Theoretical and Practical Religion Lecture Opens Season
Rabbi Solomon Schindler opened a winter course at Temple Adath Israel on Theoretical and Practical Religion. He argued language clouds meaning, defined religion as both God idea and moral practice, and proposed separating theory from practice to advance understanding. The lecture set the pattern for upcoming talks on the origin of the God idea.
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Solomon Schindler
Temple Adath Israel
Columbus Avenue
Northampton Street
God
Earth
Protestant Episcopal convention debates name change
The triennial Protestant Episcopal convention in Chicago debated expunging the words Protestant Episcopal from the prayer book and laws. The vote ended 112 yeas to 185 nays, with Southern delegates generally for and Eastern dioceses against, and overall division across dioceses. The week also saw discussions on greeting Congregationalists and restructuring the board of missions.
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Protestant Episcopal Church of America
Chicago
Edward II
House of Bishops
Board of Missions
Board of Management of Missions
Special Committee On Missions
Protestant Episcopal Convention
Corning Judd
Protestant Episcopal
Yeas
Congregational council addresses doctrine and finances in Chicago
Rev Dr Goodwin urged friendly debate on council work while avoiding nonessential topics. The secretary reported 4171 churches and 880000 members, receipts 25000 and disbursements 170000, with dues due from state societies potentially lowering next year’s permember assessments. Officers elected included Hazen, Perrin, Camp, Moore. A resolution sent greetings to the Free Will Baptist convention. The committee urged maintaining doctrinal tests and opposing lax admission for dancing, cards, tobacco, alcohol. The next council was set for Worcester, Mass. The American Congregational Union reported yearly receipts of 98786.50, 1412000 adherents, and a need for 200000 yearly in support. a 300000 annual target for three years was proposed. Temperance and Mormon questions were discussed. convention adjourned.
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National Council of the Congregational Church
Chicago
Goodwin
Henry Hazen
Auburndale
Mass
L. Perrin
Torrington
Conn
D. H. U. Camp
New Britain
William H. Moore
Hartford
Free. Will Baptist National Convention
Marion
American Home Missionary Society
Leavitt
Worcester
L. H. Cobb
D. D
American Congregational Union
Union
W. H. H. Ward
Committee On Indian Affairs
Dr. H
Virgin
New York
Free Will Baptist 26th General Conference Opens in Marion
Delegates gathered in Marion for the Free Will Baptist Church twenty sixth general conference with Rev. Dr. Stewart of New Hampshire calling the meeting to order. Rev. Dr. J. L. Phillips of India was chosen moderator with Rev. Dr. Ball of Buffalo and Rev. E. W. Porter of New Hampshire as assistants. Professor 4 A Howe of Hates College Maine delivered the conference sermon. Corresponding messengers reported attendance to Eng land Eldership Church and American Christian convention among others.
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General Conference
Free Will Baptist Church
Marion
Stewart
New Hampshire
J. L. Phillips
India
Dr. Ball
Buffalo
N. Y
E. W. Porter
A. Howe
Hates College
Maine
Ball
General Baptist Church of England
Cheney
Church of God
J. D. Steward
J. Malvern
American Christian Convention
A. A. Tillinghast
Christian Convention
Congregational Council
Remarkable Newark Moment Disappoints Old Maids
A Newark woman told her husband a man lay under the bed. After nine requests he finally looked and found nothing but a joke. This curious incident stands out as a rare event in local circles.
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Philadelphia
Newark
Club Life in Bohemia Their Interior Appointments and Run
A study of three clubs in New York comparing the Lotos Club the University Club and the New York Club. Describes interiors art collections portraits including Whitelaw Reid and Horace Porter, landscape works, and artist Bruce Crane with comments on style and atmosphere.
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Lotos
Union League
Whitelaw_ Reid
Hubert Horkomer
Usus
Cheeminerkh
Itp
Horace Porter
Bruce Crane
D’angore
C. Y. Purner
Lotos Club Exhibit Showcases Morish Armorer and Notable Artists
Interior scene describes Moorish armorer examining a blade and Mil ler’s fine tapestry picture. Joseph Jefferson and George Fawcett Rowe are represented by paintings and watercolors, with a Whitelaw Reid bust. Major artists Moran De Haas Harts Whitridge Chopin Story Macy contribute, all works bought for membership. The collection focuses on oils in the main room, with drawings etchings and photos elsewhere including quick sketches by Crane Moran Sarony and Graham for the KitKat visit to the Lotos.
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Miller
Joseph Jefferson
George Fawcett Rowe
Karnock
Whitelaw Reid
N. W. Kingsley
Moran
de Haas
the Harts
Whitridge
Chopin
Story
Macy
Bruce Crane
Edward Moran
Sarony
Charles Graham
KitKat
Lotos
Exterior University Club Portraits and Bohemian Members
An article describes the Exterior University Club with a rich collection of theatrical portraits and scrapbooks. It notes a blend of arts and business among members, informal welcomes, and symposiums in a cozy lower-floor setting. The club rents the Worth house, aims for a dedicated gallery and banqueting hall, and hosts dinners by figures like Chauncey Depew and Horace Porter. The New York Club similarly blends youth and dignity, with leadership changes and a prime Fifth Avenue Broadway frontage near Twenty-third Street.
