Shamgar the farmer and the oxgoad of faith
Rev Dr Talmage surveys Shamgar’s improbable victory over 600 Philistines with an oxgoad. He argues God empowers humble tools and ordinary people to win battles for righteousness, urging listeners to use their own available weapons and faith over grand but unused means.
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Shamgar
Bhamgar
Shangar
Teaper
Thrasher
Tarael
Cincinnatus
Hns
Linus
Christendom
Christ
William Carey
India
Florence Nightingale
England
Bob
Robert Morrison
Matthias Joyce
John Wesley
Shamar
God
Hoover
All Heaven
Gall
Alfo
Yulead
Nother
Audiente
Evangeliat
AS ‘le
Pespia
Napoleon
Waterloo
Kingdom of God
Moses
Adirondacks
Paul Smith
John Brown
Gideon
David
Goliath
Saul
Npanere Entsid
Stand Against Vice and Light the Way to Salvation
A fervent, public call to mobilize against vice and corruption. The speaker urges readers to oppose worldly temptations with holy action, urging everyone to help the hungry, sick, and wandering back to virtue, echoing a watchman’s plea to “Hang out your light.”
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Tose
Ted
Moses
Heaven
Neville
London
Billarp's Letter From Sanford Florida A Vein Of Hope
A lengthier Field letter describes travel from Jacksonville to Sanford Florida. The writer notes lush groves revived after disaster, booming corn and vegetables, and ongoing railroad work and exposition plans led by Mr Plant. He praises Florida's climate and beauty, recalls historic fruit varieties, mentions political calm, and records a sudden relief from a persistent cough after arriving in Sanford.
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Sanford
North Georgia
Georgia
Speer
Florida
Inde Welborne
Texas
Hogg and Clark
Hogg
Ciatsk
Plant
Paris
Southland
Houston
Schofild
Misa Winnie Davis
Confdcracy
Sue
Joan of Arc
Flowers
Ponce de Leon
Gulf
Atlantic
Atlanta
Newark Brewery Fire Wipes Out Quarter Million in Newark
A blaze destroyed the Ballantine & Sons malthouse grain elevator and ale brewery in Newark New Jersey on Tuesday. The roof collapsed into Fulton street blocking trolley service and the malthouse wall fell into the Passaic River with hundreds of tons of grain. No injuries were reported. Loss estimated at 225000 dollars.
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Newark
N. J
P. Ballantine & Sons
Poker
Fulton Street
Passaic River
Goveror Atkinson Hissed At Milledgeville Commencement
Indignant scenes marked the Milledgeville Georgia Normal and Industrial College exercises as Governor Atkinson was hissed by about a thousand students and townspeople amid a dispute over Miss Emmie Spence's diploma. The board of trustees and faculty clashed over diploma conferral, with Atkinson attempting to order the restoration of Spence, and Col. Nat Harris finally awarding diplomas revised per trustee action.
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Georgia Normal and Industrial College
Milledgeville
Georgia
Scarecely
Atkinson
Emmie Spence
Camille
Chappell
Miss Spence
Professor Chappell
Board of Trustees
Patrick Walsh
Fleming du Bignon
Dupree
Lamar
Newell
Nat Harris
Macon
Harris
Colonel Harris
Governor Atkinson
President Chappell
Southern Wins Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Purchase
The Southern Railway acquires the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway, linking Macon to Sanford and boosting southbound freight. The deal reshapes traffic with Central and Seaboard Air Line at Macon, reduces northbound interchange, and positions the line as a feeder for the Southern’s western system with 590 miles of track. Fruit and lumber shipments drive revenue, and the Florida business routed through the Southern will shift.
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The
Southern
Georgia Southern
Florida
Southern Railroad
Macon
Sanford
Central Railroad
Seaboard Air Line
Southern Railway
Central
Peninsular
Seaboard
Atlanta
Capital Gossip on Government Heads and Cabinet Matters
The president works to fill major vacancies before leaving Washington for Gray Gables while cabinet frictions, the Trammell affair, and the Miller inspectorate loom. Minister DeLome flags Cuba expeditions. Ransom on sick leave seeks restoration. Gresham successor rules allow acting duties by the first assistant without a formal 30 day fill. Public debt shows May net decrease with detailed debt and cash figures.
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Washington
Gray Gables
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Miller
Chapman
Trammell
Mary McNaught
West Virginia
M. DeLome
United States
State Department
Cuba
Mississippi River
Department
Spain
Ransom
Mexico
Legation
Monterey
Department of State
Asheville
North Carolina
Gresham
Uhl
New Labor Organization Formed in Western Pennsylvania
A labor party named United Labor League of Western Pennsylvania organized in Pittsburg with over 100 delegates and more than 25 000 members aimed at unifying Western Pennsylvania labor groups. W J Smith of American Flint Glass Workers Union elected president. The league plans to press labor friendly legislation and seek nationwide unionization. A future Pittsburgh headquarters and building were discussed to consolidate resources. In Lindenhurst Long Island a large Vulcanite Manufacturing factory burned, leaving 175 workers unemployed and an estimated loss of 80 000 with 9 000 insurance.
