Song of the Drunkards themes haunt a sermon
The speaker critiques alcohol’s ruin in society using biblical figures David and Christ as contrasts. He laments delirium tremens deaths, describes saloon culture as a deadly chorus, and recalls a friend who died after a long battle with drink, urging salvation through Christian witness.
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Yalmage
David
Christ
Red Sea
Moses
Sylomon
Simeon
Angele
Prims Doruas
Chambers Street
Chatham Street
Christian Church
America
Strees
Lisati
Health claims of a universal stomach conditioner
A fragment from the Washington Democrat and Altchivens Globe touts a remedy for digestion that promises no sickness or griping. The piece boasts better health for men and critiqued bowel discomfort, implying strong benefits from the product.
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Altchivens Globe
Mothers Warned Against Daughters At Risk In Stormy Time
The text urges mothers to protect daughters entering womanhood by providing care and guidance during this critical period. It promotes early self treatment for female ailments and touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy, claiming it ensures health, regularity, and vitality, with a statement from a Buffalo-based publication.
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Pierce
Song of the Drunkards and Temperance Echoes Across Ages
A fragmented article discusses the Song of the Drunkards, its cultural reach from ancient times to 19th century temperance movements, and the social bonds that sustain drinking. It notes figures like Jenny Lind and references to biblical and classical sources, ending with a New York temperance anecdote about Abe Gough.
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Barariua
Geattio
New York
England
Newburyport
Boston
Joel Stratton
Feeb
Abe Gough
Miscellaneous items show varied oddities across regions
A collage of notes reports quirky facts from California to Wyoming including beekeeping fortunes in a ranch, an umbrella passed through generations, streetcars in Minneapolis, owl hauntings in Georgia, and dramatic elk wintering in Jackson Hole.
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California
Minneapolis
St. Anthonmy
Augusta
Gine
Tx Reme
Phibet
Osv-Tiiny
Michigan
Whiali’e Insurance
Hibor Organizaens Fionsarme
Earl Neilson
Clatlam
Washington
Liberty County
Georgia
Sedalia
Ainty
Mijchigan
Faruher
Clementina de Vare
Taxton Hotel
New York
Datten
Kesre
Isva
Tobiaces
Auten
North Carolina
Virginia
Kentucky
Micnakin Nicoli
Middletown
Nicoli
Atlantic
Canary Islands
West Indies
Simms and Burks
Clarke County
Ala
Jackson’s Hole
Wyoming
Wagon Box Lifter Device Demonstrated by Ohio Farmer
A ten year old wagon box lifter described by C. J. Reamer from Ohio Farmer shows a frame with a 15 inch diameter drum and a system of ropes to lift a wagon box. The device allows one man to remove a heavy wagon box safely using a ground wound roller and pulley setup.
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Snes
C. J. Reamer
Ohio
Stock Farm Barn Plan For Flexible Size And Stalls
The illustration shows a versatile stock farm barn design with optional dimensions. It highlights driveways through the barn, a central section with bins and cribs, stalls, a driveway to the basement, floors into stalls, mangers, hay and straw mows, and an entrance to a sheep fold.
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Pasement
Money In Egg Production and Futures Debate
The article highlights C M H Wyckoff of Groton NSY, noting profits from wintering White Leghorn hens with 603 birds yielding $1,805 in eggs after $360 labor and $300 feed costs, a near 1W percent return. It also warns Congress to carefully examine futures trading, which may stabilize or depress prices for farmers depending on whether producers win or lose on outcomes.
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Farm Poultry
C. MH. Wyckoff
Groton
NS. Y
Wyehoclk
Weekoff
Congress
Remarkable Rivers and Their Oddities Across The World
The piece surveys rivers such as Colombia’s sour Rio de Vinagre and Algeria’s ink river created by iron and gallic acid. It notes Africa’s Webbe Shebeyli with giant crocodiles, South Africa’s long Orange river with copper-poisoned waters, and Alaska’s Yukon rivaling the Mississippi in volume and historic Native use.
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Colombia
Rio de Vinagre
Algeria
Webbe Shebeyli
Africa
Equator
Indian Ocean
South Africa
Natal
Orange Free State
Alaskka
Yukon
Alaska
Gulf of Mexico
Asia
Various Oddities and Curiosities Across Lands
A collage of notes on unusual topics from many regions. Digging for buried war treasure pots in town, a Cambridge graduate loses his degree for crime, exhumed dental artifacts shown abroad, Gaelic speakers in Britain and Ireland, storm records, balloon speed, and a railway claim. Milk scarcity in parts of Africa and condensed cow farms in hotels.
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Cambridge University
England
Ital
Greece
Egypt
Great Britain
Ireland
Moonblink Mystery Strikes Acanthus Sailors at Sea
Three cases of moonblink a tropical eye illness caused total night blindness among crew of sixty on the British steamer Acanthus during a 50 day voyage across the Indian Ocean. After exposure to bright moonlight, three seamen briefly tested the effect, awakening blind, then regained sight at sunrise.
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Philadelphia
Batavia
Indian Ocean
Tropics
Pink Pills Linked to Recovery in Youngstown Tale
Mrs. F A Lawson of Youngstown recounts how pink pills, promoted as Dr Williams Pink Pills, aided a long illness with left-side paralysis and heart trouble. She credits the remedy for regained strength, weight gain, and renewed daily ability, while noting a doctor questioned patent medicine use.
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Youngstown
Ohio
F. A. Lawson
Custer Avenue
A. M. Clarke
Clarke
Willnms
Frean de. Withdts’ Medicine Company
Schenectady
N.Y
Health tonics and cures fill odd ad copy in yellow prose
A string of dubious health claims touts remedies for stomach, nerves, and bowel issues. It mentions Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, St Jacobs Oil, Cascarets candy, and a liver regulator in a flurry of exaggerated benefits and quirky humor.
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St. Louis
American Land Company
Bon Free
Sv. Lotis
Eusinasys
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Tiffin
Krauser & Bro
Milton, PA
J L, Stephens
Lenanon
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Alanis, Ga
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