Opportunity Sermon by Rev Talmage in New York Academy
The Rev T DeWitt Talmage preaches on Opportunity from Galatians VI 10 at the Academy of Music in New York, urging swift decisive acts to do good. He extols opportunity as a brief, potent call to influence lives, convert souls, and unite families with Christ, citing historical figures and drastic examples to illustrate its immediacy and lasting impact.
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T. DeWitt Talmage
Academy of Music
New York City
Denver
Col
Alps
Himalayas
Heaven
God
Governor Oates Refuses To Interfere In Byars Case
Alabama dispatch reports Eugene Byars sentenced to hang for murder with his appeal denied by the state’s governor. Governor Oates states twice refused to intervene and affirms the supreme court decision, directing sheriff Morrow to notify the prisoner and kin.
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Brrauincuam
Ala
Eugene Byars
Jefferson County
Beherens Park
Supreme Court
Oates
State of Alabama
Executive Department
Montgomery
Geo. Morrow
Morris
Wm. C. Oates
Death of Hon. N. H. R. Dawson A Distinguished Alabama Figure
Hon. N. H. R. Dawson died at his Selma home after a long career as a leading Alabama figure. He served as education commissioner under Cleveland and held many trust positions. Born in Charleston, he traced lineage to General Paul Hamilton and early South Carolina governors, and was Lincoln’s brother-in-law by marriage.
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England
George IV
Sir Astley Cooper
Sir Astley
Lord Clive
Madras
India
Clive
Pauliné Lucca
Lucca
John Scott
Lord Eldon
Ackroyd
William H. Seward
William III. Seward
Cornwall
Studson River
Jesus Christ
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia
Hudson River
Christ
Heaven
MonTgomery
Ala
N. H. R. Dawson
Selma
Alabama
Mr. Cleveland
Charleston
Paul Hamilton
Navy
South Carolina
President Lincoln
State of Trade Encouragement in Industrial Sectors
R G Dunn reports cautious optimism in the week’s trade review. Bond sales expectations pull gold exports lower while treasury outflows total about 2 million dollars for domestic use. No bond bill passage expected, but foreign negotiations may aid finance. Iron and steel show mixed demand with slight price dips. pig iron and copper market activity varies by region. Cotton goods show modest shifts. farm commodities lack solid gains. Wheat prices edge up, western grain receipts rise, corn prices advance marginally. Bankruptcies decline year over year in U S and Canada.
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New York
R. G. Dunn & Co
Review of Trade
Treasury
Congress
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Chicago
United States
Canada
Disappearance of Atlanta Printer Triggers Distress in Montgomery
N M Brown of Atlanta recently moved to Montgomery and printed an afternoon paper for two days. A letter to Tenant Lomax warned of a planned suicide by drowning in the river. Since then Brown is missing. his wife and two children, including a newborn, are left destitute and distressed. Police cannot locate him by wire in Atlanta.
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Montgomery
Ala
N. M. Brown
Atlanta
Tenant Lomax
Brown
Burglars' Reign in Castleberry Ala Breaks In Depot and Express
Castleberry Alabama February 6 A depot and express office were broken into last night and robbed of over 300 dollars. Stores and residences in the area have suffered frequent robberies for two years and authorities believe a regular gang operates from the region.
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Castleberry
Ala
Murder at Home in Choctaw County
News from Montgomery reports that Joseph H. Hurst of Choctaw county was shot dead in his home on Saturday night as he prepared for bed. The assassin fired buckshot into his head, killing him instantly. No details or telegraphic communication from the area are available yet.
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Montgomery
Ala
Joseph H. Hurst
Choctaw County
Alabama News in Brief from Jasper Eagle item list
The itemized notes cover legislative timing for elections, Judge James B Head’s improving health, Greenville adding a rice mill, efforts to extend judicial circuits via continuous courts, a Tuskegee conference at Tuskegee Institute on February 20 1895 with Black Belt representation, and a Jasper plan for a brick building with retail lower floor and offices above, plus railroad commissioner terms and expected appointments.
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James B. Head
Birmingham
Greenville
Eutaw Mirror
Joseph B. Cottrell
Greenville Advocate
Florida
T. L. Long
Jasper
Walker County
Tunstall
Hale County
Clark
Mobile
Oates
Tuskegee Negro Conference
Tuskegee
Ala
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
Black Belt
South
Gold to be Delivered in Exchange for Bonds by New York Firms
Washington reports a bond transaction not a direct gold sale but a gold purchase to be paid with U S 4 per cent bonds. August Belmont Co and J S Morgan Co of London act for N M Rothschilds in a deal for 3 509 000 ounces of standard US gold coin under section 3700 of the Revised Statutes. Many banks participate though unnamed. costs of bringing the gold are borne by the parties.
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London
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
August Belmont & Co
New York
Messrs. N. M. Rothschilds & Sons
J. S. Morgan & Co
Department
Legislature to Blame for Brooklyn Strike Causes
The Brooklyn strike is linked to ill advised legislation says the state mediation board. The report to the New York Legislature argues that railroad corporations were created without provisions for stable operating forces, and that remedial laws must prevent service interruptions due to disputes between companies and workers.