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Nym Crinkle
Crao
Barrett
Raymond
Florence
Jefferson
Rowe
Bandmann
Mayo
Emmasse
Chauncey M. Depew
Horace Porter
L Fe
New York
Union
Barry Wall
Easil
James D. Smith
Worth House
Worth Monument
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
Third Street
Modern New York University Club Seeks Revival
A long, detailed chronicle of the New York University Club, its past glories, current conservatism, and plans to attract a youthful, fashionable membership. The piece describes the Jerome mansion on Milson Avenue, the club’s facilities including a private theatre, library, and billiard room, and notes notable debuts and notable members as it envisions renewed social prominence.
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Jeunesse Doree
Prichme
Yark
University Club
Fifth Avenue
A.T. Stewart
Jerome
Milson Avenue
Union League Club
Turf Clit
Centurions
East Fifteenth Street
University
Leonard Jerome
Nobel
Paris
Urian
Maude Granger
Ned Sothern
Elime
Calumet
Henry Irving
Joan D’axmee
Parrot and Chestnut Caption a City Spookshop Trick
A Baltimore scene recalls a green parrot in a cage shouting a shop phrase as an old apple woman hawks wares on Aliceanna Street near Hereaway. A gentleman strolling was amused and confused by the repeated yell Penackie and the unexpected sight, a parrot allegedly trained to lure customers.
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Aliceanna Street
Heeeaway
Deater
New Boston Music Publisher Releases New Week List
Messrs White Smith Co of Boston publish weekly music from stone engravings. For the week ending October 16 they list piano pieces such as German Love Songs Fairy Blooms on the Lake Down in Dixie Jy Pata Waltz and Irish Diamonds. Also noted are songs with piano, banjo and guitar arrangements and church music from Stearns Anthems. Prices range 25 to 75 cents. Names include Albert Hartman Downd Mattoon C A White Maury Mapes Dodge Moen Nailey J. Young George C Dobson Leo KR Lewis Bucalorsi Calixa Layal and A Krivee.
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Messrs. White, Smith & Co
Boston
United States
Albert Hartman
Mattoon
C. A. White
May Osilere
Willie Pape
Garry Owen
Jobolink
J. Young
Maury Mapes Dodge
Moen Nailey
C. J. Mertz
Spaulding
Alfred G. Robyn
Mabel Mazurka
George C. Dobson
D. Blake
George
Persley
Chures
Stearns
Leo KR. Lewis
Bucalorsi
Becinvers A. Krivee
St. and
Htamaty
Calixa Layal- Wessoussing
Uetx
Care for All and Doughnuts and Frosting Galore
A community paper showcases reader contributed cake recipes from New England, praising readers for loyalty and highlighting numerous cake and frosting instructions. The piece shares snippets from letters praising the recipe column and lists varied cake ideas, ingredients, and methods with place hints like Boston Salem Haverhill Roxbury and names such as Mrs Jane M and C. B. Haverhill, reflecting a broad domestic baking feature.
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Grose
New England
Tur Ghork
Tyler Street
Boston
One Eas Cake from Roxbury Recipe
A compact recipe card lists One Eas Cake ingredients: one cup sugar, butter the size of an age, one egg, one cup sweet milk, two and a half cups flour, half teaspoon salaratus, one teaspoon cream of tartar, lemon flavor, Roxbury.
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Verhil
Mrs. J
J. O. B Haverhill
GW. P. Spencer
Lynn
Caroline
Roxbury
Benrsa
Alice
Ayer
MES. L. M. H
Wakefield, Mes
C. M. BE
OM. B. Wakefield
St. Louis
C. M. Wakefield
Lost Gake Ever Made and Ribbon Cake Recipes
A vintage recipe fragment lists ingredients for Ribbon Cake and a plain cake called Lost Cake Ever Made by A.M. W. It provides measurements for butter sugar eggs milk flour cream of tartar soda and spices, with baking steps and assembly notes. The text reflects old kitchen lore and baking instructions from a historical newspaper clipping.
Recipes From An Experienced Cook Through The Years
A collection of durable recipes submitted by a seasoned cook who fed thousands. The lineup includes Wakefield cakes, Christmas doughnuts, light cream fillings, corn cake, and cream puffs with precise measures and steps for shaping baking sheets and fillings. The notes emphasize tested popularity and practical methods.
Washington's Big Sewer the Largest in the World
The Washington boundary sewer, begun in 1879, is described as the world's largest. It spans about three miles, with sections of egg shaped and barrel shaped design, underground 55 feet deep at Fifth Street East, and includes 177 miles of sewers citywide. The system, costing health gains, compares to international cities and features deep brick and concrete casings and long, expansive drainage to irrigation areas.
