Military meets crack corps at Knights encampment
Cleveland crowds witness the dress parade of the Second Ohio regiment at the Knights of Pythias encampment. Delegations from Pittsburg Allegheny Lancaster Pa Charleston Parkersburg W Va attend as camp life fills with electric-lit tents and parades. Rathbone sisters push for supreme senior amid lively campaigning.
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Second
Ohio Regiment
St. Pan
Cleveland
Knights of Pythias
Ohio Knights
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Lancaster
Munele
Tad
Charleston
Parkersburg
W. Va
Centennial Commission
Carniohan
Epworth Memorial
M. I
Lafayette
Ind
Uniform Bank
Hastings
Mich
Carnahan
Knights
Richie
Ohio
Portsmouth
Virginia
Strees
Payne Avenue
Rathbone
Rathbone Sisters
Pythians
Weddell House
J. B. S Neubert
Kansas City
Nellie Scattergood
Michigan
Grand Army Gathering Arrives in St Paul for Encampment
The first Grand Army veteran arrived last Wednesday as St Paul decorates for the thirtieth encampment. Flags line South Street and parade routes along Sixth Street, with Mrs John A Logan visiting and a grand reception planned on Summit Avenue with five platforms and bands.
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St. Paul
Buffalo
Lake City
John A. Logan
The
Indies of
Trafic
Recep
Eagle to Lead Robie Post at St Paul Encampment
WEST SUPERIOR Wis Aug 24 Members of J D Robie Post A J will transport a giant black eagle to the national encampment at St Paul The bird shot within city limits by Adelbert Stowe of a Waupaca post Io is the largest eagle known in this region and may be the handsomest on view in the west It will be carried at the head of the post in all parades at St Paul.
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West Superior
Wis
Aig
J. D. Robie Post
A. J
St. Paul
Adelbert Stowe
Waupaca
Paul
Satellite Crossing the Sun Observed in Washington
August 24 in Washington reports Louis Gathmanun, a Chicago observer visiting, seeing a satellite cross the sun. It is claimed to be the first recorded instance of such a body crossing the solar disc.
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Washington
Louis Gathmanun
Chicago
Brotherhoods Seek Alliance With Rail unions Meeting in Torte Twau te
A secret gathering of five railway brotherhoods drew several thousand in Torte Twau te as leaders including Chief Artain engineer Grand Master Sargent firemen Chief Clark conductors Morrissey and Austin telegraphers discussed closer unity with rail firms but took no action. Central Trader union boycotted, Debs allyship cited and OR T officials attacked A R U and Eugene V Debs as radical.
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Torte Twaute
Debs
Trrrk Hautr
Artain
Sargent
Clark
Morrissey
Austin
Central
Tiador Union
Mugeno Debs
American Railway Union
Eugene V. Debs
Arthur
Champion Yachts Measured for Races at Toledo
In Toledo on August 24, champion yachts Vencedor and Canada were measured. The main boom must be shortened by two and a half feet and the club topsail yard by four feet on the American yacht unless Canada receives double time allowances on anything over forty five feet. Canada’s racing length stands at 41.78 feet and Vencedor at 44.89 feet with one topsail and 44.83 feet with the other. Both sides express confidence, contingent on wind conditions.
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Toledo
Vencedor
Canada
Spring Wheat Crops of Three States Report Issued
The annual spring wheat crop report by H. V. Jones of the Minneapolis Journal covers Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota. It estimates this year’s production at 108 million bushels, down from 195 million last year and 120 million in 1894.
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Minneapolis
H. V. Jones
Minneapolis Journal
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Ex-Representative Lewis Steward Ills in Plano
Plano Illinois August 24 Ex Representative Lewis Steward is very sick and has been confined to his room since February with rheumatism. He is 72 years old and his condition is now serious and worsening.
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Very II
Plano
Lewis Steward
Washington
Marshalltown Educator C P Rogers Commits Suicide
C P Rogers, longtime Marshalltown schools superintendent, hanged himself after a school election controversy led to his resignation. Despondency over losing his post is given as the motive by officials.
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Marshalltown
C. P. Rogers
Boy Drowns After Fit While Fishing at Channel Lake
In Antoica Illinois on August 24 15 year old Fred Overton son of William Overton proprietor of the Lake View House fell into Channel Lake while fishing after a fit and drowned.
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Antioca
Ills
Fred Overton
William Overton
Lave View
Channel Lake
Fires kill two women as huntsville frame homes burn
Abbreviated telegrams report a fire in Huntsville Ontario destroying frame houses occupied by Mrs Quaife her daughter Mrs Phillips and four children. Mrs Quaife and her two children burned to death while Mrs H Phillips likely perished Jessie Phillips injured. Other items note a 1883 London conviction release of Irish dynamiter Albert Whitehead and a string of incidents from weather to shipyard deaths and investigations.
