The Parsees of India and Dr Talmage's Fire Worshippers
Dr Talmage continues his Round the World Sermons with a Bombay visit describing Parsees the fire worshippers. He portrays their funeral Tower of Silence, vultures, and ritual wedding, contrasting heathen custom with Christian faith and urging readers to praise Christ.
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Talmage
Jerusalem
India
Persia
Moh
Bombay
Alexanes
Ter
Iif
Chinvat
God
Malabar Hill
Zoroaster
Hombay
Heaven
Silene
Brooklyn
Marathon
Salamis
Greece
Earth
Yoraster
Christ
Items of Interest from a Bygone Era
A collection of short notes on sea life, sport and society. A clam’s slow crawl on sand is contrasted with its hidden drama as a large shell muscle facilitates movement. Night mullet fishing near Chesapeake shores uses small boats to drive fish ashore. A British officer favors Japanese troops over Chinese, praising their courage and restraint. Prof Warren P. Laird highlights Philadelphia as a curiously instructive American city due to architectural boldness and errors. Fashion notes mention chiffon or monsseline collarettes with long flowing ends for dressy wear.
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India
Malabar Hill
Mshidji Jijibhar
Tower of Silence
Mala
Bar Fi
Chesapeake
Goorkas
Warren P. Laird
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Indiana Prisoner Escapes During Gettysburg Era Tale
A lengthy reminiscence recalls an Indiana corporal acting as grave digger in August on parole, a prisoner’s escape from a Confederate stockade, and a dramatic abandoned body with shoes seized by a hospital attendant. The piece mourns battlefield vandalism at Gettysburg and Antietam, laments memoral desecration, and notes Civil War veterans' regimental history and later readers’ reflections.
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Asis
J. L. Younker
Indiana
National Tribune
Gre Cemetery
Reb
Hound Man
Hell
Innet
Bland's Proposed Currency Bill Seeks Silver Standard
Missourian Democrat Mr Bland introduces a substitute for the Carlisle plan proposing a silver dollar standard with legal tender for all debts and deposits. The bill envisions notes equal to deposited gold or silver and redemption through treasury held reserves, replacing further gold or silver coin issues.
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Wasmixeton
Bland
Missouri
Carlisle
United States
Hart Will Hang For Deviance At Ohio Trial
The piece reports a prisoner from Bryan Ohio brought to Hart city, pleading guilty to indictments. Judge Snook sentenced him to hang on the second in April 1805 after the prisoner argued for mercy. The article notes the appeal for clemency was denied. Also included is a brief item about a Russian constitutional draft proposing an imperial parliament and a universal suffrage diet with the czar as sovereign.
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Ohio
Ehi
Bryan
Hart
Snook Sen
Snook
Paulding
Paralyzed Lord Randolph Churchill Said to Be Lexpos
Morning paper reports Lord Randolph Churchill paralyzed on one side and losing the faculty of speaking. His mother and others have gone to Marseilles for medical aid as U S reports from Washington describe currency and census bills and statues of Stark and Webster as part of parliamentary activity amid adjournment notices.
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Lord Randolph Churchill
Marseil
SexaTe
Washington
New Hampshire
John Starker
Daniel Webster
Census Office
Department of Justice
House
Census Department
Department’ of Justice
N. P. Banks
Gen. Stark
Atlanta
Springer
Presidential residence site bill seeks land in Columbia Heights
Dec 2 reports a bill to let the treasury secretary buy land in block 20 Columbia Heights Washington for a presidential residence. The price is capped at three dollars per square foot with a total appropriation of million dollars. Representative Ri democrat of Tennessee introduced a similar bill in the House.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Colombia Heights
Washington
United
Ri Democrat
Tennessee
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Swedesboro
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Charlestown Navy Yard
Naval Construction
John T. Ogden
Boston
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Linolm
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