The Blackbirds and the Congo Slave Trade Encounter
A first person account recounts blockading slave routes on the Congo coast, capturing a dhow with 142 enslaved men, a later chains boarding of a belligerent schooner, and exposing how slavers evaded patrols. The narrator details moral peril, deception, and the payoff of capturing cargoes and a corrupt captain, highlighting the broader effort to curb the trade.
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England
Congo
House Weed
BarTyn
Loriuous
Ares
The Overland Pony Express Route of Wells Fargo Co
The piece recalls the Wells Fargo Pony Express of the 1850s and its 1500 mile, eleven day ride across hostile lands. It notes stations every sixty miles, a time table for swift transfers, riders earning high pay plus weapons, and the vast income from dispatches while highlighting the extreme speed and danger of the venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pony Express
Wells, Fargo & Co
Laramie
Woneming
Salt Lake
Placerville
Oates
Pana
Cape
Characteristics of Welsh Cattle Breed Traits
The Welsh cattle are ancient Briton stock linked to the Primigenius type with Devon and Hereford relations. They are mostly black with white udders and tails, with variations including white hairs and striped Irish cattle. Horns are yellow and tipped black, with bulls spreading and cows narrower. overall breed features include a sloped shoulder and deep front, aimed to be preserved by herd book rules. Milk data shows 20 cows averaging 13614 pounds per cow over five years from 1863 to 1867.
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Great Britain
Chillingham
Brilliant Orator Sargeant Prentiss and the Washington gamble
An anecdote recalls Sargeant Prentiss of Mississippi, rival of Jefferson Davis, sitting at Hall and Pendleton's Bank in Washington. He bet a thousand dollars in blue chips and won twenty thousand before a single night session ended. By dawn he had mortgaged cotton warehouses in Vicksburg to cover the loss as crevasse and catastrophe followed. He later moved to New Orleans and died from swallowing ete cerey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sargeant
Prentiss
Vicksburg
Mississippi River
Mississippi
New Orleans
The Saloon Curse as Moral Foe of Nation
A sermon-like piece decries the saloon as a national evil. It claims the temperance foe causes Sabbath breaking, crime, poverty, and corruption, destroying families and public life. The author cites vast sums spent on alcohol, equating it to broader national costs and urging strong state action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glaistone
Army
Navy
Congress
Snatching at a Straw and the Liquor Question Voices
In a critique contrasting liquor supporters with stark crime figures, the piece attacks misleading statistics from the British Medical Association about alcohol and life expectancy. It cites the BMA committee’s findings that heavy habitual indulgence shortens life and that temperate men live about ten years longer than those who are intemperate, then questions pity for impoverished children harmed by alcohol’s hereditary effects voiced by Canon Farrar.
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British Medical Association
Southey
Canon Farrar
Family Religion. A student recalls a pious household
A student recounts ten years ago sitting in a devout family's kitchen as a mother, daughter, and son read the Bible aloud and prayed with him. The moment the student, an unconverted boarder, realized his own lack of faith, he fled desolate, only to return later to join in prayer and gratitude with his hosts and vicar.
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Coleze
Christian Guardian
Tps
Mie
Mallad
Westminster
Young boy joins church after moving plea to grandma
In a Kentucky church revival a young grandson of Judge Blank and a founder of the Christian church asked to join the session. His insistence, asking if lambs should be left outside in snow, moved his grandmother to consent. He was examined, received into the church, and later became a noted physician and public institution head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Blank
Christian Church
Kentucky
Tera
Christ
Leta
Kentuky
Amertan Messenger
Gas Flaring Destruction Prompting Indiana Debate
The Cincinnati Commercial laments wasteful burning of natural gas across Indiana counties and warns such extravagance harms a priceless resource. It urges legislative action to curb this destructive practice and protect forests and cultivation from gas related damage.
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Indiana
Cincinnati
Log Cabin remedies and Harrison posters in 19th century ad text
A fragmented advertisement narrative references Warner's Log Cabin Remedies and Warner's Safe Cure, touting blood purification and health benefits. It notes political Harrison imagery on posters, discusses fireproof building materials, and promotes Dakota settlement materials plus a doctor’s cure-all claim with a free sample offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sui Bls
Warner
Parilla
Frm
Chi
General Harrison
Harrisons
Tog Cabin
Harrison
Finish What You Begin And The Call To Complete Tasks
A collection of reflections on generosity and steadfast work habits. Observations urging finish what you start, with quotes from Clara Thwaites and My old grandmother Knox. Emphasizes a generous spirit, moral discipline, and the value of completing deeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Thwaites
Knox
Christian Observer
Mary Clemmer Hudson
Wide Opportunities Through Suffering And Faith
A reflective piece urges turning trouble into wide opportunities for spiritual growth and witness. It emphasizes silent submission, steadfast trust in God, and patient conduct as demonstrations of faith, promising divine reward through enduring trials. It calls readers to remain firm, hopeful, and true to their calling.
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Jesus
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Umidehiyenancon M.S
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Aspios
Shy
Brey
Jackson
Meter
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Lhont
Toeana
Denvins
Zith Gray
Rome
Suilor
Orek
Sone
Dahomy Land
Sversh
West Bay
Ous
Cuba
Mer Mijesty
New York
San
Overland Pony Express
West
Wells, Pargo Company
Chicago
St. Louis
South Dakota
Dakota
E. P
Fifth Avenue
H.G. Root
M. C
Pearl St
Charles A. Vogeler
Saltimare
Iid
Bampic
Chartes A
Vogeler Co
Baltimore
Alors
Dou F. Tigann
Auborn
Ala
Swire Gexetic Co
Ts. Ga
Scott’s
Free Ateaegte
Zell’s
Sunday School Times
Professor Makeay
New Guinea
Branda
Tom Jungie
Sarsaparilia Geli
Draggista
Weats
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Catarrere
Dir. Bege's
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