Bolivia Pacific and world news digest in 1891 style
A long-winded summary notes various opinions and facts from 1891. It covers state and national figures, such as Senator Durban commenting on cattle theft and rumblings of war on thieves. It cites Germany's University of Berlin finances and endowments, and editor De Young favoring silver coinage for fair admissions. It reports on American apple safety concerns, Japan’s graduates with scarce jobs, and a California Oregon Washington water transport snapshot with detailed tonnage and earnings for steamers and sail vessels. It also details the German Baden superannuation insurance law, its early six month results, annuity ranges, and qualification rules for older workers, plus anticipated future shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
California
Oregon
Washington
Grand Duchy of Baden
State Insurance Institute
Karlsruhe
Insuaranos
Baden
Billkins quote on trust and self-education
A brief educational exchange cites a writer’s idea that trusting a friend educates him. The response notes that the friend educates himself too by learning to know better next time, as quoted by the Detroit Free Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billkins
Detroit Free Presa
The Elder's Sermon and a Holy Dispute in Church
A speaker recalls an elder urging forgiveness and universal peace, praising pardon as freeing the heart. Amid the sermon a man named Silas Fitz scorns the message, cursing and protesting with loud Amen while the narrator recalls a feud with his own neighbor and a dog’s death, ending with a longing for the sermon on forgiveness.
Flora Darcy Finds Aunt Juliet’s Hidden Fortune
Flora Darcy discovers a purse filled with banknotes left on a counter at Screw & Pinch. A German engraved card reads Mrs. Devereux Darcy, triggering questions about family wealth and a potential reunion with her aunt. Flora travels to deliver the parcel, while Clara Carey ponders a coincidence as Dr Philip Kon arrives with news bearing the Darcy name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Darcy
Flora Darcy
Messia
Flora
Juliet
Clara
Clara Darcy
Messrs. Screw & Pinch’s
Aunt Darcy
Mrs. Devereux Darcy
Mercury
Clara Carey
Philipkon
Darcy
Flora Darcy and Doctor Philipson tale ends in marriage
In a convalescent ward Flora Darcy and Doctor Philipson share hopeful moments as she recovers from illness and an arm injury. Clara Carey confronts the news of their marriage, while a sideline on Eben Horsford argues for Norse keel evidence at Cape Cod and a broad note on British Columbia hunting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctor Philipson
Clara Carey
Deveretus Darcys
Clara Darcy
the Ledger
Eben Norton Horsford
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Cape Cod
Cape
What She Thought
A dialogue paced scene at 11 30 p m shows a young man and a girl in uneasy banter as a clock bang punctuates a tense moment. The man mishears a remark and the girl apologizes creating a small social friction before he exits within ten minutes.
Electricity in clear sky experiments with a kite
English experiments with a Benjamin Franklin style lightning catcher show electricity can be drawn from a high kite in cloudless skies. McAdie used a wire point charged by a kite and an earth connection. electro meter readings indicated upper air electricity correlates with kite height.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander McAdie
Substitutes for Butter Gain Ground in England
A new French substitute for butter shows success in England, described as economical and wholesome. The process starts with fresh cattle fat refined into oleomargarine, then crystallized, blended with milk and oil, churned, cooled, salted, and packed for trade. A Serb district court sentences Mila the brigand to death for ten years of terror in Northeastern Servia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Chicago News
Mila
Pazarevac
Servia
Woman Engineer Ida Hewitt Runs West Virginia Train
A Wheeling dispatch reports Ida Hewitt, daughter of Charles H. Hewitt, as the world’s only regularly employed female railroad engineer. The 24 year old blonde began in a shop as a child, volunteered for a narrow gauge run, and now leads a cleanly kept locomotive. WV plans to showcase her on a World's Fair train, with a likely formal appointment pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Chicago News
W. Newtn Lynch
West Virginia
Ida Hewitt
Chrles H. Hewitt
Cairo
Baltimore and Ohio
Miss Hewitt
Ida
Miss Ida
Mrs. Lynch
All That Is Needed For Pain Relief St Jacobs Oil Testimonials
A sequence of testimonials from diverse readers praising St Jacobs Oil for sciatic rheumatism bruised limbs lame back and other pains. Claims rapid relief improved mobility and overall well being with repeated note of longstanding afflictions cured or greatly improved. Names include Mr T J Murphy Miss Clara Alcott Mr Lorenzo Buck and Mr A H Cunningham with locations in New Jersey Michigan Pennsylvania and Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Murphy
Debevoire
Brooklyn
St. Jacobs
Clara Alcott
Mahwah
N.J
Lorenzo Buck
Bancroft, Shiawassee Co
Mich
A. H. Cunningham
Perryopolis
Fayette County
Power of Prayer and Mother's Faith in Saving Souls
A compact meditation on steadfast prayer by mothers and friends, citing testimonies of late baptisms and salvation through persistent intercession. It urges turning to Jesus, not evangelists, and recalls personal memories of maternal warnings, forgiveness, and the cost of unkind words in maintaining friendships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Prayer
Atlanta
Jesus
New York Observer
American Jokes Over Crocodile Tastes Across Cultures
Darweesh remarks that America resembles Egypt with corn tobacco watermelons and a big river. A woman notes Egyptian crocodiles eat dogs not men, while Arab humor highlights Moslem crocodiles. The exchange ends with Darweesh laughing at the quip during daily work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Darweesh
Egypt
Wallah
Scribner’s
Time is Money in a Hurry Bonnet Bargain
In a brisk exchange, he urges haste while she retorts she has time to shop yet will not buy the bonnet today. The dialogue captures a sharp, domestic moment of decision and wit.
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Indiana
Durban
Wyoming
Randmen
University of Berlin
Germany
Ihs
Countess Bose
de Young
The
San Francisco Chronicle
Rc Fair
Leyden
Juaa
Imperial University
Chicago Herald
Japan
Silas Fitz
Amer
S. W. Foss
Yankee Blade
Papa
Genty
Discoverers of America
British Columbia
Columbia
Rockies
Coast
Dominion
Hudson Bay Company
Victoria
Vancouver Island
Harper's Magazine
Virginia
Puck
Kansas
Bercra
Hood
Jonysos
LS Johnson &Co
Boston
Mass
Pacific Journal
Tutt
Park Place
N. x
Ely’s Cream Bai Im
Catarah
ELY Bros
Warren St
Sexse Health Company
South Bend
Health Helpe
Sitgmanssat Bway
Power of United Prayer
Philadelphia
Christ
Chhild
de Witt
Tims and Money
New York Tribune
Im l
Hall
Toleda
C. J. Chenzy O
Great Southern Co
Frederick, Mad
Lydia EB
Pinkham
Ted
Brown
Felir A. May
Cashier
St. Paul, Inn
Spain
da. Kurme
Dr. Deline
Arch St. Phila
Swan
Beaver Dam
Wis
Isaac Thompson
Sages Colas
Wiegner
Satington, Pa
Swift
S.S. S
J. D. Rams
Marthaville
Attavrs, Gi
Boschee
C. B. Stickney
Picton
Ontario
Kryxna & Co
Brsceamros
N. J
Borbre W. H. Deven & CO
U.S Pension Claim Attorneys
Pension and
Chicago
Penns
Philadeliohhia
Seventh and
Sansom Streets
Brep Foon Coxrang
John SzBsa Tist
G.T. Fa
Toca
Prince Sweet
Andie
Cata
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