Fashionable Dutch and Boers Wall in New York Preacher Circles
In New York a clash of cultures unfolds as Dutch families align with pro Boer sentiment while Canadian and Irish actors mingle with British allies. The piece notes prominent Dutch lineages and contrasts their features with newer delegates, then highlights Dr. Collyer of the Messiah Church and his influential, non fashionable congregation including connections to Eastman fortune and English family ties.
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Peeope
van Rensselaers
Peachos
Hoosevelts
Deekmaans
He van Volts
Teyyven
George Wo van
Vomrmaands
Werner
New York
Newdarog. Co
Pennsylvania
Unity Church
Chicago
Church of the Messiah
Anvil
Collyer
Ife
C. Eastman
Dr. Collyer
Bell
Mon‘am Wwilsons
Kirn Avenue
Mark
Riety
Nell Guaily
Newbold Morris
Dr.arker
Susan
Sid
Fashionable weddings and a yacht honeymoon trend
The report notes high society nuptials with elite matches including heiresses and senators, amid fashionable cruises. It highlights Miss Bene et, Brice, Henry Havemeyer, and a Montana senator’s daughter marrying Dr Lewis Rutherford Mor, with ties to prominent families and social leaders.
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Dra Dt
Beneet
Eichier
Ssuitar Reieo
Soung Henry Havemeyer
Whiting
Fant
Mark
Montana
New York
Lewis Rutherford Mor Thwath
Collyer Lifetime of Faith and Roots in Yorkshire
Robaery Collyer, aged about fifty years in the county, celebrated a turn of years as a preacher born in Yorkshire. His sturdy frame and white hair mark a life devoted to debate and faith. He came to this country seeking better opportunities and a chance to preach, marrying in England before crossing the ocean to pursue his vocation.
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Dilegan
England
Strangers Preachers in New York Churches
In New York visitors seek guidance to churches as prominent pastors like Beecher and Hall fade from memory. The piece notes Plymouth Church led by Dr. Jillis, Minot Savage in New England guest attendance, and Brooklyn’s Dr. Dixon drawing crowds. It also covers Dr. Parkhurst and institutional church leaders, and observes Rainsford and Greer as strong parish workers with limited pulpit focus.
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Collyer
Aoman
Minnesota
Fulton Ferry
Henry Ward Beecher
John Hall
Talmage
Storrs
Cuyler
Dix
Plymouth Church
Jillis
Beecher
Lyman Abbott
New England
Minot Savage
Savage
New York
Dixon
Brooklyn
Ife
Parkhurst
Tle
Greer
Dr. Rainsford
Rainsford
The American Tract Society Building Scrutiny Dramatizes City Debate
In a city neighborhood the 23 story American Tract Society building draws attention as a focus of controversy. A society member seeks a full accounts overhaul amid suspicions of misused missionary funds and questionable rental practices.
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The
American Tract Society
City Hall
The Pupil and the Master Poem of Virtue and Joy
A poet questions why virtue is unseen and pleasure found in vice asks the master why goodness is hidden and sorrow so common. The pupil wanders, guided by beauty in nature and a changed view of life, finding joy where prior had only gloom. A Chicago Times-Merald attribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. I Kiser
Chicago Times-Merald
Cavalry veteran Schuyler battles craving while duty calls
An aging trooper of United States cavalry named Schuyler, with 28 years of service and a storied Civil War record, endures a long spree battle. To finish muster-rolls for pay and records, Captain Gresham orders him kept sober in the orderly room under guard.
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Schuyler
Ith
United States Cavalry
Ife
Drink
John
Douglas
Gresham
O’brien
Sefityler
Sergt
O'Brien
Capt. Gresham
Adjutant General's Office
Drunken muster rolls trigger grisly scene in camp tale
A captain finds Private Schuyler dying by a desk drenched in red ink after a drunken incident. Sergeant O'Brien uncovers the prank as a red ink intoxication, explaining the halted payroll and later a court martial. A separate domestic vignette shows a gambler husband and a poker teach-me promise at breakfast.
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Washington Post
Car 83 Delivers Churchbound Lesson to Schoolgirls
In Albany a Good Car on the A belt line picked up a group of demure school girls. A passenger asked if the car goes to the African Methodist church. The conductor confirmed and the speaker told her friends the car indeed goes to church, praising Albany transit.
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Albany
Albany Journal
Soldier Hoy at Sea Confusion Ends in Sailor Joke
A Kansas boy aboard the regulars in Manila writes to his folks describing an early morning scare at sea. They feared being lost when a sailor claimed the compass had run down and the ship’s captain had neglected to wind it. Later they learned it was a foolish sailor’s prank.
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Kansas
Manila
Kansas City Journaly
Telegraph Wire Progress in Philippine Campaign Maps Miles of Lines
A new progress map under Gen. A W. Greeley shows 160 first class telegraph offices and nearly 2 000 miles of lines, with 2 500 miles expected after new cables and land lines. Manila south links rely on a damaged English cable. military telegraph routes aim for full Visayan coverage by July and southern cables by rainy season end.
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Signs Corps
Philippines
A. W. Greeley
Manila
Visayan
Canay
Negros
Cebu
Signal Corps
MacArthur
Root
Luzon
Outing Trip by Wagon Heads West From Princeton
James W. Thorne of Chicago a Princeton senior leaves campus in a covered wagon for a summer journey. He will be joined by John G. Ralston G I Denny and E B Meigs, all Chicago or Indianapolis graduates or seniors. The party plans Yellowstone park painting trips with cameras then travels to San Francisco.
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James W. Thorne
Chicago
Princeton
Far West
Ile
John G. Ralston
G. I. Denny
Indianapolis
E. B. Meigs
Philadelphia
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone Park
San Francisco
Kenosha Soldier Weds Johannesburg Nurse in South Africa
Charles J. Spruce of Kenosha, fighting with the British in South Africa and decorated with the Victoria Cross, announces his marriage to a Johannesburg nurse who tended him during illness two years ago. He plans to retire soon, visit London briefly, then return to Kenosha.
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Kenosha
Wis
Charles J. Spruce
South Africa
Spruce
Johannesburg
London
Royal grant creates dukedom and earldom for Prince of Wales
Queen Victoria grants the dukedom of Fife and the earldom of Macduff to the prince of Wales' son in law, with succession to female heirs by birth order if male issue ends. Separately, church statistics in the United States list 20,612,906 total communicants with Catholics, Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, Lutherans, and Episcopalians named by denomination.
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Victoria
Fife
Prince of Wales
Earl of Macduff
United Kingdom
Louise of Wales
United States
Man in Boston Holds 10000 Literary Autographs
The Chicago Times Herald notes a Boston man possesses about 10,000 autograph items from literary figures. It remains unclear whether he acquired them in Boston or Indiana, as the man does not explain.
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Literary Centera
Boston
Chicago Times-Herald
Iana
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Fort Leavenworth Military Prison
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Jokn Meelhop.jr
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Wallis Co
Seventh and Locust Streets
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J. F. McCarthy
John V. Keogh
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