Irrigation schemes for Colorado prosperity and growth
A Denver audience hears a supporter describe a broad irrigation plan to water Arkansas and Platte valleys. He urges land grants from Congress and railroads, warns against squatters, advocates state or federal funding, and envisions Denver as a base for a canal network turning desert to garden and spurring wheat and flour markets. The author hopes to see Colorado become a thriving state with a million people.
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New York
Denver
Colorado
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Platte Canyon
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Platte
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Philadelphia
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Oneness of the Christian Church at Disciples Church
The observer attends the Church of the Disciples in New York to hear Mr Hepworth preach on Christian unity. He describes Hepworth's appearance, manner, and extempore style, notes audience size about 2000, praises his balance of evangelical conviction with broad interpretation, and contrasts him with Beecher. The piece also covers the evening sermon on two faces of life and the role of religion in daily conduct.
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Warwonth
New York
Church of the Disciples
Congregationalist
Forty-Fifth Street
Central Park
Hepworth
Unitarians
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Mr. Hepworth
Madison and
Fifth Avenues
Mr. Beecher
Indiana
Beecher
West
Adam
Christ
Rome
Eaid
Stock Exchange
Sweden
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Isaiah
Maimer
J. G
Wallack
W. O. BM
Homes for Women at Stewart Building in New York
The New York World describes Alexander T. Stewart’s Home for Women, a one million dollar six story iron building on Fourth Avenue and Thirty-second Streets. It features turreted towers, a central seven story block, extensive courtyards, heated by steam, with dining and concert halls, sleeping rooms in two sizes, and hotel style kitchens. Expenses are covered by rent from the twenty four stores on the first floor with upper stories for workrooms, dining, and living space for girls seeking affordable board.
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The
New York World
Alexander T. Stewart
Fourth Avenue
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Wonders of the Deep from Challenger Voyage
The Challenger voyage from England to the West Indies reports a gradually deepening sea floor to three and a half miles then shallower pockets, with life found at great depths. Dredges required twelve hours to reach bottom at the deepest spots and many new species including a transparent lobster and eyeless crustaceans were discovered.
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Challenger
England
West Indies
African
Nature
Jokes and sermons provoke varied reactions in readers
Gough recalls how some dismiss jokes as trivial while Tilton notes Dr. Chapin's sermons on wealth and youth. A story about a hat cost and a misread lecture copy illustrates differing responses, with unread copies offered to Christian families.
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Tilton
Barnum's Traveling World's Fair Captivates Nation
Reports hail Barnum's show as a nationwide phenomenon with cities like Providence and Boston counting thousands daily. Excursion trains rush visitors miles for a fifty cent admission while factories and schools pause. newspapers call it the era’s most extensive wonder transport.
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Providence
Boston
Jenny Lind
Mr. Barnum
The Case Against Low Necked Dress in Public
A columnist argues against low necklines for women, claiming the motive is seduction and moral decay. The piece cites health risks and social ruin, insists modest dress honors wives, and mocks public exposure as immoral.
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Franklin
Adams
Pies and journalism echoed in a humorous aside
The excerpt critiques the health myth about pies and pastries, arguing digestion fatigue from overconsuming other foods leads to dyspepsia. It cites Mr. Watterson seeking a Thackeray and Bulwer, noting expectations of literary figures and predicting low pay of ten dollars weekly.
Intellect Without Conscience Cited in Napoleon View
The author argues Napoleon lacked conscience and asserts that with a heart proportional to his brain he could have been among history's greatest men. Lowell presents a sharp critique framing moral balance as essential to true greatness.
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Napoleon
Lowell
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