Reflections on Faith and World Travel in Java
A devotional essay praises prayer and Christian virtue, urging steady conduct and joy in faith. It quotes Dean Stanley and Luther on reverent prayer and self-control, then shifts to a New York Tribune note about Java as a model for colonization and tourism, extolling roads, railways, hotels, and Dutch governance while urging American study of the island’s development.
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Christ
Paul
Philipp
Luther
Frederick Rueckert
Java
New York Tribune
Batavia
England
Philippines
Thawaii
America
Tropics
Panama Canal
Holland
Archipelago
Singapore
Central America
Brazil
West Indies
Japan
Prayer of Comfort and Renewal for the Day
A devotional民 text asks for repose of mind and heart in Thee. It pleads for heavenly breezes, eternal love, and healing for the body. It seeks cheerful homes, kindness, and uplifting words to dispel shadows with divine light.
Lessons From Java and Dutch Colonization Methods
Traveler James Moore, a Texan who has journeyed worldwide for a decade, shares insights on Java and Dutch colonization methods. He highlights how these historical practices influenced global trade, governance, and cultural exchange.
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James Moore
Evolution of the Cook in Early Arctic Cuisine
A historical sketch traces Arctic culinary evolution from dish scraping and chewing gum to seal oil preparations. It lists early chewables such as anoone keveh ahkootoo and ahkootoo, then notes flour adoption around 1890 with nookpouras, changing diet and cooking practices.
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America
Dr. Driggs
The Witch Doctor in South Africa
A vivid account contrasts Zulu witch doctors with American medicine men as revolts against British rule grow. It describes ritual face paint, fish bladder headgear, bullocks hair, cow tail switch, carved wand, and frenzied dances used to bolster warriors' confidence against bullets.
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South Africa
Illustrated London News
Nan Weatherby and Travers Choose a Path to Love
In a tense salon scene Nan Weatherby denies marriage to Bobbie Travers and recalls a stolen handkerchief. Travers declares he will not lose her, plans to consult Rev. Charles McCracken, and signals a decisive step toward reconciliation amid Saunders’s lingering pursuit.
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Bobbie
Imarried
Saunders
Nan
Travers
Loos
Mother
Mr. Burdick
Nan Weatherby
Charles McCracken
Columbia Monthly
Guided by the Trees Indians Trust Forest Signs
A narrator notes that Indigenous guides rely on tree direction and forest signs to navigate. Big Paul leads through a stormy hunt using instinct, landmarks, and subtle trail cues, including bitten twigs and fresh froth, to locate a moose and the camp.
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Big Paul
Carocass
Tle
Ile
Iere
Making a Dire Threat
Reggy Deswelle threatens his tailor with failure to promise payment if harassed. A loafing man attracts less notice than a loafing woman, yet both illustrate social distraction around circus day.
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Reggy Deswelle
Weally
Fliegende Blaetter
Memory Like an Oldest Inhabitant In Household Banter
A quarrelsome couple returns home with a flood of shopping in a brisk domestic scene. The man brags about memory and items carried while the woman complains, noting missed items and the risks of forgetfulness as they sort bundles and recall small details.
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Gertrude
Ben
Bennie
George
Chicago Daily News
Diverse 1905 world notes bright and brief
A survey of scattered items covers unions in mining and liquor licenses in New York City, Cook's South Pole automobile expedition, Britain's gold plate, postal staffing on Manhattan Island, young horse racing in Tokio, Palladium properties, whaling economics, UK fire losses, medical oddities, indigo versus sugar in Java, a fourteen foot beard auction, a Rome teen love letter tragedy, Hamburg judge’s insanity, All Hallows' Church ground value, Census Bureau newspaper output and advertising, a Prussian prison escape, US rail main track wealth and military-scale payrolls.
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New York City
South Vale
Frederick A. Cook
Marquis of
Breadalbane
Great Britain
Manhattan Island
Tokio
United States
Canada
London
Glasgow
George Vaughan
Northampton
England
Java
Rome
Judge von der Meden
Hamburg
Ilanover
Zurich
All Hallows
Census Bureau
Washington
Chinese Girls as Slaves Exposed in Native Publication
A Chinese writer argues that sold girls lose free-born rights and become property of their owners. They receive no pay and must accept their masters’ conditions, with no redress in tyranny. They may be resold or discarded, remaining chattel until sale or death.
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China
Courtroom Quip Shows Ill Timed Marriage Promise
An English lawyer questioned a plaintiff in a breach of promise case about the defendant's seriousness. The plaintiff joked that the promise came in jest, but admitted it was made in the washhouse while hands were washing clothes. The exchange, printed in Harper's Weekly, highlights comic mischief amid legal proceedings.
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Harper's Weekly
Ungallant British Plays Touring Provinces
London News notes current provincial tours featuring plays such as The Branded Woman The Female Swindler The Ugliest Woman on Earth The Temptress Queen of Villainy A Woman's Past A False Wife The Sin of Her Childhood Her One Great Sin and The Worst Woman to London presented as examples of scandalous drama in circulation during the period.
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London
London News
Better Wish and Fireworks Fiscal Thought Provokes Debate
The pessimistic man laments the money spent on fireworks while the optimistic one argues for wealth not spent on fireworks. The exchange touches on the value of wishes and the idea that May might make right but not necessarily good.
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Pyey
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the Cook
New Bedford
Stevens
Covent Garden
London Mail
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Barnum & Bailey
Slarper's
Rosinski
Posen
Prussia
Lincoln
Oyama
Lincolntch
Manchuria
Portsmouth
Leslie
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