Attended a faith cure meeting and unrest in Illinois
A Springfield faith cure gathering featured Anna Delaney in a trance that held Watts for seven and a half hours, followed by hours of prayer and noise. Other notes report swindles, suicides, accidents, ore finds near Galena, and notable deaths and prosecutions across Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Watts
Chatham
Sangamon County
Springfield
Anna Delany
Watts
Anna
Faith Cure
Miss Delaney
Massachusetts Tariff Reform League Banquet at Hotel Vendome
Secretary Fairchild and a line of notable guests attended the Boston gathering. A letter from President Cleveland praising tariff reform was read, followed by speeches stressing that tariff policy remains a national fight and must be publicly argued until a clear, united answer emerges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairchild
Cleveland
League
Boston
Massachusetts Tariff Reform League
Hotel Vendome
Secretary of
William Endicott
W. E. Russell
Aes
Thering
Executive Mansion
Washington, D. C
Sherman, Hoar
Demaadt
Grover Cleveland
Russell
Henry Clay
North
Tariff Reform League
Janes Fitch
New York
Endicott
Carlisle
Friends of Industrial Freedom
David A. Wells
Hyde
Bowdoin College
Carl Schurz
Francis A. Walker
P. A. Collins
Diary of John R Thompson Mentioned by Stoddard Inspires London Anecdotes
The diary of the late John R Thompson, a Southern man of letters, is edited by R H Stoddard. It recalls literary London a generation ago with anecdotes about Tennyson described as a quiet man who smoked a pipe and drank hot punch. Thompson long after supplied Virginia tobacco to the poet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Thompson
R. H. Stoddard
Mr. Thompson
London
Tennyson
America
Judge on Character Beyond Relations and Companions
The speaker argues that you cannot judge a person by kin or friends, as relations are given and features are imposed, while companions are chosen like clothing and reflect personal selection rather than inherent truth.
The Drummer's Village Sales Test
A New York businessman recalls a youth on the road as a commercial drummer. In a midwinter village store, he faces a scornful proprietor, loses his card, learns to adapt, and finally wins an order by underselling rival teas and spices. The tale ends with the dealer paying $5 and a letter of encouragement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Taylor
Millington
Kendall County
New York
Parétte
Hudson
Reed
A Fine Taste in Tea
Mr. Guy Maine the Chinese lecturer recalls a boyhood incident in China with tea kettles. At age 11 he plunged his hand into a kettle while cleaning it, unsure if his father was watching. After weeks passing he learned not to repeat the act and has since avoided touching tea kettles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Maine
China
Guy
Sol
New York Evening Sun
Money accumulates daily wealth in the United States
Mulhall's Balance Sheet of the World notes that each sunrise adds 2.5 million dollars to US wealth, a share equal to one third of the daily accumulation by all people outside the United States.
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Board of United States
Galena
Mulhall
United States
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Illinois
Frank Rodgers
Mount Vernon
Arthur M. Crawford
Centralia
W. F. Garry
Central Illinois
Illiopolis
John Carr
Vermilion River
Edward Township
Vermilion County
Ann Starnes
A. Washburn
Vandalia
Fayette County
Abram Thompson
Gen. Jackson
John Prettyman
Western Union Telegraph Company
Quincy
Hannibal & St. Joe
West Quney
Kuchemann Range
J. Glassey & Co
B. F. Long
Alton
Washington
Women’s Department
Minnie Fletcher
Rose Hall
Ella Lee
Ollie Thrasher
Marion County
Edward Brubaker
Brubaker
Salem
Sandoval
John Bowdein
Norton
Northwestern Railroad
James F. Johnson
Rock Island
Johnson
Northwestern
Evansville
Thomas Bowman
St. Louis
John Hronek
Chicago
Supreme Court
Hronek
Fanny Jones
Edward Costello
Jones
Emma Alice Brown
Caroline Morgan
Danville
Reading
Caroline
John J. Morgan
Brown
Maryland
Emma Alice
Beaver
New York Story
Prohibition
McGrath
Louis L. Lehman
Lewis Monroe
John B. Cartmile
James M. Fulwider
State Teachers’ Association
H. Peabody
University of Illinois At
Champaign
Lyte Kent
Jacksonville
C. O. Scudder
Pekin
E. O. E. Latham
Flora Pennell
Normal
J. H. Collins
Loren Dayton
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