Memorial Address on a Promising Youth’s Death
A memorial address laments the death of Edwin B. Read born Ames March 13 1874 after 21 days of suffering. The speaker honors his cheerful manner diligence and service as a military officer and student and reflects on death as birth to higher destinies. The message comforts mourners citing Christ’s words She is not dead but sleepeth and urges faith in resurrection.
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W. M. Beardshear
Christ
Jesus
Olue
Father
Brother
Edwin B. Read
Ames
Edwin
Star of Bethlehem
H. J. Everly
A Business in Great Waters
A French speaking Sussex boy helps an American officer with a dangerous mission. The scene unfolds as the lieutenant recruits the man for a brief escort, hinting at a delicate plot involving a sweet lady seen earlier at a summer house. The American, cautious yet curious, leads to a door where a formal summons follows.
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Sussex
Chinese Superstitions and Infant Killings Myths
A discussion of Chinese beliefs about western medicine using infant eyes brains and hearts in potions. It notes local witchcraft practices and reports on a sensational mob killing of French missionaries in Tientsin and the disposal of nun bodies in the Peiho river, as described by Maccmillan's Magazine.
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China
Sisters of Mercy
Tientsin
Peiho River
Maccmillan
Winterset Store Building Collapses in Iowa
Winterset Iowa January 8 a large two story building overloaded with D. Berington & Co hardware stock collapsed dragging down the adjacent Milk Drug Co building. Nineteen basement workers escaped with their lives. John Couch was crushed beneath timbers while T F Mordis and M Z Smith suffered injuries. Property loss set at 20000 dollars.
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Winterset
D. Berington & Co
Milk Drug Company
John Couch
T. F. Mordis
M. Z. Smith
Central Trust seeks new trial in Hocking Valley suit
In Coromel on January 6 attorneys for Central Trust company of New York announce plans to petition for another trial. They target Judge Stevenson Bark and others in the $8,000,000 Hocking Valley case at the upcoming common pleas term.
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Coromel, O
Central Trust Company of New York
Hocking Valley
Stevenson Bark
Common Pleas Court
Iquique Port Customs Earn Record December Receipts
Chilean port data shows Iquique December customs receipts exceeding 3 million dollars. For 1895 yearly totals reach 28.5 million dollars. Iquique and Pisagua together report 37.25 million dollars in customs for the year.
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Chile
Valparaiso
Iquique
Pisagua
Yankton Norfolk Railroad Transfer Deadline Extended
Yankton D. Jan 6 English creditors of J. T. M. Pierce have five more days to secure possession of the Yankton and Norfolk railroad grade and right of way under their option. It is believed the transfer will not be completed.
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Yankton & Norfolk
Yankton
J. T. M. Pierce
Yankton & Norfolk Railroad
Croker Tours Tennessee Stables Before Florida Trip
Richard Croker and party arrived in Nashville on January 6 and spent a day at Belle Mead inspecting his horses. He then left for Florida for a month and will sail for Europe from New York upon his return.
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Richard Croker
Nashville
Belle Mead
Florida
New York
Europe
Death of Mrs Emmeline O Thomas in Chcaco
Mrs Emmeline O Thomas wife of Rev H W Thomas prominent divine died at her home in Chcaco of gastritis. She had a wide acquaintance across the north west.
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Thomas
Emmeline O. Thomas
H. W. Thomas
Ancient Theban glassmakers and Ptah priests crafts
Thebes glass blowers matched modern skill after 40 centuries of progress. They stained glass and produced thick pieces with color fused through the vitrified structure. Ptah’s Memphis workshops made crystal glass and gem imitations so accurate deserts preserve them for experts to distinguish. The British Museum houses stained glass showing Thothmes III engraven on the piece barrier.
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Thebes
Rosselini
Ptah
Memphis
British Museum
Thothmes III
Belief That Stone Mass Grew in Size During Use
The author recounts a Dunstable builder who insists pudding stone used as a foundation grew in mass since placement. The expert claims the projection shows growth despite counterarguments about vitality and growth limits. The note suggests checking if this belief is common locally, with a wry aside on a child misplacing stockings.
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Dunstable
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Great Waters
Price
Doz
Regu
E. M. Soper
Canier Bros. & Herman
GEO. G. Miller & Son
Puplex
Read’s Market
Abet
Iowa
Morris Bros
Main
Ames, Iowa
M. Hemstreet
Conveyancing
Ceria Stover
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