Left Handed Men and Death in the Summer House
Rev. Talmage reflects on Ehud the left handed deliverer, mortality, and the summer house as a symbol of death. He urges action for faith, warns against worldly pride, and cites personal loss to urge men to serve God despite trials. He also contrasts modern women's roles and highlights China as a major mission field.
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Gera
Henjamin
Belshazzar
Babylon
Rolla
Deern
Hasson
Bird
Eglon
Ehud
Ephraim
Jesus
Moab
Israel
Lazarus
Lalla Booth
Goliaths
Garibaldi
Jesus Christ
Democratic ideals vs imperial risk in Cleveland policy
The St Louis Republic lauds President Cleveland for maintaining a Jeffersonian, nonintervention foreign policy. It argues expansion would imperil republican government, condemns annexation of Hawaii and Alaska alike, and warns empire risks to democracy and civil liberties.
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Hawaii
Cleveland
Blount
Honolulu
Harrison
Thomas Jefferson
Alaska
St. Louis Republic
Secretary Smith Enforces War Pension Distinction
The article defends Secretary Smith’s decision to restore the long standing legal distinction between pensions for injuries from the Civil War and those arising after, criticizing Pension Commissioner Raum for merging classes. It argues that the law supports pensions for war injuries only if connected to service and that misapplied orders harmed genuinely disabled veterans. The piece cites Albany Argus and others praising the move while contrasting it with party machinations.
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United States
Raum
Gettysburg
Smith
Baum
Albany Argus
Contempt for Foster and GOP Leadership Struggles
A harsh critique of Calico Charlie Foster ex-secretary of the treasury and a bank failure attributed to his policies. The piece contrasts his alleged incompetence with calls for party unity, suggesting leaders like Sherman and Cleveland as potential hope for preserving financial stability amid national crises.
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National Treasury
Foster
Pensian Bureau
Calico Charlie
Alexander Hamilton
Hugh McCullough
William Windom
Detroit Free Press
Cleveland
St. Louis Grove-Dewocrat
Sahara Cross Desert Idea Sparks European Ambition
The piece argues the Sahara could be bridged by railroad to unite Algeria and Senegambia, transforming Africa’s geography. French engineers claim feasibility despite water and sandstorm dangers, suggesting a Sahara railroad would open direct ties from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic and project future colonial power.
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Sahara
Mediterranean
Europe
Scandinavia
Africa
Globe
France
Tunis
England
Senegambis
Algeria
Atlantic
Oasis
Taggart
Grenelle
Paris
Senegambia
Algiers
Broussais
H. M. Field
Evangelist
The Woman's Column Bright Elderly Women Learn New Skills
The piece profiles elderly women who stay active through art, embroidery, and teaching. It highlights a Baltimore woman in her eighty first year who continues to create, trades living arrangements for independence, and embodies grace as she learns new crafts and shares gifts with friends. The article frames women’s achievements at the Columbian Exposition as a turning point for female empowerment and social progress.
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Earth
Baltimore
Mary E. Ireland
Baltimore American
Italy
Finding of New England lecture series to be given in Cambridge
A Bavnian style note recalls a Loxpox booksellas observing customers favor philosophers Schopenhauer Plato Marcus Aurelius Epictetus and Renan Mise Jaye Mzap Wexce of Buffalo. She invites to deliver a lecture series Finding of New England in Cambridge next summer. Mapaux Von Scuwestrz daughter of Hom John Jay and wife of the returning ambassador of St. Petersburg honored by German residents with silver candelabra for charitable work in Russia. Acaria Mary Aones Trxext of Pennsylvania notable as second woman graduate from the national college for the deaf in 1893. The piece also discusses women’s education, the first dental movement, a Greek girl of to-day, and a note on a bread yeast found after thirty years.
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Schopenhauer
Plato
Aurelius
Epictetus
Renan
Mise Jaye
Mzap Wexce
Bufalo
New York
Washington
Bean
New England
Cambridge
England
Mapaux von Scuwestrz
Hom John Jay
St. Petersburg
Russia
Acaria Mary Aones Trxext
Pennsylvania
National College For the Deaf
Sheslaw
Henry Stantem
Michigan
TRE
United States
Chicago
Europe
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Morocco
Gyures
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Orient
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S. Y. Times
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