Miller's Miracles: Virginia Healer Draws Crowds
Wytheville dispatch recounts Richard Miller a miller from Scott County who claims divine aid grants miraculous cures by touch. Reported healings include a paralytic, a Bristol Tennessee woman, a cancer cure, and restoration of hearing speech, with Miller refusing payment and citing humble service to God. Correspondent of the New York Herald notes crowds gathering, emphasizing Miller's simple illiterate background and faith driven miracles.
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Virginia
Scott County
Richard Miller
Miller
Matt
McMullin
G. N. Wertz
Abingdon
Mr. Wertz
Irene Newton
Bristol
Tenn
Peter Whitsell
The Salem Miracle Worker Miller at Salem
A correspondent details the rise of a man named Miller in Salem who seeks divine power to cure disease. He endures poverty, refuses large sums for engagements, and travels Florida in faith. Crowds gather, with opinions divided between magnetic influence and supernatural power, as eyewitness cases from Catawba Roanoke County Virginia are cited.
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Jonah
Mark
John
Corinthians
Mathew
Florida
Salem
Glade Springs
Miller
Pension case for elderly woman claiming Civil War service
An 82 year old Philadelphia woman seeks a pension for three years and seven months of Civil War service. She alleges enlistment in the Fifth Maryland Regiment, injury in battle, and discharge at war's end after promotion to sergeant. She used the name Henry Williams and paid doctors to pass her.
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Philadelphia
Maryland
Glass clothes from Vienna glass-spinner's craft
At Gaudenfrei the Viennese glass-spinner A Prengel has established a glass work weaving glass into fabrics. He spins and weaves glass to create carpets cuffs collars veils and even white curly glass muffs and hats with glass feathers. He claims to transform brittle glass into pliable threads for warm clothing and notes glass wool may rival real wool.
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Germany
Gaudenfrei
A. Prengel
Vienna
Burglaries Flourish in San Antonio Report
Fort Worth resident Willie Patterson was shot and killed in an incident linked to Robie Jones who was fooling with an old rusty pistol when the tragedy occurred.
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Willie Patterson
Fort Worth
Robi. Jones
Be a son whom mothers need never fear to trust
Parents lean upon their children especially sons, but many fail to show affection beyond basic support. The article urges sons to anticipate a mother’s needs, offer daily courtesies, and share affection to keep her heart young, noting fathers also rely on sons and that filial care sustains families. It ends with a call to cultivate thoughtfulness and express love as a son.
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New Yorker
Legislative Aspirants Take Warning
The Mason News Item comments on public access to legal notices and delinquent land lists. It argues lawmakers should publicly announce real estate auctions and the auction schedule rather than burden landowners with outlays to learn the status of delinquent properties. The piece critiques economy measures that conceal public rights.
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Mason
Mason County
Court House
Immigrant families settle on Sunset route in state
A car load of Bohemian immigrants arrived to settle along the Sunset route in the state. A swindler is reported to have been collecting taxes from Houston residents described as darkies.
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Houston Darkies
Widow Marries Man She Tricked Into Quick Wedding
A Detroit justice of the peace attends a farm house wedding arranged by a crafty widow who jokes about splicing and keeps the groom Noah from fleeing. After a comic cat- and fox-game to fetch him, the ceremony proceeds at once with the bride declaring the groom’s bashfulness will fade in weeks as guests share supper.
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Detroit
Samuel
Martin’s
Moses
Noah
Yaas
Nash
Amethyst
Detroit Free Press
Congress House Deadlock Blocks Free List Reform
Washington Capital laments democratic will blocked by a powerful House committee. It urges passage of the Town send bill to place salts printing paper and type on the free list, criticizing minority rule and the influential role of leading committee members.
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Congress
Washington
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