Proverbs sermon warns buyers and sellers about business temptation
Dr. Talmage's Academy of Music sermon on honesty in trade cites Solomon in disguise observing a coat bargain. He condemns false values, warns against drunken street temptations, and urges businessmen to pray, seek God, and place duty above profit to avoid spiritual ruin.
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Palaeor
King Solomon
Jerusalem
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Saya
Solomon
Hal
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Christian Suler
Broadway
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United States Mint
Why She Called a link George
A dramatic exchange unfolds as a woman reproves George for squeezing her hand. She asks him to stop, his response is honest and emotional, and the scene ends with an awkward miscommunication about a misheard line.
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George
Dry dock plan backed for Port Royal South Carolina
The Senate Committee on Naval Affairs agreed to report favorably Senator Butler's bill authorizing the construction of a dry dock at Port Royal in South Carolina. The text also includes a short dialogue between an old man and a visitor.
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Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Butler
Port Royal
S.C
A Brave Texan at Newberry’s Lonely Grave
The Atlanta Constitution tale recalls a Confederate soldier who killed a drunken assailant aboard a Civil War era railcar near Newberry South Carolina. He protected two white women, faced a drumhead trial and was executed by a volley at his own grave amid cheers.
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D. A. Dickert
Atlanta Constitution
Newberry
S. C
Sherman
Port Royal
Charleston
Columbia
Greenville
Texas
Esther
Anecdotes of Col Dick Wintersmith of Kentucky
In Washington during the Oklahoma debate tales circulate about Col Dick Wintersmith of Kentucky. One breakfast episode over onions and a $2 bill prompts a witty reply, and another tale recounts Wintersmith warning a crowded Senate gallery with revolvers to quiet a rattled audience. South Carolina crop and farm reports note corn, wheat, oats, and livestock conditions, fertilizer use, and labor trends affecting 1890 planting plans.
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Wasurxaron
Gulf States
Oklahoma
Dick Wintersmith
Kentucky
John Chamberlin
Colonel Wintersmith
Washington
Capitol
United States Senate
Charles Sumner
The Coat of Tying Shoestrings
A factory manager in the Maat era calculates that workers waste time tying shoestrings, totaling about 43,800,000 seconds annually. With 400 girls at the mill, losses equal $943,174 in wages. To save time, orders require girls to wear only button shoes or congress gaiters or face discharge.
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Maatera
Congress
Unfaithful Employee Arrest Rocks Bradford Silk Works
Francis Stubbs head of the dyeing department at the Lister Company Limited silk works is in custody on alleged frauds amounting to thousands of pounds. The Bradford case suggests further arrests for complicity may follow.
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Lonpos
Bradford
Francis Stubbs
Lister Company, Limited
Democratic strife over Stindall successor seat sparks bid to block Randall ally
April 17 report from Paraverrina notes a bitter Democratic power struggle in Stindall's successor race. State Senator Willian McAleer leads a faction opposed by McMillen and Randall allies, with Harrity a major local influencer. Governor Beaver may delay election and leave the seat vacant until the next Legislature, a move that could lean Republican.
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Paraverrina
Stindall
Wells
Willian McAleer
Randall
McAleer
Clain
Msquire McMillen
Harrity
Beaver
Russian electric rail plan links St. Petersburg to Archangel by Siemens
A proposed electric railway would run 5000 miles from St. Petersburg to Archangel with Archangel backing and an estimated $15,000 per mile cost including rolling stock. The project, connected to Siemens, signals a major northern corridor development for Russia. A new disease named La Nona is reported in North Italy and blamed on mildewed corn flour polenta, causing victims to sleep and die quietly.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Archangel
Siemens
Italy
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