Toward Evening in an Emmaus Night Sermon
Dr. Talmage urges readers to invite Jesus to abide with them as life wanes toward evening. He uses the Emmaus story to verse fears of aging and death, urging faith to steady tempers, ease sorrows, and secure an incorruptible future through Christ’s presence.
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Forces Theme In Class Sparks Pocket Joke
A schoolroom quip has a boy answering the teacher that there are three kinds of force bodily mental and the police. The joke is tied to Cape Wome death figures estimated at ten percent of men who go there never return.
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Singer Sewing Machines Win Grand Prize at Paris Expo
Notes from the Paris Exposition highlight the Singer Manufacturing Company display in Group XIII Class 79. The Singer Sewing Machine earns the Grand Prize for design and adaptability, echoing prior Chicago World's Fair recognition with 54 awards. Readers are urged to visit Singer salesrooms across the United States.
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California at Paris Exposition Showcased as World Fruit Orchard
California’s exhibit at the Paris Exposition impressed French fruit growers with California climate and irrigation advantages. Mills reports the Mariposa Grove panorama, vast prune and fruit orchards, and a six by fourteen foot forest panorama that elevated the state's image as the world’s orchard.
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Gold Standard Urged by Bankers at Richmond Meeting
President of the American Bankers Association warns against a silver standard. In his Richmond Va address he urges a stable gold standard, cites the 1900 act, and notes limits of federal currency policy and private contracts. He warns that shifting currency value harms foreign trade and investor confidence.
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Poet and wife clash over genius in a fragmented exchange
The Atlanta Constitution quotes a poet claiming a new sonnet and an ode for the state fair while his wife responds with humorous lines about daily needs such as beefsteak lard and molasses. The exchange ends with a quip about what genius means.
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Atlanta Constitution
Absent minded doctor causes tongue test during wedding
In Spare Moments a humorous exchange has Elsie and Ada recounting a marriage scene where a doctor husband, after taking the ring, checks the bride’s pulse and asks her to protrude her tongue. Ada jokes the man won’t do the latter again.
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Funeral Visit Reveals Grief Stricken Stranger
A grim scene at a funeral draws a man with a white frightened face who is comforted by the widow. The dialogue notes the mourner had met the man yesterday and that the doctor predicted his impending death, underscoring distress at the gathering.
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Indianapolis
Prosperity and bank deposits cited as proof of national strength
The piece cites Comptroller of the Currency data showing rising deposits in state and national banks as evidence of widespread prosperity. It argues this prosperity supports President McKinley’s re election and critiques Bryan for toying with the idea of a hired president, noting reactions from various papers.
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Dress and Society Queen Face Hidden Perils of Overwork
A ballroom scene shows the queen of society and her dressmaker under pressure to finish a dress. The piece links social excess and hothouse culture to nervous exhaustion and related ailments. It promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for weakness and fatigue.
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