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United Labor League of
Western Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
W. J. Smith
American Flint Glass Workers’ Union
New League
New Order
Vulcanite Manufacturing Company
Lindenhurst
L. L
Swift Justice in Spain Captures Madrid Leader Clash
Monday in Madrid Major Clavijo, an infantry officer, shot General Primo Rivera in his office. Aymerich restrained the attacker, a court martial found deliberate intent, and a death sentence was issued with execution to occur within twenty four hours.
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Madrid
Clavijo
Primo Rivera
Clavyijo
Aymerich
Fiscal year deficit outlook and May receipts
The May receipts were 25,272,078 with expenditures of 28,558,213, a monthly deficit of 3,286,135. The year totals show a deficit near 46 million and a remaining gap unlikely to drop below 45 million, with a 200,000 excess of expenditures over receipts at the year’s end.
Debs Appeals to ARU Members Over Woods Ruling
Eugene V. Debs, ARU president, issues a circular condemning William A. Woods for upholding a court injunction. He frames the Supreme Court decision as a cruel act against the union, recalls the great railway strike, and urges members to stand by the order until justice prevails.
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Dudge Wood
Eugene V. Debs
American Railway Union
United States Supreme Court
William A. Woods
United States
Bose
Debs
Russia
William A. Wood
United States of America
Colima Disaster Claims Crew and Passengers
Mazatlan reports the steamer Colima wreck amid a ferocious gale. Twenty one passengers rescued from debris and lifeboats, all badly bruised. A J Sutherland drowns after clinging to a capsized boat. Rescue lasted about a day. Timber-laden ship contributed to disaster. Knoxville Daily Tribune sold to J J Pound. publication moves to Sentinel office.
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Colima
The
San Francisco Eraminer
Mazatlan
Mexico
Galveston
San Juan
Manzanillo
A. J. Sutherland
Cloudburst Deluges Black Forest District in Wartime Germany
A cloudburst drenched the Black Forest district of Württemberg Wednesday night flooding a vast area. A large number of people were drowned and property damage was extensive, with details incomplete.
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Black Forest
Wurtemburg
Atlanta Markets Groceries and Provisions in 1903
Local market notes list prices for coffee sugar tea rice salt cheese crackers soda and other staples. Includes fresh and canned goods, oats, flour, corn, hay, meat cuts, poultry, butter and eggs with varied regional prices and barrel quantities. cotton market closes nominal at middling six and a half cents.
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New Orleans
Dabb's
Kots Sc
Mney
Oyaters
P. W
L. W
Hye
Georgia
Shorts
Tennessee
Burbank
California
Free coinage rally at Illinois Democratic convention
Delegations from across Illinois gather in Springfield for the state democratic convention endorsing free coinage of silver at 16 to 1. Ex-Congressman Bryan features, Judge McConnel chairs, platform calls for both metals as standard money and legal tender, with a push for a national convention by August 1895.
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Springfield
Ill
United States
Illinois
Democratic State Central Committee
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
Democratic State Committees
Democratic State Convention
Congress
Senate
Dispenser Mixson Arrested In Interference Case
Liquor Commissioner Mixson and Constable Beach were arrested in Columbia South Carolina on a charge of conspiring to interfere with interstate commerce. Dr Sampson Pope pressed the case based on two barrels of beer shipped from Augusta Georgia to Columbia. A preliminary hearing was held before United States Commissioner Reid Newberry. The court bound Mixson over for trial at the November term in the United States district court in $1000, with the constable’s bond at $500.
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Columbie
S. C
Mixson
Constable Beach
Sampson Pope
Augusta
C. J. Brick
W. F. Fuller
Columbia
United States
Reid
Newberry
Pope
Simonton
United States District Court
Injunction Refused in Whisky Trust Case in Chicago
Judge Showalter refused the injunction sought by Central Loan and Trust against the whisky trust reorganization committee. The court ruled the receiver preserves and protects the property under the bond mortgage and that no claim the receiver would fail to conserve exists. A separate receiver for bondholders was rejected as unnecessary since the current receiver handles the property adequately.
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Whisky Trust Committee
Showalter
United States
Chicago
Reorganization Committee
Whisky Trust
Central Loan and Trust Company
In the Hands of a Receiver at Cordage Company
United States Cordage Company of Trenton New Jersey placed in receivership by Chancellor McGill. Receiver John S Waterbury has qualified and posted bonds totaling 10000 dollars.
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United States Cordage Company
Trenton
N. J
McGill
John S. Waterbury
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Billarp
Land OF Flowers
State Normal College
Capital Gossip
Treasury
NEW Labor Organization
Swift Justice
Knoxville Tribune
Knoxville
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Daily Tribune
J. J. Pound
Evening Sentinel
Chattanooga News
Tribune
Sentinel
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