This advertisement was published in the Democrat & Chronicle, the newspaper of Rochester, New York, on 27 January 1900. My best guess is that it is actually an ad for Prof. Syke’s music studio, but I base that almost solely on the presence of the street address.
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An ad for the music studio is the only thing that makes sense of this bizarre ad. I can only assume that the title is meant to attract attention, but I have not seen anything as incoherent since Ted Kaczinski, the Unabomber, wrote his manifesto.
But if his point is that a church with good music prospers best, well, you could argue that we have proved him wrong about that.
I….guess it’s an ad for music lessons? I suspect the advertiser had a lot in common with that Dr. Bronner’s soap guy.
I think this is the text used by non-English-speaking spammers to help them master English syntax.
I loved Dr Bronner’s Peppermint Castile soap. His labels made a lot more sense than this. I loved those labels!
Mental illness?
Well, since google translate is off the table, I suspect this is clear evidence of a little known and just invented breakaway from the church. Sister Sikes was deeply offended when the task of compiling the first hymnal fell to Emma Smith rather than her, consequently left the church taking with her those who valued, um, something. From the text it’s not exactly clear what.