05 Dec 1895
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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1895
Page
1
A jumble of 1900s notes cites John D. Rockefeller's plan to donate million to Chicago University, praises Concord grape originator Ephraim Ball, and reports British imperial moves over Trinidad while hinting at looming clashes. Mentions San Francisco temperaments, Chicago typhoid debates, and a Philadelphia naturalization denial in a compact, period voice.
The dispatches reveal Holmes writing a book in prison, having fractured commandments and amassed victims. Yet an unfinished roster haunts him as he seeks one last act to define his career in solitude.
An American heiress worth millions marries in New York and the event receives extensive coverage in the press. The article contrasts public fascination with the union to how a different choice might have altered the display, noting editors’ zeal for stories of international marriages.
Massachusetts voters faced a municipal suffrage referendum with low female registration and turnout. About five percent of eligible women did not register, while roughly half of those who registered voted against the measure. A strong campaign for women’s suffrage persists, likely to press for action in the next Legislature despite rejection this time.
A fragmentary report notes hysteria in the British press over a Vanderbilt Marlborough yacht race. It highlights the Daily News critique of aristocratic wealth and a Times cultural aside on marriage, while noting American public sentiment and political tensions across Iowa, Michigan, and Wisconsin as the Constitution unfolds in the year.
The census reveals total population gains across four western states and shifts in migration toward newer regions. Growth in city and rural areas has kept pace with industrial prosperity, despite low farm prices and rising transport costs. The article notes enduring wealth gains among producers and a broader economic vitality.
Mrs. Alexander Ireland recounts a perilous October 1889 sea voyage with historian James Anthony Froude and his daughter. A violent storm tests courage as waves rise and the boat fights against wind and hail. Froude speaks calmly, declaring readiness amid danger, while a look from him leaves a chilling impression.
Rev Dr Talmage preaches to a crowded audience on the dangers facing youth. He uses David and Absalom to warn of worldly ambition, dishonesty, and neglect of home, urging industrious toil, Sabbath respect, and especially commitment to the Christian faith as the highest safeguard for life and character.
The presence of the Kingdom is shown by Jesus casting out devils by the Spirit of God and by the outcomes of Christianity. Jesus cites this as proof to doubters that the Kingdom has come. The same works today place responsibility on people to accept or reject Christianity.
A religious reflection contrasts living for peace with trusting God’s guidance. It cites Abbott and Llosa on enduring tempests through faith, and on resurrection as a higher life where present decay yields spiritual abundance. The passage emphasizes surrender of past and future to divine will for lasting renewal.
A sermon-like reflection notes that divine help supports human effort rather than replacing it. It likens faith to a canopy over burdened lives and argues progress requires God and the individual working together, not alone, with a warning against self reliance. Reverend D. S. Hamilton is cited.
A devotional passage praises the heavens and Earth as evidence of God's sustaining power. It argues that awareness of sun light, work, and nature should make Wersil thankful for food health home liberty and friends. The text emphasizes gratitude and responsibility.
Arrangements by German authorities on first intimation of war to instantly convey by rail all the women and children in large towns as well as smaller places into Germany. The measure targets populations in Strasbourg and other cities, aiming for rapid evacuation.
A detailed description of a specialized wagon platform for efficient fodder corn loading and unloading. The device features a long adjustable platform, rear rope system, and easy load release to maximize hauling capacity. It notes wheat yields in Idaho and practical dairy and farm management tips alongside.
The excerpt notes that The Divine Comedy written before Gulumbuy foreshadows scientific ideas. It cites tides driven by lunar attraction, sea level, central force, falling bodies, Earth’s roundness, landforms as surface protuberances, northern hemisphere land distribution, universal gravitation, vapor elasticity as motive power, and mentions Lavoluster’s condensations.
The Chinese department of the British Museum Library holds a single work occupying at least 5020 volumes. The encyclopedia of Ching literature spans twenty eight centuries from 1000 B C to Huy A D, purchased years ago for $6000 and now exists in only a few copies.
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