The Anti Catholic Agitation Debate in Harper's Weekly
A discussion on Roman Catholic influence in the United States cites Dr Washington Gladden and critics about Catholic laymen and the church hierarchy. It traces Vatican views on church state relations, liberalism, and American religious liberty, noting 1909 conferences and encyclical positions shaping Protestant-Catholic tensions.
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Harper's Weekly
Washington Gladden
Gladden
Dr. Gladden
Free America
Rome
Apostolic Mission House
Catholic University of America
Washington
Conference of Missionaries
United States
America
T. C. Kelley
Church Extension Society
John Joseph McVey
Philadelphia
Protestants Fight Catholic Influence in America
W B Dawson notes anti Catholic agitation stems from efforts to make the United States dominantly Catholic. He argues Protestants must oppose such aims, while affirming Catholics’ rights to faith and practice, and warns liberty ends where Protestant freedoms begin. The piece also profiles Argentine statesman Naon and his career.
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W. W. Prescott
Protestant Magazine
Harper’s Weekly
Rome
United States
America
W. B.D
Famous Paintings and Remarkable Art Pranks Across History
A compact survey recounts the smallest painting painted on a corn grain by a Flemish artist and a vast Mississippi panorama by John Banvard unfinished at his death. It notes Murillo’s grand vase and Salvator Rosa’s harp piano tale, ending with Rosa betting a landscape on a lid that sold for 1000 scudi as a proof of art’s value.
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Mississippi River
John Banvard
Watertown
D. D
Father of Waters
Murillo
Christ Child
St. Anthony of Padua
Salvator Rosa
Florence
Rosa
Mme Adam and the Crinoline's Early Press Rise
Mme Adam, later Mrs Lambert, credited her entry to journalism to not wearing a crinoline when fashion dictated it. Alphonse Karr opposed crinolines in Le Journal but noted no pretty woman in France without one. She crafted a witty reply that Karr printed in Le Bien public, launching her periodical career.
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Mme
Adam
Alphonse Karr
France
Mme. Adam
Lambert
Abd Bhe
Alphonsé Karr
le Biecle
Westminster Gazette
Improving Slowly
A fragmentary exchange shows Jane asking about a cousin’s progress and the response noting slow improvement. The text references autopsies performed at a hospital before a detention or confrontation, with garbled punctuation and unclear sequence of events.
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Jane
Noted American Jurist at Niagara Falls Peace Talks
Joseph R. Lamar, associate justice of the U S Supreme Court, attended the Niagara Falls peace conference as the American delegate. A Georgia native born in 1870, he was educated at the University of Georgia and Washington and Lee University, practiced law in Augusta, and served in the Georgia legislature before rising to the high court.
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Washington
Federal “Congress
Argentina
Alcorta
Justice and Public Instruction
National College
University of
Buenos Aires
Senor Naon
Niagara Falls
Ont
Mexico
Joseph R. Lamar
Uncle Sam
United States Supreme Court
Taft
Southern
University of Georgia
Washington’and Lee University
Bethany College
Augusta
Georgia
Supreme Court
Geo
Yedis
C."lamary
The
United
Hall's Catarrh Cure ad offers 100 dollars reward
An advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney & Co promises a 100 dollar reward for a cure that cannot be achieved. It includes endorsements from Walding Kinnan Marvin and notes the internal action of the remedy. Price is 75 cents per bottle with testimonials available. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
Dreams Realized in Flight and Undersea War
The article traces humanitys longing to fly from ancient myths to modern aviation and undersea warfare. It notes early balloon attempts in France, later sustained progress, and rapid invention over the last century and a half. It suggests future wars may unfold largely in the air and beneath the sea, per the New York Globe.
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France
Bin
New York Globe
Red Hair Nickname Provokes Assault in 1867 Penzance Case
In a Penzance town hall police court case from 1867 a defendant described the complainant as a red haired Dane, triggering an assault. The note recounts Cornish and Celtic hostility to Danes or Norse invaders and the enduring prejudice against red hair, cited by J. Harris in The English Illustrated.
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Cornwall
Land's End
England
Land
Penzance
J. Harris. Stone
Bible Study Sparks Global Church Interest at Pekin Schools
An American missionary report describes how Pekin students crowded to enroll in Bible study after learning that Western power is linked to the Bible. Cadets at West Point reportedly held regular Bible groups, while Tokyo Seminary students are kept connected to real-world life through a hall for practical Christian work run by faculty and an evangelist.
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Ing’ Fat
Pekin
America
John R. Mott
West Point
Academy
United States
Canada
Tokyo Seminary
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Thomas J. Carey
Palestine
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Detslie
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American’ Press Association
Joseph Rucker Lamar
Rhis' Pere Sanal
Dhnarviaian
Cinnatia Infanes
Castoria
Ig GentaGn Co
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
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