Congregational church growth and clergy notes.
Missouri reports show 134 organized churches with 82 active and a 39 percent decline. Other items include Chan Chu Sing licensed as local Methodist preacher for Los Angeles mission work, Albion College lectures on public interest, and Alaska school counts. Additional notes cover New Jersey Sunday school attendance, aristocratic church salaries in Europe, Cardinal Gibbons on church-state tensions, and a South Australia debt repayment via land crop proceeds.
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Missouri
Kealey
Iowa
Alaska
Lynn
Mass
New Jersey
Vienna
Olmutz
Prague
Erbca
Hungary
Grau
Cardinal Gibbons
Philadelphia
Presbyterian
South Australia
Millicent
T. Cunningham
Fat Boy Swindle at North Carolina State Fair
In a Carolina State fair scene a boy billed as a 400 pound fat boy is exposed as a stable skeleton. A New Orleans showman explains the rapid transformation and offers reduced rates to lure visitors. A separate Syracuse to New York parlor car anecdote follows, with a child puzzled by the term parlor car.
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Ivertise
New Orleans
George Washington
N. Y. Sun
Syracuse
Cape May
New York
Effective Remedies and Home First Aid Guidance
A long column reviews first aid: treating lime burns in the eye, using vinegar, feather or linen for debris removal, and cautions for acute inflammation. It promotes iodoform with vaseline as a universal wound remedy, warns on odor, and outlines application and cleansing steps. Practical tips cover scalds, ear objects, poisons, sleep safety, and airing rooms, ending with humorous clippings from Drake’s Magazine and local anecdotes.
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N. Y
American Candies and Shifting Confectionery Fashions
A confectioner reflects on evolving candy trends from imported to American made sweets. He traces the rise of butter scotch marshmallows caramels chocolate creams and nougat while noting French influence and a strong American lead in fine goods.
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France
Mail and Express
Ocarina of North Italy A Simple Pear Shaped Instrument
The ocarina or earth flute is a baked clay pear shaped instrument with a range of about twelve notes. It is easy to learn and plays a pastoral, shepherd like tune. North Italian peasants use it constantly in the fields and skilled quartets produce beautiful results.
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Italy
Chicago News
Science and Industry Across the Nation and Seas
Reports cite steam sterilization at 212 degrees destroying germs in minutes. US rail mileage totals 150,699 miles costing 9.003 billion dollars, employing over a million. A Milltown, Mississippi mechanic patents a dual-motion log-saw. Notes on iron in blood, Maori and Laplander populations, a green solar eclipse ray, and Chevreul color theory. Advances in diffusion waxed paper for photographers, and electricity in clean air. U.S. oyster industry develops muzzling to ship oysters in shells, preserving freshness by keeping shells closed.
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United States
Milltown
New Zealand
Captain Cook
M. Chevreul
Understanding Coagulation in Water Purification
The article explains coagulation as a key step in purification, showing how salts and coagulants like aluminium compounds neutralize dissolved substances. It notes that different waters require different coagulants and that modern filtration adjusts amounts to avoid residual salts, with Sanitava Bra.
Tortured to Death in Chinese Robbery Case
A Chinese case from Hu Kuang provinces details She Yun-shan accusing six men of piracy after a drapery shop robbery. The six were tortured. two died. Investigations found their innocence while She Yun-shan was convicted for false accusation. Local officials faced varying consequences.
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Hu Kuang
She Yun-shan
Jen-ho
Kung-an
Chang Tsumuo
Chang Ming-la
Chiang-ling
She Yun-shin
Jila Wif
Chang Tsumae
Esse
Peking Gazette
Gottland Vikings Saga of a drifting Baltic isle and trade
A Harper's Magazine excerpt retells the Gottland myth detailing Thjelvar’s voyage from Sweden to a drifting Baltic isle that becomes fixed, its settlers trading with Germany, Denmark, and Russia, enriching the Gottlanders through seafaring and Viking raiding. Additional items note a humor cartoon exchange about social class and a reference to Scottish deer forests owned by American magnates.
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Lofty North
Baltic Sea
Thjelvar
Sweden
Germany
Denmark
Russia
Europe
Winter Excursions to Warmer Climes
Excursion tickets to Mexico California Georgia North Carolina Florida Gulf Coast Texas Hot Springs Arkansas and Excelsior Springs Missouri are on sale by agents of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway. Apply for rates and information to the nearest agent or to Geo H Heatford General Passenger Agent Chicago Illinois 438
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Mexico
California
Georgia
North Carolina
Florida
Gulf Coast
Texas
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Excelsior Sprige
Missouri
Gale
Chicago, Milwaukee St. Paut Railway
Nea
Geo
H. Heatford
Chicago
Ilinois
Bucklen's Arnica Salve and De Witt's Pills Ad
An erratic advertisement promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve for wounds and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee and 25 cent price. It also touts De Witt's Little Early Risers as curing constipation and headache, urging purchase from Puterbaugh. A Mardi Gras travel deal from Lanark offers excursion tickets to New Orleans.
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Bucklen
Prica
Puterbaugh
de Witt
New Remedy Claims to Speedily Cure Liver and Bowel Ailments
An advertisement touts a new principle that acts on the liver stomach and bowels via nerves to treat biliousness bad taste torpid liver piles and constipation. It promises 80 doses for 25 cents with samples at Lanark Drug Co and asserts wide usefulness for men women and children. It also promotes De Witt's Cough and Consumption Cure as infallible and lists Paterbaugh as a seller.
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Lanark Drug Co
de Witt
Paterbaugh
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