Church Service Listings for Fletcher M E and Others
Church schedule list shows Fletcher M E Church with Sunday School at 9 30 Preaching at 10 30 Junior League 2 30 Epworth League 6 00 Preaching 7 00 Mid week Prayer Meeting Thursdays Choir Fridays Bible School 9 45 Meeting for Worship 11 00 Junior C E 2 00 Y P Ss C E 6 30 Gospel Service 7 30. East Street Church of Christ holds 30 a m and 7 p m on alternate Sundays with choir Fridays. Wesleyan Methodist outlines Sundays 9 45 Sabbath School 9 45 and 2 P M Sabbath. alternates preaching 10 30 and 7 00. midweek prayer Thursdays. pastors named including Omar Hufford F R Eddy and Abram Cottman.
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Epworth
Bible School
Chas. O. Whitely
Omar Hufford
Abram Cottman
They Appeal to Our Sympathies
An old advertisement extols Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as remedies for biliousness and dyspepsia. It claims the tablets invigorate the stomach and liver and strengthen the bowels, with sale noted by M. A. McClain.
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Chamberlain
M. A. McClain
Reunions Highlight Andrews Raiders Pledge at Chickamauga Park
Survivors of Andrews Raiders to attend regimental reunions September 17 to 19 at Chickamauga Park and Chattanooga. The group will visit Union Depot Chattanooga with Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway transport arranged for attendees from distant areas. The event recalls the April 12, 1862 engine General incident and marks a notable wartime episode with multiple named survivors and officers listed in attendance plans.
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Chickamauga Park
Chattanooga
Andrews
Union
Nashville, Chattanooga
Alanta
Willem J. Knight
Company EK
Olio
Don Ek. Porter
Windfall
Ind
Wilson W. Grown
Twenty-First
Binfield
Mick
Daniel A Dorsey
Thirty-Third Ohio
Okla Jacob Parrott
Kenton
Company
Thirty Third Ohio
Wiliam Beusinger
McComb C
Wooas Butler
Atiaeha
Anthony Murphy
Monument Honors Andrews Raiders After Civil War Train Raid
The pursuit of the raiders who hijacked the locomotive General and burned railroad bridges near Ringgold and Graysville ended with captures and executions. Eighteen men faced military trials. eight were executed in Atlanta, six paroled to City Point, and eight escaped. Monuments at Chickamauga Park and Nashville-Chattanooga line commemorate the raid and the General’s capture. The surviving raiders built a monument in the park featuring a miniature General on top.
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Jeff Cain
Anthony Murphy
Western
Atlantic
Fuller
Murphy
Cain
Etowah
Yonah
Ringgold
Graysville
Chickamauga
Atlanta
City Point
Western & Atlantic
Ohio
Kentucky
Smith
Steve Stokely
Peter Bracken
F. Cox
A. Martin
H. Laney
Andrews
Chickamauga National Park
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Touis Railway
Electric Bitters Promoted For Stomach Liver Kidney Cure
Public is aroused to the curative merits of Electric Bitters the great medicinal tonic for sick stomach liver and kidneys Mary H Walters of 546 St Clair Ave Columbus Ohio testifies after months of illness she found relief and was cured Guaranteed at McClain's drug store price 50c
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Mary H. Walters
St. Clair Ave
Columus
McClain’s
The Phenix Legend and its Eternal Cycle
A historic account explains the phenix as a royal bird of beauty and varied plumage. It renews every 500 to 600 years, dies on a scented funeral pyre, born from ashes as a youth again, and offers a fragrant ball to the sun god in Sidtopolis. The temple priests mark cycles of 500 or 6300 years.
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Sidtopolis
Lower
Egypt
Memoir of Me Lawyers and Card Tables Across Time
A garbled Times of India quotation reflects on the glory days of gambling at cards with General Scott and wealth. It notes a 120 600 stake won at whist and a single coup yielding £11 000. The passage laments excesses and hints at sober conduct and restraint.
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Pvrivli Society
Scott
Sober
Hazard
Times of India
Bombay
Women Temperament Debate Sparks Brief Comment
A clipped note discusses the idea that women are generally more tempered than men, noting caveats about self restraint and emotional control while acknowledging variation across individuals. The fragment hints at social observations from London and mentions nerves and temper in everyday settings.
