Home Flies the Dove The Sealskin Woman at the Church
A 1890 church tale unfolds around Dawn of new year revival in which Dove, a doomed woman in a sealskin cloak, hears a soprano solo that stirs her pain. Josh the sexton closes the church, while the piano and pastor’s sermon frame a quiet, mournful farewell.
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Martha Jones
John
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Paris police move against gamblers reportedly warn American Captain Jenks
Paris police are said to be waging war on gambling with a preliminary step warning Captain Jenks, an American, to stay out of gambling rooms. Those who know Jenks view the action as protection for gamblers rather than a crackdown.
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Jenks
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Christianity and Islam Compared in Asia and Europe Faith
Sunday reading notes examine Christian and Muslim histories in Asia and Europe. The article cites 1891 British India census figures showing 2.22 million Christians among 280 million Indians, with 4.5 million Roman Catholics and other denominations, and Muslims numbering over 50 million. It discusses the Asiatic origins of both faiths, their global spread, and contrasts progressivist Christianity with more stationary Islam, urging steadfast faith and annulling hatred through divine love.
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Indi
British India
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India
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Ceylon
Nepaul
Gautama
Zoroaster
Bombay
Jerusalem
Mecca
Asia
Africa
Europe
New World
China
Turkey
Bagdad
Cordova
Renan
Led by the Spirit and the steady life of grace
The speaker argues that constancy to goodness reflects being led by the Spirit of God. Strength comes from union with divine life, enabling faithful effort in daily work. Through God at work in us, we can will and do, love enemies, and endure mankind’s faults with Heaven’s patient mercy.
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Impostors, Epistles and Religious Protests Stir 1900s News
Notes discuss 300 impostors preying on ministers and churches, reports of Mahomet epistles bought by the Sultan of Turkey, and a possible Moslem world revolution from their discovery. New York marked the Edict of Nantes repeal with a Huguenot conference led by Drs Hall and Burrell.
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D. J. Burrell
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Parliament of Religions
America
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Beaufort
Carolina
Clifton Forge
M. E. Ingalls
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio Road
Congregationalist
American Board
Joseph Cook
German patent for refuse destructor turns waste to fuel bricks
A German patent announces an economical refuse destructor that dries household waste on trays then powders it and binds with a secret material to form bricks. The inventor claims bricks have heat similar to coal and minimal ash. Also includes unrelated social quips about eating and marriage.
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Germany
Switzerland's New President Once Worked as a Wood Chopper
Emil Frei born 1838 in Switzerland rose from wood chopper and farm hand to become Swiss Confederation President. He became an American citizen, served as a Union officer at Gettysburg, was captured, later mustered out as colonel, and served as Switzerland's Minister to the U.S. from 1882 to 1888. A grateful farmer Gratwold family is recalled in a letter from Frei to their son.
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Switzerland
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Frery
Gettysburg
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Ohio
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Wayne Township
Butler County
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Germany
Illinois
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Wonderful Yosemite and its unmatched grandeur
Yosemite Valley in Mariposa County California is praised as unequaled in world scenery with grand waterfalls fed by the Merced River. Noted falls include Yosemite Bridal Veil Virgin’s Tears Ribbon and Nevada Falls as travelers describe the spectacular granite towers arches and choral winds.
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Mariposa County
Cal
Merced River
Yosemite Falls
Nevada Falls
Benjamin F. Taylor
Yosemite
The Twelve Good Rules From The Deserted Village
A fragment lists King Charles I.a rules once hung in an inn parlor: do not urge drink or health, profane no divine ordinances, touch no state matters, reveal no secrets, pick no quarrels, make no comparisons, maintain no ill opinions, keep no bad company, encourage no vice, make no long meals, repeat no grievance, lay no wagers. The article also notes cotton output projections and price pressures amid White Cap threats.
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Charles I
Reindeer Brought to Anchorage by U S Government
Uncle Sam imports reindeer for Alaska to replace dogs and horses for transport. The first shipment from Siberia reaches San Francisco area, with six survivors after a difficult voyage. Agent Bruce in Washington seeks authority for direct Siberian imports, noting Alaska natives harness and drive deer by a horned sled system.
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Alaska
Golden Gate Park
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Siberia
Lick Baths
Bruce
Washington
Cruel Women and News From Managua in 1890s Dispatches
A reader laments cruelty to animals and urges women to curb hunting and fashion cruelty. The item notes Managua Nicaragua awaiting canal news and comments on Sidney Drew and a Boston remark about Josiah Quincy. It includes humorous bits about a mother suing her son in a Broadway play context and a Boston Gazette quip about privilege and influence.
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