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Then sold a postal card at once to T. A Slocum of New York City, hailed as the most prominent chemist in America.
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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1896
Page
6
Then sold a postal card at once to T. A Slocum of New York City, hailed as the most prominent chemist in America.
An advertorial discusses a claimed cure for consumption by T A Slocum M D and promises to send two free bottles to anyone suffering from coughs lung trouble or wasting diseases. It urges readers to mail name and address to New York City with a note that they saw the paper. Also mentions related health products and various notices.
A sermon on sin and redemption uses the sheep parable to urge repentance. The preacher contrasts worldly pasturage with Christ’s healing, describing humanity as lost and debtors to God. He stresses Christ bearing iniquities, the Christmas ambulance metaphor, and calls for prayer, humility, and faith in salvation.
A reflective piece on gratitude, arguing that thankful feeling needs expression. It compares breathing to expressing thanks, noting without giving thanks one cannot truly live or show gratitude.
The passage presents a disjointed Sunday school lesson with imagined dialogue and references to biblical figures. It mentions teachings on prayer and reverence, with scattered names and phrases indicating a sermon-like flow, but the text is largely garbled and lacks a cohesive narrative.
Fragmentary reflections on happiness and virtue mix with stray phrases about Christ and courage. The text contrasts self and faith, notes German references, and closes with uncertain phrases about sin and the devil. The fragmentary tone suggests a devotional or philosophical snippet from a historical page.
A garbled OCR passage appears to describe an early 20th century university topic with scattered names and terms. It mentions a photogesply device, a campus, and names that resemble Beate i oagety Teosui and Vite ray, suggesting a university press or project note. The text is largely unreadable and contains many spelling distortions.
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