Proportions in Greek Architecture and the Modular System
The Greeks used fixed proportional modules to relate edifice parts. Using Paestum as an example, the module equals the mean radius of a column, here three feet, and all dimensions scale as multiples of this module. Different orders vary the module, with Doric columns ranging ten to twelve modules and Ionic from sixteen to twenty one, while entablatures differ by three to four modules.
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Paestum
Oldest Hotel in the United States Stands in Phoenix
The article notes Phenix Arizona houses the country’s oldest hotel, built in the 17th century by Spaniards near the Palacio del Gobernador. The adobe structure later served as a fort after 1681 uprisings, hosting scouts and famous figures like Custer Fremont Sheridan Pike Buffalo Bill among others in its historic taproom.
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St. Augustine
United States
Arizona
Phenix
Custer
John C. Fremont
Phil Sheridan
Zebulon Pike
Buffalo Bill
Wassailing Apple Trees In English Somerset
An old custom in parts of Somerset shows wassailing of apple trees. A procession to an orchard follows a hearty farm meal with noise making guns. The master carries a light, toast and plenty of cider are shared. Toast is placed in the branches and robins are honored.
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England
Somerset
Tom Lloyd
London
Sit Up Straight and Keep Upright While Studying
Advice on posture from a historical source urges straightening the back and avoiding hunching over. It suggests using a lower chair, trimming chair legs, and resting forearms on the table to reduce curvature, aiming to improve reading and writing position.
National anthems vary in length across nations
National airs vary in length from fourteen bars for God Save the King to seventy six bars for Siam and seventy bars for Uruguay. The Russian hymn is sixteen bars and Hail Columbia has twenty eight bars. San Marino has the beepest national bytan except that of China.
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Columbia
Siam
Uruguay
Chile
San Marino
China
Clever Plan At A Musical Party Reveals Deaf Guest
A guest recounts a silver tongue party plan where a woman who injured her front teeth could not smile openly. She chose to reveal she was deaf and enjoyed music while staying silent, asking hosts to tell others the reason.
Fragmentary Doctor-Well Exchange From Punch Cartoon
A clipped dialogue from a Punch cartoon depicts Doctor and John in distress. John laments his heavy burden and asks for Providence or a physician's care, while another line hints at voluntary ignorance being criminal per Johnson.
A Very Careful Woman at Lord Eldon's Estate
An anecdote from R H Barham recalls Lady Eldon and her daughter sharing one bonnet. It recounts Lord Eldon's fondness for shooting and how his wife had Bob the pony shod and then unshod, keeping the shoes in her bureau to curb expenses, warning that such frugality could ruin them.
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Eldon
R. H. Barham
Ingoldsby
Catching a Loon Recalls Laurentian Summer Trek
Graham West recounts a July catch of a young northern diver in the Laurentians. He describes loon nesting on small lake islands, the bird’s small size, and the paddling chase that ended with releasing the exhausted loon after mother loon circled the canoe.
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Graham West
Laurentians
That Door Key Habit Reveals His Route
A New York Post excerpt notes how men often grab their latch keys as soon as they enter their block, not waiting to reach their own door. The dialogue shows street observations about behavior and recognition on a city block.
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Capa
New York Post
Bee Comb Wax Made by Bees From Sugar Diet
Bee comb or beeswax is the wax produced by a chemistry system in the bees abdomen. It forms the honey cells in the hive. Recent experiments show bees can elaborate this wax even on a saccharine diet, contrary to old belief that it came in pure from flowers.
How He Got the Moon by John Henry Maedler
The astronomer John Henry Maedler, obsessed with the moon, sought Frau Witte's model of the moon for years. After marrying her daughter due to her husband’s presence, he finally obtained the coveted model when his mother-in-law died.
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John Henry Maedler
Frau Witte
A Lesson Wasted Portrait Scene with a Child
A mother lectures her son about martyrs and sacrifice. The boy interrupts with a child’s blunt observation about a lion behind them, noting the animal will not get any. The exchange reveals a mix of solemn instruction and innocent humor in a domestic moment.
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Joe
Notice Across Beach Warns Passersby of Drowning Risk
On a beach near an English town a sign nailed to a post warned: Any person passing beyond this point will be drowned by order of the magistrate. The eerie notice invokes legal authority to deter trespass along the shore.
Parried. Young Husband and Wife Revisit Vows
A playful exchange centers on reuniting a couple in a lighthearted scene. The husband hints at renewing vows while the wife reacts with affection, turning the moment into a joking promise of renewed marriage joy.
