Stirring Sermon Of 1777 Before Brandywine Battle
This excerpt captures a September 10 1777 sermon by a colonial minister before Washingtons army on the eve of the Brandywine engagement. He mourns the coming bloodshed praises courage and invokes divine vengeance against British forces while urging soldiers to endure and trust in Gods aid during the morrow battle. The impassioned oration frames war as a moral struggle between liberty and oppression with dire prophecies about Gods judgment on the British leadership.
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Brandywine
Washington
Nature
Chadd’s Ford
God of Mercy
Redeemer
Chadd's Ford
George of
Brunswick
King
Jin
Contijental
Youneedit Salve Cures Piles Says Hodgenville Doctor
Dr J W Thomas of Hodgenville Kentucky promotes Youneedit Salve as a near miracle cure for piles. He cites 1426 testimonials from customers cured or helped over the past year and reports 2546 boxes sold since its market debut about a year ago.
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J. W. Thomas
Hodgenville
Mad Chase for Health Ends Quickly with New Life Pill
Advertisement notes millions chase health fads from one extreme to another. If people ate their bowel foods with Dr. King’s New Life Pill relief and quick care for liver and stomach trouble. 25c at C. J. Hayden’s drug store guaranteed.
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Dr. King
C. J. Haydon
Of Such Is the Kingdom A childhood reflection on love faith and children
A long article celebrates children as teachers and inspirations. It weaves anecdotes of a child awaiting a father, a child defending prayers, a courteous babe on a streetcar, and a youth in faith. It cites Dickens and a plainsman quoting scripture to illustrate how children awaken virtue and reverence in adults.
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Dickens
Samuel
Plainsman
Jesus
Wright
Guch
God
Texas Wonder Cures Kidney and Bladder Troubles
Patient testimonials from Milledgeville Kentucky dated January 1 1903 praise Dr E W Hall Texas Wonder Hall's Great Discovery for kidney and bladder ailments. Letter from Mrs Eliza Frost notes life saving relief and urges purchase by mail if not available locally. One bottle provides two months treatment and is claimed to cure a range of related issues.
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Milledgeville, Ky
E. W. Hall
St. Louis
Texas
Eliza Frost
Hall
P. O
Torture of a Preacher Reveals a Cure Claim
The Harpersville New York pastor Rev. O. D. Moore recounts torment from persistent cough and night seizures. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds with curing his cough and preventing consumption, noting trial bottle free and prices 50c and $1.00.
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O. D. Moore
The
Baptist Church
Harpersville
N. Y
Hayden's
J. Hays
Monster Catfish Caught by Renowned Fisherman
James Carruthers, a well known fisherman, tangled Tuesday night with a mudcat of monster size weighing about thirty pounds and nearly three feet long. He landed it on a trotline, adding to his notable catches in local fishing lore.
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Kentucky Standard
James Carruthers
Nearly Loses His Life In a Dynmite Blast Accident
Lewis Osborn of Loretto suffered severe injuries when dynamite blast in a post hole failed to work. While working on a wire fence contract for Charles Beaver Sr. of St Marys, rock was removed with dynamite causing critical injuries to his face chest and right arm. He was taken to Elizabeth Hospital for treatment and may die. His family and friends hope for recovery. A separate note reports a young man incinerated and his father fatally burned in a fire at Indiana Harbor, Ind.
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Ellie
Lebanon
Lewis Osborn
Loretto
Ben Osborn
Osborn
Charles Beaver
St. Marys
Elizabeth Hospital
Indiana Harbor
Ind
Ingenious farmer automates mail delivery to door
A rural patron near a distant road rigs two wires from his porch to the mail box mounted on a wheel. The box rolls along the wires delivering mail to his door and returns by reversing the wheel. The device saves time and could be cheaply built on many farms with moderate distance to the road.
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Springfield
Kentucky
Roduced
Hodgenville, Ky
Richard L. Metcalfe
Byran
CASH
Studebaker
Champion Farm
Ohio
Page
Elwood
Otler
Jesumine Journal
Chamberlain
Lacgreiza
Pride of Washington
Nnfield Grocers
Springfield Roller Mills
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