A Sermon on Broken Pieces of a Ship by Rev Dr Talmage
The sermon uses a dramatic tale of a shipwreck off Malta to urge faith across fragments of belief. It argues that salvation comes through Christ even if one can only grasp a plank of faith, urging immediacy over perfect doctrine and praising those who endure hardship to reach the shore.
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Goodwin
Barries
Cape Hatteras
Pani
Ots Boroolydon
Mediterranean
Heaven
Hell
Orash
Butalus
Paul
Castor
Pollux
Thora
Thare
Gunther
Yeasal
God
John
Arminius
Beleve
Synod of Dort and Thou Shalt Be Sayed? Or, Behloyd
Christ
Kingdom of God
Aly Brother
Otfist
Princeton Theology
New Haven Theology
Andover Thiology
Althat
Norios
Gebauchee
Ubertines
Isyondar
Hiron
Charles Guiteau
John Wilkes Hoath
Melita
Ashord
Boickerbocker
Cromryall Line
New Orlean
New York
Mary D. Hemer
Philadelphia
Alraidy
Ura
Sncala
Geille Reson
Cluton
Anyen
Caribbean
Salfora
Ramsfate
Pleces
Abd
Ein
Ana ¢Hen
Pauls
Wrecks, Salvation, and a Deathbed Sermon Sermon on a Shipwreck Theme
A dramatic deathbed sermon blends nautical imagery with gospel calls to repentance. The speaker urges listeners to abandon worldliness, seek salvation, and consider that earthly chances fade as life ends. The text contrasts moral failure with the hope of heaven through mercy.
American Apple Exports Boost German Market Significantly
Reports to the State Department indicate a large German market for American apples last year. Consul-General Trank Manson notes quality over price, with six million double-centers imported, vastly higher than prior seasons, suggesting potential permanent gains if shippers follow advised precautions.
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State Department
Washington
Trank Manson
United States
Frankfort
Als
Germany
Monaghan
Chemalis
Prtota Gores
Baldwin
England
Bradford
Banana profits myth in Honduras banana industry study
United States Consul Jarm in Atilla Honduras reports that banana growing there yields modest profits at best. He notes American inquiries driven by longing for fortune, details the conditions of cultivation, and concludes vast wealth via banana plantations is as mythical as hidden mineral riches along the Honduran coast.
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Rs & Ononsel
Honduras
United States
Jarmin
Atilla
Bay Islands
Royal Road
Honduran
Remarkable Letter Alleged to Urge Masses to Arms
General Mister Workman Bevereian of the Knights of Labor writes a letter claiming revolutionary secret glories are being formed to secure alleged rights of the masses by an appeal to arms.
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Mister Workman Bevereian
the Knights of Labor
No Plonyune Place Prices High in Johannesburg Report
The article notes Johannesburg prices are high with the smallest coin value unclear. Miners earn six to seven a day, while a line from the piece mentions the term Unreconstructed and a United States Senate bill aimed at removing the political disability of E. Simms of Kentucky, possibly the last unreconstructed figure.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
United States
Senate
Lone D
E. Simms
Kentucky
Rebala
Oxford Professor Killed in Bicycle Fall
Oxford professor W. Wallace MLA, moral philosophy expert, died after a bicycle fall causing a fractured skull. The report notes a defence against trade hostility with exporters and provision dealers forming an association to oppose antiprotection measures against European trade.
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W. Wallace
ML A
Oxford
England
Atlanta Markets Weekly Prices Readily Across Groceries
A long list of weekly price quotes from Atlanta markets covers groceries and provisions. It includes roasted coffee at 11.60 per 100, New Orleans sugar and syrups, various forms of flour, rice, cheese, oats, corn, beef, oats, and meats with regional notes. It notes lard and bacon pricing, dairy, poultry, potatoes, onions, cabbage, and canned provisions. The report closes with a weather line and remarks on wheat futures.
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New Orleans
Byrup
Sugar House
Daley
Texas
Georgia
Tennessee
Burbank
Louisiana
Florida
Immigration Bill Passes Senate With Liberal Provisions
A Washington special reports the senate approved the immigration bill 54 to 81 after a hard fight. The conference report removes earlier restraints notably on illiterate spouses and Russian Jews, broadening admission while banning aliens for public work in mechanical trades without intent to become citizens. The president is expected to veto. Four Democrats and four Republicans split on the vote.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Transury
Porgona
Cuba
Chilton
Faulkner
Hill
Martin
Hansbrough
Hawley
Mantio
Shoup
Southern progress shows new industries in the South this week
The Tradesman reports growth with a 60 barrel flour mill planned for Kernersville North Carolina and a foundry and machine shop in McMinnville Tennessee. It notes the Gordon Metal Co of Richmond Virginia with 26000 capital and the Brenham Coal and Mining Co also 26000 capital at Brenham Texas. Port Arthur Channel and Dock Co with 1 0000000 capital at Port Arthur Texas. Also planned are oil mills at Roanoke Rapids North Carolina a sugar mill at Galveston Texas a 10000 spindle cotton mill at Carrolton Georgia Excelsior knitting mills with 100000 capital at Union Point Georgia Clark and Bolow Lumber Co 50000 capital at Dallas Texas Huntsville Alabama furniture and lumber Co 26000 capital and other woodworking plants to be built at Columbus North Carolina and Angleton Texas.
