Religious and Educational Updates Across Nations
Notes on scripture translations, university initiatives for women, and ecclesiastical reform. Reports include a Pennsylvanian teacher punished for violence, Bohemian Spiritualism a warning from bishops, Columbia College plans for women’s four year study, Yale’s Sloane Laboratory progress, Buffalo school textbook renewal, and the Syrian Presbyterian synod formed by American missionaries with Beirut Sidon Mt Lebanon Tripoli Zahleh.
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Columbia College
New York
N. Y. Times
Christian Advocate
Sloane Laboratory
Yale
Buffalo
the Herald and Presbyter
General Assembly
Syria
Beirut
Sidon
Mt. Lebanon
Tripoli
Zahleh
The neglected art of speaking in modern England
The essay argues speaking is an acquired skill, often neglected since childhood, unlike singing. It notes prejudice against fluency, hindrances from overemphasis on rhythm and punctuation, and warns against mistaking mere sound for comprehension. It cites Shakespearean commentary on clumsy delivery and stresses naturalness over recitation.
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England
Shakspeare
Dogberry
Theseus
Vero
Blind amma shampooing in Tokyo earns notice as employment
In Tokyo streets a thriving system employs blind shampooers or amma who seek customers with a shrill whistle. The practice combines massage and passive exercise, praised for its healthful benefits and as a skillful, knowledge rich form of treatment noted by Medical Times.
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Tokio
Restored to Life Under Water Rescue Drill
A Life-Saving Service drill tests resuscitation on Billy Drazell. Captain Devan and crew apply chest compressions and pumping after submerging him, causing water to spray and the victim to revive. The crew flee as Drazell recovers, with future weekly drills planned.
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Tony Connolly
Ed Farrell
Tony Leopold
Connolly
Drazell
Tne
Captain Devan
Jack Gillooly
Leopold
Farrell
Devan
Lousisville Commercial
Fresh air crusade mocked as outdated belief in ventilation
A quotation from Harper's Magazine criticizes the modern obsession with "fresh air" arguing it ignores practical realities. It contrasts sanitarians' past warnings with present behavior, noting people open windows amid warm rooms and dusty city odors, causing discomfort and sickness on travel.
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T. M. Coan
Harper's Magazine
Huron Dakota Beadle County Growth Promises Capital Status
Huron, county seat of Beadle County, platted in April 1880, boasts 2500 residents and steady growth. The city hosts multiple churches, several daily and weekly papers, a land office, banks, schools, hotels, factories, and expanding rail connections opening 91 miles to Columbia. The town forecasts rapid expansion, new grist mill, and potential as state capital upon Southern Dakota’s admission.
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Huron
Beadle County
Daily Leader
Central
Dakota
United States Land Office
U.S. Signal Service
Dakota Central Division
Chicago
Pierre
Black Hills
Tracy and Pierre
James River
Clark
Calliope and Iroquois
Chicago & North- Western Railway
Columbia
Huron Officials and Supervisors Listed
OFFICES IN HURON Superintendent Wm. F. Fitch Assistant S A. Mosher Train Dispatcher E. C. Harris Foreman of Machine Shops Wm. MacIntosh Train Master W. E. Johnson Sup't of Bridges EF. F. Potter Store Keeper H. J. Rice.
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Wm. F. Fitch
S A. Mosher
E. C. Harris
Wm. McIntosh
W. E. Johnson
EF. F. Potter
H. J. Rice
Stage Schedule Between Huron and Mitchell
Daily stage runs from Huron to Mitchell departing at 7 A M and returning arriving at 6 P M. The service operates each day with consistent morning departure and evening arrival times.
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Huron
Mitchell
United States Land Office Notice Recap
The item names George B. Armstrong as receiver and Robert Lowry in the United States Land Office register context.
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United States Land Office
George B. Armstrong
Robert Lowry
Church and chapel schedule for four denominations
Baptist Rev. George A. Cressey leads services at 11 and 7:30 with Wednesday prayer at 7 and Sunday School at noon. Episcopal Rev. M Hoyt conducts 11 and 7:30 services with Sunday School at 3 led by J W Shannon and Mrs Carr. Presbyterian Rev. J B Pomeroy preaches 10:45 and 7:30 with Sunday School 9:45. Methodist Rev. J B Seymour holds 10:45 and 7:30 with Union Sabbath School at noon in Parker Hall. Union prayer meeting 8 P M Thursdays led by Pomeroy and Thompson. Free Reading Room 9 A M to 10 P M weekdays and 12 M to 7 P M Sunday.
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George A. Cressey
Kansas Streets
M. Hoyt
D. D
4Th
J. W. Shannon
Carr
J. B. Pomeroy
Methodist Episcopal
J. B. Seymour
Parker Hall
Union Sabbath School
Edwin G. Wheeler
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Chicago, Illinois
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Homeopathist
3D Street
Fell’s
T. 8. Hoyne
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M. L. MacBride
West 23d Street
New York City
B. P. Marsh
Bloomington
J. A. Vincent
Springfield
J.R. Pollock
Galesburg, Ill
M.A. Halsted
Jacksonville
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General Land Office
Washington, D. C
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Watertown
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Valentine
Washington
Times
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Attorney At Law
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Wright House
Eiuron
Wm. S. Kellocc
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RAND
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St. Paul, Minn
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