Mormon Endowment Rites Exposed as Secretive Ceremonies
Aardvark compilation recounts alleged Mormon Endowment House rites, detailing reception robes, oil anointing, and celestial names, followed by staged Eden scenes, oaths against revealing rites, and sealing practices tied to Joseph F. Smith and minister Daniel Wells. The account portrays ritual secrecy, penalties for disclosure, and the alleged governance by church authorities within a walled Temple block, with vivid descriptions of garments and symbolic trials.
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United States
Joseph Smith
Tabernacle
New Temple
Heaven
Sarah
Elohim
Jehovah
Michael
Garden of Eden
Garden O Eden
Adam
God
Eden
Peter
James
John
Melchieldek
Joseph F. Smith
Daniel Wells
Faro Bill's Sermon Sparks Shootout at Tent Rumble
Faro Bill delivering a dramatic sermon in a Wyoming Territory tent leads to a violent clash when a heckler challenges his preaching. Guns fire as bystanders fall, many wounded and dead, and rough justice ends the meeting with a doxology promised.
Quote on domestic obedience and divine authority cited
A fragment discusses gender roles with a claim that a husband holds religious authority over his wife. It asserts she must yield obedience and that the husband, as a god to her, embodies spiritual power. The speaker adds that binding on earth aligns with heavenly binding, sealing the man and woman.
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Earth
Prevost the Unmasked Assassin in Paris Murder Twist
In eighteenth arrondissements a former guard Prevost killed dealer Lenoble, cut the body into pieces, hid fragments in drains, and planned the crime after a staged meeting. The confession followed a dramatic police meeting with Mme Thierry who cried out C est Vassassin. Prevost, long in police service, is jailed at Mazas.
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Prom
Billior
Grand Imperiale
Centgarde
Thierry
Rue Dugue
la Onapeile
Colligion
Prevost
Lenobie
Lenoble
Mazas
la Chapelle
Actor Macauley’s faux annihilator fools Pioche fighter
On a Virginia train Monday morning Mr. Macauley showed a stranger his stage prop annihilator. The man, Pat Holland of Pioche, admired the weapon and offered to buy it, believing it real, before Macauley revealed it’s only a harmless prop. The confrontation ended with a surprised departure.
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The
Virginia Chronicle
Macauley
Pioche
Pat Holland
New York
A& 1B
Mr. Holland
Moses
Cheap Cotton by Free Labor and the South's Wealth
A New York Herald correspondent surveys 1861 pamphlet themes on cheap labor and slavery, noting 1870s to 1879 cotton yields by free labor, economic value of cotton, and the potential power of freed workforce. It contrasts slave era costs with modern agrarian efficiency, discusses global cotton markets, and argues for peaceful southern progress under free labor. The piece also includes unrelated narrative excerpts about animals and memory.
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New York Herald
South
Poor Tray A Ladys's Tribute to a Dog
A writer praises a Newfoundland and a silk haired dog from Cardiff, recalling silent language and canine affection. The correspondent describes glimpses of the animal’s emotions, dreams, and comic devotion, noting how the dog anticipates treats and responds to commands with apparent understanding.
Newport Bigamist Ava Lone Prompts Prosecution and Panic
In Newport, Gaetano Avalone, an Italian-born musician and barber, is identified as a serial bigamist with at least two wives in Rhode Island. His second wife already knows of the first, a Providence visitor seeks action, and threats escalate as police prepare for possible arrest amid a looming legal clash between Miss Sharkey and the other wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Providence Journal
Gaetano Avalone
Newport
Kailao
Icaly
Resent
Avalone
Whallie
Fort Adams
Shay
Fifth Artillery Band
Sarah Sharkey
Perriere
Percy
Italy
Particulara
Avalona Waspola
Bextu
Providence
Lwo
Wife No
Gilpim
Fenday
Miss Sharkey
Alvowether
Luno
Providance
Lesuail
Avvions
Enormous eagle attacks child near Beaver Bay Minn
A seven foot eagle harassed August Burr and his sisters as they played near their Lake County home. The boy retrieved a butcher knife and wounded the eagle’s legs, prompting a neighbor to shoot the bird. The child was badly scratched but not seriously hurt.
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Beaver Bay
Lake County
Minn
Datuth Tribune
C. Wieland, Esq
August Burr
Engle
Oue
Litule August
Joe Betzler
Fragmented vent of a tense street scene and a Memphis crime tale
A chaotic scene unfolds in a sample-room with a tramp, a bartender, and a satire of literary references as a loud exchange occurs over edible tubes and pie. The text shifts to a brutal Memphis crime report from October 21 describing a flatboat raid by a group of Negroes who killed the man, ravished his wife and children, and left him for dead, with pursuers in pursuit.
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Pias
Memphis
Johnson
Fearful Marine Disaster Aboard the Louisa H
Seventeen of forty two crew members perish when the Spanish steamer Pajaro del Oceano is destroyed by fire off the Old Bahama Channel while en route from Havana to Neovitas. The Louisa H rescues seventeen, including Captain Diaz and two mates. Survivors report burning, injuries, exhausting exposure, sharks sighted, and a sinking vessel after a four hour blaze. Pajaro owned by R Herrera of Havana and formerly Niagara between New York and Havana.
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New Orleans
Port Eads
Bahama Channel
Havana
Diaz
Neovitas
Bahama Straits
Paredon
Abas
Ashark
R. Herrera
Not Guilty Verdict in Blair Case Shocks Newark Crowd
In Newark the Blair case jurors returned a verdict of acquittal after ninety seven hours deliberation. The courtroom buzzed with anticipation as Judge Depue awaited the jury and Blair’s family watched anxiously. Foreman announced the verdict amid applause that quickly died as the judge discharged Blair.
