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Alton Observer

Location

Alton, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Feb 08, 1838

Page

4

Peace Policy and War Reform in 19th Century Christian Thought

Debates on pacifism and Christian reform critique war as a disease needing a gospel based balm. Arguments cover inviolability of life, church duties, and peace as essential to Christianity, with notes on Quakers, government power, and nonresistance distinctions. A mission update follows with CEYLON and Africa reports and local educational efforts.

The American Peace Sec William Penn Whelpley Gov. Strong Upham Governent Lord Jesus Christ Ceylon Batticotti Oodreville Spaulding Cotta Nellore Caroline Chester Central School Penang William Norris Batavia

Paris Journal Reports on Education Projects in Algiers

In Paris, Guizot receives praise at a Geographical Society meeting. The Paris Moniteur notes French efforts in Algiers with a new college program teaching French Arabic Greek Latin geography history and mathematics. Primary and girls schools prosper with dozens of pupils and European Moor and Jew enrollments listed.

Piedmont Nice Geographical Society Hotel de Ville Guizot France Paris Paris Moniteur Algiers College of Madame Vealeur Europe Oran Bonn

Destroying The Wire Worm Through Late Fall Plowing

The Genesee Farmer reviews experiments against the wire worm a root-eating pest. It recommends ploughing deep in late fall on land to be cultivated the next year. The aim is to expose the insect to frosts that render it inactive, flooding the soil with unearthed pests.

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