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Newspaper
Belmont Weekly Dispatch
Location
Belmont, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1890
Page
1
A Baltimore World account recounts a Virginia narrator who dreamed of a railway disaster and, while the storm and swollen stream endangered a bridge, signaled a passenger train just in time to avert catastrophe. His wife survived unharmed, and the railroad rewarded him with a present and a free pass.
Mrs Otis purchases the entire unsold stock of C B Newton & Son and the Newton store at a large discount. Goods including dry goods and ready made clothing sold cheap with promises of savings on groceries and notions. Tea and coffee priced below neighbors with delivery to save customers money. Call to visit and inspect store and goods.
A condensed sermon of obituaries and anecdotes reports Dr. James M. Sherwood dying after paralysis struck during a sermon. It cites similar in pulpit incidents and notes a New Jersey church hymn coincidence. It also covers church work among colored people and a critique on evolution.
Ohio Agricultural Station findings by Dr. C M Weed show cabbage aphids reproduce a sexual generation late autumn on cabbage leaves and lay eggs there. Destroy winter cabbage leaves to curb pest, as eggs survive on leaves. The piece also surveys French fowl breeds and bee hive entrance design.
The civil services commission released a report noting the classified service now includes over 30,000 people. It argues political removals have diminished under current and past administrations, though unclassified areas show higher removal rates. It calls for extending protections and banning outside solicitation of campaign contributions to government staff. It also asserts the civil service law generally yields better governance than patronage, with examples from Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, and Indianapolis.
The Independent notes Gen Booth’s forthcoming efforts in London as part of a bold campaign against vice. It highlights a new Nassau sized bequest from Newton Case of Hartford funding the Hartford Theological Seminary with half a million dollars, boosting facilities, a 44 000 volume library, and a liberal, catholic faculty including Amherst graduates. Dr Hartranft leads the institution with sixty four students.
A poetic fragment recalls a speaker claiming life would be easier if the earth’s strange beauty did not hold the eye and enchant the heart with splendor above and below.
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