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New York
Blair
Newark
New Jersey
Mansinnguver
Joseph A. Blair
Depue
Meeker
Litsworth
Sheri Davis
Sheryf
Ria
Doremus
Foreman
Blairwave
Titsworth
Living Wonder of Marion A Boy With a Broken Neck
The Wytheville Enterprise reports in Marion a boy with a broken neck kept alive by iron and steel braces that hold the head in place. The device, set years ago after the accident, supports life and allows speech when intact. The boy, ten or twelve, is described as a remarkable case witnessed by visiting southern parents.
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Marion
Marton
Jonathan at the Gymnase Pokes Fun With Yankee Wealth
The Paris Gymnase presents Busy Jonathan a new Goudmet comedy about a Yankee merchant named Carpet who fortunes by charging high interest. His nephew plans to win a French merchant’s daughter through Jonathan’s ruse, leading to mistaken love and a comic wedding aftermath. St Germain shines in a vivid performance, while Sarah Bernhardt comments on tours and the star system. Levy discusses a long career from Britain to America, detailing concerts and lip injuries, ending with festival crowds.
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Jonathan
Paris
M. Goudmet
New York
St. Germain
Capita
Joe Jefferson
Brice
Sarah
Sarah Bernhardt
New York Herald
Jarrett
Society of the Comedie Francaine
America
London
Shakspere
Ophelia
Romeo
Prince of Wales
Agay
Marguerite Gauthier
Mons. Levy
Lake
Australia
Ming
Grenadier Guards
Dan Godfrey
Pringcess
L'Ventre
Fechter
Moral Hall
Covent Garden
Crystal Palace
Sydenham
England
Alfred Mellon
Crysal Palace
Mellon
Albert Hall
Crystal Palaces
Philharmonic
Parepa
Bateman
Paria Unl
Parepaltoea
James Tisk, Jr
Bana
Kuesis
Grand Duke
Alexis
Eingland
Mesare
Sbook
P. 5
Gilmore
Anatralia
Coney Island
Stave
Pennsylvania
At -Rystal Palace
The Spanish Living and Dying Castilian Days
The piece portrays Castilian domestic life and death rituals in Spain. It notes a mild, paternal authority at home, marital silence, and avoidance of public separation. It highlights Spanish customs surrounding funerals, mourning houses, and the lingering echoes of love amid grief.
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Spain
Madrid
Paris
Brother Talmage Outwitted in Bristol Lecture Bid
The great American orator, upon arriving in England, agreed to lecture in Bristol for £40. A fraudulent sixpence appeared on the letter, then Dr Wal Mage demanded £50 with immediate reply. The quick answer simply read Come. A later note claimed many inquiries for his services would require at least £60, and he arrived to roars of laughter.
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Talmage
England
Bristol
Walmage
Outwitted minister accepts reduced pay during lecture
A lecturer, praised by popular ministers, finds cash handed to him is 40 pounds instead of 60. He protests but, after inspecting the stamped agreement, realizes he was misled and must accept the 40 pounds. The incident highlights faulty handling of payment expectations.
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Uyoo
Dr. Talmage
Mayor Kalloch Defends Course At San Francisco Benefit
Metropolitan Temple packed for Dr. Kalloch’s first public appearance since the De Young assassination attempt. He denounced municipal corruption and warned he would fight back, saying he risked death to finish the discussion and would strike back on the enemy’s ground with their own weapons.
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San Francisco
Kalloch
Meyer-Sied
Lig
Charles de Young
Chronicle
Kalioch
Tessid
Thall
Guilty Verdict for Bank President Amid Scandal
Montreal October 20. Sir Francis Inks, president of the Consolidated Bank, and directors indicted for misrepresenting bank standing to Parliament, found guilty. He remains on bail awaiting sentence. directors’ trials to follow. Sir Francis, 75, faces loss of imperial pension tied to former governorship of Barbados amid public sympathy.
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Mia Cashier
Montreal
Sir Francis Iincks
Consolidated Bank
Sir Francis
Sir Brands
Barbadoes
After the Scalp A Disappointed Thief and His Victim
A Boston crowd witnessed a braiding theft last Friday after Miss Helen Potter's Preludes. A South Boston resident on Horticultural Hall steps felt hair pulled, later learned her dark brown braid had been cut near the head. The thief vanished in the crowd. no description or clues were seen.
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Helen Potter
South Boston
Horticultural Hall
Ae the Ping
Prodigy Anne Maria Seburman and a Lawyered Estate
A collection of anecdotes on prodigious child Anne Maria Seburman who mastered languages, sciences, and arts by age twelve, described alongside news from New York where James Taylor’s estate, once valued over 500000, shrinks under heavy litigation to under 15000 and objections arise to the receiver’s accounting. A Brooklyn coroner’s jury also urges limits on fireworks after a fatal sky rocket incident.
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Chambers’ Journal
Anne Maria Seburman
Germany
New York
James Taylor
Henry Bentley
Laura Taylor
Brooklyn
Jennings
Lounsbury Indicted for First Degree Murder of Husband
Mary E. Lounsbury faces a first degree murder indictment from a grand jury for killing Rev. Dexter A. Lounsbury at Stratford on September 24. The defendant is in custody with counsel and awaiting trial, which has not yet been set.
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Bridee Pokr
Mary E. Lounsbury
Dexter A. Lounsbury
Strapford
Mrssbury
Reece
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New York Sun
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