The Life of Pope Leo XIII and His Rise to Power
A detailed portrait of Cardinal Pecci born in Siena and raised among the Volscian hills. It traces his path from governor of Benevento to Perugia nuncio, his election as Leo XIII after papal conclave intrigue, and his long, disciplined pontificate marked by reform, diplomacy, and devotion to the poor.
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Joachim
Joseph
Gregory XVI
Benevento
Naples
Beneventini
Belghim
Gregory
Mar. Pecci
Brussels
Leopold
Rome
London
Paris
Victoria
Prince Albert
Louis Philippe
Perugia
Pius VII
Leo
Pius
Pecci
McClosky
Pius IX
Cardinal Pecci
Cardinals
Leo XIII
Gladstone
Bismarck
Europe
Jaco
Spain
United States
Jeo
Ile
Tolland
Vatican
New England
Teo
Lapponi
Pope Leo XII Poised Against Death in 1897 Verses
The article notes Pope Leo XIII confronting mortality with resolve in 1897. It cites his searing lines as among his strongest poetry, written in defiance of looming death.
Death and Hope in a Seeker’s Final Prayer
A first person elegiac meditation contemplates mortality and the soul’s release at death. The speaker pleads for divine pity and a peaceful passage to everlasting rest, invoking May 7 as a hoped moment of acceptance by the Queen of earth and sky.
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Earth
Sky
Mrs Blaine Dies at 76 in Augusta Maine
Mrs James G Blaine died at the Blaine homestead in Augusta Maine at age 76 after a rapid decline. She was Harriet Stanwood, daughter of a Maine citizen, and married to James G Blaine after meeting as teachers in Kentucky. Her son James G Blaine and daughters Mrs Harriet Beale and Mrs Walter Damrosch were at her bedside.
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Augusta
James G. Blaine
Blaine
Washington
State Street
Harriet Stanwood
Maine
Kentucky
Pittsburg
Kennebec
Harriet Beale
Walter Damrosch
New York
Rail Disasters Across States Leave Fatalities and Injuries
Reports from Des Moines to Chicago recount a head on crash on the Great Western near Savannah Missouri killing Fireman Stewart and injuring Engineer Brownfield and Fireman Howard among others. Separate wrecks on Iron Mountain near Ark and Pennsylvania line near Bolivar claim a youth killed and several injured. A Wabash collision near Hammond Indiana fatally injures Engineer Waters.
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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 Ohio for the killing of his wife Hannah Goddard Knapp. Jury of Belden's panel reached verdict at 7 30 after overnight deliberation. no mercy recommended and execution by electric chair anticipated on appeal.
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Ohio
Hamilton, O
Alfred A. Knapp
Hannah Goddard Knapp
Belden
Knapp
Epworth League close marks Denver as next site
Detroit report on the sixth international convention of the Epworth League ends after seven well attended meetings. Dr J F Berry and other league officers hail it as the greatest and most successful in the league's history with Denver chosen for the next gathering.
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Detroit
Epworth League
J. F. Berry
League
Denver
Louisville Fire Chief Ed Hughes Killed by Trolley
Maj. Ed ward Hughes longtime Louisville fire chief was run over and killed by a trolley car on Sunday. He led the Louisville fire department for 25 years and had been retired on half pay prior to his death.
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Louisville
Edward Hughes
Hughes
Notable Kalamazoo Banker Frederick N Rowley Dies
Frederick N Rowley president of the First National Bank of Kalamazoo died at his home after a brief illness from paralysis at age 40. The report notes his prominence as a leading financier in Michigan.
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Kalamazoo, Mich
Frederick N. Rowley
First National Bank of
Kalamazoo
Destructive hailstorm hits Laverne area in Rock County
A severe hailstorm swept east Rock County Minnesota Monday afternoon covering 15 by 36 miles from Watertown South Dakota to Ellsworth Minnesota. Six townships suffered total crop destruction with estimates around one million dollars as corn and barley stands were ruined and glass and paint stripped from buildings.
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Laverne
Minn
Rock County
Watertown
S. D
Troskey
Worthington
Sheldon
Iowa
Ellsworth
Battle Rages as Ciudad Bolivar Falls to Government Forces
In Soledad Venezuela on July 19 government troops clash with revolutionists in Ciudad Bolivar. By 11 am streets are in government control with over 400 revolutionaries killed and heavy artillery fire from a five-ship Venezuelan fleet. Wounded flood government headquarters as smoke cloaks the city.
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Soledad
Venezuela
Ciudad Bolivar
Cyclone Toll Rises in Illinois Towns
A Friday evening cyclone swept Streator Mendota Emington and Campus causing multiple deaths and extensive property damage. In Streator five people died and over twenty were injured with losses near 500000. Mendota reported several fatalities and widespread destruction with Advent college campus wrecked. Emington and Campus also suffered demolished houses and serious injuries.
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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
Emington
Campus
Four Boys Killed Entering Station Tracks
In Cincinnati near Avondale station four youths were killed while walking on the tracks as trains passed. Louis Marr 13 and William Marr 11, two unnamed young men, and others were struck on a curve and ground to pieces. Additional injuries were reported from a separate incident at Union Station where two excursionists fatally injured and several others hurt as trains moved.
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Avondale
Cincinnati, Lebanon & Northern
Pennsylvania Road
Louis
William Marr
Union Station
Queen and Crescent
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Vincennes
Manchurian settlement boosts open ports for trade
Washington reports a satisfactory settlement on the Manchurian question with assurances from China to open treaty ports soon. Russia likewise pledges not to hinder. Ports named may include Moukden and Ta Tung Kao as openings are arranged for American and world commerce.
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Washington
United States
Moukden
Manchuria
Ta Tung Kao
Yalu River
State Department
Mosquito Surge Linked to Heavy Rains Across Nation
Entomologist L O Howard of the agriculture department attributes a sharp rise in mosquitoes, especially along the north Atlantic coast, to unusually heavy spring and summer rains creating surface pools that boost breeding sites.
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Washington
L. O. Howard
Department of Agriculture
North Atlantic
Modish feminine fashions in hats veils and jet jewelry
The New York Post notes a hat with white tulle quillings and a yellow paradise plume, an all over nainsock embroidery hat, and white satin trimmed veils. It highlights jewelry including pure white aigrette topaz pieces, moonstone and garnet pendants, and jet accessories. lace from Persian imports. and Japanese crepe fabrics with red or blue polka dot embroidery priced 25 to 75 cents per yard.
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New York Post
Keep Cheerful and Cool in Hot Weather Advice
The piece urges readers to avoid worry during heat waves. It argues cheerful, calm minds resist stress better and that fearing disasters rarely happens. Worry is shown as harmful, while choosing composure improves health and day to day life.
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Perdition
Creamy Boston Pie Filling and Sponge Batter Method
A Boston Globe recipe outlines creaming sugar with butter by hand then adding eggs one by one, vanilla, milk and flour before baking in two pie plates. For the filling mix milk to scald then thicken with sugar salt egg and flour, cook until thick, cool, and flavor.
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Washington
Boston Globe
Preserved Salmon and Household Relish Notes
A 19th century recipe set describes a relish using vinegar brown sugar cinnamon mustard seeds and cloves tied in netting simmered then heated with nasturtium seeds and bottled. An ironing tip uses powdered glass in gum-water to scrub rust from iron. Reports also note preserved salmon in porcelain-lined cans found good after seven years in Hogland.
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Hogland
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