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Washington
Great Boundary
Fifth Street
Waethington
Baltimore
Erlin
Glasgow
Hamburg
London
Thames
Paris
Elpaaia
Walat
Maine
Miser Paine's Money and the Will Contest in New York
The preliminary witness examination in the estate dispute of Miser James H. Paine, who died December 23, centered on his wealth and rumored will. Witnesses Pierre and wife Luer recall Paine’s odd life, sparse income, and a final effort to secure a will, with heirs in Boston asserting claims while administrators search for a lost August 1885 document amid reports of a robbed trunk and scattered assets.
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New York
James H. Paine
Bar Association
West Twenty-ninth Street
Pierre Joseph Luer
Bleecker Street
Pierre Luer
James Henry Paine
Paine
Spring Street
No. 177
Laez
Lother
Taine
Lucr
Luer
John J. Wardwell
Hoe
Wardawell
Paint
Boston
Robert Treat Paine
Tie
Metropolitan Bank
Broadway
Apple and dairy markets in Albany weekly report
The weekly market report from October 18, 1836 notes heavy apple demand with varied prices for King and Baldwin varieties, plus strong butter receipts at 19,870 tubs and 1,095 boxes. Cheese, coal, beans, eggs, fish, flour, and fruit imports show steady activity, with prices held firm for many items and mixed day-to-day demand.
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Tim Tloxton
King
Baldwin
Hubbardstons
Fogl
Harvey
Doehoice
Darry
Franklin County
Vermont
Northern
Western
Welie
Lauis
Choice
New York
Lillesk
Liverpool
Eusure
Wranklin
Lehigh
Avor
Rio
Java
Maracaibo
Jamaica
Nearby
Cape
Aroostunk
Shore
Bay
Nova Scotia
Dry Bank
Pickte Enred Bank
New
Uc Komp
Michigan
Ohio
Rie Annast
Iibet
Wisconsin
Raisius
London
Muscatel
Sultana
Valencia
Carrrants
Citron
Legborn
Turkey
Enae
Livestock Market Totals for Brighton and Watertown Week
Weekly arrivals at Brighton and Watertown show cattle totals Western 1525 Eastern 200 Northern 61 percent. Sheep and lamb totals Western 6720 Eastern 6240 Northern 8804. Overall totals 20504 cattle and sheep plus 20802 swine and 766 veals. Beef cattle prices per hundred pounds ranged from 400 to 50. Hides and tallow prices listed for Brightontal.
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Brichton
Watertown
Brighton
Gloucester Fish Market Sees Strength Amid Active Sales
October 16 report from Giorosarrier notes strong demand across all fish kinds at Gloucester port. Mackerel sold in cargo lots with modest price gains. total arrivals for the day include codfish, hake, pollock, haddock, and salt fish. Prices and cask figures listed for various species, with fresh and salt fish markets remaining firm.
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Giororsarer
George
Grand Bans
Remaiua
Georges Coltiah
Gury
Haddock
Grandbank
Georges Boveless
Guss
Nova Scotia
Uekete Maeckerel
Block Laland
New York Markets Report on Prices and Commodities
Saturday market notes show dull trading with mixed shifts across cotton, wheat, corn, oats and rice. Cotton futures opened clearer, wheat dull with export demand, corn steady, oats uneven with options, and provisions rallying modestly. spirits turpentine and naval stores movements round out the day’s commodity picture in New York.
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Plour and
Me&al
Liverpool
Jno
Mtle
Gulta
Milwaukee
Duluth
Spot Corp
Gilige
Bailey
Canada
Bayley
Saka Vie Peliles
Isge
Rio
P. T. Rio
Bahia
Pernambuco
Bond and Stock Prices From 2 30 PM Listing
The page lists bid and asked prices for stocks and bonds across bonds and mining groups. It includes names like Eastern, Atch Pac, UnionPan, B&Q, Mex Cen, Loy C.B, and United States Lot with varied quotations. Also shows mining stocks such as MexCen and Atlantic, and a note on United States bonds opening bids for Saturday and today.
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Aared Roston Li
Ros & Me
Seby
Sk Ul Lee
Eastern
Aten
Atch Lg
Ata&Pac Fe
Susg
Loy C
NYN
B&q
Rudd Pet
UnionPan
KROS
Quincy
Enora
Amertell
ALTER
Newkugd
Batewell
United States
Pontes
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Pemple Adata
Israri
Rabbi Solomon Schindler
Free Wills Baptists
Bohemia
New York Club
Lotus Club
Henri Munger
Knickerbocker
Artemus Ward
Interior New York Club
Interior Lotos Club
Exterior University Club
Interior University Club
Sancay
Salem
Jane M
the Globe
GLOBE
Mamie L
Fairy Gingerbread
MES. W. J. W
C. B Haverhill
California
MR. Wakefield
Wakefield
Mars. C. M. EK
Mars
C. M
Field
C. M. BE. Wakefield
Washington’s
Miser Paine
Toms Western
Auioowke
Wiburg
Calcutia
Buenos Ayres
Rio Grande
Montevideo
Hebron
Virginia
Ubu
Jersey
West
Bash
Timothy
Weareth
Audee
Hyson
Young Hyson
Swankays
Conzon
Imperial
Sowchong
Boston Markets
Brighton Tiidea
Gloucester
Fisu Mabreet
NEW York Markets
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