Rescued From Slavery Embraces Chinese Mission Work
Lena Brown, a Chinese woman born in Hong Kong, escaped a Los Angeles husband who kept her under surveillance after her uncle brought her to America. Rescued by Rev George L Cole and his wife, she found Christian support, fled again from danger, and now lives with Prof A J Marks in Chicago preparing for missionary work among her people. She recently joined St James Methodist Church in Chicago, where Rev Robert W McIntyre welcomed her as a communicant.
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Methodist Chirch
Chicago
Lena Brown
Robert W. McIntyre
Hong Kong
America
Los Angeles
George L. Cole
California
China
Mr. Cole
A.J. Marks
Meyers Training School
Fiftieth Street
Indiana Avenue
Railroads Likely to Gain Extension for Automatic Couplers
The Interstate Commerce Commission will hear petitions on December 1 from railroads seeking more time to install automatic brakes and car couplers, under the 1893 law. Only New York Central and Chicago Burlington & Quincy are fully equipped. about 30 percent have sought extensions, while over 600 have taken no action. The commission is expected to grant an extension, with protests mainly from individual branches rather than entire organizations.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
New York Central
Chicago, Burlington & Quincey
Madonna Image Draws Scranton Church Crowds
In Scranton Pennsylvania, the east wall of St John’s Catholic Church on Fig street showed a Madonna figure appearing to seem to rise from the wall. Devout Catholics from across the city and surrounding towns flooded the church, blocking entrances and requiring police to manage the crowd.
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Watt
Scranton
St. John’s Catholic Church
Fig Street
Christ
Smetana Widely Honored Despite Poverty and Ill Health
Fame comes late as Smetana, long tormented by neglect and illness, receives honors after death. His Bartered Bride tours German and Austrian stages, and Vienna’s Imperial Opera House plans a grand Dalibor production for the emperor’s October 4 birthday.
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Gatmed
Smetana
Spe
Ecrat
Imperial Opera House of Vienna
Dalibor
War Ships Under Construction in UK Yards
There were 93 war ships under construction in the United Kingdom at the close of the June quarter. Of these, 79 ships totaling 214 175 tons were in private yards, while 14 ships totaling 133 020 tons were under construction in royal dockyards.
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United Kingdom
Royal Docs
Chinese Prince in Auburn Laundry Ends Ten Year Exile
Sam Hop of Auburn New York has washed ironed and served residents for a decade unaware he is Yen Sia Tsuen a prince of royal Chinese blood. A Chinese legation letter says his exile ends and his titles and possessions will be restored upon return to China. The tale includes his father Hung Sia Tsuen a rebel leader and the peach incident with the emperor’s heir.
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Sam Hop
Auburn
N. Y
Sam
Washinon
China
Yen Sia Tsuen
Hung Sia Tsuen
Yen
Tien- Wang
Yen Sin Tsuen
Yon Sia Tsuen
James Bay Country Report Reveals Wealth and Rail Route
Montreal dispatch details Henry O Sullivan inspection of James Bay to map topography for a potential Lake St John railway extension. Notes vast timber and arable lands across Notayway and Rupert basin, warm James Bay waters in October, wheat at Waswimpi, and extensive spruce forests with enormous trees. Mentions a feasible railway path and abundant pulpwood.
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Montreal
Henry O'Sullivan
Quebec
James Bay
Lake St. John
Notayway
Rupert
Waswimpi
Tadousac
Biography of Victoria by Holmes draws wide attention
A new biography of Queen Victoria by Richard R. Holmes, Windsor librarian, prepared under Queen Victoria’s supervision, highlights family incidents and hints she retained earlier traits. It notes recent singing with Tosti and drawing lessons, including a 1855 journal extract on a Paris pilgrimage beside Napoleon III’s coffin and a moment of reconciled Anglo-French ties.
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Queen Victoria
Richard R. Holmes
Windsor
Tosti
Leiteh
the Invalides
Paris
Napoleon St
England
Aly
Italy A Good Market Consul Diaries American Buraincan Men
Consul General Hector de Castro reports to the state department that US business can boost trade with Italy if attention mirrors that given to other nations. No bidders to supply tobacco to the government monopoly. Italy’s finance ministry sent a rep to New York to source leaf directly, saving about 221,950. Latest figures show Italy’s wheat harvest at 86,836,700 bushels, about 60 percent of last year’s output.
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Hector de Castro
Rome
State Department
United States
Italy
Minister of Finance
New York
Ministry of Agriculture of
Emperor Honored Edict Bans Breeches in Rome In 394
A historical note describes Emperor Honoring in 394 issuing an imperial edict forbidding breeches and ordering breeches worn openly to be expelled from Rome. It notes German army death by own action rate at 83 per 100000 men, reflecting a grim statistic of self-inflicted deaths.
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Nakere
Rome
A Cousin's Christmas Bracelets Lesson in Wholesale
A New York bachelor recounts buying seven silver bracelets for his country cousins as Christmas gifts. He recalls a shop clerk’s remark about “going into wholesale,” and the punchline that the bracelets were engagement gifts for seven girls, provoking amused reactions at the country visit.
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New York
Massachusetts
Santa Claus
Will
Tribune
Burial of the Year and the Cologne Magi Relics
A poem on burying the year contrasts with the eternal fire of memory. The article then recounts the legend of the Bodies of the Three Magi, said to be buried in Cologne Cathedral. It traces their journey from Jerusalem to Constantinople, Milan, and finally Cologne, with the skulls shown to visitors for a heavy fee.
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Cathedral
Cologne
Germany
Helena
Constantine
Jerusalem
St. Sophia
Constantinople
Emanuel
Milan
Frederick
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
The Sunday School lesson on Jesus baptism and John the Baptist
An OCR derived study notes John the Baptist’s wilderness ministry in Judea and the baptism of Jesus around January AD 27. It explains the prophecies, the meaning of repentance, and the Holy Spirit’s symbolism, with practical suggestions for preparing workers and communities.
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John
Daitherw
Peloubet
Christ
John the Baptist
Jesus
Tudea
Dead Sea
Jordan
Waoh
Salim
Josua
Bethabara
Jericho
Hebron
Judea
Luke
Syria
Fohn
Mark
R. V
God
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