Notebook Sketches in the Holy Land Sea of Galilee and Acre
The narrator describes travel along the Sea of Galilee and visits to Acre on the coast. He notes the landscape, ancient fortifications, and a moribund town with patchy modern improvements. Camp life includes contrasts between old ruins, bustling causes, and local customs near Sidon with a mission station run by Rev. Mr. Eddy.
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Acre
Sielder
Wyre
Teuraatie Fockere
Ieee
Sidon
Mr. Eddy
Presbyterian Unions Begin as Old and New Assemblies Meet
Long-awaited union moves toward organic consolidation of the Old and New School Presbyterian bodies. At Pittsburg November 11 12 the two assemblies unite in a single session, with reports on Danville Seminary Chicago Theological Seminary and union terms, and a Jubilee gathering culminating in a union communion service. Distinguished figures including Senator Drake Judge Strong and Dr. Musgrave attend.
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Cincinnati Chronicle
General Assembly
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Ing
Clavery
We Peng
Mittee
Drake
Kentucky
South
Landis
Aken
Scudder
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Musgrave
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Backus
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K.P. Humphrey
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Boudner
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D. Drake
Reunion
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New York
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Assembly of
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Pirranure
First Presbyterian Church
Third Presbyterian Church
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Gren Briain
Des Jacobus
Adams
Judge Strong
Senator Drake
Wm. E.dodge
Fisher
Dr. Abbott
Sappionn
Freemason Initiation Story From Ireland and a Dublin Widow
Fragment from an old report recounts Elizabeth St Leger as the sole female initiated into a Masonic rite in Ireland. It details her witnessing the ceremony, a locked room, and a dramatic escape and preservation of her life amid lodge customs and scandal surrounding the St Leger family. The piece ties her to General Anthony St Leger and the St Leger Stakes, noting her status and marriage.
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New York
Elizabeth St. Leger
St. Leger
Lord Depecein
Mins
Nell E Weirad
Misa St. Leger
Genera
Miss St
Grim Tyler
Miss St. Leger
Ireland
Melancholy reminiscence of two Virginia presidents
From the New York Times comes a paean to Virginia Agricultural Society figures, noting two former presidents with deep secession ties who both took their lives. Edmund Ruffin, aged and celebrated for marl fertilization, renounced citizenship then fired upon himself after Civil War disappointments. Philip St George Cooke, West Point graduate and slaveholder benefactor, commanded Confederate forces before turning his pistol on himself amid VA wartime stress.
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New Pe Times
Edmund Ruffin
Owen Tae
Tn Carolina
Sumter
Virginia
Philip St. George Cooke
West Point
Lexington
Duties of Husbands and Wives Sermon at Presbyterian Church
In a Spin Street New York service Rev Aikman discussed marriage as essential to character development and mutual duties. He urged unity of feeling open communication and no secrets plus continual adaptation and forbearance to overcome faults. Demonstrative affection is needed to nurture a lasting bond.
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Spin Street
New York
W Aikman
Boy Hero Saves Cousin Drowns at Ice Pond
A twelve year old boy, Myrick Wright, son of Capt. W. Wright, perished after leaping into a pond to rescue cousin George Becker who had fallen through the ice. Becker escaped to shore but Wright sank and died. his body was later recovered.
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St. Paul
Myrick Wright
Capt. .W. Wright
St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Company
St. Cloud
George N. Becker
Young Becker
Attem
Wright
Woman Known in Louisville in Tale of Matrimony and Tragedy
A description from the Louisville Courier-Journal recounts the life of Mrs. Emma Fitch, linked to a Stonewall disaster wreck. The narrative traces her marriage to a wealthy Louisville man, a divorce hunt in Washington and Indiana, remarriage to an actor named Swift, decline into theatre, and eventual ruin. She pursued Major Fitch, learned of his infidelity, and died in a madhouse before boarding the Stonewall in St Louis.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Emma Fitch
Broadway
Louis Democrat
Louisville
Rake
Serena
Washington
Indiana
Marri
Swift
Fitch
Kalame
Mich
Kalamazoo
Uisville
Mica
Mad-House
Serent
St. Louis
Stonewall
New Orlea
Neeley’s Landing
A Child Asking for Heaven and a Sausage Lesson
A county lawyer’s five year old daughter asks if she and her mother could be buried together to reach heaven. The anecdote ties to a critic’s remarks about faith in the afterlife. A 20 month old nearby notices sausages browning and cries bow wow, bow wow.