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Brooklyn
Albany
N. Y
State Board of Mediation and Arbitration
Ruger Promoted to Major General in Army
Washington February 9 Brigadier General Thomas H Ruger commanding the Department of Missouri with HQ at Chicago was nominated for the vacant major-generalcy created by Maj Gen Schofield s promotion to lieutenant general Ruger becomes the new major general in the army reflecting a key leadership shift in the widening chain of command
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Department of the Missouri
Washington
Schofield
Thomas H. Ruger
Department of Missouri
Chicago
National Farmers Alliance Elects Officers for Year
RAveieun Feb 9 National Farmers Alliance elected officers for the forthcoming year. President J F Willets of Kansas. vice president H C Snavely of Pennsylvania. secretary treasurer D P Duncan of South Carolina. National executive committee members include Mann Page of Virginia H L Loucks of South Dakota I E Dean of New York H C Demming of Pennsylvania and Marion Butler of North Carolina.
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National Farmers’ Alliance
Raveieun
N. C
J. F. Willets
Kansas
H. C. Snavely
Pennsylvania
D. P. Duncan
South Carolina
Mann Page
Virginia
H. L. Loucks
South Dakota
I. E. Dean
New York
H. C. Demming
Marion Butler
North Carolina
Post Office Appointments Listed for Missouri and Kansas
Washington February 9 announces post office appointments in Missouri and Kansas. In Missouri S Williams appointed at Elkton Hickory County replacing Curtis Rule. J Smith named at Latan Platte County. P Julian appointed at Pearl Green County. In Kansas C Wilson appointed at Kilger Shawnee County. J Benedict named at Sharp Coffey County.
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Washington
Missouri
Elkton
Hickory County
S. Williams
Curtis Rule
Latan
Platte County
J. Smith
Pearl
Green County
P. Julian
Kansas
Kilger
Shawnee County
C. Wilson
Sharp
Coffey County
J. Benedict
Hanged Without Any Long Delay
Avunusta Georgia February 9 Jabez Wiggins who December 23 killed Carolina Darby and Davis and Detective Murray then wounded Officers on Wrenn was hanged here.
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Avunusta
Jabez Wiggins
Carolina Darby
John Davis
Joseph Murray
Wrenn
President sends message on new gold bond plan
Cleveland announces to Congress a plan to issue United States bonds payable in coin for about 62.4 million dollars to purchase gold, half from abroad, to restore a safe gold reserve near 100 million dollars. The proposal compares 3 percent gold bonds with 4 percent coin bonds and notes policy aims connected to the 1890 silver repeal.
Ex Minister Stevens Dead A Diplomat Linked To Hawaiian Revolution
AvaGusta Maine February 9 ex minister to Hawaii John I Stevens died after brief illness of multiple diseases. A pupil of James G Blaine he and Blaine once ran the Kennebec Journal. Stevens served as US minister to Sweden in 1881 and to Hawaii in 1889. His role in the Hawaiian revolution involved allowing US Marines to land and advising annexation to the United States. The move faced later scrutiny under Cleveland.
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AvaGusta
John I. Stevens
Hawaii
Stevens
James G. Blaine
Kennebec Journal
United States
Sweden
Garfield
Boston
Blaine
Sandwich Islands
Congress
Cleveland
Liluokalani
New Republic
Bill Cook and Cherokee Bill Convicted in Three Robberies
Fort Sairy Ark Feb 9 Bill Cook and Cherokee Bill were convicted Wednesday of the Red Fork train robbery and yesterday of the Okmulgee robbery. Skeeter pleaded guilty and got thirty years. Cook also faced trial for robbing Thomas Scales at Wetumpka and for the McDermott store and post office robbery.
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Fort Sairy
Ark
Bill Cook
Bill
Red Fork
Okmulgee
Skeeter
Cook
Thomas Scales
Wetumpka
McDermott
Snow Drift Halts CB&Q Train Passengers Helped
In Burlington Iowa on February 9 a Chicago Burlington & Kansas City train became stuck in a large drift near Wever. Farmers arrived with provisions saving passengers as four engines struggled to free the train. The Carthage branch remains blocked and many trains on the line are several hours late.
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Kansas City
Wever
Carthage
Senate and House debate on district and tariff bills.
Busy legislative days with District of Columbia measures, tariff and bond debates, and military park authorizations. Senate speeches deny delays to appropriation bills while House passes Gettysburg park bill and contemplates gold bond issues. Adjournments, reversals, and sharp exchanges pepper sessions.
Not a Success as an Artist
A Georgia teacher, described as a Yankee schoolmarm, taught a class of about a dozen Black students to read and draw. While pairing the words dog and cat with a house, she drew a tree with a cat at the top and a dog at the bottom and asked for a word. A student fervently shouted that the dog has treed a possum.
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Georgia
Sidney
New Orleans Picayune
Hints to Angels
A cryptic note from Texas Siftings on banks and angels. Maj. Smile jokes that angels nose up at New York banks while Gen. Lafter says there is no danger of angels noses being stolen and suggests angels should hold their pocketbooks with both hands.
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New York
Gen. Lafter
Texas Siftings
Weighed Down. Uncle Joel Uphill-What makes all these young city fellers so human
City hall hears a curious local tale as Judge weighs in on fashion and manners. Chrysanthemums and old County traditions frame a humorous debate about urban youth and propriety in a small town setting.
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Joel
Agul Desert
R. City Hall
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