Harvest of Faith at Cincinnati Denounces Infidelity
A preacher at the Christian Endeavor Society gathering in Cincinnati argues that Christianity grows stronger, cites rapid missionary expansion, Bible prevalence, and witness of believers to refute infidelity. He urges youth to embrace Bible faith, recounting Ethan Allen’s daughter choosing her mother’s religion at death.
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Alhuge
Christin Endeavor Society
Cincinnati
Amos
Dutus
America
Europe
Asia
African
Ever
Anow
Grand National Air
Church of the Lord Jesus Christ
Illinois
Peoria
Sunday Schools of
Darwin
Huxley
Lamarch
Wallace
Cope
Herschel
Ferguson
India
China
Col
Ethan Allen
Ethan,Allen
Sermonette Reflections on Evil Human Nature and Strength
The note argues there is no personal devil and that evil stems from ignorance and surroundings. It contrasts views from Rev. R. A. White and Chancellor WH. D. MacCracken on moral responsibility and the obligation to pursue physical strength through education.
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Rev
R. A. White
Universalist
Chicago
The Middle Aged Woman and Her Role in Society
An essay contrasts aging beauty and youth culture with noble aging. It urges women to cultivate mind and spirit, embracing literature, art, and kindness, while noting rising female workforce participation and dramatic gains in trade and transportation. The piece cites 19th century statistics on gender employment.
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Plaster Of-Paris
Jane
Ledger Monthly
Womanly quips and quick wits in social banter
Dialog snippets from a humor column spoofing courtship and manners. Jests turn on a steerage joke about the voyage, sweets and cav ities, a first confession of love met with playful greeness, a mocked kindergarten style courtship, a marriage anecdote about a matching overcoat and gown, and a boastful boarder losing his vest buttons to a hostess slyly hinting at discipline.
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Bessie
Jessie
Roslyn
Miss Lovedove
Mattie
Boston Transcript
Women Prepare to Fight Fire in Mont Clare
Mont Clare suburb of Chicago forms a women led fire department with Mrs. B. O. Eames as Assistant Marshal and Miss Harriet M. Sayre as Captain. Alder man Keeney aided organization and may attend the first MES. Fire scene a barn with red paint and deadly soda compound awaits action.
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Mont Clare
Chicago
B. O. Eames
Harriet M. Sayre
Alderman Keeney
Eames
Girls Who Walk Gracefully and Correct Posture
The piece describes proper walking technique for women emphasizing balance, straight spine, and a springing step. It notes most walk on their heels and warns incorrect walking tires the body and offers health benefits for proper form.
The Progress of Woman in London Opinion Gloom
In a leading London paper a renowned English writer condemns the idleness of British women. He argues that exclusion from higher grade work leaves well born women to frivolous pursuits such as dress, fashion, amusements, and flirtations, obstructing solid intellectual labor.
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London
Proper table manners early for children in nursery tea
The piece urges teaching children proper table etiquette from a young age. It cites careful examples from the Philadelphia Press on posture at the table, not leaning back, wiping mouths, not drinking before swallowing, and using forks and spoons correctly to prevent breaches of etiquette as children mimic grownups.
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Philadelphia Press
The Flea A Pirate Of Tiny Strength And Ferocity
The article extols fleas as tiny yet mighty, detailing their remarkable leaps and endurance, their fierce fighting between cat and dog fleas, and their life cycle from eggs to cocoons. It notes fleas as carriers of disease and their role in spreading bubonic plague, with historical anecdotes about notable figures and events.
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Alze
Samson
London
Paris
New York Sun
Promoter Anna Brett Drives Independent Telephone Ventures
Mrs. Anna McElroy Brett, once of Ohio and now linked to Texas, promotes an independent telephone system in El Paso and organized a Cleveland company to build the plant. She and her husband built the first independent line challenging Bell and promoted Detroit's system with Henry Everett. Since his death she continues the work.
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Anna McElroy Brett
Ohio
Texas
Congress of Independent Telephone Managers
Buffalo
el Paso
Cleveland
Brett
Bell
Detroit
Henry Everett
To My Wife I Sing of Endurance and Art
A dramatic speaker declares endurance over wealth and fame, pledging to pursue art despite poverty and fate. The lyric voice vows to endure hardship with stoic resolve, offering love and devotion as central to a life of creative pursuit. The piece reflects a 19th or early 20th century tone from the St. Louis Mirror.
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St. Louis Mirror
Advice on Body Image and Diet for Fat and Lean
The passage advises doubling chins with pillows, cereals and water to gain weight, and avoiding fresh bread. It condemns tight lacing, promotes potatoes with butter for lean girls, and warns stout women will gain peso. It urges walking from the hips and avoiding perfume while touting tincture of myrrh and camphor.
Fashion Note on White Gloves Through the Ages
The piece finesses white gloves as a twelve year fashion staple likely to endure a similar span of popular use. It praises heavy cream white dogskin gloves as the morning dress option and highlights a single button patent crisp variety.
Thumb Reveals Character and Hidden Traits of Men
A study claims the thumb exposes will logic and love through its three phalanges. It explains how nail, middle, and end phalanges relate to personality, willpower, reason, and sensuality. Historical figures cited illustrate varied thumb sizes and temperaments, arguing the thumb reflects mental health.
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Mount of Venus
the Ledger Monthly
Souyaroff
Danton
Galileo
Socrates
Newton
Leibnitz
St. Simon
Fourier
Owen
Voltaire
The Dashing Kate Chase and Her Great Ambition
The Ladies' Home Journal recounts Kate Chase, born 1840, who sought political influence early and aimed to secure her father’s presidential nomination through determined effort and political study. Her ambition and strategic mind shaped her public role in a male dominated era.
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Kate Chase
William Perrine
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Coutts Bank Demolition Sparks Nostalgia in London
The London Telegraph notes Coutts bank faces demolition of its ornate front while promising to preserve interiors. It recalls Coutts as England’s premier private bank with a history tied to nobles and worthies such as George III, Wellington, Johnson, and Scott. The dining room's Chinese papers from Lord Macartney’s 1792 95 embassy are highlighted.
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Church of God
Sharon Turner
Heathendom
Congress of the
United States
America
Congress of the United States
Shakspeare
Cladstone
Macaulay
England
George Our King
Duke of Wellington
Johnson
Walter Scott
Cipriani
Not a Linguist at the Hotel Table
A guest rejects a French menu at a hotel restaurant and grills the waiter with Latin and French phrases. The waiter struggles to provide items, finally offering beef and cabbage with gooseberry tart to satisfy the diner.
A Strange Flower from Malay Peninsula
A strange botanical curiosity is the Wonder-Flower found in the Malay peninsula. It is a leafless parasitic bloom growing on decayed wood. The bloom resembles a yard in diameter with a globular cup at its center holding five to six quarts.
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Malay Peninsula
Eve Lived Too Sour in Exposition Reflects On Serpent
The Baltimore World quotes a quip about Eve should she live today to trap the serpent with wire cutters and strip the "Queen of the Reptilian world" title from the midway of the Pan-American exposition. The piece comments on politicians and the tendency to weigh in on offices with pomp and little real substance.
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Eve
Mother Eve
Baltimore World
Educated man aids undertaker by boosting profits
A man who finishes his education assists the local funeral business, increasing its revenue and cash flow through his support and involvement with their operations.
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