miners, as McKinley urged work for laboring people, a protective tariff, and restraint on free trade. wheelmen showcased a vast parade lobbing for better roads and US industry.
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McKinley
Zanton
Harrisburg
Sunday Creek Valley
Athens County
Sunday Creek
Great Hocking Valley
United States
Europe
Wheelmen
National Wheelmen
McKinley and
Hobart
Union Veteran Patriotic League
Alleghany County War Veterans’ Club
Stamina Club
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
C. C. Benedict
Mauser Manufacturing Company
New York
Chicago
Maj. McKinley
Cleveland
Mej. McKinley
Canton
Big Meetings in Chicago Draw Crowds for Campaign Speakers
On Saturday night in Chicago Senator Foraker of Ohio spoke to a large crowd at the republican tent on Western avenue and Twenty second street Ex Master Workman Powderly of the Knights of Labor also addressed Central Music Hall Hon Henry D D Estabrook of Nebraska spoke to about 7000 at the Auditorium The Marquette club organized the events, a leading republican body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Senator Foraker
Ohio
Western Avenue
Workman Powderly
Knights of Labor
Central Music Hall
Henry DD
Estabrook
Nebraska
Marquette Club
Clergy Appointments and Academic Posts Across Europe
A list of notable religious and academic appointments: Dr Winifred Dickson named examiner in surgery at Dublin College. Dr Franz Muncker named professor ordinarius of modern German literature at University of Munich. Moody plans to devote efforts to providing 750000 U S prisoners with religious literature. Rome’s Tribuna reports Leo XIII will appoint another English cardinal, Mgr Edmund Stonor, archbishop of Trebizond, reserved in petto at the last consistory. Henri Etienne attends a ceremony naming the Ecole Estienne after Henri and Robert Etienne, and he remains a working printer like his forebears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred Dickson
College of Dublin
Franz Muncker
Wagner
University of Munich
Moody
United States
Leo XIII
Rome ‘Y Tribuna
Mgr
Edmund Stonor
Trebizond
Partibus
Petto
Paris
Ecole Estienne
Henri
Robert Etienne
Henri Etienne
Robert
The Ruin in Florida Storm Devastates Baker County
Reports from Jacksonville on October six detail increasing storm deaths and massive property losses reaching estimated 250 000 to 300 000. Merchants George Canova and Mrs McPeouns suffer heavy damage, with cattle losses and widespread destitution across Baker county. County officials urge governor aid and call for uninsured counties to assist, noting destroyed chapels and schools and farm losses hindering merchant credits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Baker
Baker County
George Canova
McPeouns
Ossulto
Eppinger-Russell Company
John Willes
McClenny
Cuban Carnival Opens in Cincinnati for Insurgent Aid
Music hall in Cincinnati filled for the Cuban carnival to aid Cubans fighting Spain for independence. Gen Andrew Hickenlooper presided with Henry Lincoln de Zayas and Oscar Primelles group officials among speakers. Cuban legation visitors were escorted in by a brass band as staged entertainment began and continues through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Music
Spain
Andrew Hickenlooper
Henry Lincoln de Zayas
Cuban Army Scientific Corps
Oscar Primelles
American Red Cross Society
Legation
Carlos Roloff
Independent Government
Cuba
Gonzalo de Quesada
Washington
Hector de Saavedra
New York
M. D
Visit to France Opens Under Stormy Atlantic Skies
Oct. 6 Portsmouth reports high winds and rough seas as the Russian czar and czarina depart for France aboard the Volga Star and Standart escorted by British ships. Cherbourg weather turns stormy. Venetian masts topple while French and British fleets escort the imperial yachts to the harbor. The czar and czarina attend luncheon and dinner with French officials before heading to Paris for five days including Versailles and ChaLons, with a massive 70,000-strong troops review anticipated.
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Portsmouth
Czar
Czarina
France
Volar Star
Standart
Duke of Connaught
Cherbourg
Polar Star
Faure
M. Challemel- Lacour
Senate
M. Brisson
Chamber of Deputies
M. Melline
Council of Ministers
M. Hanotaux
Quai de l’Arsenal
Maritime Prefecture
Arsenal
Paris
Versailles
Camp de Chalons
Connecticut Town Elections Show Weld Republicans Gain Ground
Connecticut towns held elections in 168 municipalities except Hartford New Haven Bridgeport Ansonia Norwalk Naugatuck. Republicans nearly doubled their towns since 1893 with gains in Hartford and Middlesex counties. National Democratic tickets voted in two towns. overall gains likely at least 15 towns.
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Hartford
Conn
New Haven
Bridgeport
Ansonia
Nerby
Naugatuck
Hartford County
Middlesex County
Old Free Press Building Fire in Detroit Causes Major Loss
Fire gutted the upper three floors of the five story Detroit Free Press building at Larned and Shelby, with estimated damage around 75000 and insurance covering Habbin company losses of 6000 and Cliff Higgins 5000. Cause traced to paraffin boil over at Habbin company.
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Old Free Press
Detroit
Mich
Ott. G
Detroit Free Press
Larned and
Shelby Streets
Habbin Company
Habbin
Cliff & Higgins
Free Press Company
Telegraph Executive Dies On Stand In Wire-Tapping Case
Clifford B. Everham, 20 year Western Union manager of the gold and stock department, collapsed from heart disease Monday afternoon while testifying in Judge Tuthill's court. Known as a telegraph expert with posts in San Francisco and Virginia City, Nev., he leaves a widow and a one year old child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Clifford B. Everham
Western Union Telegraph Company
Everham
Canadian Pacific Strike Nears Complete Tie Up
Peoria Ill Oct 6 Grand Secretary Austen of the Order of Railway Telegraphers reports dispatches from points on the Canadian Pacific railway indicating a near total tie up with only a few passenger trains moving. He says freight cannot move large quantities of oriental goods and perishable property are stranded while cattle reportedly starve in cars. railway officials deny the claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Ill
Austen
Order of Railway Telegraphers
Canadian Pacific Railway
Mergenthaler appeals patent ruling over machine improvements
Ottmar Mergenthaler appeals to the U S Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia after Commissioner Seymour awarded priority of invention for key Mergenthaler typesetting machine improvements to W S Scudder in two cases. The appeal challenges the patent decision.
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Washington
Ottmar Mergenthaler
Mergenthaler
Seymour
W. S. Scudder
Commissioner of Patents
Scudder
United States Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
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Norristown Herald
Democratic
Republican National Committee
Andrew Jackson
Albany Journal
People OF America
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AID For
Connecticut
Detroit Fire
Ben Franklin
Tex
D. Knowles
Knowles
Annie Lewis
Warren
Gillmer
Grand Jury
Simcoe
Ont
Bya
Sandusky, C
Ryerson’s
Edith
W. FE. Tisdale
Marquette
Nestoria
Humboldt
Peninsula
Gald
la Bourgogne
Lazard Freres
Boston
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Servia
Leadville
Col
Brooks
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