Talmage Sermon on Irrigation and Edenic Vision in Mountains
The speaker extols irrigation as the Genesis of a transformed American landscape. He cites streams in deserts and cites peaks from Yosemite to Yellowstone, framing scenery as divine judgment and promise. The oration links vision to national renewal through irrigation, cross symbolism, and grand canyon views to ardent, almost apocalyptic praise.
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Himalaya
Pyrenees
Sierra’ Nevadas
Vesuvius
Yellowstone Park
California
Daniel Webster
Yonder
Capitoline
Senate
Jerusalem
Immanuel
Savieur
Colorado
Yosemite
Jehovah
Earth
Pogt Blane
Adirondacks
Mount Washington
Yosemite Falls
Niagara
Nevada Falls
Moneida
Ellowstone Park
Morans
Bierstadts
Puget Sound
Continental pride and naming reform urged for Pacific coast
A traveler laments rude place names from Yellowstone to California and urges geological surveyors and committees to rename places with Devilish labels. He argues coast cities rival eastern metropolises and calls for a broader tour of American lands from Montana to Colorado.
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America
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Victoria
Fort Townsend
Vancouver
Northwest Region
Bostons
New Yorks
Charlestons
Alaska
San Francisco
Maine
Yellowstons Park
California
Geological “Surveyors
Congressional Committee
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Gether
Eepake
Girls Endure Punishment with Quiet Dignity
A London reporting correspondent notes that girls and boys schools alike use whipping, but girls endure it with calmness. The piece observes girls accept discipline and maintain modesty, implying a shared harsh schooling culture without openly resisting.
Suspicious Claims Sainted in Chicago Whispers
In Chicago a dialogue frames doubt around a spouse's actions with remarks from Smith and Brown. Jones asserts suspicion, noting alleged routines tied to breath checks before he returns home late at night.
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Caesars Wits
Smith
Brown
Virden Violence Fades. Miners, Militia Hold Pace
In Virden Illinois on October 14, authorities report no new outbreaks of violence as militiamen restrain unrest at the Chieng Virden Coal company mines. A train brought two carloads of African American workers to Springfield, with militia captain Serviers denying disembarkation. Troops maintain control, barring unloading of workers. investigations ordered into the riot’s cause and indictments.
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Chieng Virden Coal Company
Wirden
Lil
Bere
Springfield
Luiens
Ising Company
Serviers
Militia
Tay
Shrinerien
Oeter
Dt Virden
Pana
R. Direuitegur
Acetylene generator patent and trade mark notes
A fragmentary 19th century trade publication notes an acetylene generator by WH Dempster of Des Moines with cellar or parlor illumination. It also surveys recent trademark rulings, celebrity rights, and a lighthearted exchange about advertising pages and issue counts. The text closes with a quip about a town’s married men reacting when a wife inherits money.
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Dempster
Dever
United States
Cermis
Frec
Jowa Pavext Orrier
Thomas G. Orie Co
Maraine
Porsman
Reading
Mater
Major Bishop and the Pink Pills tale in Detroit paper
Detroit Free Press profile of Major Brajor A. C. Bishop a Detroit civil engineer famed for deep water route advocacy. The piece blends reminiscence with ad style notes on Pink Pills, Morse telegraph history, and various era curios.
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Great Lakes
Brajor A. C. Bishop
Third Ave
Detroit
Undson River
Aoske
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