Plow of Grace at Mount Gretna Inspires Farmers
Rev. Talmage urges farmers to embrace deep conviction as the plow of grace. He likens hardship and toil to Bible farming, urging sowing the right seed, harrowing V the soul, and reaping with courage, citing Noah Cain and the cross as guiding standards. The sermon ends with a call to garner eternal harvest and heavenward triumph.
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T. DeWitt Talmage
Mount Gretna
Elisha
Shaphat
America
Iam
Mother
Somerville
Mount Olivet
David
John
Paul
Isaiah
Christ
God
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Cain
Adam
Solomon
Sennacherib
Nebuchadnezzar
Ahab
Herod
Job
Carthage
Strabo
Hesiod
Cato
Canada
Nothungarians
New York
Boston
Jesus Christ
Christendon
Entering the Kingdom The Rich Young Ruler and Teachability
A Sunday school lesson on Luke 18 15 30 contrasts receiving children as teachable believers with a rich young ruler who keeps commandments yet must sell all to follow Jesus. It notes eternal life comes by faith and radical surrender, warning that wealth can hinder salvation and urging discipleship over worldly wealth.
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U. S
Jesus
Perea
Jovanoun
Mark
Matthew
Jerusalem
God
Christ
Jesus Christ
Peter
Heaven
Hell
A. EF. Schauffler
New Uses of Electricity Inspire Industrial Advances
A wave of electric driven innovations promises a coal mine revolution with electric ventilation apparatus on ships like the Baltimore. Photogravure and etching advance through zinc plates and acid baths linked to dynamos. French biologists Apostoli and Laquerrier report low current galvanic therapy reducing bacterial illness. An American wallpaper maker launches artful electric light studies to enhance design and marketing.
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United States
Baltimore
MM. Apostoli
Laquerrier
New York City
Democratic thieves blamed as quay records spark backlash
A Des Moines Register editorial cites alleged Democratic state treasurer misappropriations over eleven states, claiming nearly eight to nine million dollars stolen across ten years. It defends Senator Quay of Pennsylvania, deflecting charges as partisan.
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Republican National Committee
Pennsylvania
Senator Quay
Indiana
Louisiana
Georgia
Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
Missouri
Mississippi
Maryland
Arkansas
Alabama
Des Moines
Reciprocity and Protection Harmony in Tariff Debate
The Toledo Blade argues that Blaine’s reciprocity aligns with protection while opposing free trade. It uses a pasture fence analogy to show how reciprocity works with protection, notes the need for careful Tariff suspension powers, and dismisses Democratic press clamors as inconsequential. The piece emphasizes genuine national benefit over partisan noise.
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Blaine
Sandwich Islands
Washington
Hawaii
Toledo
Protective tariff benefits for American consumers and industry
The Albany Journal argues for tariff protection, citing Senator Morrill of Vermont who says protection lowers prices and spurs double competition between foreign and American producers and among Americans, expanding domestic industry, jobs, and national independence.
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Justin 8. Morrill
Vermont
Morrill
Atlantic
United States
Europe
Albany
N. Y
Political Commentary Across Newspapers Cites Party Alignments
A selection of editorials and quotes from Milwaukee Sentinel Minneapolis Journal Atlanta Constitution Toledo Blade St Louis Globe Democrat Chicago Inter Ocean Cleveland Leader Chicago Journal Dayton Journal discuss party loyalty in Blaine Hill tariff and election reforms and note race voting tensions in Alabama with references to boycott tactics and violence concerns.
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David Bennett Hill
New York
Minneapolis Journal
Atlanta Constitution
Gordon
Toledo Blade
Arkansas Breckinridge
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Alabama
Senate
House
Chicago
Cleveland
Georgia
Campbell
United States
Ohio
Dayton (O
Birmingham
Chicago Inter Ocean
The Election Bill Prompts Federal Role in Fair Voting
Minneapolis Tribune argues the Lodge Federal election bill is necessary to protect voters and prevent violence, urging passage before the next election. It notes the measure targets federal elections only and could influence Southern party unity, while stressing the dignity of Federal institutions tied to honest congressmen and presidents.
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Senate
House
South
Farmers’ Alliance
Minneapolis Tribune
A Man to Stand By Indorses Heard for Governor
Milwaukee Sentinel notes W. D. Heard, two years a Republican candidate, has shown honesty and integrity in public service. It champions his education stance and defense of local schooling as essential to Republic foundations, inviting the State to indorse his record or condemn it.
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W. D. Heard
Republican Party
Milwaukee Sentinel
Intolerance in the South over Federal election regulation
The United Presbyterian condemns Southern intolerance to free opinion on a proposed federal elections law. It notes threats to merchants boycotting Northern dealers and warns freedom of thought must be protected across the country despite regional pressures. It calls for a way to express convictions without fear of harm or social ostracism.
