Talmage Out West Sermon in Nebraska We Are Witnesses
Open air sermon by Dr. Talmage in Beatrice Nebraska centers on the text We are witnesses citing Christ’s resurrection as proof. He argues faith and testimony convert souls provide comfort in trouble and calm in the last hour with numerous Bible examples and testimonies from believers.
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Talmage
Breatrice
Nebraska
George Stephenson
Liverpool
Edinburgh
London
Atlantic Ocean
Cunard
Inman
National
White Star Lines
Morse
Associated Press
Christ
Lazarus
Jesus Christ
Madagascar
Adoniram Judson
Burmah
Doctor Morrison
China
Tahiti
Ithout
Bengal
Ith Ray
Theo
John Knox
Harriet Newell
Henry
Washington
Europe
Counting Uncle Sam's Noses in Census Machine Shop
At a Ninth Street building, fifteen young ladies operate Hollerith counting machines that tally census data. The machines process up to 500000 names daily, with a rough count double checked across two machines. Officials anticipate faster results and plan seventy to eighty machines for the 1890 census, covering over 50 000 districts nationwide.
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Wasuieroy
Ninth Street
Hollerith
Our Forefathers and the 4th of July History
A Georgia reader recalls the meaning of Independence Day, noting the Yorktown surrender in 1781 and the 1776 declaration. He cites Richard Henry Lee, the Lee family’s role, and Lincoln era secession parallels, urging peace and unity on the next Fourth.
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Auanta
Old England
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Paris
United States
Bancroft
Lexington
Bunker Hill
Maine
Georgia
Old North Carolina
Mecklenburg
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Canada
Montreal
Our Fathers
England
Richard Henry Lee
Great Britain
Congress
Washington
Lee
Lees
Cromwell
Virginia
Henry Lee
Richard
Robert K. Lee
Harry
Lucy Grymes
Bob
William Preston Johnson
Lice
Daniel Webster
Simuan
Jeb Stuart
Baltimore
Cuba
Cumberland Island
General Green
Sherman
Joe Johnston
Durham
North Carolina
George
Lincoln
Louisiana lottery bill becomes law after veto override
Governor Nicholls vetoed the lottery question bill but the House overrode the veto and the Senate sustained the action making the bill law.
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Nicholls
Louisiana
House
Senate
Colleges Receive Gifts Totalling 2.675 Million Dollars
The report notes that in the test year forty-two colleges received gifts amounting to 2 675 000 dollars.
One Negro Kills Another in Darlington County
Saturday morning Kelly Powers killed Ben Newman at Ashland, twenty five miles from Darlington. Both men were colored. Powers, angered by his beating of his wife, stabbed Newman in the heart with a large knife after Newman asked him to stop. Newman fled about fifty yards before collapsing. a crowd beat Powers at the scene and deputies jailed him before sunset.
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New York
Broadway
Leonard and
White Streets
Meyer & Jannassen
Mercantile Cloak Company
Employers’ Association
Strikkers
Meyer & Janassen
Charles Butler
Jos. Lerberger
Quincy
William Wisner
Chambers Street
Moorcroft
Darlington County
Kelly Powers
Ben Newman
Ashland
Darlington
Powers
Newman
A Whole Township Missed in Guilford County Census
A Raleigh dispatch reports that no census was taken in South Greensboro Guilford County New York population 3000 and one township lacked an enumerator A Democratic appointee was removed and the Republican refused the job leaving the township uncensused Complaints spread across the census district Superintendent Porter is blamed for politics over competency in appointments.
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Raleigh
Greensboro
Guilford County
N. Y
Porter
Baltimore Sun
Shocking Accident Near Chappelis Depot
A fatal accident occurred last Tuesday afternoon in Newberry County near Chappelis Depot. Mrs Dan Holland, 16, was killed when a sulky overturned crossing a stream as a rain storm approached. A negro woman, riding with her, was seriously hurt after the horse ran away. Mrs Holland had been married only about two months.
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Chappelis Depot
Newberry County
Dan Holland
The People Will Not Stand It Says Louisville Post
The Louisville Post calls out a bill as violating fair play and autocratic methods. It argues the Supreme Court would not sustain it and predicts the people will reject it despite support from Tom Reed and his allies.
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Supreme Court
Tom Reed
Jonetoss
Louisville Post
Wrecked Amid Pirates: The Gellert’s Catalinita Wreck Tale
Charles Stuhr, steward of the Gellert, reports the April Catalinita reef wreck after a tornado and pirate attack. Crew deserted the captain and mate, natives looted gear, trader rescue brought aboard, mutiny charges pursued at Santo Domingo with acquittal by the British consul.
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Charles Stuhr
Gellert
Clyde
Catalinita
Caribean Sea
A. C. Long
Santo Domingo
San Blas
Isle of Pines
Catalinita Island
Long
Gillett
New York Herald
Farmer Wins Daughter In Marriage After Fifteen Year Wait
A county farmer, Pollard, told neighbors a tale from nineteen years ago about being hired by Alex Spillers. He allegedly married Spillers daughter at sixteen after working long years, and at Spillers death received 1600 dollars for his long wait and fathering two children.
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Jacob
W. A. Pollard
Mr. Pollard
Alex. Spillers
Pollard
Mr. Spillers
Spillers
Greenville News
Things Stanley Saw in Central Africa and Ice Prices
A Boston T Herald note lists fauna observed by Stanley in central Africa including elephants, buffalo, hippopotamus, crocodile, antelope, lemurs, primates, parrots, waders, woodpeckers, and fish rich rivers. Separate item reports ice price in St. Louis rising to 1 per 100 pounds with minimum sale of ten pounds.
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Mr. Stanley
Homer
Boston T Herald
St. Louis
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