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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1888
Page
9
The Ledger reports concerns from prominent figures over child cruelty in a London contortion tale and recounts Brewster's burned-face story from a nurse’s救 aid. It notes a Niagara Falls water-power tunnel proposal diverting 119000 horsepower to drive 238 turbines, costing about 3 million dollars.
The New York Sun notes a Chaska marriage where the wife drives courtship, gifts him a gold ring with both names, walks with him, aids his education, and offers to work for his support showing a bold assertion of women's rights in a reap Year era.
The Courier-Journal notes numerous prominent figures aged 70s to 90s, including Emperor William 90, Chief Justice Waite 71, and Cardinal Newman 86, suggesting vitality among nineteenth century leaders. It adds a contrast that many would trade fame for youth, then pivots to a 16th century note that cheats were punished by pillory and fines under a 1542 statute.
A preacher denounces Spiritualism from a Biblical perspective, recounting Saul’s visit to the witch of Endor, detailing seances and fraudulent tricks, arguing that Spiritualism leads to deception, mental illness, marital ruin, and moral decay, and insisting the Bible provides sufficient knowledge of the afterlife.
A preacher denounces familiar spirits and Spiritualism while inviting the congregation to a Christian seance. He urges reliance on God, warns against table turning, Endor witchcraft, and spirit voices, and urges personal fortune through faith and righteous living. He emphasizes the Holy Spirit’s invitations and the need to heed divine conviction.
A temperance gathering features Rev. I. Denison leading a recitation of the marching-on hymn. The text denounces liquor bondage and urges reformation, calling for unity, abolition of cruelties, and the overthrow of wrong through God’s decree. The Providence Outlow adds chorus and charts.
A fiery speech condemns liquor trade and church complicity, urging action to end drunkenness in Atlanta. The speaker warns against hypocritical opponents, cites ruined families, and calls for decisive voting to ban liquor, asserting courage over fear and duty to noble causes.
W C T U Pueblo California plans a summer Temperance Tabernacle. Deeds in Terra Cotta City California include a prohibition clause. Colorado Supreme Court rules hotel bills exclude wines spirits and sugars. Mrs Ormiston Chant of Edinburgh active in British temperance. Russia weighs renewing liquor monopoly after 25 years. Bishop Treland condemns saloon lawlessness in America. Mississippi Masonry forbids saloon keepers as members. one vote against. Dr Bergen links beer to pneumonia pleurisy fever and related deaths. Cook County Grand Jury notes murders tied to saloons. Laura J Howey tours Montana as territorial W C T U president. lectures praised.
Poem fragment celebrates spring’s return and creation’s forward chant. Imagery moves from lark and groundbird to sap and blossom, urging readers to lift eyes, rise above past desolation, and join the onward flow of seasons and life. Mrs. Caroline A. Masor is quoted.
In a sermon cited by Bishop Warren in Sunday School Times, the demand to sell all is explored as universal, with examples from biblical figures who gave up wealth and status. The test centers on surrendering pride and unbelief to follow a higher calling, promising glory beyond suffering.
The piece warns of readiness for salvation, comparing the wise virgins who enter the heavenly feast with the foolish who are left outside. It stresses sincere repentance, faith in Jesus, and open confession, urging constant watchfulness for Christ’s return as the door of grace remains open for a time.
The article recalls the emperor William II’s final days as he lay dying at Berlin’s palace. He expressed longing for his son Fritz, requested the Lord's Supper, and joined in Psalms before death. Court figures like Bis marck and Moltke attended. The Kaiser spoke modestly of heaven's blessings and praised religion as Prussia’s foundation.
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