The Divine Weighing of Spirit and Nation
A sermonette on weighed souls and charity as the true measure of wealth. The speaker contrasts earthly balances with the weighing of spirits, urging generosity and faith over ambition. He cites biblical figures, historical empires, and the fate of nations to warn against moral laxity and celebrate divine judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nani
Desert
Lyk
Jacob
Tam Glid
Josh Han
Tess Vian
Nuchlis
Gut
Amos
Joshua
Hezekiah
Plesner
Nile
Obyliske
Volossus
Rameses
Cuejos
Motron
Mount Sinai
Oie Land
Washingtons
Thumillions
Patrick Henrys
John Marshalls
Avraham Lincolns
Sierra Nevadas
Chimboraca
Ie Hinwayas
Crimea
St. Peter
Belshazzar
Daniel
Peruna praised by nurses and patients across the Midwest
Lucy Annie Heiser of Albert Lea Minnesota writes from 1899 praising Peruna as a grand medicine that restores health by reviving mucous membranes and organs. Letters from Amanda Shumaker Mattie Curtis and others claim backache weakness and female ailments improved after using Peruna. Dr Hartman offers free advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Lea
Minn
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Peruna
Lucy Annie Heiser
Amaaia Shamaker
Columbia City
Wash
Independent Order of Good Templars
Hartman
Amanda Shumaker
Mattie B. Curtis
Legion of Loyal Women
Hotel Salem
Bost Masa
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Doctors understand old axe but they can't eare it
Fragmentary notes cite miscellaneous phrases from era newspapers, including misquoted sayings and garbled text. The readable content offers no coherent event or person to anchor a standard news item.
Punxsutawney Musings and Leipsic Opera Ad
Fragmented notes mix a Punxsutawney citizen’s chat about trout fishing with a pangram and an odd Leipsic tax style job ad for a composer. The quirky excerpt blends literary games with an absurd recruiting pitch amid period chatter.
Return of the Author Provokes Census Row in London
A famed author faced a census dispute when a official demanded to list his infirmity. The writer argued about how to record authorship as a childhood condition, while the census officer insisted it was not an infirmity. The exchange ended with the official departing in evident irritation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Euelee
Argue
Money Dt
Willkun
Plats
Fernishire Winier
Paris
Anal
Apyttiveucivs
Sry
Touiliine
Lyon
Charity
Leipsic
Germany
Ewe Sensu
London Express
Fragmented Quotations and Snippets from 19th Century Press
A mosaic of clipped lines from various papers quotes exchanges about a cashier missing in town, a cryptic remark about rest or escape, cheeky banter, jokes and cartoonish asides. The text wanders through playful musings, a rain in South Dakota, a monocle gag, and a light social quip on marriage and love versus money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Press
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Junging
Dr. Talmage
China
Mascaeres
New York
Bin
Mins
The
Homeopathic Hospital of
Minneapolis, Minn
Tome
Standard Oil, Company
Chicago Daily News
Daily Sena
John
Punxsutawney
Mountaina
Asean
Dr.van Dyke
van Dyke Sitters CO
Seconds Street
RT. Louis
Philadelphia
South Dakota
Matw
Rochester Union
Harry
Ageim
Beaton Trinsenot
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