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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1890
Page
3
Alphonse Karr and Catherine Booth figures are noted with details of their deaths and funeral events. The piece traces Karr’s literary career and satire, Booth’s Salvation Army leadership, and the London funeral procession with public and international attendance, including General Booth officiating and Dr John Farnham Boynton's death noted.
At St. Paul’s Cathedral a historic reconciliation service was held for the death by self action of Edward Caston. The bishop of London led the rite, invoking general repentance for the pollution of blood and declaring the participants free of canonical impediments. The ceremony included a litany, canticles, and the formal proclamation of reconciliation, signed by the bishop. Also reported is the Spencer war balloon ascent to Shaw and its return to London, with observations of altitude sounds and a 25 mph airspeed, noting the balloon’s apparent stall while in clouds.
An archival tale recounts a grueling 1840s western river crossing where Engineer Scovill leads a party across Nevada with a water barrel failing under extreme heat. Men ration water, endure delirium, and push wagons through drought as survival hinges on a final creak bed spring. Scovill later tells the Peru club of Lima how a distant water sign saved others, linking to a roadside rescue that inspired a life saved and a reunion.
A lengthy, disjointed report concerns a European engineer and a medical subject. It references Henry Haritiart of Pendleton and details experiments on joint disease, absorption of salts, and electric treatments. The narrative weaves through medical trials, trenches, and the state of health, ending with remarks on national strength and physical development.
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