Among the Churches and Global Mission News
A survey of church activities reports $310,000 on Hospital Sunday, a Wisconsin prison Young People’s Society with over 100 members, and a Mexico mission reaching 4437 communicants. South Dakota Sioux, Episcopal, Baptist, Catholic, and other groups show growth while a Chicago church pays off a mortgage. Notable items include India mission work under Hind Smith, a push to raise girls’ marriage age to 14, and Congressionals noting large gifts to the American Congregational union. The Papal centenary prep for St Louis of Gonzaga is noted, along with Pope’s Veronese painting purchase. Cardinal Rompolla and Cardinal Simer figures dominate Hungary’s mixed marriage debate as a Magyar paper leaks the Holy See stance.
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Ieman
London
Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor
Wisconsin State Prison
Mexico
Episcopal Church
Art. Louis
Jerusalem
Hamleh
Lydda
Hind Smith
India
England
American Congregational Union
Presbyterian Theological Seminary of
Bon Francisco
Alexander Montgomery
San Francisco
Rome
David Kaufman
Indiana
Sevons
Gonzoga
Veronese
St. Louis de Gonzega
St. Louis
I. George F. Pentecost Ban
Calcutta
Hungary
Cardinal Rompolla
Cardinal Simer
Holy See
Early Massachusetts Punishments Through 18th Century Crimson Tales
A compilation of colonial Massachusetts sentences ranges from burning stakes and palm branding in 1707 Boston for copper theft to gags and ducking stools for social misdeeds in 1770s Massachusetts. It notes punishments in Salem Ipswich and Springfield including pillory, ears cropping, post confinement, and tongue punishment for slander with varied durations and penalties.
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Boston
Walpole
Mass
Salem
Springfield
Richard Saltenstale
Mary Oliver
Coolda
Railors
Massachusetts
Ipswich
Moga
August Flower touted by Kent Sheriff in patent remedy ad
The Kent County sheriff J W Fennimore of Dover endorses August Flower as a cure for dyspepsia and sick headaches. He describes relief from headaches, fullness after eating, and acid sensations, stating he uses it personally and recommends it to others as the best remedy he has tried. The ad lists manufacturer info and consumer incentives, reflecting a late 19th century patent medicine pitch.
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J. W. Fennimore
Kent Co
Del
Dover
G. G. Green
Woodbury
New Jersey
Elocution advice and a strange vampire death tale
A prose excerpt on oral reading and public speaking offers tips for theatrical delivery, breath control, and audience rapport attributed to Edna Warwick. It shifts to a Savannah, Georgia letter describing a daughter’s death by a giant vampire bat during somnolent wandering, with a bloodsucking bite near the jugular. It ends with a statistical note on female labor across twenty cities, detailing ages, wages, health impacts, and demographic breakdowns.
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Father
Mother
Link
Edna Warwick
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Emma Abbott’s age and a child’s early stage career
The Peoria Journal recalls Emma Abbott’s sensitivity about her age. It notes her coffin plate listed 36, but memories place her death around age forty and recount a Chillicothe concert when she was about 12, and a Franklin school attendance at 13 or 14, illustrating how she packed a long life into twenty five years.
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Emma Abbott
Chillicothe
Emma
Johnny Schmoker
Franklin School
Peorla Journal
Power and charm age and economy in marriage
Balzac on a woman's power at forty and the man’s delight in being guided by a clever listener. Economy in family life stresses saving, the husband's role, and the wife's duty to guard household finances. Scrapple recipe offered, with steps from a Philadelphia dish. Reading notes on books shaping pleasure and marriage happiness.
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Balzac
Cleopatra
Helen
Rehoboth
Largest Farm in the World in Southwest Louisiana
In the extreme southwest corner of Louisiana lies the largest producing farm in the world, spanning 100 miles by 25. Owned and operated by a single syndicate of northern capitalists. The 1,500,000 acres were bought in 1883 from the state and federal government. It now contains pasture stations every six miles and uses steam power for cultivation. Thirty acres daily pass under two moving plows with three workers. The farm supports 16,000 head of cattle and 90,000 head of horses prior to fencing and divisions. The Southern Pacific railway runs through thirty six miles of the tract. The company operates three steamboats on its waters, with 909 miles navigable, and owns an ice house, a bank, a ship yard and a rice mill.
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Louisiana
Northern Capitalist
United States
Cattre
Southern Pacific Railway
Old in the country and young in the city says Amber
An Amber of the Chicago Herald argues rural life ages residents earlier, while city women aged forty five stay vital. The piece contrasts attitudes toward health, mental exercise, and private life amid social scrutiny. It also notes fanciful war ideas about smokeballs and anti asphyxiating bombs.
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Ming
Amber
Chicago Herald
God in the Heart Shapes True Love and Revival
A Ram speech argues that without God in the heart no one can truly love or know anything. It warns that mere head preaching fails to save, and that mock spirituality harms both earth and heaven. The text urges decisive action and earnest revival over pleasing all audiences.
The Creak and an Odd Ideer Among Crank Family Men
A crank family man pursues a lone idea that others fail to grasp. His plan unfolds amid misgivings as onlookers struggle to comprehend the motive and potential outcome.
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Weetera
Whittier pets and odd snippets in a mixed notice
A collection of varied items mentions Whittier's fondness for pets including three dogs two cats and three horses a St Bernard as a constant companion abroad a note about Swedish Asthos Core and an ad line about Trin Package mailing free. It also cites Collin Brothers Drag Co St Louis Ma and an oriental pudding recipe and bloated phrases about bronchial traches and hoarseness. More than 500 applicants for Wellsley admission and a quip about carving ducks and fruits. Michigan figure Wright of Ali Mich disputing with General Alger as the richest man in Michigan appears among eccentricities.
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Whittier
St. Bernard
Asthos
Collin Brothers Drag Co
St. Louia
Largest carload of beans shipped from Ventura county
The heaviest carload of beans ever shipped from California was sent out by Mr. Lombard of Ventura county. Five cars carried 721 sacks in the first car totaling 46.09 pounds, while other details describe a writer’s portrayal of Mrs. O Shea and a promotional note on Dr. Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery noting year round efficacy for blood taints and a list of cures for skin and scrofulous conditions.
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California
Lombard
Ventura County
Pierce
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