Husking Time as Metaphor for Life and Afterlife
Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage likens the corn harvest to life and death, urging believers to view suffering as husking that frees the soul. He recalls frosty fields, neighborly fellowship, and the heavenly gathering where all believers come in at their season, transformed and redeemed.
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T. DeWitt Talmage
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
New England
Ohio
Nain
Apostle
Cape Hatteras
Potter’s Field
Westminster Abbey
Earth
Songsters
God
Father
Isis
Lord Jesus Christ
Charleston
Portland
Heaven
Leaven
Greenwood
John Milton
John Toward
Charlotte Mlizabeth
Hannah More
Sweden
Protection and Self Interest Drive Domestic Prosperity
The San Francisco Chronicle argues in favor of the Dingley tariff, asserting that protecting domestic industry fuels internal trade worth seventy billion dollars versus two billion in foreign commerce. It claims enlightened self interest supports protection, warns against free trade, and notes England's drift to quasi protection for food.
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Dingley
China
United States
Jefferson Davis
South
England
America
Wales
Tngland
San Francisco Chronicle
Bryanism in Iowa and the 1896 fusion split
The Iowa election board allows the middle of the road populist faction to run under its regular party name. The move weakens the Bryanite coalition, letting straight populist ticket voters consolidates support, while fusionists lose ground. The piece notes a partisan shift, with Republicans gaining from gold Democrats and a large Iowa plurality expected in 1897.
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Iowa State Election Board
Hawkeye
Election Board
State Supreme Court
Iowa
Ohio
McKinley
St. Louis
Globe- Democrat
Ohio Democracy Adopts Free Silver Campaign Self Destructs
Ohio Democrats face ridicule as they base their campaign solely on free silver. The piece cites Gov. O'Rell of Virginia and New York Democrats shifting away from the 1896 Chicago platform, arguing reaffirmation would doom the party.
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Lrgan
Ohio
Democratic Party of
Democratic
Charles J. O'lerrall
Virginian
Chicago
Goy
O'lerrall
Democratic State Committee of
New York
Supreme Court
James K. Jones
Democratic National Committee
Jones
Miera
State Central Committee
State Committee
State Convention
O’kerrall
Gav. O'lerrall
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Prosperity debate and tariff effects on 1890s politics
A compilation of editorials citing republican prosperity themes under McKinley and Bryan in Nebraska and across the U S The pieces note wage gains from tariffs shifts silver versus gold money debates and rising farm values while predicting tariff revenue trends and electoral insights. Strong mentions include Bryan McKinley Hanna and the Philadelphia and St Louis papers.
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Nebraska
Bryan
Iowa
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
South
Nebraska Farms
State Board of Agriculture
McKinley
Philadelphia Press
Voston Journal
If I Were You A Poem By Sydney Dayre
A reflective poem explores how a child might act if she or he could be like others, choosing kindness, bravery, and helpfulness. The speaker contrasts imagined youth with the real person Seaver, implying lessons in wise guidance and virtuous conduct.
Indian Chip Carving for Boys Opens Small Art Form
An article extols Indian chip carving as an easy introductory craft for boys. It emphasizes a single small knife as the tool, simple patterns, soft close grain woods like lime and sycamore, and projects such as photograph frames or matchboxes suitable for indoor carving in drawing rooms.
Crafting a Diamond Border From a Wood Pattern
The article explains how to cut a wood pattern to form a diamond border by pressing the knife straight into the wood, drawing along lines, and detaching triangular pieces. It notes keeping the knife flat to avoid breaking the point and describes creating diamond shapes with precise cuts for an attractive border.
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Chicago News
Real Dutch Party Celebrates Wilhelmina Birthday
Dutch children prepared for Queen Wilhelmina's 18th birthday with Dutch dress parties. A seven year old hosted a birthday party in red calico with a high neck ruffle cap and full gathered skirt. Blue Delftware adorned the feast as souvenirs were given to guests.
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Holland
Wilhelmina
Auch
Delft
A Musical Mouse Sings From Coal Mine to Audience
Skeptics debate a singing mouse found in a coal mine and brought to the narrator. The creature reportedly sang with a clear warble though experts find no abnormal vocal structure, suggesting small vocal differences could let a mouse sing within human hearing.
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Tee
Early settlement and statehood paths of Kentucky and Tennessee
The passage explains Kentucky's separation from Virginia and 1792 statehood, noting Virginians settled Kentucky with slaves and farming and military habits. It also traces westward migration from North Carolina into Tennessee and Tennessee’s 1796 admission, with a typo suggesting 1706.
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Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
Pigeon Breaks Locomotive Headlight on Iron Mountain Rail
A pigeon damaged the heavy glass headlight of a locomotive on the Iron Mountain railroad in Missouri. The bird was found inside the headlight when the train stopped at Bismarck, indicating the pigeon struck the glass during daylight after leaving the previous station.
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Iron Mountain Railroad
Missouri
Bismarck
Warsity Proved
Smythe jokes about taste while Tompkins explains an anecdote about accounting for his wife's taste in fashion. The dialogue references a milliner and modiste in a Brooklyn Life quotation.
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Lis Warsity
Smythe
Remarkable Sparrow Survives Mulled Burlington Wheel Journey
A sparrow entered a Burlington shop wheel and clung to a strengthening rod as the wheel ran at 130 rpm. Workers shut the machine, heard a chirp, and found the bird alive after about 31 000 revolutions and a journey of roughly 73 miles by the time it was freed.
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Burlington
Smothered by Fly Paper Dangers Warned in Household
A family’s use of sticky fly paper led to a near fatal accident when a toddler tripped and became mouth and nostril bound by the paper. The mother returned in time to cut holes and save the child, later soaking off the adhesive.
Remarkable Mud Sculptors in Monroe Georgia Boys
The Messenger notes two colored boys in Monroe Georgia, sons of the late Abraham Brown, who expertly mold white mud from a gully into a near perfect horse without a pattern. Their work leaves no unfinished detail and impresses even skilled artists.
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Monroe
Abraham Brown
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William J. Bryan
Kansas City Journal
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You
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Doling
Sydney Dayre
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Disgram C
Meiene
Digna
Real Dutch Party
Pigeon
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