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Kernersville
9.C
McMinnville
Tepn
Gordon Metal Co
Richmond
Brenhham Coal & Mining Co
Brenham
Tex
Port Arthur
Huntsville
Aln
Furniture & Lumber Co
Capital
Columbus
N. C
Angleton
Tradesman
Chattanooga, Tenn
General Jo Shelby Buried in Kansas City Funeral
Remains of General Jo Shelby laid to rest in Forest Hill cemetery after a state in Kansas City. Services at the Third Regiment Armory followed an all day viewing at the government building. Military associations formed the escort as thousands filled the streets and crowded the armory, making the funeral the most imposing seen in the city.
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Jo Shelby
Forest Hill Cemetery
Kansas City
Third Regiment
TANNERIES SHUT DOWN OVER WAGE CUT AND LONGER HOURS
Two thousand tannery and carrier employees across Chicago’s major tanneries are locked out after a wage cut and shift to ten hours a day. The dispute began with a strike at W. N. Hisendrath & Co., triggering unity among Hide and Leather Manufacturers' association members to enforce 10 to 20 percent pay reductions and longer workdays.
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Chicago
W. N. Hisendrath & Co
Hide and Leather Manufacturers’ Association
Hisendrath Tannery
Agreement Reached as Judge Speer Signs Consent Order
In Macon Georgia Judge Speer signed a consent order settling the long standing dispute between the Central of Georgia railroad and the Louisville and Nashville over the Georgia road. The exact language of the order is not clear but is understood to adjust the old trombie.
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Judge Speer
Aileea Braga
Macon
Central of Georgia Railroad
Louisville and Nashville
Georgia Road
Sheriff saves Flanagan from Georgia mob at Decatur
Edward Flanagan faced a violent mob in Decatur as Sheriff Austin and two deputies hurried him onto a Georgia train bound for Atlanta. The crowd pressed from behind, but the sheriff shielded the prisoner, keeping him safe until departure amid rising tensions and threats.
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Edward Flanagan
Décatur
Austin
DeKalb
Georgia
Decatur
Atlanta
Candler
Plauagen
Fianagan
Atreet
Sheriff Austin
Fionagan
Shot Fells Coal Mine Superintendent in Rural Tennessee
John D. Heck, superintendent of Royal Coal and Coke mines at Coal Creek, was shot and killed instantly on his way home. The town near Knoxville exploded in anger as a special train with officers and two bloodhounds searched the hills. He had just married a month earlier and was beloved by miners who pledged to avenge his death.
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John D. Heck
Royal Coal and Coke Company
Coal Creek
Knoxville
Heck
Hin Oung
Hook
Waldens Ridge
Espne
Mothers Hold Conference In Washington National Congress Opens
The first national congress of mothers convened at the Arlington Hotel Washington with Mrs Hearst as vice president calling the meeting to order. Theodora W Birney of Washington delivered the welcome outlining aims of training youth kinder garten work and patriotism. Mrs Cleveland greeted delegates at the White House after the morning session with an estimated 1800 people present.
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National Congress
Washington
First
National Congress of Mothers
Washington, D. C
Arlington Hotel
Hearst
Mra. Theodora W., Birney
Congress
Claveland
White House
Cleveland
Money for Black and Watson in contested election costs
The deficiency bill reported to the House includes 5000 dollars for the widow of Charles F. Crisp. It also provides 2000 dollars each for Thomas E. Watson and J. O. Black to cover expenses from their contested election cases. The Black Watson matter may be addressed soon, though no date is set. Members await hearing decisions for Watson.
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Congress
Washington
House
Charles F. Crisp
Thomas E. Watson
J. O. Black
Black-Watson
Watson
Chattanooga Selected for Next National Education Session
The concluding morning session of the National Education Association department of superintendence met at Plymouth Church in Indianapolis. It was largely a business meeting with one feature the selection of the next session location, choosing Chattanooga Tennessee.
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Department of Superintendence
National Educational Association
Plymouth Church
Indiaopolia
Chattanoogs, Tonn
Curious Facts and Oddities Span History and Geography
A garbled 19th or early 20th century chronicle mentions Ezekiel lore, a steel chest protector by a Chinese inventor, and Europeans like Finns and Hungarians not Indo European. It notes a Minnesota man with artificial legs excelling at cycling and jumping, a Logansport honey theft, a large New York gold nugget, and strange natural observations from Oregon to Cambridge, plus a flawed Detroit street confrontation and a deaf and dumb gentleman discovery.
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Assyrian
Babylon
Europe
Charles T. Farrier
Polk County
Minnesota
Logansport
Ind
New York
Dutch Guiana
James Thornburg
Aphamscet
Nicholas Sandareou
Cambridge
England
Tonoh
Butter Creek
Oregon
Balt Lake
Porest Grove
Detroit
Two Town Well Speculations Near Chicago in 1870
The article contrasts two nearby 1870s town well schemes. One laid out streets with ditches and trees, while the other borrowed heavily and built formal amenities including a parkfront with galleries and baths. Land values surged from eighty to a thousand dollars an acre within twenty years, showing the financial impact of early planning versus reckless finance. Mary C. Robbins notes in the Atlantia.
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Chicago
Aaoh
Intergat
Apo
Bordeet
Hias
Mary C. Robbins
Atlantia
Rebel Yell and Cherokee War Cry Across Tennessee
The Rebel Yell, the Cherokee war cry known as the Bons of Ire, echoed through Tennessee battles from King's Mountain to Shiloh. It signaled unity among Tennesseeans whether Unionists or secessionists, and shaped early frontier warfare memories.
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Natchez
Tennessee
King’s Mountain
Jonesboro
John Sevier
North Carolina
San Jacinto
Shiloh
Chickamauga
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DR. Talmage
Divine
California
Southern Progress
General Shelby
Eine Gstoana
Flanagan
Anbush
Black and Watson
Chattanooga
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