Ballot-box sermon warns on political falsehood and drink
A Brooklyn sermon by Rev T DeWitt Talmage urges voters to oppose political falsehood and bribery, abstain from dissipation, and seek God before ballots. He contrasts Ephesian idolatries with American party politics and calls Christians to a devout, teetotal civic duty.
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Brooklyn Tabernacle
T. DeWitt Talmage
Alexander
Diana
Ephesians
Ephesus
Paul
The
Diana of
Scotland
Emmons
Massachusetts
Thomas Jefferson
Mayhew
Ofoston
Christ
Rocks
Far East
Counterfeit Notion and Tongue Power Sermonized
A dialogue on why counterfeiting occurs with examples and a reflection on the tongue as a powerful, dangerous instrument. The piece draws from a catechism and cites Zion's Herald about words shaping deeds and character.
Culture versus gospel in moral climate debate
In this excerpt a critic argues culture alone cannot save individuals or society citing Robespierre Nero Caligula and others as examples of cultured figures who caused harm. It contrasts culture with the gospel of salvation through repentance and faith, citing Phillips Brooks on serving truth for the Master and lifting burden of responsibility.
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Robespierre
Nero
Caligula
Cateline
Aaron Burr
Cleopatra
Borgia
Jesus Christ
Phillips Brooks
Times
Imitation of Christ in Ephesians 4 20 32
A Sunday School lesson on the Epistle to the Ephesians written during Paul's Rome imprisonment. It outlines learning Christ, the creed as life, and the journey from old vices to the new life, with church history notes on Ephesus and its early Christian context.
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Peloubet
Paul
Rome
St Paul
Tychicus
Colossians
Philemon
Ephesus
Miletus
Isarian Sea
Smyrna
Tonia
Asia Minor
Parrhasius
Apelles
Alford
Farrar
Laodicea
Howson
Christ
St. Paul
Tyndall
Persia
Iran
Personalities Highlight Diverse 19th Century Figures
The report lists Thomas Slingland of Paterson N J who attempted suicide and sought a cigarette, Senator William V Allen of Nebraska in his first term noted for long speeches, Miss Mattie Topp postmistress of Cyn thiana Kentucky appointed by Hayes, Mrs Grant widow of General Grant planning a Washington home, Thomas Murray son of Francis Murphy leading temperance efforts in Waterbury Connecticut, Henry Minter of Annville Pennsylvania owning a rare plate etched with the thirteen original states.
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Thomas Slingland
Paterson
N. J
William V. Allex
Nebraska
Senate
Mattie Topp
Abraham Lincoln
Cynthiana
Hayes
Grant
Gen. Grant
Dolma Baght palace feeds thousands as sultan visits
The Orient notes Dolma Baght palace serves over six thousand people three meals daily during the sultan of Turkey's stay. It also cites a claim that the folding fan originated in Japan in the seventh century from a bat wing idea and reports Japan's old law forcing marriage for unwed women has been abolished by the mikado.
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Dolma Bagth
Turkey
Japan
Murder Indictment in Green Mountain Case
Emily Bennett of Vienna Township was indicted for first degree murder in the Anna Weise killing near Green Mountain on August 26. Bennett, arrested by Sheriff Pence and two deputies, allegedly matched a tuft of auburn hair found in Weise’s hand, with hair from her head, amid surrounding corroborative evidence.
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Marshalltown
Anna Weise
Green Mountain
Emily Bennett
Vienna Township
Pence
C. A. Bennett
Bennett
Rush Medical College
Chicago
Weise
Francis Parkman Dead. Eminent Historian and Indian Writer
Boston reports the death of Francis Parkman at his Jamaica Plain home due to peritonitis after a brief illness. Born 1823, he studied at Harvard and sought to live with Indians to write authoritative histories of the French and Indian wars, producing works like The Oregon Trail and The Pioneers of France in the New World.
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Boston
Francis Parkman
Prince Street
Jamaica Plain
Busckhwoods’' Magazine
Harvard College
Parkman
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Oregon Trail
North America
Opposes Mail Subsidies Report to Postmaster General
The foreign mail service report to the Postmaster General criticizes subsidies under the 1891 act. It says the contract service added 406,927 dollars in cost and did not improve trips or speed. Outbound mail totalled 5,633,253 pounds with major shares to Great Britain, Germany, and France.
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Washington
Foreign Mail Service
Transatlantic
Great Britain
Germany
France
Mob at Fort Wheate Ends Murder Suspect at Midnight
Florida town reports Henry Bogue seized from sheriff’s posse at jail doors and shot to death within fifteen minutes. Court had begun a preliminary trial for Bogue and two others in the Lake City Junction murder case. The night raid leaves one fewer suspect in the deadly case.
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Fort Wheate
Fla
Bogue
Fort Wheater
Henry Bogue
W. J. Duncan
Lake City Junction
Murrell
Carnegie wage cuts at Homestead reported
Reports from Pirrspuren indicate Carnegie works will trim wages with a possible 25 percent cut for scale wages and 10 percent for laborers. In Chicago Swift becomes acting mayor after being sworn in by the clerk at Thursday’s city council meeting.
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Pirrspuren
Homestead
Carnegie Works
CuicaGo
Amerman
George B. Swift
Four die as rear end train crash rocks Eggleston
Curiaco November 10 four passengers killed and four fatally injured with forty seriously hurt in a rear end collision at Eggleston station. The Blue Island suburban was struck by a Kansas City express in dense fog. Passengers scrambled to safety as wreckage blocked platforms.
