Maud Booth and her work for prisoner reform
A biographical portrait of Mrs Maud Booth, longtime philanthropist and leader in the Salvation Army movement in the United States. The article outlines her English origins, early ministry, marriage to Ballington Booth, and her pivotal role in founding the Volunteers of America and the Hope Hall program for released prisoners.
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Maud Ballington Booth
United States
Maud Booth
Elizabeth Fry
Peace Cra
England
Booth
Américé
Eympsefield
Hepfather
Samuel Charlesworth
London
Salvation Army
Charlesworth
Maud
Amer
Hope Halla
W. C. Mack
Burden Bearing and Self Help in a 19th Century Sermon
A long sermon extols bearing personal burdens as a path to character growth. It cites Galatians and Samuel Smiles, urges physical mental and spiritual discipline, and urges men to marry and care for family, adopt responsibility, and serve others. It blends religious exhortation with biographical references and insists burdens strengthen virtue.
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Lon_Angeles
Calune
Samuel Smiles
Mhd
George Stephenson
Biographis
Cines
Samuel
Paul
Apostle
Christ
Tralher
Sis
Jess
Elas
East
Bis
An Rily
Esse
Aight
Roosevelt
Theodore
Aga L
Bellas
Wien
Jesse
Israel
New England
Increase Mather
Peter
Hobart
Sam
John Sherman
Jonathan Edwards
Lyman Beecher
Thomas
Marshall
Presbyterian Church
Thomas’ Marshall
Alexander H. Stephens
Jesus Christ
Otterhan
Jesus ‘Christ
Helen
Jesus
Tayaes
Timbers and Tales From Distant Lands Itemized
A collage of curiosities and facts from multiple sources notes Sweden exports timber valued at 25 million dollars annually, an Erie Canal reconstruction four times longer than the Suez, Amsterdam planning an anatomical laboratory, and King Edward gifting Ambush II to the London Natural History Museum. It covers postal stats, a probated will in Pennsylvania, and various notes on travel, industry, and science, including tunnels, wool exports, and wax trees.
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Sweden
Sues Canal
France
Japan
J. J. Mein
Bonn
Germany
University of Tokic
Abyssinia
County
Radcliffe
John D. Dugan
Bristol
Ausagsins
London
Michigan Central Railway Company
Detroit River
Detroit
Condon
Cheledi
Paris
New South Wales
Australis
Laughing Plant of Arabia Described in Curious Terms
A fragmentary note describes a plant from Arabia known as the Laughing plant. It supposedly causes uncontrollable laughter when its seeds are eaten and is said to be used to make a powder that intoxicates users. The text includes garbled phrases about natives and preparations.
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Pacific Islands
Isle of Wight
India
Arabiala
Arabia
Unlucky Days and Blood Letting Traditions Across Cultures
The article describes beliefs in unlucky days governing daily tasks in Burma and Melanesia, noting specific days deemed inauspicious for head washing and other acts. It recounts Burmese boatmen avoiding rowing on unlucky days and Papuan bloodletting practices using cassowary bone drills, performed by two people with a bow powered drill, followed by staunching with ashes.
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Jung
Medina
Burmah
Leib Juinea
Death of Glengarry's Daughter and Scottish Chieftain Lineage
Fragmentary report recalls Mrs Forbes of Sligo aged eighty four as daughter of Alexander MacDonell the sixteenth chief of Glengarry. It notes links to Sir Walter Scott, Lockhart's biography, and the Glengarry lineage through Cromwellian and postwar transfers. Mentions of Scottish nobility, estate histories, and references to London press commentary appear amid incomplete biographical details.
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Glengarry
Iepielver
Waverley
Forbes
Sligo
Alexander MacDonell
Scott
Lockhart
Hig
Gree -Ooorgy
Lee
Aurantella
Glen
Tate
Edward—Hillioe
the Bear
Clonnarry
London
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Sir John
Charles
Colomb
Saya
London Star
Iste
Gmn
George Colombisyan Trish
Kerry
Royal Naval College
Marine Artillery
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