Put Himself In Pawn by Name of Cooke
The actor George Frederick Cooke, stuck by a creditor in New York, offered to be pawned for $500. He led the way to a pawnbroker and asked to be locked in a closet with the ticket. The plan succeeded. Cooke woke sober and prepared to perform for his audience once released.
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George Frederick Cooke
New York
Cooke
Rebecca Larding Davis
Saturday Evening Post
First Sugar Canes and Sugar History Brief
Arrian notes sap from reeds thick with honey taste. Seneca warns sugar may ruin teeth. Nearchus claims Alexander the Great introduced sugar cane to West. Cane moved to Sicily in 148 and to Spain two years later. 1508 seeds reach West Indies. modern industry grows. World sugar consumption 5,107,000 tons in 1893.
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Arrian
Red Sea
Seneca
Chambers
Cordoba
B. C
India
Nearchus
Alexander the Great
Sicily
Spain
West Indies
London Economist
Luxuries of Rural Life Reflect City Comforts
A St Louis Republic commentary notes rural towns rapidly adopting city conveniences through investments and improvements. It argues the era of luxury reaches farms and isolated farmhouses, with urban comfort now available in country homes despite size differences.
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St. Louis Republic
Why They Have No Hats at Bluecoat School
A New York Times note recounts Christchurch hospital boys at the bluecoat school in England who go hatless to favor hair growth. The tale says a visit by a proud Elizabeth triggered hat removal and a lifelong vow of no hats.
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Bluecoat
Christchurch Hospital
England
Elizabeth
New York Times
Do whiskers grow faster in hot weather
Barbers report faster whisker growth in hot weather with about a 20 percent rise in barber business during extreme heat. Men who shave every other day versus daily see the effect, though barbers find the hotter season makes shaving brisk but less satisfactory for both barber and client.
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Kansas City Journal
Keeping Up Appearances in London Society
The Ladies Field laments vast London spending on appearances. Hosts lavishly entertain in large houses with imposing carriages and many staff while daughters lack 5 shillings for essentials, forced to budget every item such as evening gloves.
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London
The Waterproof Face Describes London Weather Grief
Tam argues that dull skies wind chills and fogs give English people a waterproof look. He says the heaviness of leaden fog creates a firmament over faces, making many resemble incarnate umbrellas in London.
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Tam
London
Insolvent Wealth and Sharp Banter in a Landlady’s Dialog
A witty exchange shows a wealthy man described as insolvent by his books while a boarder quips about a ten cent diet and a pudding receipt. The landlady retorts she’d rather be paid for past board, highlighting frugal humor over misfortune.
That girl has an unfortunate idea of repartee
A Washington Star quotation notes Miss Cayenne commenting on a young woman’s sharp talk and the misperception of wit. The remark frames witty banter as mere hurtful cleverness rather than genuine wit.
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Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Five Men And a Bank Robbery Stuns Poolsville
A 1905 Poolsville bank, Verndon and Small of the western state, appears safe but secretly crumbles as son William and partner tempt fate. A Chicago pair plot a heist, lure by the vault. After tying the three insiders and taking $25,600, the robbers release them and depart. The next morning news of a major bank robbery shocks the state.
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Verndon & Small
Poolsville
Small
William
Verndon
Chicago
Mike
New York
Jimmy
Mr. Small
Vernion
White
Mr. Verndon
Europe
Bill
Rock of Gibraltar
George
Vicarious Punishment in Mexico Earthquake Tale
An American mother living in Mexico recounts punishing a son after a nap when an earthquake struck. She awakened to banging, spanked the culprit while the other protested, only to realize she was punishing for an earthquake. Apologies followed with candy and affection, but earthquakes remain unpopular in that household.
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Mexico
How Sea Birds Quench Thirst at Sea
Sea birds meet thirst from falling rains and fat and oil in their prey. They chase rain squalls, scent storms miles away, and swoop to drink water as it descends. They also follow ships for scraps of fat and can fast for days or weeks, relying on fat and oil and occasional rain.
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J.T. Scull
East Street
Church OF Christ
Wesleyan Methodist
F. R. Eddy
Mount Pleasant
Chatanooga
Ique
Ananias
Apil
W. A
Teft
Sia Origade Matereli
Dae J Avirens- Acer
Ynee
Adel
Lise Press
THE
Johnson
Lady Eldon
Kate
K. A. Whitehead
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