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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1899)
T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, S E P T E M B E R 28, 1899. 3 H eav y R eductions . . . . tive, and we all were unanim ous in m inds are soon filled with supersti- deciding th at it is grander and ti<»n. W ishing you success, more l>eautitul th an any we had Very sincerely, IN seen in crossing the continent. • _______ F. A. B. The train was loaded with young p EAR F reethouoht F riend :— . . . . LADIES’ SKIRTS . . . . lady m issionaries going to China. I j congrfttujatc you on the suc- L ad ies’ S k ir ts ,..........................................................$ .86, reduced to $ .60 donjt blame the heathens for eating of your mission across country L adies' S k irts, .................................................... 1.66, reduced to 1.26 m issionaries, if they are like these, *in behay of the Liberal U niversity, L ad ies’ S k irts, ................................ 2.60, reduced to 1.26 for they all looked good enough to Yon are working on business prin- be eaten. I asked one of them cjples a „d m ust prosper. I w ant to A fo rtu n a te c h an ce aw aits th o se of yon who have need o f w hat would become of the heathen* be with you by next year and help if they were never told of C hrist, on the ------ un d ertak g with all the . . . . SHIRT WAISTS . . . . ...........- -----* in - ‘g and she answered that she supposed power I have, and I could do so in S h irt W aists.............................................................. $ .60. reduce«! to * .36 S h irt W a ists,...............................................................90, reduced to .76 God would not be cruel enough to more ways than one. The Liberal S hirt W a is ts ,.................................................. 1.25, reduced to .90 condem n them to eternal torm ent U niversity should be th eh ea d q u ar- on account of their ignorance. I ^ers for F reethought work and Ore- S e e o u r S h o e A d . in th e A p p e a l . . . . th^n informed her th a t she had g()n m ade a Freethought state, as better be careful or she would send it now hag tbe lead in Liberalism , Mail Orders Promptly Attended to. Samples Sent Free on Application. a few thousand poor souls to hell, L iberals—real ones, from the East, for not one in ten would accept her , ought to go there in force, and they doctrine, and for th at reason would wjjj jf informed of the openings S IL V E R T O N , O R E G O N be dam ned, while if she and other ¿here to do and get good for both m issionaries will stay aw ay,the peo- bo(j v and mind. S T R IC T L Y O N E PR IC E . P R O D U C E TA K EN . I pie they try to convert will all go Y ours truly, to heaven through the ignorance-is-1 J ohn P. G uild . DREYER bliss proposition. She said th at God had told her to go; and she would not reason about the m atter. I told her 1 was of the opinion th at it was the devil who had talked to her and told her to go, lor surely God w ouldn’t send a nice girl like her to be eaten by the cannibals, whom she would surely send to hell by her teachings. ‘"I am the opinion th at the devil is talk- ing to me now,’ she rem arked, and turned and looked out of the win- dow. I decided th at I had played Tie devil w ithout knowing it, and ju s tth e n the brakem an said: “ Port- land— Union depot—all out!” & C R A IG T h e G re a t D ear L iberal F riend :— Vitæ=0re Remedies I like the Sunday school lesson idea of Eliza Mowry Bliven, as per No Need to Suffer from Anv Disease. Torch of A ugust 24th. I will do an y th in g I can to help it along, E lix ir and I am very well pleased, indeed, B a c e r ia c id e with the prospects of the school. V I T Æ - O R E '! E u c a ly p tu s O il O r e - O lin e T he lines upon which you . are I M e d ic a t e d S o a p j working, as far as I know, suit my ¿o a 'j\ The school, m useum , PEARL W . GEER Agent [bt1 Sunday school, the library are S ilv e r t o n , O regon j be agencies th a t work for Free- th o u g h t an d the higher civilization. May they grow and m ultiply u n til rf* o —.—— L> CT A T O C? FT" I A I fA rrT D they cover the whole earth. U n C .H I O rL V IM L U r r t n Young people have now some thing better before them than those Friendly Letters did who are now ready to step down and out. I hope they will Our business m anager, on his re im prove their better opportunities. turn from the East, received m any Respectfully, letters comr. endatorv of our plan of F. S. M atteson . work for the present and fu tu re., fh e following are extracts from M y D ear S ir :— lome of th e m : “ All things come to him who A PHYSICIAN IN THE HOUSE H Hew Tamlly medical Work D ear F riend :— learns to labor and to w ait” m ust I send you some clippings that he the m otto of your enterprise un may be of some interest to you. der which you and your associates Glad to see you arrived home in are working. I also commend your good shape and th a t everything is efforts as intelligent ones. One oming so nicely in regard to the n,a y work as hard as he pleases, Diversity. It is indeed the grand- an(j should this he tread-m ill work, st u n d ertak in g in the history of worjj w ithout superior m entality ur cause, and it seems th a t Free- bebbid if, nothing will come of it. hinkers at last begin to see it in W hen the chosen work is great bat light. a n d w orthy, when the enterprise in B. L. II jermstad . ¡which you engage depend upon building a certain public favor, especially when opposition and T ear F riend :— In regard to the Liberal U niver prejudice m u 4 he overcome, then ty, I am glad you succeeded as ’ m ust you have greater persistence, ell as * vou did, and I will do all , tact and skill. la t I can to help it along by tak- Possibly a little later I can w iite lg ten shares of stock. Enclosed you as to met hods of greater co-op- nd $100 in paym ent for the same.! eration, to our m uiual advantage, think Mrs. B liuen’s idea in re-1 T rusting you have had continued ard to w riting S unday school les- business and social success in your m s an excellent one. Sunday pilgrim age, I am :hools are what we need to in- Y our hearty well wisher, truct the young in Secular ideas, ( C. E lton B lanchard . s the children of Freethinkers, if j hey have no other place to go on D ear S ir :— unday, are apt to attend the We are anxious to see the build- hurch Sunday schools, where their Concluded on 6th page. o _ ....... by Dr. J. B. Greer, Chicano H IS book is up to d a te in every p a r ticu lar. It tells you fiow to cure yourself Lv sim ple and h arm less hom e rem edies. It recom m ends no jxnsonous or dangerous drugs. It teaches sim ple com m on-sense m ethods in accordance w ith n a tu re ’s laws. It does not endorse d angerous ex p erim e ts with tfie su rg e o n ’s knife. It teaches how to save h ealth and life by safe m etlxxls. It is e n tirely free from tech n ical ru b b ish . It teaches p rev en tio n —tfiat it is b e tter to know liow to avoid disease th an to tak e any m edicine as a c u re . 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