Brazil for Christ Children Work on Aid Effort
Reading excerpts describe Brazilian child life including schooling for boys and girls, saints days, Christmas gifts, and the aim to send teachers and preachers. contrasts with street crime and urban life. The piece urges support for mission work in Brazil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pats
John
Paul
Peter
James
Antony
George
Anna
Isabel
Louisa
Jesus
God
Christ
Brazil
Chicago Ledger
Wonderful Light Eclipse Observed in Egypt 1882
An eyewitness account from Sohaeg describes the 1882 total eclipse on the Nile bank. Spectators watched from tents and stockades as the sun vanished, and a brief strange corona appeared. The scene included Egyptian soldiers, steamboats, and villagers reacting with awe and alarm during the seventy seconds of totality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Nile
Sohaeg
Allah
Cassell
Reminiscences of Public Men and Medora Grymes
Sam Ward the lobby king courts Medora Grymes the Souths beauty who becomes his wife after ward wins her from a French suitor. Medora, Creole heiress of John R Grymes, is famed for beauty languages music and elegance. Ward aids friends in distress and rises in public life while Medora later dies in Paris before returning to America. Also noted is Ingersoll s House speech attacking President Johnson in May 1866 provoking strong reactions.
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Pegriot
Peyre
Haute Pegre
League
Brest
Chronik der Zeit
Lucius
Semanthy
Monsus
Mikle
Jake Smelser
Josh Davis
Gittin Skeeree
Sassy
Fae
Alwaz
Chicago
Sbe
Sam Ward
New York City
Miss Astor
Miss Ward
Sam
Medora Grymes
New York
John R. Grymes
New Orleans
Germany
Miss Grymes
Paris
France
Medora
Samuel Ward
Perik
Napoleon Iit
Eugenie
America
Ingersoll
House of Representatives
Johnson
Congress
Ingersell
Seward
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Ble Reion
Workman
Ancela
Bk For
Snythug
Ag Hitae
Ae Ay
Prest
Biainé
Congo
Fiero
Tym
Smith
Newman Independent
Seneca
Basswood
Deak Semanthy
Mikle Witt
Raccoon Township
Ole Bob Pillers
G. Basswoop
N. B
Oizen
Salvation Army
Kerridge
Doctor Passons
du Sitton de Kampstuhl
General de Resparaid
Quartermaster’s Department
Kampstuhl
Cortal
Seven Oaks
Burdette
Brooklyn Eagle
Ben
Perley
Poore
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