Visions of Frederick Stetson Foretelling His Fate
In November 1845 the ship Sophia Walker left Boston for Palermo with Frederick Stetson aboard as clerk under Captain Codman. A Boston churchman recounts a vivid premonitory vision during illness in February 1846 showing Frederick's drowning at sea, later confirmed when Captain Codman’s letter informed his parents of the death on March 10.
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Boston
Palermo
Theophilus
Nathaniel Walker
Charles Walker
Frederick Stetson
Caleb Stetson
Unitarian Church
Medford
Massachusetts
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Bemis
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Sarah Butters
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Codman
Sophia
Sophia Walker
Edward Stetson
Butters
Bee
Fred
Captain Codman
Mr. Baker
Sir
Cambridge
Merriam Stetson
Harvard College
C Tain Codman
Mr. Stetson
Dr. Swan
Earth
Caleb Steson
Baker
Harererre W. Baker
Dorchester
David Osgood
D. D
Sarah B. Butters
Death at Sea: Frederick Stetson Falls Overboard
An 1846 voyage article recalls the death of Frederick Stetson on a ship en route from Palermo to Boston. Rev Charles Walker describes the gale event near Newfoundland on March 10, his noble character, and the sorrow of Medford’s citizens and his bereaved parents as Harper's Magazine recounts the incident and prayers for consolation.
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Sophialker
Palermo
Boston
Frederick Stetson
Newfoundland
Charles Walker
Frederick
Invention of the six minute lazy pipe from Stratford
A Boston Transcript excerpt extols a Stratford Connecticut invention a breech loading pipe claimed to eliminate relighting. The piece features humorous estimates of time saved from filling and lighting and mocks traditional smoking habits while noting vast matches usage and timber impact. The report ends with brief local tidbits and home tips.
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Europe
Stratford
Connecticut
Heaven
Emerald Isle
United States
Boston Transcript
Seed mixing as plan to improve crop seed purity and yield
In gardening practice cross breeding seeds from different locales enhances variety vigor. The author reports trials with corn and beans showing dent corn gains of 153 to 100 and beans 236 to 100 when seeds are raised in diverse soils and then crossed. The writer plans further testing with seed corn and seed beans.
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L’rojecsur
JS. Beal
Poem Fragment Exalts A Shrine In Time Chicago
The verse speaks of unattainable jewels and a sorrowful gaze. It recalls the Man of Sorrows and seeks a sympathetic friend in a sacred sanctuary touched by Time. Attribution to Mary E. Gilman appears with Chicago as the location.
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Chicago
Holston Salt and Plaster Co
Baltville
Cutta Percha Paint CO
Cleveland
Chicago, Ill
Second Quarter School Calendar Highlights
Schedule outlines June dates for church lessons and lessons review. June 3 to 13 focus on Resurrection themes and gospel reading from Matthew 23 8 to 20. June 20 marks a review of lessons, and June 27 selects the next lesson for the church school.
The World as a Moral Tutor in Nature
A preacher argues that the natural world reveals God and the divine mind, shaping human life and morals. He asserts nature sustains human meaning, inspires virtue, and offers a practical path for youth to avoid sin by loving fields, woods, and skies.
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Chicago
Puck
Titania
Oberon
Coleridge
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Mont Blanc
Cascades
A Vision of Creation and Faith in a Wisconsin Chapel
In a Wisconsin hilltop setting a Gothic church hosts worshipers on a June morning. The passage argues nature’s order and tendrils of ivy reveal a Wisdom beyond creation, supporting belief in a God mindful of humanity amid the universe’s vast size.
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Wisconsin
Reverent study and patient prayer for Christian living
A collection of religious quotes urging humility reverence and prayer in daily life. Emphasizes the Christian basis of humanity and higher living through temperance, purity, love of God, and honest daily conduct.
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J. C. Ryle
James Hamilton
D. D
God
Cologne Cathedral Towers Crown World’s Highest Edifice
The Cologne Cathedral towers rise to 524 feet 11 inches from pavement to cloisters, surpassing Hamburg St Nicholas at 473 feet 1 inch. The Cologne Gazette lists global heights, with St Peter’s cupola 469 feet 2 inches, Strasbourg cathedral 455 feet 11 inches, Cheops pyramid 449 feet 5 inches, and others in Europe and Paris Notre Dame at 232 feet 11 inches.
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Cologne Gazette
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The Four New Methodist Bishops Portraits
The piece describes four new Methodist bishops with distinctive appearances and demeanors. Warren is tall with brown eyes and a pointed beard. Foss is tall, well looking, with a square forehead and Roman nose. Hurst has a Grecian nose, pale sandy hair, and a small goatee. Haven stands five five to six feet, thin, baldish with almost white hair and a benevolent look. A second note covers postal law on redeemed spoiled envelopes and a Louisville clerk curious about mass redemptions. The third portion outlines German war maneuvers planned for autumn, massing around 20 000 cavalry behind the Rhineland frontier to test rapid movement and consolidation before infantry arrive.
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Bishop Foss
Bishop Hurst
Bishop Haven
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