Leo XIII The Pope Who Shaped an Era and War’s Turmoil
A detailed portrait of Pope Leo XIII born Count Pecci in 1810, tracing his rise from Benevento governor to pope. It covers his cautious diplomacy, long papacy, humane governance, strategic handling of Spain United States tensions, and his blend of humor, intellect, and devotion as he steered the church through 32 years of modern challenges.
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St. Malachy
Lomne
Crux de Cruce
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Joseph
Mary
St. Thomas Aquinas
Comtesse Anne
Gregory XVI
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Naples
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Gregory
Mer
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Church
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Victoria
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Louis Philippe
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Lapponi
Mrs Blaine Dies At 76 In Augusta Home
Mrs James G Blaine died at the Blaine homestead in Augusta Maine at age 76 after a rapid decline in health. She was Harriet Stanwood before marriage and the widow of former editor James G Blaine now with one son and two daughters at her bedside in New York and Maine.
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Augusta
James G. Blaine
Blaine
Washington
State Street
Harriet Stanwood
Maine
Kentucky
Pittsburg
Kennebec
Harriet Beale
Walter Damrosch
New York
Railway Disasters Reported Across Several States
A series of wrecks from Des Moines to Pa and Ind claim lives and injure several. In Iowa a head on crash near Savannah, Missouri, kills a fireman and injures multiple. Des Moines men Brownfield and How ard among the injured. Poplar Bluff reports a Freight wreck on Iron Mountain with two brakemen and stock casualties. bridge collapse sends stock and workers into the Little Missouri river. In Bolivar Pa a boy named William Ross is killed and four injured. In Hammond Ind an eastbound freight collides with a westbound passenger train injuring engineer Joseph Waters fatally.
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Des Moines
Great Western
Savannah
Stewart
Brownfield
Tom Howard
St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Poplar Bluff
Iron Mountain
Boyden
Gordon
Ark
Little Missouri River
Greenburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bolivar
William Ross
Pittsburg
Chicago
Joseph Waters
Hammond
Ind
Knapp Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
Alfred A. Knapp was convicted of first degree murder in Hamilton Colorado for killing his wife Hannah Goddard Knapp. Judge Belden’s jury returned the verdict at 7:30 after hours of deliberation and without mercy, paving the way for possible execution by electric chair on appeal.
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Hamilton, CO
Alfred A. Knapp
Hannah Goddard Knapp
Belden
Knapp
Epworth League Ends after Landmark Convention in Detroit
The sixth international Epworth League convention closed in Detroit after seven well attended meetings Sunday night. Dr J I Berry and other officers hailed the event as the league’s greatest and most successful. Denver was chosen as the site for the next gathering.
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Detroit
Epworth League
J. I. Berry
League
Denver
Pope Leo and Death Poem At 1897 Shadow Fights Shadow
In 1897 Pope Leo XIII faced the shadow of death and, in defiant resolve, produced lines regarded among his greatest works. The papal writings reflect resilience and spiritual fortitude as he faced illness and possible demise.
Death and Immortality in a Poetic Dusk
A devotional elegy contemplates approaching death and the afterlife. The speaker laments fading life as darkness nears, pleads for divine mercy, and seeks entrance to heaven through God’s pity. The verse exhorts praise to the Queen of earth and sky and invokes spiritual release.
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Earth
Sky
Fire Chief Killed by Trolley Car in Louisville
Maj. Bd ward Hughes longtime Louisville fire chief was run over and killed by a trolley car on Sunday afternoon. He led the department for 25 years and had recently been retired on half pay.
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Louisville
Bdward Hughes
Maj. Hughes
Notable Kalamazoo Banker Dies After Illness
Frederick N. Rowley president of the First National Bank of Kalamazoo dies at his home after a stroke. He was 40. Other obituaries note Prof Hamilton G Timberlake of Wisconsin and Rev Osborne of Kentucky dying suddenly, and reports say 60 passengers drowned when the steamer Peter burned on the Volga.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Frederick N. Rowley
First National Bank of
London
St. Petersburg
Peter
Volga
Destructive hailstorm devastates Laverne Minnesota region
A severe hailstorm swept east Rock county near Laverne Minnesota damaging 120 sections, destroying one third of crops and causing about 1 million dollars in losses. The storm lasted under ten minutes and covered 15 by 36 miles with widespread tree and glass damage.
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Laverne
Minn
Rock County
Watertown
S. D
Troskey
Worthington
Sheldon
Iowa
Ellsworth
Battle for Ciudad Bolivar Ends in Massive Revolutionist Losses
In Soledad Venezuela on July 19 government forces attacked Ciudad Bolivar from two directions. By morning the city was engulfed in smoke and heavy fighting. Government troops captured the cemetery after a fierce battle, while the fleet shelled the government building. By late morning the revolutionist flag was gone and streets around the building fell to government control. Casualty reporting listed over 200 revolutionaries dead with many wounded. movements were obscured by artillery smoke.
