Beecher Sermon Frames Man as God's Garden and Workman
The sermon urges worship and obedience through a view of humanity as God’s husbandry. Beecher argues personality cannot fully define God yet God’s will and human effort shape the world, calling believers to cultivate spiritual fruits like love joy and peace as the harvest of faith. He insists on the creed of the heart over external creeds and praises practical fruit over theory.
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New York
Duc
Henry Ward Beecher
Htman
God
Jackson Banquet in Erie for Jackson supporters
Democrats in Erie plan a January 8 banquet with 250 tickets. Invites go to city and county Democrats who voted for Jackson and stayed loyal, including James C. Marshall Eng Captain Douglass Ottinger A S BR M and Maxon Randall of Girard. Committees organize decorations and a St Jacksons day display of flags.
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Erie
Jackson
Gen. Jackson
James C. Marshall
Eng
Douglass Ottinger
Maxon Randall
Girard
Erie County
Richard H. Arbuckle
Douglass Ullliger
C. P. Haskins
Sj. J. Ursine
Maj. Francis
Wm. Broward
Germantown
Hite County
Ottinger
Revenue Marine
Capt. Ottinger
Warren
Wedding Bells at Sugar Grove in Warren Society Notice
James W. Wiggins a leading Warren lawyer married Miss Mary Dorn at the bride’s father Henry C Dorn’s Sugar Grove home on Wednesday December 23. Rev Cornell officiated. A large guest list included many families and friends with gifts ranging from china sets to silver and table items.
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James W. Wiggins
Frazine and Wiggins
Warren
Mary & Dorn
Sugar Grove
Henry C. Dorn
Rev. Cornell
Lepger
Prescots
R. A. Fuller
W. C. Alien
GC. L. Bell
B. Bell
W. E. Rice
G. W. Hill
E. W. Hill
R. B. Rowland
C. H. Cramer
D. D
James
Leo
Oil Boom Encu: Kane Pennsylvanias New Oil Field Promises Growth
Kane Pa December 29 1885 oil discovery near Kane sparks a boom as Craig Cappeau well flows about 96 barrels daily at 2200 feet depth. Rigs rise land leased acres sold profits high. Townspeople flood telegraph offices while gas lighting expands and a new railroad spur is planned. Ex lieutenant governor Stone among investors.
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Stone
Kane
Craig
John McDade
Thomas Griffiths
Philadelphia & Erie Railroad
Allegheny Mountains
Thomas L. Kane
Kane of
Artic Fame
Ridgway
Bik County
Pittsburg & Western
Nationa Bank
Btone
Warren
Warren's Enterprise and the need for a YMCA
The article argues Warren should establish a Young Men's Christian Association to advance public institutions. It stresses the town’s capable young men, the need for suitable social rooms near busy districts, furnished with current periodicals to create a home like center for those without homes.
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Warren
Young Men’s Christian Association
Sach
Election of Fair Officers at Warren County Meeting
At the Warren County Agricultural Association annual meeting held last Saturday at the courthouse, Geo Orr was re elected president and Geo Ensworth re elected treasurer. Secretary nominees Wills Cowan and A S Dalrymple. after two ballots Dalrymple won 19 to 14. Executive committee named C Lott Philip Sechrirst Willis Cowan and Mr Wiltsie. Lott, though pressed to serve, declined but was elected chairman anyway. Willis Cowan chosen secretary. Lott praised for his indispensability and recounts Titusville meeting.
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Warren County Agricultural Association
Court House
Lott
Fair Association
Geo. Orr
Iis Existnce
Geo. Ensworth
Wills Cowan
Dalrymple
M Dalrymple
Mr. Cowan
Balott
C. Lott
Philip Sechrirst
Willis Cowan
Mr. Wiltsie
Farmer's Association
Titusville
Amusements In Brief at Library Hall and Fair
Fortunes for a popular actress and busy program at Library Hall with Fanny Davenport in Fedora drawing crowds. Mumpty Dumpty for children, New Year drawing at rink with prizes, Othello slated for Jan 1. Catholic Fair at Harugari Hall draws patrons with bargains and exhibits. The rest includes a city wit’s quip about a Sunday law-breaker and fables.
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Messrs
Wagner
Mumpty Dumpty
Library Hall
RINE
Pope orders Christmas relief distribution of $8000 and beds
Rev December 20 report that the Pope ordered Christmas Eve aid of eight thousand dollars to the deserving poor and provided 160 beds with bedding and linen to needy families. He remains ill but attended ecclesiastical ceremonies today.
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Enallccin
A Cleveland Mystery Woman Leaps From Third Floor
A unknown woman jumped from the Tracy block's third floor in Cleveland and died from a crushed skull. The room was occupied by coal dealer David Eckart who left at six this morning. The woman wrapped a blanket around her and leapt head first from the window. she was taken to the hospital.
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Cleveland
Clevelax
Ooen
Ann
Tracy Block
David Eckart
Eckart
Drisa
Northwestern Natural Gas Company Seeks Charter
A charter application was filed with the State Department for Northwestern Natural Gas Company a gas supply and transport firm with capital of 500000 planning to operate in multiple counties including Venango Crawford Erie Mercer Lawrence Beaver Beaver and others and to serve consumers in many towns such as Franklin Meadville Titusville Erie Corry Mercer Greenville and more. A separate charter was granted to the Pennsylvania Telegraph Co with capital 10000.
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Hauemacua
Dic
State Department
Northwestern Natural Gas Company
Verango
Crawford
Erie
Mercer
Lawrence
Beaver
Bauer
Armstrong
Jefferon
Clarion
McKan
Forest
Warren
Elk
Power
Cameron
Franklin
Meadville
Titusville
Corry
Greenville
Suaton
New Caste
Bader
Kittanning
Edenbturg
Brookville
Reynoldaville
Tiuate
Lidioute
Bradfors
Allegheny
Cowdereport
Emporium
Ridgwy
Pennsylvania Telegraph Co
Waren, Elk, Forst
McKian
Farmington Voting Rows and Pension Talk in Instcea Issue
Hoster Ledger recounts a wager on wheat between Logan and Frank en and notes voting shifts toward prohibition and Democratic support. The narrator discusses Will Miller and a potential Republican nomination, plus a veteran pension issue and Cleveland election celebrations by a sixty-strong Democratic group at Parlington center, with related parade actions.
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Hoster
Cea
Logan
Franken
Tory
Miller
Prohibition Party
Wominsie Miller
Farminglon Forum
Tai
Prohibition
Franklin
Willer
Duave
Cleveland
Paruington Center
Warren
Wen
Corydon
Spring Creek
Card of Thanks and Political Snippets
Card of Thanks from J P Lacy expresses gratitude for kindness during illness and after death, with a note that sympathy will be gratefully remembered. The Ledar editor flags Democratic and Republican organs in Cleveland as biased and unaware in a brief political aside.
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Ledger
J.P. Lacy
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Merry Ward Beecher
Jackson Banquet
A. A. Davis & Co
OIL Matters
Kane Oil Field
McKean
Fanny Davenport
W. E. Sheridan
Sheridan
Harugari Hall
News BY Wire
Farmington
Repubhesu
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