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Huntsville
Ont
Li Hung Chang
American Line
St. Louis
New York
Slayden, Clarkson & Robards
West Texas
San Anne
Spalding
Peoria
Zedtwitz
Singlish
Europe
Caldwell
John Fitzgerald
Milwaukee Ship Yard Company
Lakes
Milwaukee
United States
Brooklyn
J. I. Haydock Carriage Company
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
Lima
Lewis EE. Wills
Atlantic City
N. J
Fairmount Park
D.W. Schoyen
Madison
Wis
Rhodes Wins Peace as Matabele Chiefs Seek Protector
Reports from Bulawayo recount Cecil Rhodes persuading Matabele chiefs to surrender unconditionally after a tense peace conference. The chiefs pledged not to fight if Rhodes stays to care for them and requested removal of a problematic official, denied by Rhodes. Secumbe signaled peace and praised Rhodes with the remark go in peace my father.
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BuLawayo
Cecil Rhodes
Rhodes
Earl Gray
British South African Company
London
Hoe
Secumbe
Lubegula
Trouble in the Rebel Camp in Cuba Crisis and Weyler’s plan
A World special from near Havana dated Aug 15 reports a crisis in Cuba’s provisional government as conflicts among officers climax July 22 when Colonel Mandal y fired a revolver at the president. The president resigned briefly then retained power, and order was restored. Weyler, awaiting reinforcements, plans to sweep the island and curb insurgents by restricting the next sugar and coffee crops to win planter support.
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New York
the World
Havana
Cuba
Republic of Cuba
Manadaly
Cisneroy
Weyler
Spain
Duty and Joy of Church Membership in Christian Endeavor
A sermon outline for Aug 24 by Rev H Doyle discusses church membership as a duty commanded by Christ and essential for observing ordinances baptism and the Lord's Supper. It argues membership fosters spiritual growth, offers Christian fellowship, and creates avenues for usefulness, with Bible readings listed.
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H. Doyle
Christ
Col. i
Clarence White Man Identified in Store Rifling Attempt
Three witnesses in Cucaco identify Clarence White as the man who tried to rifle the Golden Rule cash drawer on May 7. Mat tie Garretson cashier Viva Scholl and Fanny Sherlock saleswoman testified. Garretson singled out White in court. In Chicago Fred Kautz wrestled a revolver from a robber at West Madison and Union, then shot the bandit, who is named Fred Coleman.
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Cucaco
Clarence White
Golden Rule
Mattie Garretson
Old
Viva Scholl
Fanny Sherlock
White
Marshall
Chicago
Chcago
Fred Kautz
Augusta Street
West Madison
Union Streets
Fred Coleman
South Green Street
Shrinkage in New York Banking Deepens This Season
New York reports show a sharp decline in bank activity with loans down nearly 50 million dollars from the same week last year and deposits reduced by 115,236,000, illustrating the extent of the current shrinkage observed this season.
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New York
Weather Indications From Yesterday for Midwest States
The report outlines twenty four hour weather expectations from 6 p m yesterday. Indiana Illinois fair weather with southwest winds and warmer in the north. Michigan fair weather with light to fresh west winds and warmer tonight. Wisconsin and town fair weather with slightly warmer conditions and light to fresh west winds.
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Washington
Indiana
Illinois
The Consecrated Cobbler and a Deathbed Blessing
Christian England recalls Sydney Smith’s mockery of William Carey as a consecrated cobbler who set out to convert the hea then. Carey died at 73 after a life in India. the bishop of India and church leaders blessed him on his deathbed as the government flew flags at half mast. Also notes a Christian Endeavorer on a railroad promoting gospel work among crew and passengers during layover pauses.
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England
Sydney Smith
William Carey
Carey
India
Church of England
Bengal
Christian
Faith and duty span all religions, John Learned states
A quoted meditation asserts that God exists and truth, duty, faith, and love appear across religions. The soul reveals, hears voices, recognizes authority, and follows a light older than Christianity that would endure even if Christian faith faded.
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God
John
What We Have Most to Fear Dr Parkhurst Quote
A pastor warns that the greatest danger is not sinners' vitality but saints' deadness. He laments the remote nature of God in lives that treat the divine as a mere name and report rather than a personal, lived reality. He emphasizes the need for authentic, guiding belief among both few and many.
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Dr. Parkhurst
Those Nearest to Us Reflect Daily Courtesies
A Central Christian Advocate quotation emphasizes that affection from those closest to us brings happiness through daily courtesies. It notes the value of courteous manners among strangers and asserts even greater importance at home.
The Master's Voice in a Desert Faithful Search
A brief verse from ChristianIntelligencer urging believers to seek the lost and needy as the Son of Man walked among them. It calls readers to tend the weary, care for the neglected lamb, and share the Shepherd's name in daily acts of charity.
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Christianwr Intelligencer
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