Directory of church services and lodge meetings
Directory listing church services and fraternal lodge meetings with times and locations. Includes Presbyterian Congregational Methodist Episcopal Caristras and several lodges with meeting days around full moon and midweek prayer sessions.
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Frirenps
Wildman
Wilson’s Hall
D. J. Ballpwin
Methopist Episcopal
Rev. W. Wilcox
Caristras
E. L. Frazier
L. A.M
Mount Burnelle and Austin View Described in 1870 Letter
In May 1870 a Texas correspondent extols Mount Burnelle near Austin. The account details the ascent by buggy, the view of the Colorado River, cedar forests, and local sights including the State House dome. The writer notes cedar-cut lumber and the frontier scenery from the peak and nearby valleys.
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Texas
Mount Burnelle
Austin
Leeds
Burnelle
Asylum
State House
Bamelle
John Wesley and Wife End Marriage After Twenty Years
A London lecture on John Wesley recounts his marriage to a widow ending in misery. Wesley urged simplicity and privacy in life, replied with a diary note denying leaving or sending for his wife, marking the end of their twenty year union. The anecdote contrasts his ideal of use and public calls for private happiness.
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Kokomo
Indiana
Pattison & Coffin’s
Department of Medicine
Theournal
John Worthless
Easy
John Wesley
George Dawson
London
Wesley
Table Conversation and Hospitality at the Family Table
The article stresses genial table talk as essential to family education and refinement. It argues that good company at table educates, elevates behavior, and views visitors as a blessing, urging positivity over quarrel or gossip. It notes strawberries selling at eight cents per pound in the San Francisco market.
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San Francisco
A New Religious Sect Emerges Near Paterson
A New York dispatch reports a religious society named Jehovah's Band forming near Paterson New Jersey in Macoupin. The diverse group practices trance like jumping shouting and immersion baptisms at night in a mill pond under the leadership of John Rhinesmith. The band claims hundreds of devoted members and restricts access to outsiders though spectators may attend.
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New York
Cincinnati
Macoupin
Patterson
John Rhinesmith
Rhinesmith
Gilbert B. Speaker
Cobb
Railway Company Loses Trial Over Refund for Lost Tickets
A New England railway firm faced a judgment after a traveler who bought four ride tickets lost one after partial use. The company demanded a full repurchase, but the traveler sued for the remaining value and won a verdict for the full amount.
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Railrond
New England
Boston Common Council Approves July Fourth Funding
The Boston Common Council approved an appropriation of 20,000 dollars for the Fourth of July celebration, authorizing official expenditures and events planning.
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Boston
A Ghastly Ornament in a Plains Relic
Grace Freenwood reports a Washington visit where a garment once worn by an Indian chief was shown by Commissioner Wilson. The buckskin shirt features a long fringe made from the hair of white women and children and a disturbing round hole with a tragic story of a savage act.
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Grace Freenwood
Washington
Land Office
Wilson
Good Advice From Old Writings on Common Sense
Practical maxims warn against rash actions and costly regrets. The piece offers cautions about judging others, pricing, social seating, executorship, and marital quarrels, framing advice in wry, humorous tones for readers.
Frontier Port Jervis Marriage Across the Delaware
In Port Jervis a frontier wedding faced a swollen Delaware River barrier. Parson Van Benschotendmin officiated from one bank while the couple stood on the opposite bank, crossing impractical, and he declared them man and wife amid rushing waters. He added a sharp note about leaving the money at Hawkins.
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Port Jervis
Parson van
Hawkin’s
Johnny’s Face Washing Tale From a Schoolroom
A country schoolmistress with a rule to wash faces sends a seven year old boy named Johnny to the pump. He returns saying he washed and wiped until his shirt tail, yet dirt remains around his nose and eyes. The class laughs as the boy explains the shirt tail as his wiping limit.
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Johnny
A father seeks advice on his eight year old son
A letter from an adjoining state describes a miserable father whose eight year old son swears drinks his tobacco and bores his mother with claims to the ballot. The piece notes a man who can pay an eight year old's funeral costs yet asks for guidance and mentions St Louis liquor shops called juiceries and a Boston anti monathache movement.
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Louisville Courier Journal
The Gripe and Pass Mystery in a Freemason Tale
In a bygone Illinois lodge a Junior Warden recounted a tale of a self–styled beggar seeking entry. The J W mocked him with the grip and passage, lifting him by the collar to the door where the boot’s toe became the unwelcome pass. The result was a dramatic downfall into darkness.
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Illinois
J. W
Tiler
Can Any One Tell Why Some Men Live Beyond Means
A reader questions how some men who struggle with small bills and rent can still find money for liquor and nightlife. The piece contrasts those who dodge work and owe debts with those who work hard yet barely survive, asking how such inequities arise.
Little girl’s geography quip tracks to an election joke
A playful remark about a little girl imagining tropical voting questions and a historical note recalls Senator Cameron telling Jeff Davis in 1861 that a colored man would hold his Senate seat. The anecdote blends geography humor with a reference to future civil rights progress.
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Philadelphia
Cameron
Jeff Davis
United States Senate
Wall street king falls on hard times amid years of riches
A storied financier once worth two million dollars now lives on fifteen hundred dollars a year. The tale contrasts with Victoria's thirteenth birthday for Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodorova and reports on a Boston juryman seeking a convict pardon. Other notes mention George Francis Train at Newport, a Frankfort wedding postponed over tailor concerns, Dan Rice planning a Cuban tour, Pierce’s Rye Beach cottage auction, and Chick Tien Heng as San Francisco's first Chinese Methodist convert.
Townsend Praises Hatford as Best Built City in America
George Aired Townsend hails Hatford as the best built and snuggest city in America, calling it a model of urban design and comfort.
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George
Townsend
Hatford
America
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