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Curiaco
Rock Island & Pacific
Eggleston Station
Seventy-first Street
Shields Avenue
Blue Island
Kansas City
Mrs
Aubery
Biue Island
Carrie Barnes
South Englewood
Milton Bowman
Grant Place
Minnie Schaffer
Beverly
Arnold
Stewart Avenue
Eggleston
New York Embezzler Weeks Pleads Guilty
Francis H. Weeks, a lawyer and trustee, pleads guilty to grand larceny in embezzling 75,000 from the Nicholas Fish estate. He is sentenced to ten years in Sing Sing after fleeing to Costa Rica and being captured. The report also notes a San Francisco will filing for a 3.5 million bequest to a theological seminary.
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New York
Francis H. Weeks
Costa Rica
Smythe
Nicholas Fish
Sing Sing
San Francisco
A. Montgomery
San Francisco Theological Seminary
Believed collision wrecks crew yawl in Philadelphia Albany crash
East Tawas Mich Nov 10 mutilation of many bodies from the Philadelphia Albany collision leads to the theory that the yawl with twenty four crew members was struck by a passing steamer. Lifeboats left the sinking ship before rescue and skulls of some victims are crushed and bruised.
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East Tawas
Mich
Philadelphia-Albany
Philadelphia
Point Aux Barques
Suicide of a defeated candidate shocks St Pavut
Adolph Gloeser treasurer of the Cigar Makers union in St Pavut commits suicide with a 38 caliber revolver after defeat in the state legislature race. His mind had been unbalanced since the election.
Close of an Eventful Life in Pleasant Valley
Des Moines correspondence recalls Phoebe Kellum Mericle wife of Jacob Mericle who endured frontier life in Pleasant Valley Iowa. The piece chronicles their arrival in 1849 on Boone River, Fort Dodge settlement, dangers from Native Americans, and the couple being among Webster county's first white inhabitants. It also notes the joint rate law's upholding and Ray Longwell's jail escape and return.
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Des Moines
Drs Mores
Phoebe Kellum Mericle
Jacob Mericle
Pleasant Valley Township
United States
America
Iowa
Daniel Boone
Cooper
Boone River
Keokuk
Fort de Moines
Polk County
Polk City
Hull
Hull’s Point
Boonesboro
Merkles
Hull's Point
Bell
Three Rivers
Des. Moines
Johnson County
Supreme Court
Ray Longwell
Union County
Creston
Longwell
Shannon City
Chicago
Lorimer
A Logical Husband
Mrs Newlywed complains he never asks to go out for oysters as in the past. He replies that after marriage a man stops chasing a moving car, and that a fisherman does not feed bait to a fish he already caught.
That's a fine baby Wiggins asks weight in playful banter
The Denver Star quotes a playful exchange about a baby named Wiggins. One asks the baby's weight and the other replies that at three in the morning the weight seems to reach about eighty pounds. The remark captures humorous tone and local color.
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Wiggins
Denver Star
Sinking tragedy after fog collision on Lake Huron
The Albany and the Philadelphia collided off Point Aux Barques in dense fog. The Albany sank after 30 minutes, crew abandoned in yawls. 11 bodies recovered, 13 missing. The Philadelphia also sank with all hands lost. Cargo values total $57,000 for the Albany and $80,000 for the Philadelphia. Anchor line suffers its fourth accident this season with losses around $150,000.
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Saxo Bracu
Mich
Albany
Western Transit Company
Philadelphia
Lake Huron
Point Aux Barques
A. J., McDonald
Huff
McDonald
Aux Barques
City of Concord
Tawas
Detroit
Western Transportation Line
David Bell
Buffalo
Duluth
Lake St. Clair
Erie
Restoration of Queen Liliuokalani Seen by U S
Reports from Washington claim Minister Willis delivered orders showing the United States regards Queen Liliuokalani's dethronement as due to Minister Stevens and troops from the Boston. The administration allegedly supports restoring the queen, inviting sharp domestic criticism over intervention in Hawaii.
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Washinetox
Willis
Hawaii
United States
Liliuokalani
Stevens
Boston
The Seal Catch in Pacific Trade Report
The North Pacific sealing catch total is about 145 000 skins after a partial tally. Francisco schooners reportedly took around 20 000 skins and largely landed at Hakodate and Yokohama while the full figures remain uncertain.
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Victoria
B. C
Honduras Urged to Explain Insult to American Flag
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Gresham demands an explanation from Honduras over an incident deemed an insult to the American flag, reflecting diplomatic tension between the two nations.
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Washington
Gresham
Honduras
Storm Rips Bay of Fundy Fishing Fleet Loss Feared
Reports from Hartfax Nova Scotia describe a fierce Bay of Fundy storm causing heavy fishing fleet damage. The Constitution and Walter J Clark, each with ten crew, are feared lost. In Michigan, Battle Creek coroner's inquest on Grand Trank wreck victims is postponed again to November 9 due to absent company lawyers.
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Hartfax
N.S
Bay of Fundy
Constitution
Walter J. Clark
Battle Creek
Batte Creek
Mich
Grand Trank
Freeman resident Fred Wright commits suicide at home
Waverly Illinois November 9 3 pm Fred Wright a prominent Franklin County citizen killed himself by shooting through the head after six months bedridden with consumption. In Minnesota Alfred Werton 18 a Shattuck school student died from accidental shotgun discharge as he prepared to shoot an owl his head blown off.
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Waverly
Fred Wright
Franklin
Fairmbauult
Minn
Novi
Alfred Werton
Shattuck School
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