The Curse of Drink: Talmage Warns Against Drunkenness
Rev. T DeWitt Talmage delivers a fiery Brooklyn Academy of Music sermon denouncing intemperance. He cites global harms, urges child education, sober officials, secret societies, temperance pledges, and abolition of the rum trade to spare families from ruin and death.
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T. DeWitt Talmage
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Man
Zion
Harrisburg
Albany
Washington
Friends of the Rum Traffic
Theobald Mathew
Ireland
England
Scotland
America
Portrait of a man in Darkest Africa
The passage praises a man for his curiosity and indifferent fate. It contrasts his interest in lacustrine shells tropic plants rare birds and rats with a court martial or deportation. It emphasizes that understanding his quirks makes him worth sacrifice.
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Khartoum
Africa
Honest Elections Fight Over Tariffs and Election Bills
A New York Tribune editorial denounces Republican misdirection around the tariff and election bills. It urges immediate Senate votes to reveal any dissenters and argues for laws ensuring honest federal elections, warning that stronger measures will follow if fraud persists.
Notable Quote on Cattle Welfare Sparks Calls for Reform
Chicago Inter Ocean laments the depth of cruel dairy farming and urges reform by national law after patches reveal the pervasive neglect. The piece emphasizes the need for legal action to end the troubling condition.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
Cannon Defends Treasury Surplus Against Pension Claims
The Toledo Blade reports Representative Cannon, head of the House appropriations committee, asserts that ordinary federal revenues for 1891 will total about 467.5 million after post revenues. With projected appropriations around 350 million, a surplus of roughly 117.5 million remains to cover pensions and McKinley tax cuts, disputing deficit fears.
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Congress
Treasury
Representative Cannon
House Committee On Appropriations
Cannon
Toledo Blade
Absurd Threats by Unreconstructed Rebels
A Chicago Journal editorial mocks Southern ex rebel leaders threats to boycott the North and the World's Fair if the Federal election bill passes. It argues Republicans support the measure, Democrats oppose it, and sees the opposition as aiding crime against the suffrage.
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New York Tribune
Hill
New York
Campbell
Ohio
North
Congress
Chicago Journal
The Rich Man and Lazarus Lesson Exposed
A historical lesson on Luke 16 19 31 contrasts a rich man and beggar Lazarus, noting their deaths and afterlife fates. It explains Abraham’s reply about repentance and the futility of miracles to convert the unconvinced. The study highlights faith over wealth and the danger of worldly priority.
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The
Jordan
Jesus
Earth
Isis Harthly
Heaven
Lazarus
Eleazer
God
Leazar
Hell
Paradise
Gehenna
Abraham
Lear
Moses
Dives
Southern Outrages Dented by Disputed South Dispatches
The piece decries a national election law as necessary to protect free speech and voting, cites three South reports on Republican Thomas Cook’s murder, Captain Ellington and son’s killings, and Tillman protection, and argues Democratic oligarchs suppress dissent in South Carolina.
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Democratic
Mugwumpian
T. M. B. Cook
Mississippi
Cook
Mount Zion Church
Jasper County
William Ellington
Magazine
Logan County
Arkansas
Ellington
United States
B. B. Tillman
South Carolina
Mr. Tillman
Farmer’s Alliance
South
Political drift and remarks on electoral reform
Commentary from multiple papers on voting rights and ballot reform across regions. While praising changes like Australian ballots in the North, critics warn South states lag and fear the force bill, with Blaine's diplomatic stance praised as bold and principled by observers.
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Jessie Benton Fremont
Boston Herald
Senate
Philadelphia Press
Boston
New York City
Sioux City
North
Mason and Dixon
Albany
N. Y
South
South Carolina
Louisiana
Lincoln Nell Journal
Mr. Blaine
Blaine
Lord Salisbury
Mr. Phelps
United States
Washington Star
The Latest In Letters And Stationery Styles
A survey of etiquette on letters and stationery notes fashion trends in handwriting ink color paper and envelopes. It covers address forms for married women the decline of crests monograms and the rise of engraved addresses and compact note paper suited to square envelopes.
