Outrage on the Sea Seizure of American Schooners by Russians
Report of 16 American sealing schooners from Pearl River reaching Victoria with their captains aboard. Russian authorities seized the ships and detained crews near Copper Island, forcing signings and sending several to Vladivostok. Marines guarded prisoners as crews faced confinement and possible punishment.
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Majestic
Perlveki
Victoria
He Osan
Ariel
Willie McGowan
C. H. White
San Francisco
Copper Island
Tao
Eabraka
Beion Island
Petropavlovski
Seria
Seabraka Slais
Russia
Demarka
Vladivostock
York
Hamburg
Swinburne Island
Elf
Dr.Talmage
Shiele
Planting Fruit Trees Prompt Care With Roots
The piece urges planters to favor trees with two or three old active roots over a mass of annual fibrous roots. Dense fiber masses hinder soil contact with real roots and decay early, creating a vacuum. Pack earth tightly around energetic roots and avoid surrounding small fibers, especially with evergreens like hemlock and spruce.
Markets Update from Indianapolis Prices in Grain Fruits and Veg
Market brief from Indianapolis dated Sept 3 1893 lists Wheat No 2 red at 7.5c No 3 7c wagon price 7. Ed Corn No 1 white 51c etc with several white and yellow varieties. Oats No 2 white 36c No 3 white 35c No 2 mixed 32 1/2c. Hay prices range from 6.50 to 14.00 per ton. Fruits and vegetables include cucumbers at 0c a dozen watermelons 0.15 per 100 peas and beans 2.50 to 3.00 tomatoes 1 per crate onions 12c per dozen apples Green 39.3 25 cabbage 1 box New potatoes 1.4.50 eggplant 1.50.
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Timothy
Soerneasben
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
New York
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Clery Toledo
Detroit
oGs
G.S
Wings of Seraphs Lift Humility and Reverence
Sermon recounts Isaiah vision of seraphs with six winged forms and fiery wings. Preacher urges humility before God and urges believers to move swiftly on spiritual wings toward Christ, contrasting reverence with irreverent attitudes and the call to heavenly ascent.
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Talmage
English Midland Counties
Twain
Uzziah
Isaiah
Christ
Bympathetic Exchange Between Two Men on a Fall
Dennis speaks to Mike after he has fallen from a fourth floor ledge. Mike responds with a faint agreement as Dennis expresses relief and faith in divine aid.
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Dennis
Mike
Pennsylvania
Oregon
Maine
United States
Jack
Clara
Chicago News
Miss de Trop
Chicago
Indians in United States Read English and Languages
A report notes more than 28 000 Indians in the United States can read English and over 10 percent can read Indian languages, highlighting literacy across communities.
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United States
Ethiopian Eunuch Baptized After Isaiah Fulfillment
In Acts chapter 8 Philip guides an Ethiopian official reading Isaiah. The Spirit directs Philip to join the chariot, explain Jesus, and baptize the believer who proclaims faith in Christ. Philip continues preaching along the coast to Azotus and Caesarea.
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Philip
Crane Cogan
Jerusal
Gaza
School
Ethiopia
Candace
Jerusalem
Esaias
Jesus
Jesus Christ
God
Azotus
Cesarea
Judea
Mediterranean
Samara
Simon Magus
Egypt
Nubia
Sennar
Ferdofan
Abyssinia
Pharoh
Cesar
Isaiah
Ashdod
Ekron
Rama
Joppa
Lydda
Caesarea
Syrian
Mount Carmel
Christ
Miscellaneous notes of odd facts and curiosities
A long list of quirky items from newspapers notes about bees in dark colors tobacco use blue eyes and color blindness, theaters in Philadelphia, a five hundred pound meteorite, coin values, a nine foot Brunswick skeleton, the Carlton Club in London, a New Yorker clock with 34000 wood pieces, petrified butterflies in Jasper county, and other varied bits. It mentions Dante at Oxford, elms struck by lightning, a 75 year old voter in Tennessee, a rattlesnake in Indian Territory, Chang tu Ling the Chinese giant, and many more miscellaneous tidbits.
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Philadelphia
California
North d
Wis
Brunswick
Carlton Club
London
Jasper County
Missouri
New Bedford
Mass
Oxford University
Gladstone
Dante
Carthage
N. Y
Fisher Crotzer
Montgomery County
Tennessee
Marshal Lindley
McAlester
I. T
Chang-tu-Ling
New York
J. M. Barrie
Spain
Sears
How to Become Famous in Congress
A colleague recalls Bailey from Texas asking how to gain fame in Congress. The judge says the answer is to ride a hobby, a tale shared as Bailey’s early political ambition is contrasted with references to Supreme Court quorum rulings and a Missouri doctor seen in straw hat and linen duster.
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Congress
Yourz Bailey
Exas
Bailey
Texas
Culberson
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Germany
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Ing
U. S. Metal Service
Caarles Foster
Secretary of the Treasury
Benjamin Harrison
New York Harbor
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Glasgow
America
Havre
Paris
Indianapolis
Ged
Heaven
New York Press
Bympathetic
Willie Knox
Sue
Susan Knox
Liliuokalani
Hawii
Galimberti
Vienna
8. B. Victor
Columbi, Mo
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