A Great Sinner and a Faltering Faith in Revival
A religious revival led by Deacon Broadbent interacts with Calhoun, a town misfit, as penitent exchanges reveal humor and moral failing. A preacher’s mock solemnity and a visiting speaker at a summer bath scene produce crowd laughter amid sermons. A Philadelphia church scene shows a rope-walker converting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deacon Broadbent
Cathoun White
Deacon
Calhoun
Bradder
Heben
A Pleasant Remark and a Tory’s Tip in Ink Stained Tales
A Brooklyn whist club tale features a famed crank whose cutting tongue drives players away. A visiting West man endures calm insults, hearing only a single remark in the last round. A separate UK anecdote recalls a Tory’s protest over a political bill and tip, amid reform era inns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Double vision and a killer eye doctor tale from a bygone era
An elderly man visits an oculist and jokes about his eyes failing, while a humorous exchange over a ten dollar fee unfolds. The column weaves through anecdotes of spoiled romance by a meddling brother, a Monte Carlo prank, and a London grocer’s cheese hunt, all in a brisk, era-tinged tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Carlo
Ciro
Iis
London
Jobo
Advertising notices and farm loan offers in local paper
Local ads advertise loans on farm lands by Dunlevy and O’Hanlon Land Co. and money to loan on farm lands. Also for sale cheap lighting system, poultry birds, and a variety of notices from The Review including posters for Independence Day, dressmaking, and Dr. Shoop health products with free trials and coupons. Government land notice from the U S Interior at Pierre about commutation proofs and listed witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunlevy's Land Agency
R. L. Moody
O'Mannlon Land Co
Alt
Pierre
Shoop
Dr. Shoop
Racine
Wis
H. A. Kumm
Department of the Interior
U. S
Fang
Notte Ia
Michael Aylward
Smith
Rho
Tomnalito
E. B. H. Meridian
Philip
George A. Woodard
Earnest Clements
Hattie B. Bainum
Electa O. Bainum
John L Lockhart
Register
Depermnas of the Interior
8. D
Alfred M. Erickson
Mi . E
Maridiag
Nes Bled Neice
Thomas Green
Eet
Y. Petaraon
Pono Um Aes
Anecdotes and a Cautionary Tale from Kentucky
A Kentuckian tells of inscribing a tombstone with He’s gone to a better place and the artist quips that there’s no better place than Kentucky. Dr Henry Holland warns a boastful oculist applicant to seek a town near Li Pool where a school for the blind sits, illustrating the danger of misguided ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Holland
Li Pool
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Guy Phillips
Cullen
Fuller & Johnson
John Deere
Dodd & Struthers
Invincible
Majur
Severin & Wheeler
Philip, S. D
Clarence M. Sageser
Optician
Fislar & Waldorf
South Dakota
Baltimore American
Robert Louis Stevenson
Philadelphia
Parson
England
Landjord
New York
Philip 2
M. Gust
Center St
Ofice
Plymouth Rock
Myrtle Dupree
DR. Bell
Oscar Hargesheimer
Oscar
Henry Holland
High's
United States Annuity & Life Insurance Co
Chicago, Ill
Philip Weekly Review
Philip, South Dakota
Justice Court
U. S. Land Office
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