Diocesan Split Moves North Carolina Churches
At the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina convention the plan to divide the state into two dioceses was approved amid opposition from Bishop Lyman. Other notes include academic appointments, religious missions, and Buddhist and philosophical lectures planned for next year.
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Episcopal Diocese of
North Carolina
Lyman
Willis G. Craig
Theological Seminary of the
Northwest
Wipe My Tears A Baby’s Final Moment in Sorrow
A Detroit Free Press excerpt recalls a baby girl whose tears and joy framed a family’s grief. The child's illness leads to a painful last moment when she whispers Wipe my tears and dies, with a hopeful biblical note of God wiping away all tears.
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Tennyson
Detroit Free Press
Notarbartolo's Escape From Palermo Brigands Described
The Naples correspondent reports the ex-Syndic Signor Notarbartolo was detained six days in a cavern by brigands in Palermo after a ransom of 50,000 francs was paid. Guards posed as soldiers in torn peasant clothes. the band wore new uniforms and claimed lavish wealth. He was freed amid joyful demonstrations, with officers tightening a ring around Termin to prevent further escape.
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Taurida
Crimea
China
James Freeman Clarke
Europe
Fichte
Concord School of Philosophy
Russia
Bogoyavlensky
St. Petersburg
Segend
Rome
Leo XIII
Palermo
Signor Notarbartolo
Signor
Notarbartolo
Revue Des Deux Mondes
Depretis
Termin
Naples
London News
Arithmetic Brain Teasers From a Detroit Free Press Column
A collection of playful math puzzles and word problems posed for readers. Questions cover profits from buying and selling animals, workforce counts for tasks, counting beaux, census discrepancies, trades and values, and abstract versus concrete numbers. The piece ends with a quip about farmers enjoying a cold spring.
The Sanguine Man and His Hopeful World
A portrait of the sanguine man describing his future orientation and cheerful outlook. He trusts plans with boundless confidence and sees gold where others see shadows, yet often falls prey to wild schemes and gullible promoters. He remains sociable, industrious, and valued despite frequent ventures.
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Jesus Siftings
Suburban Subscriber Drops Paper Over Eclipse Tale
The Loston Journal notes Mr. Dobson, a long time reader, halted his paper after a tea time eclipse report led him to imagine a family viewing scene. He recalled past celestial events, tested window glass with a lamp, burned his finger, and decided the paper misled readers about eclipse viewing sites in remote Asia and Africa.
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Dobson
Mr. Dobson
Asia
Africa
Loston Journal
White vs Green Asparagus Taste Debate in Cities
The Rural New Yorker notes city preference for blanched white asparagus over green, calling it tender but arguing green portions are more desirable. It explains blanching preserves color and tenderness, but deeper shoots are tougher, and blanching increases production costs. France uses blanching more than the U.S.
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France
New Yorker
Queen of Burmah Meets Young Traveller at Palace
In Burma the 21 year old Queen receives a guest with courtly ritual and questions about age and personal life. A dog disrupts ceremony as nuns and attendants laugh. The guest notes the Queen’s kindness, glimpses festival plans, and the crowded royal household.
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Sister Teresa
Mandalay
Rangoon
Frazers Magazine
Child’s illness jokes reveal wary times in New Haven
A mother questions a family doctor about her child’s prognosis amid worries over common childhood diseases. The physician replies with cautious optimism, while a biting remark about an honest man starving to death closes the exchange, reflecting social tensions in New Haven.
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New Haven Register
Small Episcopalians Among South Carolina Population
In South Carolina a population exceeding 1,000,000 includes only 7,000 Episcopalians. The statistic highlights the church's relatively small share within the state's religious landscape.
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South Carolina
Narrow Escape Aboard Boston Hoosac Train
Engineer Charles Siloway of Mechanicsville acted with presence of mind to avert a major disaster between Reynolds Station and Mechanicsville. As a clay hill slid toward the track the engineer opened the throttle and sped through the cut just as the earth collapsed behind, burying the line ten feet deep for two hundred feet and sparing the cars from a deadly fall.
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Boston
Hoosac
Western Railroad
Reynolds Station
Mechanicsville
Charles Siloway
Chinese Portrait Painters in San Francisco
A group of Chinamen in San Francisco work as portrait painters selling enlarged oil copies of photographs for $2 each. They do not paint from life and their pictures often reproduce the source image’s blemishes with eyes sometimes set askew, yet the pictures find buyers.
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San Francisco
Acreage Estimates From Fifty Six Railway Stations
The Galveston News reports acreage estimates this year for cotton and corn from fifty six railway stations. Cotton area is 843 477 acres and corn 409 812 acres. Increases over 1881 are 23 459 for cotton and 40 580 for corn.
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The
Galveston News
Cruikshank Bank Note Caricature and its Aftermath
The piece recounts George Cruikshank's 1817 1818 Dorset Street lean years his Bank Note caricature and its dramatic social impact. It notes royal and city figures pressuring officials to curb forgeries and the shift away from hangings as punishment, culminating in broader reforms and Cruikshank’s enduring artistic influence.
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Gillray
George Cruikshank
Dorset Street
Sabury Square
Fleet Street
Bank of England
Ludgate Hill
Newgate Prison
Bank II
Goner and Company
Bank of Eng J. Ketch
Howe
Cruikshank
Robert Peel
Dickens
Ainsworth
Thoron
London Standard
Habits and Traits of Siberian Tribes Noted by Officers
A Chambers Journal extract describes Ostaiks and Tongooses as dexterous hunters using bow and rifle, skilled salmon spearing, and reindeer skin use. It notes their rudeness and ingenuity, improvidence, and a belief that bery is a grave sin, with details of seasonal life and hunting methods observed by a sack officer.
Alabama man sues railroad over locomotive incident
A case from Alabama involves a man attempting to sue a railroad for damages after a locon ran over his hand. The plan relied on proving negligence by the railway company but failed due to questions about the engine’s safety on the track.
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Alabama
Dam
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