Sam Jones preachin g at Plattsburg camp meeting sermon on sin
Georgia evangelist frames life as a moral struggle, compares worldly pleasures to a succession of cups from God, and urges immediate religious commitment. He recounts personal fall and conversion, warns that sin worsens, and calls for a church vote to live righteously. He then urges a Georgia orphan fund collection and appeals to crowd for generosity.
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Sam Jones
Plattsburg
Orcee
Josto
Sinners of the Whist Club Contribute to Orphans Fund
Lincoln Adam Breckenridge and George Newdy with seven others donated ten dollars each to a fund for Mrs Jones and her children. The Whist Club members gathered in Sheriff Allgaier's room as Judge Hitt noted the crowd was exhausted. In a moving moment on the sleeper Rajah traveling between Richmond and Lexington, Brother Jones said the group had received one hundred sixty nine dollars and fifty cents for the orphans.
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Lincoln
Adam Breckenridge
George
Newdy
Metheglin and the famed taste that floored Sam Ward
A gossipy tale recalls Sam Ward, famed for detecting adulterations, as a dining party in Lenox encounters a farmer with metheglin honey wine. Ward boasts skill, drinks, milks a cow in a prank, trips, and wakes to exclaim metheglin’s name, vowing to teach New York a thing or two.
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Sam Ward
Sam
Lenox
Bam
Ward
Metheglin
New York
Dorchester Tragedy Over Mother Hubbard Dress
A Maryland tragedy unfolds at a Dorchester County Fox Hunters club ballroom as Charles H. Lampley shoots himself in front of his wife after an argument over her Mother Hubbard dress. The incident follows banter by his wife's nephew and ends with the husband dying at her feet.
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Dorchester County
Maryland
Charles H. Lampley
Mother Hubbard
Fox Hunters
Ste
Danbelle
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