Montezuma Swamp Viaduct Repairs On New York Central Line
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reports ongoing repairs on the New York Central main line crossing Montezuma swamp between Nox Ridge and Savannah. A 1800 foot viaduct with aging stone abutments is being rebuilt with iron wall plates and concrete in use for track support. Freight tracks to be repaired later, passenger tracks already addressed.
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Hinpire State Express
George
Hamptre State Express
Montezuma
New York Central
Nox Ridge
Savannah
Rochester
Seneca Lake
Central Railroad
Rochester , Democrat and Chronicle
Sunday and Monday Beggare in The Pew Debate
Ian Maclaren argues in The Pew and the Man In It that church pews should be maintained as family homes with fair payment from all, rich or artisan, to sustain worship. He condemns public support and urges self reliance and proportional contributions for six days of labor and Sunday worship.
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Ian Maclaren
Ladies’ Home Journal
The Christian Life as Living Beauty in Art
Newell Dwight Lillis discusses how the Christian life redefines beauty beyond statues and paintings. He argues loveliness becomes living virtue expressed in motherly patience, kindness, and spirit of Jesus Christ, shaping a city through beautiful Christians.
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Jesus Christ
Newell Dwight Lillis
Root and His Standing Reception at the Army Navy Building
Joe Mitchell Chapple portrays Secretary Toot in a cornered room with portraits of Stanton. Toot is calm, direct, and analytical, combining New York pace with focused listening and decisive discipline. The depiction emphasizes his confident, unpretentious demeanor and sharp questions.
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Root
Army and Navy
Stanton
Toot
Hait
Ile
Ife
New York
Joe Mitchell Chapple
National Magazine
Open Door Diplomacy Quips Across Nations
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet riffs on global attitudes to open doors and trade. The dialogue cites Germany, Russia, France, Britain, and the United States, noting desires for domestic production, national pride, and open access.
Lincolnonian Speech and Lincolnian Wit in Whitney Note
H. C. Whitney surveys Lincoln’s humor and sharp political wit in letters and notes. He highlights grotesque humor used with Chase and Weed, deriding Seward and Douglas, plus moral and strategic judgments. The piece cites quotes on popular sovereignty, slavery, and one playful goat anecdote to illustrate Lincoln’s distinctive style.
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Charlow Weed
Horace Greeley
Chase
Adams
Thurlow Weed
Senate
Seward
Douglas
John N. Stuart
United States Senate
Thorris
Punkin
Free
Samuel Gallaway
Africa
Wahn
Monument to Lincoln in Edinburgh Union of Nations
The first Lincoln monument in the old world stands in Calton burial ground Edinburgh near Hume Tower. Unveiled August 21 1803 the 15 foot life size bronze Lincoln with freed slave and bronze battle flags sits on a polished red Aberdeen granite base. Funded by Americans and Scottish-Americans including Levi Morton Carnegie Vanderbilt Astor Phelps and many others across New York Illinois Rhode Island Indiana Minnesota Pennsylvania Vermont and Arizona.
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Scotland
Abraham Lincoln
Qld
Calton Burying Ground
Edinburgh
David Hume
Wallace Bruce
United States
George E. Bissell
America
Levi P. Morton
Cornelius Vanderbilt
William Walter Phelps
Andrew Carnegie
William Rockefeller
William Waldorf Astor
John Sloane
Charles Stewart Smith
New York
Illlinois
Rhode Island
Indiana
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Arizona
Moody's Decision to Leave Business for Evangelistic Work
Dwight L. Moody recalls how a failed focus on numbers in a Sabbath school led him to join with a teacher to witness to a class. The turning point came when a dying mentor admitted his failure to lead souls, sparking Moody to pray and convert hearts. The experience reshaped Moody's life and mission, ending with a vow never to return to business.
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Dwight L. Moody
God
Jesus Christ
Boston
Chicago
Lake Michigan
New York State
Christ
Moody
Polygamy as Core of Mormon Church Says Hartt
The Atlantic article argues polygamy is the cohesive force of the Mor mon church. It claims the church binds adherents with strong bonds, making it an empire and a crime partnership. It cites quotes about Utah and asserts the church permits and honors polygamy while condemning lawbreaking.
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Rollin Lynde Hartt
Atlantic
Tere
Benjamin Franklin
Utah
B. St. Roberts
Mormon Church
Zion
Harvard through two centuries of growth and figures
The Harvard Crimson outlines the university's early structure and growth. It notes Joseph Willard as president with a 1400 dollar salary plus degree fees and land grants, lists 35 endowed professorships then, six tutors and one instructor, and contrasts with today’s 185 instructors and one tutor. It chronicles buildings from 46 total now to five in 1800, naming dormitories and Holden chapel, the 1808 catalog, and class sizes. It mentions popular early student societies, and notes Admiral Dewey’s post office name honors and Representative Roberts’ prolific billmaking in Congress.
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Harvard Crimson
Joseph Willard
Harvard
Massachusetts
Ollis
Wadsworth
Harvard Hall
Holden Chapel
Institute
Porcellian
Hasty Pudding
Dewey
Representative Roberts
House
Roberts
Congress
The Story Behind When Troops March Home Song Rights
A Chicago Daily News excerpt notes a journalist’s tale of a writer negotiating song rights. An author spurns a cash down offer of fifty dollars and contracts on a royalty basis, illustrating tensions between immediate payment and future earnings.
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Torney
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