Origin of Methodism Found in St Louis Copy of First Rules
A preserved four page 1743 tract printed by John and Charles Wesley is unearthed in St Louis. It details the rise of the United Society and the formation of the methodist class system. The document notes rules for leaders and cautions against excess and vice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Society of the People
Methodists
John
Charles Weeley
Methodist Church
United States
London
United Society
J. and
C. Wesley
T. Cordeaux
City Road
Finsbury Square
Wesleys
St Louis Plans Three New Firms To Revolutionize Telephone and Power
A major St Louis deal groups three firms to create a local telephone electric and conduit system. Kinloch Telephone Company with 1.5 million capital, St Louis Electric and Construction with 600000, and Citizens Electric Lighting and Power with 750000 are to offer $36 home phones and cheaper rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
St. Louis Electric and Construction Company
Recorder's Office
Citizens’ Electric Lighting and Power Company
Telephone and Telegraph Service Company
Telephone
General Electric
Bell Telephone Service
General Offens
Board of Public Improvements
Weyler Surrounded Amid Daily Skirmishes in Pinar del Rio
Key West dispatch reports Weyler encamped ten miles from Artemisa with his army scattered across the trocha and Pinar del Rio. Maceo's forces maneuver on both sides, daily clashes rise as 7 000 insurgents encamp near Havana and trains are eyed for Weyler movement. Cuban raids disrupt Guanabacoa with 250 cavalry, fire damage totals and supplies seized.
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Key West
Fla
Whitney
Havana
Maceo
Weyler
Artemisa
Trocha
Pinar del Rio
Guanabacoa
Alse
Olney Tricked by Premier in Venezuelan Case
The article questions Secretary Olney and UK Prime Minister Salisbury over the Venezuelan treaty. It claims Olney gave away key points in the fifth year clause, citing Holland’s 1648 grant. It notes Venezuela's minister Androse will demand major changes, possibly forcing a full rewrite. The piece hints the president’s congressional message on the victory may be mocked if this view holds.
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Jornal
Wasuixeron
Olney
Salisbury
England
Congress
Lincoln
Notable Health Notes and Elections Highlight 19th Century Society
Prof Henry Drummond’s health improves while William Potter, ex US minister to Italy, becomes president of Jefferson Medical College. A University of Pennsylvania reception honors Prof Wilhelm Dorpfeld as Harvard elects Carl Schurz’s son as ivy orator and Joseph Choate’s son as class poet. Rev D S Barrows, Boston editor, elected to Congress and speaks Greek at a Boston Greek gathering. Sven Hedin mocks China’s intention to attack. Japanese secretary Kato named commissioner general for 1900 exposition with $50,000 funding. Miss Margaret La Farge chosen to name the Newport gunboat launched in Bath Maine. she is Perry lineage and Newport artist John La Farge’s daughter.
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Henry Drummond
William Potter
United States
Italy
Jefferson Medical College and Hospital
Philadelphia
Wilhelm Dorpfeld
University of Pennsylvania
University Library
Harvard
Carl Schurz
Ivy
Joseph H. Choate
D. 5. Barrows
Christian Register of
Boston
Congress
Sven Hedin
China
Europe
America
Kato
Paris
Japan
Margaret la Farge
Mayor Boyle
Newport
Bath
Miss la Farge
Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry
Lake Erie
Christopher, Perry
Commodore Perry
Newport Artillery
John la Farge
Household Hints From A Past Era
Practical tips on cooking even heat with covered pans and icing care, refreshing salt fish in sour milk, bread cutting with warmed knife, tinware cleaning with soda, camphor to guard jewelry, borax in baby's bath, black clothes refreshed with coffee and ammonia, mirror for narrow spaces, scorch mark removal by sun and water, and fire safety by staying low to the floor.
Coquelmaine to Star In Don Cesar de Bazan at Porte Saint Martin
The report notes Coquelmaine will portray Don Cesar de Bazan at the Porte Saint Martin theater. Other items mention a London photograher's testimony valuing a Patti portrait at 500 dollars, a 1793 general’s death, a Cathelineau statue unveiling, and various scattered notes on Morrocan marriage customs.
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Coquelmaine
Cesar de Bazan
Porte Saint Martin
Adelina Patti
Craig-y-Nos
London
Layer
Cathelineau
Pin En Mauges
Vendee
du Maurier
London Daily News
Morocco
Sheikh-Ul- Jahl
Sect
The
Assassins
Bombay
Central Asia
Unclear fragments report taxes on dogs and odd city scenes
The fragment notes Hamburg imposes a dog tax by size and mentions 9 742 locks and keys in the Grand Opera House Paris. Also notes pigs harnessed in some Chinese farming districts.
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Hamburg
Grand Opera House
Paris
Antiquity of Cards Traced From Hindoo Origins to Europe
A special letter traces playing cards to India and China with four-army designs and Vishnu imagery, notes early Italian and German card use, and cites 14th century references in Viterbo and Spain. It discusses the evolution to the modern 54-card deck and regional styles in Switzerland and America.
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Epain
Europe
Humanity
Hindoo
India
Cavallo
Fante
Hindoos
Western
Jacquemin Gringonneur
Charles VI
France
Paris
Gringonneuf
Feliciano Bussi
Viterbo
Nicolo de Coveluzzo
Spain
Ninsula
Germany
Wolfrith
Grumbach
Sis
Flanders
Italy
Cavalio
Austria
Switzerland
Kchel
Schellen
Gruen
Herz
Knavves
Alaska
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Origin OF Methodism
the Church
John and
Charles Werley
Christ's Church College
Ellis Wainwright
Adolphus Busch
August Gehner
Sam M. Kennard
Juliue S. Walsh
Rolla Wells
Charles S Turner
William F. Nolker
William T. Hasistick
C. Marquand Foster
Henry Nicolas
George J. Kobusch
Philip Stock
Lawrence S. Pierce
Breckinridge Jones
C. K. D. Walsh
Otto von Schrader
Willian D. Orthwein
Pinar
del Rio District
Olney and Salisbury
Ochestra
Ford’s Theater
Washington Post
Professional Woman's League
Barmar
William Withers, Jr
Daly
Ford
Withers
Booth
Washington
Mr. Withera
John Wilkes Booth
George Harry
Billy
Apu
Major Rathbone
Robert
Tad
J.P. Wright
Sprangler
Mr. Wright
Peanut John
Notes OF the Times
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