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Soledad
Venezuela
Ciudad Bolivar
Archbishop Katzer Dies After Long Illness in Milwaukee
Rt Rev Hendrick Mavier Katzer archbishop of Milwaukee died at St Agnes Sanitarium Fond du Lac at 8 40 PM Monday after a long liver cancer illness He was born Feb 7 1844 in Ebensee Austria educated in Gmuden Linz came to the US in 1864 graduated St Francis Seminary Milwaukee ordained 1864 served as secretary to Bishop Krautbauer Green Bay named bishop Green Bay 1886 and elevated to Milwaukee archdiocese in 1890.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Hendrick Mavier Katzer
Milwaukee
St. Agnes Sanitarium
Frederick Navier Katzer
Ebensee
Upper Austria
Gmuden
Linz
St. Francis’ Seminary
Krautbauer
Green Bay
Pleads Not Guilty in Barrington Case at Hearing
Lord F. Seymour Barrington pleaded not guilty at a preliminary hearing for the murder of his benefactor James P. McCann on June 18. A ten day continuance was granted due to Barrington's illness. The item also notes other disparate dispatches from across the country on medical breakthroughs, jail fire fatalities, an army officer injury, and a court extension for August W. Machen.
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St. Louis
F. Seymour Barrington
James P. McCann
Barrington
Cyclones Hit Illinois Towns Killing Dozens
A Friday evening cyclone swept through Streator Mendota Emington and Campus causing multiple deaths and extensive damage. In Streator five people died and over twenty were seriously injured with property losses around 500000. Mendota reports four dead and many injured as campus and homes were wrecked. Emington and Campus also saw fatalities and severe injuries with homes demolished and livestock losses.
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Streator
Ill
Edward Bivens
William Brown
Harry Doyle
Charles Snyder
A. G. Purcell
Mendota
Cora Boesdorf
Ora Lundy
Schanmel
Advent College
Hmington
Campus
Emington
Four Boys Killed Near Avondale Station
Four youths, including Louis and William Marr aged 18 and 11, were killed while walking on tracks near Avondale station on the Cincinnati Division. Two other unidentified youths died, and several others were injured as trains collided and ground them to pieces during a mixed-traffic incident.
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Cincinnati
Avondale
Cincinnati, Lebanon & Northern
Pennsylvania Road
Louis
William Marr
Union Station
Queen and Crescent
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Vincennes
Manchurian ports to open. world trade gains
Washington reports satisfactory settlement of the Manchurian question with assurances from China to open treaty ports soon. Russia confirms it will not oppose openings, with likely sites at Moukden and Ta Tung Kao near the Yalu. The State Department calls the outcome a major benefit for American and global commerce. A Frog Harvest in Reading sees bullfrog lots flooding markets as farmers predict earnings of 50 to 150 dollars next month from large catches.
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Washington
United States
Moukden
Manchuria
Ta Tung Kao
Yalu River
State Department
Reading
Berks County
Philadelphia
Manatawny
Felix’s Dam
Mosquito Surge Tied to Heavy Rains Across Nation
Entomologist L C Howard of the department of agriculture links a huge rise in mosquitoes, especially along the north Atlantic coast, to unusually heavy spring and summer rains creating surface pools that boost breeding. Chinese to Protest.
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Washington
L. C. Howard
Department of Agriculture
North Atlantic
Modish Fashions Veiling and Jewelry Highlights
The New York Post describes hats of white tulle with a paradise plume, nainsook embroidery around brims, and yellow straw. It notes veils in lace borders, a pure white aigrette with topaz, and varied jet jewelry. Amber beads pair with outfits. new Persian lace and Japanese crepe fabrics appear in shops.
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New York Post
Choose the Better Part of Valor Against Worry
The piece urges readers to avoid worry during heat and adversity, arguing cheerful calm strengthens both body and spirit. It notes that borrowing trouble worsens trials, while optimism preserves health and keeps daily life steady.
Washington Pie From Boston Globe Recipe
Cream butter and sugar with hands then add eggs one at a time without beating. Stir in vanilla milk and flour and bake in two pie plates. For the filling scald milk, mix sugar salt egg and flour then pour over and cook until thick. Cool and flavor.
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Boston Globe
Spiced Vinegar and Preserved Salmon Note
Spiced Vinegar recipe uses one pint vinegar two pounds brown sugar cinnamon seeds cloves and nasturtium seed cells heated then bottled. Iron cleaning method involves powdered glass and gum water on cloth to rub off rust. A porcelain lined can of preserved salmon kept seven years found in good condition in England.
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England
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