Sunday School Union Centenary Celebration
The article recalls the 100 year milestone of the Sunday School movement in Britain. It highlights Robert Raikes and Gloucester origin, notes expansion to Scotland and Ireland, and marks the centenary celebration with figures like Alderman Manton of Birmingham and Esther Marter, the longest-serving pupil.
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England
Sunday School Union
Robert Raikes
Gloucester
Scotland
Ireland
Dea
Great Britain
Charles Reed
Raikes
London
Thames
Rochester
Canterbury
New England
Alderman Manton
Birmingham
Esther Marter
Paul Meeting House
America
Philadelphia
Remembrance of Paul du Chaillu Explorer and Gorilla Pioneer
The late Paul du Chaillu was observant and sunny tempered. His death followed overexertion at a Russia festival after dancing with peasants. He earned gratitude from science and youth for his African adventure tales and gorilla discoveries.
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Paul du Chaillu
Russia
du Chaillu
du Chailly
Boston
James Jeffrey-Roche
Jeffrey
School Street
Quadruplets Born in Glasgow Wife of Steel Polisher
Mrs Collingan of Bridgeton Glasgow has four daughters born to her at age 28 after five years of marriage. She previously had twins and singles. Quadruplets are rare with only two recorded cases exceeding this number. Historical notes mention royal bounties and a tax on birth of children.
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Nelson
Oxford Market
London
Fireproof Houses and Fire Loss Costs in Britain and Americas
The piece argues fire costs in the UK and US are high while life loss is worse. It discusses fireproofing methods drawn from Buenos Aires experiences, recommending hardwood construction, cement framing, iron lath, and secure door and window frames. It notes pine use in some capital buildings and suggests slating roofs with iron strips to resist snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Kingdom
United States
Chambers’ Journal
River Plaza
Bethlehem
Nazareth
Britain
Buenos Ayres
Argentine Republic
Hemisphere
Alligator's Breakfast and Senator Knute Nelson Linguist
A reader reports an alligator found in a fireplace at Mr. Bud Spinks's home, swallowing a boot while attempting to dry others. the gator is exhibited at Minche's drug store. Also notes Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota as a skilled linguist fluent in Norwegian Swedish Danish German and English with early exposure to multiple languages in Minnesota. A quip from the Kansas City Journal about a doctor and delinquent patient ends the excerpt.
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Bud Spinks
Knute Nelson
Minnesota
Senate
Nelson
Trappist Monks in America Preserve Silent Austerity
Katherine Pop surveys Trappist communities in Kentucky and Mount Melteray, noting 19th century reform at La Trappe, strict daily routines from two a.m. matins to night prayers, perpetual silence, and labor across gardens, kitchens, dairies, and orchards. The Abbey of Gethsemane in Kentucky sits on 1700 acres with famed gardens, while Mount Melteray near Da-De Gun Gwar hosts about 50 monks and a hospitable guest house with careful upkeep.
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America
Canad
Gethsemane
Dubuque
la ‘Trappe
Normandy
France
la Trappe
Armand Jean le Bouthelier de Ranche
Paris
Oidinal Richelieu
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Illinois
New Orleans
Louisville
Abbey of
Allen
de Ranche
Absolats Stlescerbie
Alma Langues
United States
Mount Melteray
da- Degun Gwar
Mount Melleray
Bir. Allen
Katherine Pop
Trappist Monastery History and Global Branches
The passage recounts the La Trappe reforms after De Ranche, the abbey's fate during the French Revolution, and how Trappists dispersed to Switzerland Germany and Russia before restoring in Normandy. It notes Kentucky’s Trappist monastery reflecting Normandy’s traditions and mentions branch abbeys in Great Britain France Belgium Germany and the United States.
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de Ranche
la Trappe
France
Switzerland
Germany
Russia
Normandy
Belgium
United States
James Lane Allen
Kentucky
Knicker
Becker
George
N. Y. Sam
Pawnee Warrior and Tribal Customs
The Pawnees built earth covered log villages along the Platte in Kansas and Nebraska. They were a warlike western tribe noted for head shaving leaving a scalplock and sacrificing prisoners to the sun. Disease and war reduced their numbers to about 700 on an Oklahoma reservation.
