Pushing to success and daily heroism in modern life
A human-interest piece profiles George M. Posey of Indianapolis who rose from a wagon job and poor schooling to college and law, guided by a minister's faith in education. It compares personal pushing to broader courage in daily life, citing heroic transit workers like motormen and the steadfastness needed to overcome evil.
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George M. Posey
Indianapolis
Ind
George
Posey
George Posey
Warship costs and the call for arbitration
A contemplative critique of naval armaments and war expenses arguing war is wasteful. It questions the value of battleships, forts, and armed forces while advocating civilization through arbitration and disarmament evidenced by The Hague as a symbol of peace.
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War Department
Europe
The
Hague
Iowa preacher on Satan as a seductive figure
An Iowa preacher argues Satan has been wrongly maligned and depicts him as a beautiful, seductive figure with subtle charms. He claims the devil lacks horns boots or a tail, noting the Bible frames him differently.
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Satan
Prince of
Darkness
Faust
Martin Luther
Dore
Milton
Shakespeare
Iowa
Cheer Up This Is The Best Age The World Has Seen
The speaker counters a pessimist view by praising the era as humane and progressive. He notes teachers preachers workers artists and volunteers advancing knowledge, care, and charity while asserting honesty and courage prevail among the people as the world grows better.
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Baal
Common Heroism: Charles Driver Sacrifices Life
Charles Driver, a Washington street car motorman, died saving passengers when a live overhead wire sparked near a bridge repair site. He dragged the wire away using a newspaper, absorbing 7,000 volts and bursting into flames to shield two women and others nearby. Spectators and bystanders watched in horror as he acted heroically.
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Peto Ac
Christiihe
Sidney
Charles Driver
Washington
We shall worship heroes of peace over the war chiefs
The piece argues that heroic admiration should shift from military conquerors to saviors and scientists. It contrasts Charlemagne and Mohammed with Pasteur Edison Livingstone, urging celebration of pacific work and medical progress over bloodletting generals. It envisions a future where progressives and healers rank higher than warriors.
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Charlemagne
Pasteur
Edison
Caesar
David
Africa
Charles Martels
Paul
Lorenz
Plantation Preaching and the Small Grave Mystery
In Marion Harland’s memoir a plantation funeral in a Negro cemetery features two visitors. The preacher rails against the coffin as “too small” to argue over, comparing life to a fragile flower and urging reflection on human smallness amid worldly changes.
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Marion Harland
Nerve and Rivalry Expressed in Intrigue
A fragment shows a tense exchange about love and threat with two men named as possible beloveds, one called He Indeed and another unnamed counterpart, hinting at dramatic romantic stakes.
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Chicago Moine
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Central Ry
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Minneapolis
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J. J. Kellogg
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E. J. Harlibier
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Butterfield & Frame
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Eicher & Livingston
LAW
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Publion
Temple Bulking
Washington, Il
Wilson & Wilson
J. Wilson
C. C. Wilson
Opposite Journal Office
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Waliington
F.D. Morrison
P. J. Hanley
Over Craila Dry Goods
Ofice
J.D. Dayton
West Chester and Washington Co
D. F. Macon
Macon
Towa
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Dr. D. Arthaud
Saetecpath
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