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Romaine Brown
Amelia Brown
Death on the Rail Across Three States
A string of deadly train wrecks across Indiana, Missouri and Kentucky report seven lives lost and multiple injuries. In Indiana a Chicago to Louisville collision killed two on No. 3, with other crews injured. Missouri incident near Quincy injured several before a depot crash. Kentucky landslide derailment near Oakdale killed two with additional injuries.
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Indiana
Missouri
Kentucky
Biproro
Ind
Chicago
Peter McDonald
Louisville
Here
Arthur Barnes
New Albany
George Cole
Bob Muir
George Smith
Lafayette
Frank Blackwell
James Tiford
Bedford
F. Bent
The
Monon
Frank Shanks
Ed Muir
J. P. Sudie
J. W. Jennings
John Bills
McDonald
Guthrie
John Tilford
Quincy
Gilmore
Hannibal
Hannibal & St. Louis
Hannibal Union
Sells & Barrett Circus
Frank Porter
J. E. Sommers
Harvey Lochter
New London
Robert Brother
Oakdale
Cincinnati Southern
Emery River
Sam Moore
Charles Lanahan
Gossipy Hamburg Finances and Far-Flung Oddities
Foreign Gossip surveys Hamburg’s $2,250,000 surplus with $1,500,000 from last year, notes talk of a Bismarck monument palace, and digests global curiosities from English beauty to population stats in 1889. It recounts naval arms, a Russian travel wager, and a Japanese warship launch on the Clyde.
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Hamburg
United Kingdom
England
Wales
Scotland
Ireland
Ludwig
Royal Mint of
British Medical Journal
Duke of Fife
New South Wales
T. A. Coghlan
Australia
New Zealand
Olga Loubanovski
St. Petersburg
Odessa
Astrolabe Bay
New Guinea
Maclap
Clyde
Kewase
Chiyoda
Paris
Wind Storms Ravage Northwest Regions Cause Heavy Loss
Violent wind and hail swept the Northwest with New Richland Minnesota reporting 75 000 to 150 000 in damage. A 40 by 10 mile section was ruined uncut grain windows shattered hogs killed hail stones pierced roofs. Sioux Falls South Dakota saw 65 mph wind and eight inch hail causing 30 000 in damage. Hammond Indiana reports great destruction as trees uprooted and property damaged with injuries.
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Cuiiaco
New Richland
Minn
Sioux Falls
Avery
Hammond
Ind
Chicago Axe Company
Wolf Lake
G H. Hammond Company
Visher
Monstrosities and Freaks Highlight Oddities Nationwide
A string of bizarre animal and human anomalies appears from Worcester Massachusetts to Idaho. A four legged duck, a kitten with eight feet and four heads, a two legged sheep like a kangaroo in Sturgis Michigan, and a front foot walking lamb amuse farm folk while a chair of other oddities draws curiosity. Fields note unusual creatures across towns and states.
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Worcester
Mass
Nockamixon Township
Bucks County
Fl. G. Anams
Franklin, Ga
Galena
Sturgis
Mich
Mr. Johnston
Round Valley
Idaho
No Place for Him
A Kentucky darky confers with a Chicago lawyer about divorce law and residency. He explains he moved north hoping to work and avoid debt, then inquires whether a second wife can be divorced without grounds. The lawyer warns of penalties for bigamy and imprisonment, noting upstate law, with the man considering returning south.
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Sheridan
Robert Burns
Senate
Supreme Court of the United States
Kansas
Supreme Court
Washington
Kentucky
USA
Chicago
Kaintuck
Tom
Chile
Walt
Den
Secon
Arkansaw Traveler
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Brooklyn
Joseph
Hindustan
Noah
Alexander the Conqueror
India
Turkey
China
de Quincey
East Indies
Persia
Brazil
Guarapo
New England
Tamerlane
Conoe
Ation
Aod Eympetry
Punty
Stanley
Emin
House
Prairie
Jersey City
Minnesota
Appomattox
Buncombe
Switzerland
South Africa
the Storm-King
Him
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