CHAT OF THE CHURCH WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD
News Notes from All Lands Regarding Their Religious Thought and Movement What the Great Denominations Are Doing. The piece surveys churchwelcome stories, charitable acts, and reports on Christian Endeavor, Y M C A, Bible Society gifts, and missionary work across India Tibet and Bengal, highlighting leaders like Rev. Russell Conwell and Bishop Thoburn and noting donations and growth in global faith communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Christian Advocate
Russell H. Conwell
Philadelphia
Dean Hutchings
University At
Ann Arbor
Toledo
Milwaukee
Rosario Ilasca
George Willams
Young Men’s Christian Association
Dublin
B. A. Barber
Northwestern University
Evanston
Ill
Student Young Men’s Christian Association
Calcutta
India
The
Christian and Missionary Alliance
China
Japan
Africa
Arabia
South America
West Indies
Thoburn
England
British and Foreign Bible Society
Moody
Chopra
Bengal
Church Missionary Society
Recent Inventions Show Quick Hair Drying And More
A lamp heated top plate dries hair rapidly after washing. A Swedish woman patents a wagon oven with heat from a fireplace or oil burner circulating through shelves. A bicycle frame cushioning system uses vertical sockets and inflatable cushions. A Wisconsin taper head lights without matches by friction. A stretcher for piano use widens finger spread via a screw nut system. A Massachusetts bicycle tire joins inner-tube ends for a continuous air passage. A bag fastener uses a spring wire and hook to seal mouths quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Massachusetts
Trinidad Negroes and a Lighthearted Colonial Sketch
A London Chronicle summary relays tales from Trinidad stories told by Sir William Robinson. A church dignitary’s negress servant sings hymns and pilfers money and food to tunes of Hold the Fort and Onward Christian Soldier. A bishop questions a loafer about time, the worker replies in dialect. The piece notes Trinidad sleepers and quotes a 4 am earthquake quip about a groom who slept late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinidad
William Robinson
London Chronicle
Church of England
Rawle
Neevo
Massa
William
Edward
How He Came There Prison Visitor Quip
A brief humorous exchange from a Boston Transcript item features a prison visitor asking an inmate how he ended up in the facility. The inmate quips that it was the copper being a sprinter, framing the moment with dry wit about luck and circumstance. The note closes with a wry line about insurance risks being a chance of three Lifetime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marm
Boston Transcript
Treasures of India Jewel Display and Royal Gifts
A historical survey of Indian princely jewel collections highlights immense value and craftsmanship. It notes the Gashwar of Baroda with the Star of the South diamond necklace, a 5 million dollar pearl shawl, royal gifts to the Prince of Wales, and lavish jeweled accoutrements worn by Maharajas during imperial events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Ceylon
Burma
Gashwar
Baroda
Mohammed
Prince of Wales
Jaipur
Kashmir
Sir Jung Bahadur
Nepal
Sir Jung
China
Delhi
Victoria
Maharaja Holhar
Visapur
Haidarabad
Travancore
Persia
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
The 12 Penny Black Canadian Stamp Saga
A Canadian 12 penny black stamp printed in 1851 at Ottawa becomes a collectors gem after a series of misfortunes. An old Hamilton post office recipient sews it into a parcel to the U United States. a boy finds it and sells to a dealer for five dollars. The stamp later climbs to twenty five dollars, then a Hamilton dealer offers twelve hundred dollars, and the buyer agrees. The tale highlights the stamp's ascent in value as it changes hands amid honest dealings and rising interest from collectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Ottawa
Hamilton
United States
Monu ment to Admiral Dewey in San Francisco fund raise
San Francisco has raised about 32 500 dollars of the 100 000 dollar goal for a monument to Admiral Dewey to be placed in the city. The piece also notes industrial trends and curiosities from across the country, including exports to South Africa, a sugar cane planter invention, a large Kentucky family claim, cost figures for railroad stationery, and various scientific and social curiosities from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Admiral Dewey
South Africa
Transvaal
New Orleans
Kentucky
United States
Southeastern
Nashville, Chattanooga and
St. Louis
Theodore Parker
West Roxbury
Mass
Archbishop Williams
Parker
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Boston Ice Company
New York
Volta River
Caspian Sea
Niagara
Garahit
India
Lisbon
Portugal
Douro
Grunnenthal
Germany
Harlem
Mungsten
Jokes and Quips From The Laughing Week
A collection of light humor and wits from papers like the Cleveland Leader and New York Journal, featuring banter on graduates choosing medicine, village gags, lovers’ quips, mistaken plans, and playful exchanges. Extra bits include a poet’s ruse, social jests, and amusing one liners from various papers, all in a breezy, old-time tone.
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Christ
Rev
Wayland Hoyt
Thomas Campbell
Story Dents
Zacchaeus
Christian Endeavor Society
Treasures OF India
Iany
Brazil
Softleigh
Giles
Sam
Bill
Cactus Charlie
Baron
Schuster
Fuegende Binetter
New York Journal
Maud
Chawley
Madge
Jack
Ethel
Lottie Totkins
Ohio State Journal
Niblack
Noah
Bobby
Texarkana
Atlanta Constitution
de Jones
Smythe
Chicago News
Philadelphia Bulletin
Spenlows
Chicago Times-Herald
Eleanor
Johnsing
Jones
Jackson
Enoug
Apolis
Boston
New York World
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