Religious fervor and upheaval in Indiana sect band
In Indiana a medical college grants a gold headed cane to a female student as religious excitement grows around a new group called Jehovah's Band near Paterson New Jersey. The band practices ecstatic worship with jumping, shouting and immersion baptisms in a pond at night. Leader Rhinesmith funds a rebuilt mill pond chapel while members recount dramatic spiritual experiences. The society now numbers over five hundred.
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Jin
Music Slall
Boston
Army of the Potomac
Ieee
Philadelphia
Sister of Charity
Gail
Ile
Uut
Indiana Medical College
Macopin
Paterson
N.J
Jehovah’s Band
Methodist Church
Isl
Qna
John Reinsmith
Rhinesmith
Gilbert Jr
Mill Pond
Cobb
Sources of Iniquity lecture excerpt shocks Marion readers
The Marion Independent reprints a forty year old lecture by a Marion Ohio citizen denouncing alcohol. It labels the liquor trade a murderer and calls for public testimony against the rumseller, urging readers to imagine witnesses from grave and snow to testify. It stresses the moral ruin caused by liquor.
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Marion Independent
Marion
Ohio
Samson
United States
Ramseller
Nathan
David
Deankard
Angel
Gallows
Law
Aga
Naaman
Lazarus
Temperance Talk Warns of Grave Dangers of Liquor
Rev E P Thwing in Quincy declares alcohol causes more deaths than drinkers and recounts a child's grave as consequence of drink. He attacks the liquor trade and urges reform. At Oberlin Livermore assails critics of woman's suffrage, citing Lucretia Mott and vast petition support.
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Drunnkard
E. P. Thwing
Quincy
Mount Auburn
Tialf
Christ
Oberlin
Mrs. Livermore
Lucretia Mott
Boston
Fanjeuit Hall
Lorain County
Banished whisky and crime warn from scaffold tale
GOOD ADVICE Dr Thomas D Carr warns against whisky linking crime and execution. He urges banishing whisky to curb vice and tribulations, recalling a soldier’s gallows and pleading for prayers against dram shops. A Pennsylvania inventor touts a four rail system with wide cars and double engines claiming speed and safety advantages. He seeks patent, predicts New York to San Francisco in sixty hours. Also promotes Whittlesey’s Cure and Hall’s Hair Rejuvenator as remedies.
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Thomas D. Carr
Tom Carr
Pennsylvania
New York
San Francisco
Leg Casting Mania Among London Ladies Revealed
In a London Letter from Mrs. Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie the San Francisco Chronicle readers learn of a new leg casting craze among British and American women. Casts of legs, including one from Lady de G and R, are sold in Soho Square shops for five shillings, with nude and stocked versions proving more provocative. Bracciana in Covent Garden handles many life casts for sale, sparking shock and fascination at this aristocratic trend.
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Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
London
San Francisco Chronicle
England
Galaxy
Hostess
Soho Square
de G and R
Covent Garden
Thia
Poor Teachers and Low Wages Spark Public Debate
A regional excerpt argues many enter teaching as a stepping stone, driving down salaries and quality. It contrasts devoted teachers with those seeking money, noting harm to schools and urging heartfelt commitment to the profession. A Pittsfield hymn anecdote and a saying on cord wool conclude the piece.
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Ourbie
Jove
Ile
Lbua
Ohio Ed. Monthly
Tobacco chewing sermon at Akron Methodist church
An Akron Beacon report describes a church service where pastor Bey, W. EF., denounces tobacco spitting in the lecture room. He recounts finding a puddle of tobacco spit and urges cleaner habits, contrasting with the room’s intended festival use and criticizing the mess on church floors and garments. He suggests discreet spitting options and vows future cleanups.
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Akron Beacon
Methodist Church
Awakening the Nation to Oppression and Treachery
A fervent anti radical manifesto from the Reconstruction era denounces Black political power and calls for awakening northern whites and freedpeople. It urges overthrow of alleged conspirators in government and frames the South’s ruin as a warning, rallying readers to reject tyranny and restore liberty.
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Lexington Mo
Caucasia
Globe
Lees
Jefferson Davis
United States Senate
North
L Gabriel
The Methodist urged social rooms to unite church members
The article argues churches should recognize social elements and build church parlors to foster Christian friendship among members. It praises parlor use to broaden acquaintance, contrasts sociable churches with isolated ones, and cites broader social commentary including a Louisville African celebration gag and humorous tales underscoring social cohesion challenges.
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