The Golden Calf Sermon by Rev. Dr. Talmage
In this Sunday sermon Rev. Dr. Talmage frames modern greed as a golden calf, melting down borrowed wealth from Wall Street to Charleston. He portrays stock-exchange worship, debt bondage, and national vanity as idolatry, urging repentance and faith in Christ for lasting security.
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Israel
Godep
Desert
Egypt
Aaron
Moses
Mount Sinai
Hudson
East River
Thames
Clyde
Tiber
California
Australia
Wall Street
Third Street
State Street
Bank of England
Michigan
Maryland
New York
Chicago
Charleston
New Orleans
St. Paul S
Inglih
St. Peter's
Alhambra
Parthenon
Taj Mahal
Hindoos
Tao Phys
Perdition
Solomon
Death
Tims
Stock Exchange
Exchange
Battery of Central Park
Brooklyn Bridge
Bushwies
Sncreditea
London
West End
United States
Great Brittn
Tina
Texc
Tas
Ani
Ant
Indian Outbreak Feared Among Cheyennes and Arapaho Chiefs
Kansas City reports warn of a potential uprising among Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes in the Indian Territory as unrest grows from half rations and failed land cultivation efforts. C C Painter of the Indian Rights Association amid ghost dances cites hunger, distrust of whites, and anger toward the government as triggers.
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Kansas City
Indian Territory
Sitting Bull
Pine Ridge
C. C. Painter
Great Barrington
Mass
Indian Rights Association
Cheyenne
Arapahoe
Mr. Painter
Two Children Fatally Hurt In Brooklyn Building Collapse
A gale blew down walls of a three story building under construction at Thirteenth Street and Hamilton Avenue. Sophia Gottlieb Amelia Gottlieb and Maggie Shubert were buried in debris with two fatally injured. Workmen Martin Swanson Ben Johnson and Edward Christopher were injured. Financial loss placed at 31,000.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Samuel Roebuck
Thirteenth Street
Hamilton Avenue
Sophia
Amelia Gottlieb
Maggie Shubert
Gottlieb
Shubert
Martin Swanson
Ben Johnson
Edward Christopher
Mitchell Confident in Comeback to Fight Corbett
Tom Allen, former world champion, reports Charley Mitchell writing from London dated November 7 asserting he will fight James Corbett unless Corbett withdraws. Mitchell says he will be bigger and stronger, predicts a surprise ten rounds, and voices high confidence in Mitchell’s own success.
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St. Louis
Tom Allen
Market Street
Charley Mitchell
London
Mitchell
Corbett
Tom
For the Children. The Maiden in the Street
A narrator recalls a dainty girl in a Mother Hubbard bonnet tripping along a busy street. He notes the silken skirt and ruffles, dainty shoes and buckles, and watches her mincing steps as she tiptoes through snow and dirt in New York.
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New York Advertiser
Sisyphus and the Punishment of Endless Effort
The text recounts King Sisyphus of Corinth famed for cunning and thefts. He is slain by The 2302S and condemned to eternally roll a stone uphill. Each time it nears the top it slips away, giving rise to the expression a “Sisyphus” for persistent effort doomed to failure.
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Corinth
Sisyphus
Ceuaary
New York Voice
Odd Naval Academy custom and a fractured tale of family life
A Boston Herald writer shares Annapolis life noting plebes must not be called Mr by upperclassmen while seniors avoid the term among themselves. The fragment shifts to a domestic scene about a girl and her family, including a father’s quiet frustration and a sister's bemused observations about life and control, ending with a snapshot of a home dinner narrative.
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Annapolis
West Point
Boston Herald
Naval Academy
Sentinel dog at Fort Sully earns loyalty and wakeful aid
A Fort Sully dog belonging to no one wins affection from Company A at the fort and becomes an unwitting sentinel. He guards a strict post, wakes sleeping soldiers with a sharp scratch, and helps keep guards alert, though he refuses to identify any owner. The post’s men mourn his loss as a faithful helper.
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Lawrence
Snelling
St. Paul
Company A
Brick laden cargoes threaten foam and frauds in ferrying ships
The article discusses brick cargoes absorbing water and destabilizing wooden vessels during leaks, causing frequent crew distress and vessel failures. It recounts a Shreve collision tale with carrier pigeons mirroring the scene, and describes Tower Butte as Wyoming's Tepee, a lava column rising over a canyon landscape.
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Adelphia
Fallurt
Pierons
Wooster
Cincinnati
Shreve
Heehee
Fort Wan
Conto
A SMALL CHILD'S WAY
A child's morning chatter centers on an upcoming family voyage with a yacht and a long bay trip. Whitt Wright and his sister discuss invitations, parental disagreement, and a mistaken belief about a swear word, revealing playful domestic dialogue.
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Ben
Little Whitt Wright
Papa
Mamma
New York
Gaybert
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