Is Our Nation Drunk With National Prosperity
The Rev. Dr. A H Goodenough, now at Prospect M B Church Bristol CT, preaches on Is Our Nation Drunk With National Prosperity from Exodus 20 and 2 8, urging reverence for God over wealth. He praises America as God’s gift, warns against greed, cites farm wealth figures, and calls for honesty in politics and business, church influence, and moral renewal.
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Bristol
Conn
Arthur
Israel
God
Egypt
Promised Land
Archdeacon Farrar
America
Secretary of Agriculture
France
Russia
Garrent Literature
Turea Ftarn
Wilson
Lyman Abbott
United States
Washington
Republic
Iow
England
Free Churches
Jesus
Kingdom of God
Jesus Christ
Devill
Vision of Faith Amidst Fearful Siege
A reflective Biblical scene contrasts Gehazi's panic with Elijah's faith as divine hosts surround the hills. The passage urges clearer inner sight and steadfast trust to prevail over looming panics and uncertainty.
Chinchillas in Andes Face Threat of Extinction
A cautious overview of chinchilla habitats in Chile and Bolivia, noting limited ranges at high Andes elevations, rising fur demand, and protective laws. It details seasonal hunting practices using trained dogs, no traps, and rapid skin processing, with annual yields around 218000 skins in 1905 and ongoing danger from overhunting.
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South America
Andes
Chile
Bolivia
Boliva
Paris
New York
Reporter's Great Feat in Early San Francisco Press
Grant Wallace a famed San Francisco news gatherer who left The Bulletin for literature recalls his rise from cartoonist to star reporter. He tracked a fatal rail crash confession and covered the Orient war, beating censors and reporting the battle of Liao Yang.
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San Francisco
Grant Wallace
The
Bulletin
Wallace
Chronicle
Star
Orient
Liao-Yang
Lenton
New York
Chicago
Disappearing Hotel Towels Reported by Louisville Clerk
A Louisville hotel clerk tells the Courier Journal towels vanish weekly, stolen by porters. He notes each room loses towels three times weekly, with face, bath, and plain towels taken, costing ten to twenty cents for bath towels and three to five cents for others. He suspects towels are dumped into grips or satchels for easy removal.
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Monov Enous
Louisville Courier-Journal
Cushion Presented to British Patron by Murray
Sir Patrick Keith Murray presented a worn cushion to a British patron. The cushion bears the crown of Scotland, now placed in the jewel room at Edinburgh Castle.
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Patrick Keith “Murray
Crown of
Scotland
Edinburgh
Eagle shooting on a moving Missouri Pacific train
A baggageman named Tom Kinney shoots two eagles perched on a telegraph pole while a Missouri Pacific train travels westward. The birds fall after two quick shots, are collected in the baggage car, and Kinney plans to mount them as souvenirs.
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Missouri Pacific
Tom Kinney
Kingman
Tom
Frere
Stafford Kan
Republican
London awakening echoes of travel and memory
An American recalling the wonder of arriving in England and the enduring memories of London. The writer contrasts foreigner fascination with the fading familiarity of familiar literary figures and districts after prolonged residence.
Wind Power Sparks Rural Electric Promise
An Indiana farmer has devised a practicable method to convert wind into electricity. Unlike prior attempts that failed due to wind variability, this approach generates electricity as a by product of the windmill powering a water pump, potentially supplying rural areas with electric lights and services.
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Indiana
The Premier’s Chief Secretary Hidden War of Secrets
The article describes the premier's chief secretary as the unseen shield of the cabinet. He attends every meeting, guards the anteroom, and tracks the Prime Minister's movements. He ferrets out scraps of paper and destroys top sheets to keep state secrets from leaking.
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Emopire
President Johnson Grave Site Could Become National Cemetery
Bristol correspondence notes a bill by Representative Brown to create a national cemetery on the site of President Andrew Johnson’s grave in Greeneville Tennessee. Johnson died in 1875 and was buried on a hill overlooking the town with a marble monument and eagle carving. The hill, chosen by Johnson, offers a scenic view of the Allegheny mountains. the area has suffered neglect aside from Monument Circle.
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Brownlow
Andres
Joongon
Jonusen
Greeneville
Tenn
Johnson
Allesbury
Monument Circle
Bristol
Louisville Courier-Journal
Landed Him All Right After an Interrupting Shock
Senator Hale reacts to unexpected interruption with a remark likening it to a chilling moment from a novel. A young girl in red slippers overhears a late scene as her sister entertains a guest, and a tense silence follows before a decisive answer is given.
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Hale
New York Tribune
Lode
A Great Herd of Caribou Travel Southward in Vast Numbers
From notes by Mr EK T Munn of Brandon Manitoba the writer estimates that in the three weeks after July 25 1892 Artilery Lake saw not less than 2 000 000 caribou moving south. Buffalo Jones later described a scene at Clinton Goldene noting an army of caribou spreading ten miles each side with dense pockets and wide open spaces, averaging at least one hundred caribou per acre.
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EK. T. Munn
Brandon
Manitoba
Artillery Lake
Acre
The
Exypest Thompson Seton
Peruna touted as stomach catarrh cure in U S South Carolina praise
A letter from former South Carolina Senator M D Untler, writing from Washington, lauds Peruna as a remedy for dyspepsia and stomach catarrh. The note claims Peruna relieves dyspepsia, marks catarrh of the stomach as the core issue, and credits the medicine as an internal catarrh remedy.
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M. D. Untler
U. 5
South Carolina
Washington, D. G
Peruna Medicine Co
Peruna
Peruna Laxative Enhancement Announced by Dr Hartman
Dr B Hartman announces he has added a mild laxative quality to Peruna after years of requests from grateful friends. He says the reformulation preserves Peruna’s beneficial character and improves its length of effect.
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Peruna
Friends of
Peruana
B. Hartman
Domestic Servants In Paris Moral Health Question
In Paris a 646 court condemned the practice of housing domestic workers in separate rooms, labeling such carelessness harmful to morality and health. The Parisian case highlights masters’ responsibility for their servants. A later item notes Japanese leaving the Hawaiian islands for the Pacific Seas on March 1, 646.
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le Petit Journal
Paris
Hawaiian Islands
Kidney Trouble Sufferer Credits Dean’s Pills
Abilene Kansas man Lightner says kidney pain and backache plagued him for years. He reports relief after using Dean’s Kidney Pills with no recurrence. Sold by dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Lightner
Cedar St. Abilene
Kansas
Mr. Lightner
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Riddle in a Denver Post note stand tease
A cigar girl told a Denver Post reporter a conus drum riddle posed as a tease. She hinted a device that will attract a dog chase away a horse and keep a man with you if you are a girl, then whispered with a hiss.
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Denver Post
Worst Case of Eczema in a Child
Mrs. B. L. Risley of Piermont New Hampshire recounts a severe eczema case in her son starting at four months. She tried many doctors with little relief before using the Cuticura remedies, which she says cleared the eczema in two months and improved his health significantly.
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B. L. Risley
Piermont, N. HL
Det
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Gehazi
Elijah
Pillsbury
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Harry Nelson Pillsbury
Paul Murphy
S$. King
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London
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Sam Weller
Mr. Panks
Bloomsbury
Pall Mantel
Col. Newcome
Major Pendennis
Drury Lane
Greenhorn
Sadowing
Premer
President Johnson
Carol
M. ¢. Butler
Diane Tie Company
Jounsteen
Cuticra
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