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Mrs Squaw
Tepees
Platte River
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Navajo Reservation Mines and Proposed Removal Feud
The article reports possible congressional moves to remove Navajo Indians from their northeastern Arizona reservation to open mining lands to prospectors. It notes resentment over reservation wealth and describes Navajo protection of their mines, wealth, and trading practices including blankets, with hostile encounters deterring outsiders from entering the land.
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Arizona
Roosevelt
Chicago Chronicle
Silver Mountain
Utah
New Mexico
Colorado
Japanese Soldier Discipline And Vast Future Military Pool
The Pittsburg Post reports that Japanese soldiers at all ranks remain focused on service, with a future plan to train 450000 men under 40 for military duty. School programs and youth drillers will swell home defense materials, while Canadian arsenic mines shift from gold to more profitable ore processing as efficient separation boosts gold yields.
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Pittsburg
Hastings County
Ontario
Canada
England
Germany
Nurse Finds Pathos in Mercy Amid Patient’s Quiet End
A visiting nurse walks a weary path of mercy as she tends a dying young woman and a months old child. The scene reveals loneliness and tenderness, with reflections on suffering, motherhood, and the stark reality of tomorrow’s absence.
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Chicago Tribune
Mosquito Basil Defends Against Malaria in India History
A London Times letter from Sir George Birdwood notes the sacred basil and related basils as long known aids against mosquitoes and malaria in India. He cites Hindu usage around temples and graves, and recounts Bombay garden practice where basil helped curb fevers among workers and masons.
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George Birdwood
London Times
India
Bombay
Sir George
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Jane
Basil
Farther
Sapp
Chicago Daily News
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Recorder
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R.A
Egal
H. McClintock
H. P. A Viens
Stu-En-Da-Wie Lodge
F. & Reef
J. Phelps
Me A. Viers
Omfga Lodge
J. W. Mebb
ODD Fellows
FT. Defiance
Knights OF Pythias
Hancouk Lodge
Sted Anda Eretoge
SpybUun
X. Oi
Knights and Ladies—Maccabees
Fort Defiance
Hird Streats
Acer
Karl May
Auglaize Hive
Bowis
W. Corner
Clitton
Third Streets
Katherine Sites
L. O
Emma Try
National Union
Anthony Wayne Council
Tuead
Music
Second Street
Edward Shesler
L. E. Daoust
C. W. Daoust
RED Men
R. My No. Itz
Dich
Bioek
Clinton Street
Second Hoor
Croseland
Bachem
Fred A. Schloss
Royal Arcanum
Defiance Council
A. No
Hall
Clinton Third Streets
Kehnast
Peter Dickman
Knights and Ladies of Columbia
Eureka Council
WirerewAe Seer
Federal Labor Union
Defiance Federal Labor Union
Seiuitefiaul
Civieon Strove i
Asa Dnr
Fred Zollers
Grand Army Republic
Dnr
Dabney
L. E. Beardsley
Women's Relief Corps
Bishop Corps
W. Ri
Mes Rat Potincon Street
Ary Bell
Annette Weller
Daughters OF Veterans, Han
Zadie Lee
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Union Veterans
Mehfees Command
Ciston
Ashton
W.V
Oace
Rominson
Mattie Gleason
Ben Bur
Arrius Court
Tribe of Ben Hun
Geo. W. Rik
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Knights OF Honor
Defiance Lodge
Tnrarnen
Olein, Sr
RED Cross
THE
Sfeets
N. W
Clinton
Streets
Syt Hull
Wm.ort
Defiance Homestead
W. Lynde
G. D. Edgar
Home Guard
Defiance Home Guards No
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J. Leaming
AID Society
Third Street
Mi Walz
J. Papenhage
Financial Seey
Turnbull Aid Society
Esol Bionth
Hepman
John Young
Reeding & Ladies German
Wecomer
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Mary Winkler
Parar Society
Preisendorfer
Beard
Hummer
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Ghts OF
Sund and
Jackson Streets
Catholic Knights OF Americ
Washin Ghd
Arabella Streets
St. Mary
FMB
Joseph Vey
Catholic Knights OF
Guia
Catholic Knights. OF
Omi
Pern Corner
Washington
St. Mary's School
JS. Haller
W. J. Bohannon
ST. Bonifacius, Benevolent
John's All
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ST. Aloysius Young Men's
John’s Halley
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