Garfield Statue at Washington A Three Figure Pedestal
The Garfield statue in Washington features three allegorical figures on its pedestal representing youth a soldier and a statesman. The youthful Welsh inspired study and the Cambrian made soldier display strength while the statesman balances with a tablet and toga gesture.
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Washington
Michael Angelo
Jefferon
Clark Mills
Jackson
Lafayette Square
Greenough
Capitol
Ward
Garfield
Gen. Logan
Gen
Grant
Merly
Sheridan
Tal
Maisai Hich
Quincey
Rmaoke
Padeste
Bishop Wilson tours Far East to boost Methodist missions
The Rt Rev Alpheus W Wilson of the Methodist Episcopal Church South recently returned from a world tour to strengthen foreign missions. Born 1834 in Baltimers, educated in Columbia, he entered ministerial work in 1857. He traveled to China Japan and the Holy Land, organizing a conference in China and predicting future Christian influence in Japan. He reports good health and speaks of Japanese progress and thoroughness. A side note recalls a Boston man who avoided taxes by moving to a small town while locals paid little.
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Wilson
Alpheus W. Wilson
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Baltimers
Columbia
District of Columbia
China
Japan
Fielis
Toth
Chiis “I Belove
Holy Land
Nile
Facts and figures about global trade and production
A summary of miscellaneous economic data including sugar and chocolate usage in the United States, French market leadership, Madeira pork production, steel pea value, almond imports and domestic cultivation in California, plus a new glass bound case with an open glass dome and fireproof top.
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United States
California
Dramatic and Musical Attracts for MocCsull Next Season
The article lists Boocaccio and Fatinitza as possible attractions for MocCsull next season. The Proreices will drop old repertoire for new shows. Billy Emerson of Haverly's minstrel troupe is mentioned, along with references to French fashion chatter and a scene of a Second Hand Book Store asking for Josephus works.
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MocCsull
Proreices
Billy Emerson
Haverly
Charles Ha Wash
Riger Fawcett
Earl
Georges
Josephus
Chicago Tribune
Various Local and National Notices Curiosities and Changes
Summary of scattered brief items: a Davis West Virginia library gift. Harvard address by Julian C. Brown. Central College baccalaureate sermon. English Zenana mission doctors sent. Dartmouth leading college paper. equal benefits for Stanford University staff. resignation and reassignment of Rev. Dr. Scudder. Liberia boys school founded by A. B. Barbore. Georgetown College relocation talk. professor Wright to Harvard Greek chair. Louisville normal school graduates many teachers. New York normal school vacancies. Rutgers library gift from Vanderbilt Spades. Shakespeare books published in Britain. New York clothing designer salary. 700 at operating room Western Union. London beggar card request. Gotham guides by gaslight offers. cable costs to England and South America. Lansing Capitol flags in three directions. Chicago merchant’s son runs wholesale hat business. squeaking boots stolen after service.
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8. B. Elkins
Davis
W. Va
Julian C. Brown
Harvard College
J. C. Morris
Central College
Zenana Medical College
Henry M. Scudder
Chicago
A. B. Barbore
United States
H. H. Garrett
Liberia
Georgetown College
Louisville
John H. Wright
Dartmouth
Johns Hopkins University
Harvard
Normal School
New York
Nornal School
France
Girant College
Philadelphia
Rutgers College
P Vanderbilt Spades
London
Gotham
John Webb
Pocahontas County
West Virginia
Webb
Atlantic Ocean
England
South America
Capitol
Lansing
Mich
Creek Centre
Warren County
N. Y
Political Argument Tricks and Faith Cure Talk in Brooklyn Eagle
A Brooklyn Eagle excerpt shows a mock dialogue with a studious student asking if a special course is needed to master political argument. Various phrases like Grove Cleveland and Jim Blaine are cited as demonstrations of party rhetoric, ending with advice to attend meetings and read paper reports.
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Tsay
Shaughnessy
Grove
Cleveland
Jim Blaine
Bill
Tom Bayard
G.O. P
Brooklyn
Eagin
Dakota
Mitchell
Age of paper and iron ships in old times
A scattered retrospective notes silk from France, paper bottles as signs of an era, a New Haven factory making 60 000 pounds of oleomargarine annuity, French smoke less while U S tobacco use rises. First iron boat may have been built in 1777 on the Foss river. 15 feet long from sheet iron. Most false hair from France and Germany. Only 10 percent of distilled spirits for medicine. David Matthews, Mohawk and Hudson railroad pioneer, living in California. Lick observatory dome under way in San Francisco at Union iron works. 70 feet diameter, 90 tons, revolved by 135 pounds pressure. Dome cost 56 200 dollars.
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France
New Haven
Foss
Yorkshire
David Matthews
America
Mohawk and Hudson
California
Lick Observatory
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Young Clergyman and Farmer Wed After Chance Glance
A Boston clergyman chasing a bean spill in a restaurant met a pretty young woman at the window and, within a week, married. In Balls county Missouri, farmer Andrews saw a woman feeding chickens, she waved, he bowed and they wed three days later.
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Boston
Andrews
Balls County
Missouri
Gara
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Boston Transcript
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Madeira Islands
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New York City
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Iowa
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Hapa Aed
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My Place
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James River House
Main Street
Woonsocket
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J. M. Gaines
J. Flarnest
Buckeye Radar Store
Gleason, Baily & Co
S. Freman
Caines & Arnett
R. McMillen & CO
A.G. Rellam
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UEU
Dakota Tire and Marie
OF Mitchell
Hal
Northern Nursery
Territory
Considine Ar
Kate
Territo Northern Nursery CO
Mitchell, Dakota
Frank Chank
Jay Toy
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