Various Oddities in 19th Century Reports
A misfit report covers a New York beggar school paying pupils one dollar daily with a four dollar daily cap, a Missouri hound shipped to Kansas then returning home 560 miles by an unknown road, Mexico’s nine year growth in revenue exports factories and banking capital, and King Hirai’s transition from Buddhist priest to Unitarian Association of Japan after meetings in Boston.
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Ag Ranch
Kansas
Mexico
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Capitaim
Ev. Kinga Hirai
Cruitartan Association
Boston
Chicano Congress of Religions
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Unitarian Association of Japan
Oldest Philadelphia businessman Frederick Fraley turns 60
Frederick Fraley, longtime president of a savings bank, celebrated his 60th birthday. He has been active in business eighty years and still goes to his office daily, though his eyesight has lately begun to fail while his other faculties remain strong. He helped lay the cornerstone of a national arsenal as a boy alongside President Monroe.
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T'hifla-delphia
Frederick Fraley
Siie
Fraley
Monroe
Oan Parsenal
Philadelphia
Pat
Spirits Shipment Sparks Nigerian Trade Concerns
A Hamburg correspondent reports a British steamer sailing for Lagos with 1600 tons of spirits aboard including bad gin and worse rum destined for southern Nigeria. A second vessel with nearly double that amount is said to be en route. The trade is described as controlled by a few large English and German firms.
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Africa
Hamburg
Lagos
Nigeria
New Through-Lake Ship Aims at Mixed Water Trade
A new vessel under construction on the lakes promises 2500 ton cargo capacity and a cost of 150000 dollars. It is designed for both salt and fresh water and could move goods from lake points to foreign ports.
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Mississippi
Great
Canada
United States
What a Wife is Worth in Divorce Cases
Dr Jennie Lozier notes the value a wife provides in marriage can influence divorce outcomes. A New Jersey case shows a wife tallying services as cook maid waitress seamstress and overseer worth 18 720 over 1946 weeks, prompting the husband to relent. Lozier estimates the typical home service value around 1600 yearly.
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Jennie Lozier
Dr. Lazier
New Jersey
Lesier
The Jap Invasion Threat to Pacific Coast Exposed
A clipped wartime note says during the last year 25 000 Japanese landed in the Hawaiian Islands and this year another 25 000 are expected to reach the Pacific coast if the movement continues.
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Hawaiian Islands
Pacific Coast
Japanese Immigration Sparks National Debate on Threats and Policy
The piece warns of a surge of Japanese laborers settling in coastal cities, forming colonies similar to Chinatowns, with concerns about crime and social impact. It notes diplomatic sensitivity, citing President, Secretary Hay, and Secretary Gage, and stresses the open door policy and careful regulation to avoid Japan-US tensions.
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Hay
Gage
United States
Japan
Washington
Garden of Eden location sparks debate among scholars
The Garden of Eden location is debated with theories placing it in Java India and other regions. Major Powell argues a global ancestral distribution while Gill favors India aided by a fossil find. both acknowledge uncertainty about the missing link and origin of humanity.
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Garden of Eden
Java
J. W. Powell
Bureau of Ethnology
Washington
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Garden
Aden
Hfe
Theodore Gill
National Academy of Science
India
Africa
Jesus the Man of Sorrow Sermon on Relief from Worries
Dr. Talmage's British tour concluded and he departs for Norway and Russia. His discourse urges believers to tell Jesus in all griefs and temptations, notes John the Baptist's death at Herod's hands, and emphasizes Christ's omnipotence to deliver and comfort the afflicted.
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England
Scotland
Norway
Russia
Jesus
Herod
John the Baptist
Christ
Hon
Sre
John
Valley of Shadows
Tell Jesus and think of eternal destiny
The text urges trust in the Lord, tells of going to Jesus for pardon, and promises joy and forgiveness. It contrasts this with Xerxes weeping for fallen millions, reflecting on immortality and the brevity of life. It ends by invoking a poet about life’s brief span.
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Jesus
Xerxes
Debunking “Extreme Poverty” Claim About Dixie Composer
A reader in Mount Vernon contests a Critic note that Daniel Emmett, composer of Dixie, lives in extreme poverty. He states Emmett, 85, is comfortably settled there and not close to death, detailing Emmett’s Ohio birth, Southern heritage, and long career with Bryant Minstrels including how Dixie was created and widely popularized.
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Julia Marlowe
Barbara Frietche
Daniel Emmett
West
T. Griffith Ames
Mount Vernon
Ohio
Dan
Emmett
Dixie
Daniel D. Emmett
Staunton
Fredericktown
Frederick City
Barbara Sketchie
New York City
Bryant Minstrels
Jerrie Bryant
Bryant
Dixie’s Land
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