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Indiana progress notes a mix of items including lynching statistics, concerns over Onyx value, mineral deposits in Missouri and Smyth County Virginia, and laws on navigable bridges. It cites the War Department for bridge compliance and notes Missouri surpassing Kentucky in stock raising per the New York World. The New Orleans Picayune and Atlanta Constitution comment on monotony and labor division, with references to a California hotel venture on a new lake shore and a merchant's suicide.
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Missouri
Kentucky
New York
Blue Grass
Tribone
California
Gad
New Orleans Picayune
Atlanta
Unemployed Seek Farm Work and Life Saving Service Report
A reader notes the paradox of plentiful unemployed men willing to work for low wages while farmers in the East complain of labor shortages. Proposes forming a society to send jobless men to farming districts and to establish a farm labor agency. The article also reviews the U.S. Life-Saving Service annual report, summarizing disasters, property, and rescues for the year and across its history, praising courage and efficiency. It ends with light human-interest items about a Bath citizen mowing lawns backwards and a Florida woman renovating a 80-year-old pincushion offering dozens of needles.
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New York City
Thouza Marriet
United States Lifesaving Service
Vlaszic
Philadelphia
Woodchuck Climbs Trees as Sighted in Hammondsport
In Hammondsport a woodchuck reportedly climbs trees, then feasts on tender leaves. Witnessed by R. Beck and others near Fawcett's furniture store the animal climbed two trees before Fred Fawcett shot it, weighing nearly twenty pounds.
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R. Beck
Hammondsport Board of Education
Fawcett
Beck
Fred Fawcett
New York
San
Farm notes mix care tips for fowls, hay, and turkeys
Garden fowls help insect control but may injure orchard trees. Hay storage and curing methods are advised. Treat actinomycosis in cattle with antiseptics though late cases ruin meat. Household farming topics cover turkey rearing, gate designs, and general garden notes. Emphasizes care in poultry, fruit, livestock, and soil practices with practical steps.
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Ohio
In Juvenile Reformatories Census Bulletin
A census bulletin shows juvenile reformatories housed 14 846 inmates in 1800, up 3 378 from 1839 by nearly 50 percent. The Philadelphia Record notes a peculiar rise in girls and a five percent faster growth in inmates than in population. The piece hopes reforms extend rather than indicate greater youth degradation.
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Philadelphia
Sunstroke and water supply in arid regions
Herald notes military surgeons observed sunstroke rare when water remained available in arid Southwest. During forced marches in war, well-hydrated troops suffered little from heat. When canteens ran dry and skin dried, cooling by evaporation ceased and danger of heat prostration rose.
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Herald
Living Skeleton Narrates Dime Museum Torment
In a rare first person vignette, the greatest living skeleton recalls the constant scrutiny from visitors at the dime museum while earning 8500 a week, enduring questions about diet and fattening from passersby, as he laments the fatigue of his notoriety.
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America
Dime Museum
A Costly Bathroom by Henry Clews
Henry Clews spends lavishly on his home decorative bathroom with onyx fittings. Reports say he expended around 40,000 on the room as a showcase of luxury and invites visitors to view the space. The article notes his delight in welcoming guests to admire the bathroom.
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Henry Clews
The Fast of Ramadan and Its Origins Recounted
A St Louis Republic piece explains Ramadan the Muslim fasting month begun with the new moon on April S and lasting a lunar month. It traces legends from fire worshippers to Mahomet Ali and Gabriel urging a one month fast, with daily abstinence from dawn to sunset.
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Mahomet Ali
Gabriel
St. Louis Republic
Out of the Bank A New York Weekly Snippet
A breathless exchange shows a depositor and a cashier being declared out. The bank examiner asks if the person is a depositor and the response confirms, “Yeu.” Then the examiner states, “Well, you’re out, too.” The brief dialogue captures a tense banking scene.
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New York Weekly
Babylon
Roma
France
Columbia
Palm strewing and the enduring footsteps of Christ
A compact reading notes religious themes from a Palm Sunday meditation and moral reflections. It juxtaposes Saintly footprints with modern acts of charity, praising steadfast faith amid hardship and the comforting sovereignty of God as a spiritual heritage.
Faces In The Cloud In A German Gallery A Cherub Vision
The piece Cloudisnd hangs at a gallery end revealing a maze of cherub faces like Raphael’s Madonna San Sisto. Close inspection shows countless angels whose mercy turns fear into trust in God and hope. The feature argues revival fervor, principle over form, and that love fuels true religion.
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Raphel
Interpret Divine Appointments as Hidden Victory
A devotional note argues that apparent defeats such as Paul’s Rome imprisonment or Bryan’s jail time were divinely arranged for greater good. It cites Judson’s failures leading to Burma and the Pilgrim's Progress as world changing fruits, urging believers to trust unseen outcomes and God’s plan.
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God
Paul
Rome
Ceezar
Bryan
Christ
Bedford
Pilgri
Judson
British India
Burmah
Sonsolas
Christian Inquirer
Enormous waste of intoxicants in city costly to New Yorkers
A long piece argues that New York City and neighboring areas dispose of about 47 million gallons of alcohol yearly, equating to 1.5 billion drinks. It notes vast spending on liquor and suggests alcohol harms recovery in serious illnesses, urging abstinence as a healthier path.
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Croton
Forty -Second Street
New York
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Hoffman House
Voices and pleas from a troubled era in print
A collage shows poems and letters expressing temperance struggle and faith. It includes calls against alcohol, prayers for strength, and reflections on death, courage, and moral reform featuring voices from New York Observer and WCTU figures.
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Indiana Progress
United States
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Miiesoun
Smyth County
Virginia
War Department
Bath
Voy
Thyeelf
Heyer
New York Herald
New York Commission
New York World
New York Times
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Ilow
Aken
Jennie E. Hooker
McCutshanville
Ind
New York Sun
J. £. Blodgett
Iowa
New York Tribune
Eallir
A& Tired
Bertha Louise
Warr
St. John
N. B
Garbadoes
Fall River (Mass
Palm
Bishop Huntington
Christian Advocate
Willace Carpenter
Huu
Julke
Western Recorder
Wesley
Rev
T. Bbridith
Temperance
Harbor
Tsay
Arceaons
T. C. Green
New York Observer
John
Phillips Brooks
Frances J. Barnes
United Saw Paper
Isa
Ing
Young Omen
Christian Temperance
Jena
AUER
EEO
Temperance News and Notes
Temperance Sc
Magee Colleges
Ireland
W.C. T
Thomas An Tenedea Ead
Catholic Dharchies
Inona
Minn
Union of
Winona Diocess
Tual Ron
London
Hall
Caeser & Co
Toledo
Srrz
Aoule
Kuwe
Dr. Kuine
Arch St. Phila
Jornoon
Seatus Fe
East Tennesse
Din Ghareney &S0saes
Ein Street
Plso
Roxbury, Mass
Kennedy
Canada
Padenarn
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