Recounting Jonadab Israelites and a modern abstainers call
A sermon by Rev. Fuller Swift discusses Jonadab son of Rechab and the Rechabites who refused wine in Jeremiah. praising steadfast abstinence as a safeguard, noting minority steadfastness and the moral tone set for readers and local church figures. Also includes biographical note on Rev. Swift and church matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonadab
Jehu
Samaria
Baal
Rechab
Jeremiah
Gregation
Fuller Swift
First Baptist Church
Columbus
Rev
Swift
Belleville
New Florence
Morgan Park Theological Seminary
Cavalry Baptist Church
Leader in Blue Cut Train Robbery Faces Conspiracy Claim
John Kennardy, named leader of the gang that robbed Chicago and Alton trains at Blue Cut Kansas City Missouri January 16, signs a statement alleging a conspiracy to convict him. Sources say a witness John Land is involved and that the robbers obtained $30,000, not $2,000 as initially claimed, with large rewards reportedly offered for convictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
John Kennardy
Chicago and Alton
Blue Cut
John Land
Express Company
Multiple Local Disputes and Incidents Reported Across Indiana
Cambridge City lacks a justice of the peace. Several individuals face serious charges or events including murders indictments in Inox and near Eyansville, a fatal train incident, a woman going insane, suicides and attempted suicides, a man missing in Martinsville, arson trials in Rushville, drownings on the Kentucky river, a wedding in Seymour, pension board changes at Franklin, and a man accused of assault in Brown county.
Weather and street updates plus sales notices from The Hustler
A sample issue for February 4th promises weather discussion and forecasts. The weather debate cites colder predictions vs warmer results. Street crews work at crossings while a manuscript fragment teases a continued story. A mule caravan and farmers trading pace city activity with small ads for household goods and paper subscriptions.
Women and poison tolls in a grim domestic pattern
The Philadelphia Times notes that over a third of women who kill themselves are under 25 and that women often take poison while men shoot themselves. It cites poverty sickness and desertion as factors and cites doctors who call the trend a form of hysteria or monotony driven despair among young, active women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Chesapeake ship turned flour mill in Wickham Hampshire
The Chesapeake once famed for its 1813 encounter with the Channon now functions as a flour mill in Wickham Hampshire. Captured by Sir Philip Broke in 1814, timbers were sold to miller John Prior in 1820 who built a new mill using the ship’s pine. Deck beams measure 32 feet and bear old cannon shot marks.
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Chesapeake
Hampshire
Wickham
Philip B. W. Broke
England
John Prior
Wickham Hants
Prior
Shannon
Financial Reverses and Cuban Cavern Change
The text contrasts investors debating profits with a Washington Star view and a boastful talk on government obligations. It then notes caves in Cuban mountains gradually filling as lime deposits cement snail shells, threatening to erase Cuban caverns. a fragment on the unicorn from ancient lore concludes the excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuban
Cuba
Three Unicorn Myths From Medieval Red Menace
The piece lists three unicorn types with colored horns and varying forms. It then shifts to a humorous anecdote about a mild boarder and a landlady, who demand payment. The boarder vows to stay two more months to settle debts, joking about a late-night departure owing three months of board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Journal
Empress of Japan Praised for Patrician Beauty
The article profiles the Empress of Japan as a model of patrician beauty with a slender figure long pale face and jet black hair inspired by Dai Nippon. It notes her refined hands and small feet in pointed European shoes and describes her cherry blossom garden party attire—a soft native silk brocade in golden brown with large sleeves and a French bonnet. It also lists remarkable speed and endurance feats from various performers and machines, ranking times from hurricane to humans and crafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Robert P. Porter
Ladies’ Home Journal
Fugiyama
Dai-Nippon
Mrs. Porter
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Toric
Jonadab the Son
Joseph
Solomon
Jonadah
Jesgun
Rome
Judah
Shinnah
Lord
Science
Sense
Centralia
Uilnvis
Salem
Mo. Aly
Our City
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Cambridge City
Charles Smith
Muncie
Bell Sutherlin
Inox
James Turpin
O. V
Eyansville
Mary Vo Smith
Elwood
George Hart
Fowler
Samuel Socks
Marchal
Parke County
Robert F. Potters
Martinsville
Charles, Archin McMullen Brothers
Bryantsburg
Alexander
Montpelier
Claude Smith
Ft Wayne
George Fred
Fayettville
Phoenix
Hartford
Marie Dunlap
Lebanon
John T. Hittle
Greensburg
Rushville
Jenning Browning
Kentucky River
Brown’s Landing
Ed, Autderheide
Henry Autderheide
Waymansville
Seymour Thursday
Minnie Loertz
Sides Is
Frank T. Sparks
Bloomington
Hamblen
Brown County
George Bunce
Anderson
Walling
Jackson
Curtis
Washington Star
Dunenington
Clark
the Star
Joe Young
Voiler
Otto
the Empress OF Japan
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