Church Services and Activities Schedule
Advent Christian Church led by Rev. W. E. Odd with Sunday school at 10:30 a.m. and services through 7:30 p.m. First Congregational Church with Rev. H. A. Stevens holds morning and evening preaching and Sunday school. State Street Methodist Episcopal, First Baptist, St. Michael's, Trinity Episcopal, St. Mary's Catholic, and Y.M.C.A. offer varied services, masses, prayer meetings, and readings throughout the day.
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Advent Christian Church
W. E. Odd
First Congregational Church
H. A. Stevens
D. Moxley
State Street Methodist Episcopal Church
W. J. Smith
First Baptist Church
S. D. Moxley
St. Michael's Episcopal Church
G.L. Locke
Trinity Episcopal Church
Wm. R. Frotter
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Thurston hosts premier clambake at Point Pleasant
KE M Thurston gave a top clambake at Point Pleasant south Swansea on a Thursday last. The lake opened at 7 80 p m and offered all the usual shore dinner accompaniments and seasonal luxuries. Guests included Town Clerk H F Bennett and wife Mr and Mrs J W Buckwell Mr Benjamin McDougall among many other distinguished attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KE. M. Thurston
Point Pleasant
Swansea
H. F. Bennett
J. W. Buckwell
Benjamin McDougall
Lord's Prayer Continued on Temptation and Victory
The piece explains that God does not lead us into temptation but allows trials to test us. Temptation is not sin unless we yield to it, and overcoming it earns glory and reward. Deliverance from evil includes resisting spiritual enemies and avoiding willful seeking of danger.
Editors Beheaded in Pekin Echoes of China Violence
In a Pekin paper an announced execution of nineteen editors is reported while warnings about consumption spread. An advertisement for Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery claims to treat lung ailments and offers a testimonial from W C Rogers MD describing recovery from consumption and lung hemorrhages.
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Dr. Pierce
Stamps
Laylayette Co
Arkansas
R. V. Pierce
F. A. Cleary
W. C. Rogers
M. D
Little Dirty Face Poem About a Child's Pure Soul
A compact verse celebrates a young maid called Little Dirty Face. The speaker notes superficial dirt cleans easily with scrubbing, while the child’s dimples and tender eyes reveal deeper affection. The mood shifts to praise her pure soul beyond the surface dirt.
How to Make a Ball From Cork and Rag
A simple boy’s craft describes slicing a cork to marble size and wrapping it with rag strands to form a ball. Covering with cloth or a sister’s crewels completes the project, using wool to fashion quartered panels and a sewn edge for a serviceable, costless ball.
Queen Adds Historic Bassinet to Princess Victoria’s Layette
The near baby prince receives a bassinet newly described as covered with white satin and a horizon lace veil. A silver plate inscription notes the bassinet was made for Princess Victoria Royal in 1840 and used by all her majesty's children, later given to the Duchess of York in 1964.
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England
Victoria Royal
Duchess of York
Dorothy and Grandmamma Talk Amid Baby Chat
A lighthearted exchange shows Dorothy scolding Grandmamma during a singing moment as Mrs Jets and Mrs Drew observe. The notice shifts to Sydney University granting women equal provisions as men, and the Denver Republican Clubs urging study on woman suffrage, reflecting progressive attitudes.
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Dorothy
Westminster
League of Republican Clubs
Denver
Union
Administrator's Sale of Bristol Estate Real Estate
The administrator of Mai n Bosworth's estate, under a court decree dated August 6, 18%, will offer at public auction on September 1 at 10 a.m. two parcels of real estate in Bristol Rhode Island with buildings. The parcels are described by bounds along Cemetery Lane and adjacent lands, conveying the property once owned by the deceased. The sale includes additional land bounded by Jeremiah Bosworth Herman Kemp and Frederic F. Gludding, as recorded in the respective deeds. Conditions revealed at sale time.
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Court of Probate
Bristol
Rhode Island
Main
Bosworth
Cenctery Lane
Allen Munro
Jeremiah Bosworth
John B. Pearce
said @rix.ol
Jeremih Bosworth
Said Jeremiah
Herman Kemp
Frederic F. Gludding
Charles Maytum
Lyman HB. Bosworth
Woman's World: Women Face Employment Struggles in 19th Century Aid
The article highlights difficulties for women seeking work despite new avenues. It cites a 35-year-old nurseable woman in Boston, the value of specialty skills like typewriting and stenography, and the need for courage to pursue fresh ideas, tutoring, and crafts. It mentions ads for boarding and teaching, and notes opportunities in English papers, agriculture, and dressmaking schools. It closes with a description of an Australian girls’ college hall in Sydney and student accommodations.
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Cipeimmati
Boston
Moore
England
R. M. Armstrong
Cumberland County Council
New York City
Paris
Pratt
Baltimore
Brooklyn Eagle
Growth of Women’s Higher Education in New South Wales
The article traces reforms granting women equal access to the university in 1881, the 1884 extension act, and the 1887 plan to open a dedicated women’s residential college. Miss Louisa Macdonald leads as principal at Glebe Point, with £10,000 raised and ongoing construction praised for climate suitability and student welfare.
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Sydney University
New South Wales
Louisa Macdonald
London
University College
Glebe Point
Sydney
Open Air Advice for Children’s Summer Sleep and Health
The New York Dispatch notes guidance on keeping children outdoors in warm months. It recommends sleeping in modern perambulators with sun protection, white linen sunbonnets, and flannel under hats. Avoid overheating by avoiding profuse sweating and using outdoor tents for rest and meals.
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London
New York Dispatch
Empress Elizabeth Saves Child With Umbrella Relic Stamp
The Empress Elizabeth spent days at Lintz and helped a peasant girl during a rain by sharing her umbrella. She gave the child a gold handled umbrella, sparking wonder about wealth, and the scene left the umbrella as a sacred relic in the peasant home. Mrs. M. French-Sheldon sails for London to Africa to aid colonization plans near the Tuba river.
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Elizabeth of
Austria
Lintz
Wating
Windlingen
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