Sanctificationists of Belton Texas Led by Mrs McQuirter
A 20 year movement of women in Belton Bell County Texas known as the Sanctificationists led by Mrs Martha McQuirter built a women run enterprise network. They financed property and ran the Central Hotel in Belton and hotels in York Texas and Waco while hiring out members as cooks and servants. The group lived plainly, engaged in laundry and butter businesses and maintained strict social separation from outsiders. Critics labeled the movement fraudulent though they sustained loyalty and a strong communal economy for decades.
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Belton
Tex
Chicago
Bell County
Texas
Martha McQuirter
Wilande~ Hevers
Central Hotel
Helton
Howees
Nice Lacves
Nice Lacves Also Boarded At and Stoped At the Central
York
Huesbands
Ketchen
Tidal Wave Strikes British Vessel Off Chile Coast
The Philadelphia Times reports a voyage toward the gold coast facing a severe tidal wave near Chile. A remarkable intervention by a crew member averted a catastrophe aboard the British Bandaneira, preventing a cargo loss and saving lives.
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Philadelphia Times
Gold Coast
South America
Chile
Wholesale forgers unearthed in Oran Algeria
French officials announce a daring forger ring based in Oran with about 100 members, 15 jailed, circulating forged silver currency totaling 60 million francs. They used fine tools and molds to create coins matching Paris mint silver content, earning about 50 percent profit per coin.
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Oran
Europe
Paris
Marchand and the cannibal ham tale from Fashoda
An amusing tale from Marchand era chronicles his troopers finding a native hut with a ham hanging from the rafters. A tinsmith of a local ham becomes a test for the captain who suspects cannibalism among Nyam Nyams. A slave thigh, used in a ceremony, is buried by the expedition surgeon after scrutiny.
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Marchand
Fashoda
Hi Rommander
LINCHEON MENU BROILED PORTERHOUSE DINNER
A luncheon menu listing a broiled porterhouse steak with baked potatoes, spaghetti with cheese, vegetable salad with mayonnaise, and watermelon served with sherry. The items reflect a mid century dining card with simple entrees and a fruit dessert option.
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Lincheon
Bread and Butter in Annapolis Folklore
Mrs. Lloyd Lowndes wife of Maryland's governor tends to whooping cough cases in Annapolis by buttering bread as a folk remedy. The tale ties to twin children and the governor jokes about curing all comers while noting two of her twins' sons hold notable positions in West Virginia and Cumberland.
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Philadelphia
Lloyd Lowndes
Maryland
Annapolis
Annapolia
Lowndes
West Virginia
Cumberland
Measuring Lightning Makes Fulgurites by Glass Tubes
The article explains that lightning creates fulgurites by melting silica in sand into glass tubes whose diameter matches the bolt. These glass conduits form as the bolt penetrates sand or rock, sometimes reaching nearly 20 feet deep, and are found with varied interior widths from quill to over three inches. They occur in abundant numbers, with surface coatings also common.
Porous rock forms glass filled tubes on Ararat peak
On Little Ararat in Armenia a soft porous rock yields foot-long blocks perforated by little tubes packed with bottle-green glass. A museum specimen shows holes bored by the worm then filled with glass. Humboldt noted fulgurites on Nevada de Toluca with green glass glaze as sun shimmer drew him upward.
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Little Ararat
Armenia
National Museum
Humboldt
Nevada de Toluca
Mexico
Tea adulteration debate and sand in English tea
An opinion piece cites Commercial Intelligence on high sand and mineral content in cheap teas. It criticizes lax inspectors, public demand for cheap pungent tea, and notes past practices of packing fraud and adulteration while contrasting China tea quality. It laments reduced China tea use and observes tannic acid effects.
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Jonathan
Inglish Custom House
London
China
Consolers and gamblers mix in Broadway gambling houses
The New York correspondence describes consoler figures who soothe gambling victims with balmy words after losses. They appear like Wall Street men and profit from easing gamblers into continued play, an easy graft alongside floorwalkers in dry goods stores. Married men live longer and are less deranged than bachelors, German research claims. Prices adjusted to fit needs, Fourth of July sale at 25 W. Park Tassell's.
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New York
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Broadway
Wall Street
Bagatelle
W. Park
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Iquique
Dupont Powder Company
Fant
Wilmington
Fantos
Hydrographic Office
Lfe
DR. McLaughlin
Utah
D. W. Hedenberg
Hathaway, Mont
George Farrell
Columbia Falls
Mont
C. L, Emmons
Mincing Lane
London Leader
Hobbs
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