Beecher's Engagement Ring Story From Early Speaking Days
The article recalls Henry Ward Beecher's first public lecture earnings at seventeen, used to buy a simple ring that wore thin from labor. It notes the ring's preservation by Mrs. Beecher and contrasts it with a modern boast of a diamond engagement ring, highlighting value differences and memory over wealth.
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Beecher
Amherst
Brattlepore
Vermont
Henry Ward Beecher
Leaders Jung Journal
Brooklyn
A Cure for Paralysis Promoted by Chamberlain Pair Batu
Purcell Indiana resident Frank Cornelius testifies that Chamberlain Pair Batu relieved paralysis in a neighbor’s wife, restoring facial symmetry and easing pain. The sale note claims cures for rheumatism lame back sprains swellings and lameness with 50 cent bottles available from Heberhart and Son.
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Frank Cornelius
Purcell, Ind
Ter
Pinson
Heberhart & Son
Pension Claimants Highlight 1891 Annual Report and Reforms
The annual report by Charles P. Lincoln shows over 40 000 cases examined, 6 790 reopened, and 441 denied. It calls for pension law amendments to ensure proper distribution and recovery of costs for insane veterans cared for in government hospitals.
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Washington
Charles P. Lincoln
Congress
Islanders Favor Annexation to United States Says Thurston
Ex Attorney General Thurston of Hawaii argues there is strong undercurrent in favor of annexation with Kaelea backing it. He notes sugar relief under bounty law may attract advocates, contending annexation would not threaten the Monroe doctrine. He cautions against overstatement of broad support. Sixteen freight cars wrecked near Columbus by a misaligned switch. brakeman killed. another fatally injured.
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United States
San Francisco
Thurston
Hawaii
Kaesv
Nicaragua Canal
Hong Kong
Liliukalani
Milwauker
St. Paul
Columbus
Rpletytoeser
Albert Gray
Petrified Corpses in Marion Cemetery Case Report
Marion Ohio September 28 The removal of a woman buried seven years ago revealed the body had turned to stone the coffin well preserved head detached neck crumbled like gravel burial gravely ground records show death from diabetes age fifty four embalming unknown another case recalls a woman about forty who died in good flesh and later ossified a third exhumed body from fifty years earlier was entirely ossified except the head which decomposed buried in marshy ground and under water the cemetery superintendent says such cases are rare but known to exist with other instances.
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Marion, O
Marion
Gshaly
Uthera
Freight wreck near Cumberland kills two workers
A Baltimore and Ohio freight collision at a water station four miles west of Cumberland at 6 15 Sunday morning left two men dead and three seriously hurt. Engineer Earnest died after being scalded by escaping steam. Willian Thorpe died from injuries. others including Conductor Zimmerman and Brakeman Hardy were only lightly hurt. About seventeen cars piled on the tracks. damage estimated at 10000 dollars.
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CumberLang
Baltimore and Ohio
Cumberland
Earnest
Willian Thorpe
Zimmerman
Hardy
Lewis Rogera
Extra
Breakers to Be Removed and Strikers to Return to Work
In Massillon Ohio a conference among operators and United Mine Workers leaders resulted in referring to arbitration the removal of breakers from screens at all district mines after the Forest Nine strike. Wainwright to remove the Forest breaker. strikers to resume work pending settlement. In Chicago a dynamite blast damaged nearby buildings but injured none of the workers. In Marietta Ohio E D Gates, a Gates and Payne broker, dies mysteriously in Chicago after a trip for apples with foul play feared. In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania a mine fire at the Conyngham colliery will flood the workings, forcing layoffs until February.
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Massimon
Anthony Howells
R. H. Wainwright
J. F. Pocock
David Jobs
Patrick McBride
National Executive Board
United Mine Workers
John P. Jones
Michael Ratchford
Cameron Miller
Forest Nine
David John
Henry Huber
Wainwright
Forest Mine
Marietta, O
Marietta
E. D. Gates
Gates
Gates & Payne
Reedville
Chicago
Wilefsbarke
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
Conygenham
Murdered for His Money in Youxaxtown
The body of Janes Kane was found in an alley Sunday morning after a payday. A saloon keeper Durkin his wife and a boarder Frank Nary are under surveillance pending a coroner inquest. Kane was last seen in Durkin's saloon. Breadth of fire damages in Baltimore area.
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Youxaxtown
Janes Kane
Durkin
Frank Nary
Kane
Mob Whips Woman in Defenseless Mentored Town
State dispatches report a mob of about thirty men in BirpsrycE Indiana attacking Mrs Harmon in Mentor. She was tied to a post and fifty lashes were applied as warnings to others. a second woman was warned to leave within 24 hours. The assault exposed brutal wounds and a public outcry followed.
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Birpsryce
Ind
Harmon
Mentor
Here
Freeman
Odd Fellows decide on eighteen year rule and liquor delay
In St Louis on September 28 the sovereign grand lodge of Odd Fellows defeated the constitutional amendment to admit members at eighteen. The liquor question was postponed for a year, keeping saloon keepers eligible for now.
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St. Louis
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Diphtheria Forces School Closures in Alliance Ohio
Diphtheria rages in Niles with many homes stricken and five children dead on Saturday. Schools have been closed as the outbreak worsens. A separate note reports M S Powers, a carpenter, injuring his wrist after a fall in East Des Moines, claiming Chamberlain's Pain Balm cured it with a bottle’s value at $50, costing him 50 cents. For sale by Hapelwart & Sox.
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Alliance
Niles
M. S. Powers
Des Moines
Iowa
Chamberlain
Hapeewant & Sox
Julyldéwim
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Siaped
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Edward A. Cantley
Mutual Accident Insurance Company
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Indianapolis
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Denison House
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Louisville
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Courmans
William Dine
Frank Wallace
Franklin
Pennsylvania Lines
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Anderson
Bert Lowman
Frank Piteford
Acruff
East Main Street
Rogers & Cowlam
West Main Street
Geo. Diederich’s
W. Main St
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Alliance Razors
Alling & Lodge
Universit
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Iorest
Heeb & Osboi
Castoria
Borough
Louisville, KY
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