Hillsboro notes on temperance and church conference
A Hillsboro letter describes a temperance meeting at the Presbyterian Church with Rev. Moody and Rev. Ferguson from Newport and Cincinnati. It covers sermons by Bishop Ames and Dr. Merrill, ordinations of traveling deacons, and notes on transfers, finances, and the Itinerant Ladies Christian Union. The piece also recalls the death of Rev. J. M. Gatch and reflections on ministry and conference proceedings.
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Granville Moody
Newport
Ferguson
Cincinnati
Presbyterian Church
Philip Phillips
Bishop Ames
M.E
Merrill
Rust
Dr. Wiley
L. F. van Cleve
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JT. Moody
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J. J. Thompson
de Hass
W. W. Romney
W. X. Ninde
Ladies’ Home Missions
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Committee On Finance
Committee On Temperance
A. M. Tibbatts
Mr. Blaine
National
Tervpee Society
California
Hillsboro Femele College
the Freedmen’s Aid Society
Wm. Limbe
M. A
Eeek
Ers
Ladies’ Christian Union
Bishop Clark
Rs. A. Lowrey
Wm. Herr
Piqua
J. M. Gatch
Edahe
Moses Smith
Ruth Jones
Green R. Jones
Www
F. Aurbur
Mee
Clark
J. F. Chalfant
Sarah
J. Thomp
W. J
Ang
Karl
Grand Sunday School Reunion Inspires Rural Celebration
Correspondent reports a large July reunion near Indianapolis by the Sunday School Association of Northwestern Marion County. Fifteen Sunday schools attended with thousands of visitors. Speeches by C P Jacobs and Rev O N Simms praised th e era of Sowing and Reaping. music by farmer youths impressed, led by Lynn school. Grand march earned high praise for Captain J W Jordan and team. overall, visitors left pleased with the event.
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Cintinnati Chronicle
Ocinamont
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Mount Jackson
Indianapolis
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Lafayette Gravel Road
C. P. Jacobs
O. N. Simms
Indianapalia
Indiana
Farmer
Lynn School
J. W. Jordan
Tragic Tank Explosion Kills Boston Conductor Near Newton
A freight train coal tank explosion near Newton Centre, seven miles from Boston, fatally burns conductor Samuel Preston. Two petroleum tanks on a nearby car misused an access plank, igniting residue gas. Preston, badly burned, struggles to escape then dies after hours of agony and attempts to remove clothing.
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Boston
Erie
Samuel Preston
Newton Centre
Niagara Falls changes spark debate on erosion and rocks
The Lookport Journal reports rising discussion of Niagara Falls erosion with the Horseshoe and American Falls retreating noticeably deepening the gorge. An interview with Jesse R Grant reveals strong political views, critiques of Cincinnati editors, and reflections on Grant’s era, Rosecrans, Pendleton, and Republican origins.
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Lookport
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Nia
Grand Old Shrine
Mysterious Elderly Woman Disappears From Chestnut Street Auction House
A tall white haired woman in hundred year old attire wandered a Philadelphia furniture auction store on Chestnut Street. She paused before a piano and sang Moore then an antique hymn, tears on her wrinkled face, vanished quietly with customers returning to find her gone.
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Ireland’s Need Master Fitzgibbon Urges Tenant Leases
Master Fitzgibbon of the Irish Court of Chancery declares Ireland’s need is urgent and proposes a plan to boost land improvement. He favors offering improvable tenants a protected period with a certificate against eviction, followed by lease extensions tied to improvements. His stance comes from decades of landlord experience and oversight of thousands of tenants.
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Master Fitzgibbon
Irish Court of Chan
Ireland
A Genuine Woman's Rights Woman Delegates at Convention
A female delegate at the Woman's Rights Convention in New England is praised for sacrificing personal dignity to aid others. The piece mocks display at the session while lauding the young woman for lifesaving service amid debates on suffrage and reform.
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Richmond Widow Claim Sparks Probate Controversy
William O George of Richmond died intestate and his relatives held his estate. A Philadelphia lawyer produced a certificate alleging marriage to Mrs Jackson, a former Richmond woman now in Philadelphia, claiming their children are legitimate. Relatives deny the marriage. a United States court suit is expected.
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Richmond
Philadelphia
United States
Terrible lightning death warns against levity in Ohio
The Alliance Democrat reports a death by lightning near Youngstown during a harvest when two men fled a storm. One man, carrying a pitch fork, defied danger with the claim that God would not strike him, and was struck dead as the fork melted and his boots tore from his feet. The incident is offered as a dire warning against challenging divine power.
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Missouri Democrat
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Last Revolutionary Soldier Described As Centenarian Cleric Dies
Rev Charles Bentley of Berlin Cogn died July 23 in his seventieth year. Descriptions praised him as a survivor of the Revolution, living beyond a century, rising with the sun, living on brandy and sugar, cutting two cords of wood daily, walking five miles before breakfast, and fathering many descendants across generations.
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