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South
United Presbyterian
Wrong Dose By an Adjunct Drugstore Adventure Ends in Death
A mining town drugstore annex, run by an unsure clerk, sells an untried remedy to Tom Harrison for bilious colic. Tom dies after taking the dose labeled adjunct, with Ben Wheeler unaware of drug expertise. The coroner’s jury returns a verdict of death from an adjunct in unreliable hands, per the New York Sun account.
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Tom Harrison
Ben Wheeler
Tom
Ben
N. Y. Sun
Forged checks and costly loan in Delmonico circles
A New York World report describes a money-lender ring at Delmonico's who cash forged checks at usurious rates. A victim, son of a wealthy retired merchant, received nearly $10,000 on three forged checks drawn on the father's account. After the crime was exposed, the son fled abroad and the lender pressured for full repayment, threatening exposure. A settlement is sought for about sixty percent of the disbursed amount.
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Delmonico’s
Africa
South America
N. Y. World
Language History of a Racial Term
The piece traces the word nigger from neger through French to Spanish Portuguese negro and notes that while once not always insulting the term has become restricted to colloquial or illiterate speech with varying contempt, unlike the more English negro form.
Leprosy Deaths Rise in West Indies Under Relaxed Restrictions
Leprosy deaths increased in the West Indies due to lepers being allowed to roam, beg, and mingle with the healthy. Twenty-two deaths occurred in the four years after 1878, compared with thirty-four in the three years before 1878.
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West Indies
Deaths and Dangers of Runaway Trains and Cyclones
Multiple dramatic disasters reported. A Mount Penn car carrying eighteen passengers derailed five miles down the hill at eighty mph, four dead and several injured. Other accidents include derailments in California and Colorado with deaths and injuries, a severe Geneva cyclone killing many, a Paris cyclone with destruction, a Kalamazoo circus train wreck, a Waltham powder mill explosion, a Szany fire killing nine, and a collision off St Nazaire sinking the Red Brook with three drowned.
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Reaprne
Mount Penn
Charles Rettow
Edgar M. Levin
Rosa Pfeiffer
Harriet Shinkler
Hiram Shinkler
W. A. H. Schmel
Sallie Bye
Mary Guthrie
Wilmington
Willie Schmel
Embgram Gap
Cal
Summit
Cascade
Kingsley
Connelly
Denver
Col
Lyons
Cel
E. Norton
Ferguson
W. Gurker
London
Geneva
Vaud
Paris
St. Cloud
David
Kalamazoo
Mich
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Shelbyville
Grand Rapids & Indiana
Government
Waltham
Vienna
Szany
Oldenburg
Hungary
St. Nazaire
France
Amerique
Red Brook
Cranberries Will Be High But Yield Poor This Year
In Beruin Wisconsin on August 23 frost and wet conditions have hurt cranberries. Expected local crop would be about 6,000 to 8,000 barrels from the area, far below the potential 30,000 barrels under ideal weather. District north of here may reach about 40,000 barrels unless an early frost reduces it.
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Beruin
Wis
Cranberry
Bank Teller Confesses $40,000 Shortage in Capital City Bank
Nashville bank teller Frank M. Allen admitted stealing about $40,000 to $45,000 from Capital City Bank as he speculated in Rock Island stock with the bank’s funds. The stock’s fall prompted his confession to vice president W A Benson. Guaranty Company of North America stands on a $10,000 bond, and relatives try to raise $30,000 to avoid prison.
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Nashville
Tenn
Frank M. Allen
Capital City Bank
Allen
Rock Island
New York
W. A. Benson
Guaranty Company of North America
Murder on Chippewa Reservation Shocks Wisconsin Community
Details reach Asulanp Wis about a brutal killing on the Chippewa Indian reservation Thursday night. Mrs. A L Setter, wife of a French lumberman near Hayward, was attacked by an Indian woman named Larush after she asked for alms and was refused. The assailant was jailed in Hayward following the incident.
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Asulanp
Wis
A. L. Setter
Hayward
Larush
Setter
Deaths in Sham Battle as Cannon Explodes in Athens
A cannon misfire during a sham battle at the soldiers encampment in Athens results in the instant death of Will Bowsom, 20, a fatal injury to James N. Castamore, 20, and the loss of Gabriel L. Mullock's thumb.
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Athens
Will Bossom
James N. Castamore
Gabriel L. Mullock
Destitution in Oklahoma Report Sparks Immediate Aid Call
Washington Aug 23 Special agent sent to Oklahoma by Secretary Noble reports widespread destitution and urges immediate relief. He confirms the severity of conditions and says help should be sent at once.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Noble
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