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Raven Palladium
Ministers Protest Dancing Draws Mixed Editorial View
An editorial in the New York Tribune critiques six Bucyrus Ohio ministers for a public protest against dancing as an amusement. It argues a moderate stance is preferable and warns ascetic hostility harms social life by pushing youths toward late hours and hypocrisy. The piece also touches on the Cardiff Grant mystery and general scientific debates on human fossil facts. It notes Gen. French of Russia and his wife missing from a salon, hinting at broader social reflections.
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Sea OF Galilee
Nazareth
Bucyrus
Ohio
New York Tribune
Buéyrua
Cardiff Grant
New York
Diamonds and legends of Mont Cenis treasure rambles
The article recalls old tales of diamond caverns and gems near Mont Cenis, noting the public’s belief in wondrous treasures and sensational reports from Australia. It mentions the Kobinoor Braganza comparisons, recent alleged finds, and claims of large stones that later vanished, hinting at immigration incentives linked to diamond discoveries.
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Evening Post
Mont Zee
Tate
Mont Cenis
Australia
The Corset Question and a River Tragedy in Toledo
A skiff ferry near Manhattan sank after a four-woman, four-person group rowed across the river. Drowned were Ellen L. Nims and Jennette Allen from Toledo, with a nearby relative J. C. W. Allen noted. Separate pages discuss corset debates in English and American press, lampooning tight lacing and noting shifting gender dress norms.
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Toledo
Manhattan
Iron Works
Robert Tennant
Ellen L. Nims
Jennette Allen
J. C. W. Allen
Jennette
Fragmentary Valencia dispatch from the New York Herald
A distorted Valencia report describes shelling and destruction around San Gregorio with front piers smashed doors riddled and statues damaged as a siege unfolds. The text notes bullets, rifles, and reverberating violence along a convent area amid a city under bombardment and hints at precious loot or treasure amid the wreckage.
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Valencia
N. Y
San Gregorio
Jesus
Renee
Feeding Children Advice From Harper's Magazine
The article discusses infant feeding, digestion, and the use of various milks for weaning. It notes that milk composition varies by source, recommends simple chemical action rather than mechanical treatment, and compares human, cow, and goat milk with suggested water dilution for infants. It cites A L Carroll on motherhood and nursing.
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Baba
Addi
A. L. Carrol
Harper's Magazine
Fragmented Dinner Scene From Historic Page
An OCR fragment describes a dinner with Mrs. Madison at the head of the table and Mr. Madison with a secretary nearby. A timid young woman is guided to the piano as others observe, while the scene references a wall and a fixture as the event unfolds.
A Woman Who Dared Brings Inevitable Tie in Prairie Tale
In Bureau County Illinois a young man named Henry finds himself pressured by a guest Mary to marry after she reveals a marriage license. He hesitates claiming un readiness but the squire intervenes and the couple proceed to wed in a sudden ceremony.
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Bureau County
Ill
Sete H
Conoll
Mary
Would Not Promise to Obey Bride’s Letter Error
A fragmentary old notice recounts a bride to be’s vow to obey misheard in the marriage rite. The bride’s spoken line was altered by a letter substitution, changing a key word and altering the vow’s meaning as the ceremony neared.
A Wife's Mistake in Neighbors Nighttime Encounter
A report from New Haven describes a man returning home late to a neighbor’s house where a woman in her night dress embraces him and asks why he did not come sooner. The scene grows heated as a reporter flees amid whispers of an affair.
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