Progress in Indiana and National News Reflections 1891
The Indiana Progress notes efforts to introduce a carrier pigeon service in the U S Navy and cites population wealth gaps in New York. It also reports on lectures supposedly by Sitting Bull, life saving service rescues, racial generalizations, and a mix of political and social commentary from Chicago and New York newspapers.
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United States Navy
New York City
The
New York Tribune
Chicago
Sitting Bull
Scientific Scraps and Natural Wonders From Detroit Free Press
A kaleidoscope of brief notes on science and nature includes six to seven miles per second as a threshold for escape velocity, California diamonds, Persia’s salty lake, and a Coco de Mer growth feat. It also covers olive trees, olive oil uses, Greek symbolism, and edible olives, with casual remarks on music from electricity and archeology of the Holy Land.
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California
Persia
Minerva
Virginia
Detroit Free Press
Early California's Runaway Sailors and Hidden Identities
Accounts describe the rise of foreign residents in early California who deserted ships and changed names. Sailors hid at ranches, including Gilroy, to avoid pursuit and rewards offered by captains. Californians sometimes captured deserters to claim rewards, complicating coastward life in those days.
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California
Gilroy
Weaving Resurrection Robes in Daily Faith
A reflective religious meditation on living by faith while laboring daily. It envisions future glory in resurrection robes, notes the need for patience and virtue, and cites sources and figures to underscore spiritual rest, duty, and reform.
Temperance, The Deuneard's Daughter Manic Writing on Drink's Toll
A New York woman writes to the Philadelphia Ledger about temperance and the brutal effects of alcohol. The verse traces a father’s blow, a drunkard’s ruin, a mother’s crushed heart, and a child’s blighted prospects. It ends with the drink's hellish glare and the writer's vow to hate the bowl.
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New York
Philadelphia Ledger
Curious harbor dream interpreted by a son
A Dundes harbor laborer told his wife of a dream in which four rats approached in order. The son offered an interpretation: the fat rat is the publican, the two lean rats are the laborer and his wife, and the blind rat represents the father. The tale appeared in a Scotch paper.
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Dundes Harbor
Drinking in palace cars sparks rail travel complaints
A letter to the Inter Ocean rebukes Pullman car saloons as worst traveling annoyance. The writer recounts a California trip via Tacoma and St Paul, noting liquor sales, drunkenness, noise, profanity, and card playing near a stateroom. He appeals for porter intervention, citing an editor among the noisy party.
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Inter-Ocean
W.C.T. U
California
Tacoma
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Bo Gus
Word of God as living source and inspiration
Rev C H Spurgeon urges leaving human opinions and turning to the Bible as the pure fountain of inspiration. He says the Word of God speaks life, impacting readers personally, and should be read and prayed over daily in a small group for spiritual refreshment.
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God
Rev
C. H. Spurgeon
Bible Fits Every Situation Across Nations and Time
The Bible is a universal book for all readers and all circumstances. It offers timely passages that address current needs, with the Holy Spirit guiding to relevant verses. Believers trust its inspiration while unbelievers may doubt, yet humility sustains faith in God's Word.
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Doubtlous
N. Y
Hall
J. Cbeney & Co
Toledo
Drugginia
California
Francisco
Cal
Saturday Oats and a Slow Talker in a Country Town
A Chicago Tribune clipping recalls a rural scene where an American elevator worker delays a stranger by clinging to a tale about high oat prices and weathered crops. The exchange ends with the traveler’s sharp rebuke and a lasting distrust of the “Well, I’ll tell ye” opener. Also included are brief items from Evening in Chicago and other mixed notes, including a thunderstorm anecdote, a guide on dispersing unruly crowds, and a note about Chicago lodging.
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Edward Everett Hale
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Esgerly
House of Correction
Elerster
Farmas
Forrest Crissey
Chicago Tribune
Jes
Weather, tornado odds and crow roost tale mix
General Greely argues that tornado death tolls are overestimated and risks are low, citing eighteen year records and a Kansas path example. a Hartford Courant note highlights rare severe events while low individual danger persists. A vast crow roost near Newman, McCawn grove, draws hunts that kill many. other ads and notices scroll through the page.
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Greely
Oes
Kansas
Hartford Courant
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Louieville
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Oklahoma
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Berzenay
World's Dispensary Medical Association
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J. Greely
Washington Street
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