Spalding Ball Players Reach Colombo After Pacific Voyage
The American baseball party aboard the Salier, led by Spalding and Leigh Lynch, arrived in Colombo Ceylon after 55 days at sea. They toured the city, observed beggars in the streets, visited Buddhist and Hindu temples, and endured lively harbor scenes with merchants and divers. The journey continues toward Aden and the Red Sea as they head toward Asia.
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Dence
Dispatch
Vez
Ecurrt
Terra Firma
Alameda
San Francisco
Red
New York
Clarence Duval
Spalding
Ceylon
Fess
Asa
Hearts
Messrs
Leigh Lynch
Mesdames Spalding
Lynch
Williamson
Anson
Colombo
Heber
Indian Ocean
South Pacific
Indian Oceans
Pacific
Salier
Point de Galle
Horsford's Acid Phosphate Endorsed by Doctor Williams
Dr. A. L. Williams of Clarence Iowa reports using Horsford's Acid Phosphate with grand effect in neuralgic fever uterine difficulties and in tonic needs. He states it is the best tonic he has tried and highly recommends it.
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Horsford
8. L. Williams
Clarence
Iowa
Special bargains on 38 inch dress goods at Huous Hack
Special bargains offer 38 inch English style dress goods in spring colors priced at 25c per yard with actual value 50c. Go to Hauch's at 295 Fifth Avenue for silverware and save money. Try it and see.
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Huous & Hack
Mwfso
Hauch's
Wfsu
Dress Salts for a Good Line Loom Suit or Overcoat
Dress sale notice from Pilaien's Wood Street offering ready to wear Line Loom suits or overcoats. unclear text mentions wsu and snes dives eed sbiltty nines and other unreadable details.
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Pilaien's
Wood Street
Wsu
Snes
A Half Breed’s Feat and Other Notions of Language
A compact historical summary notes Sequoyah’s creation of a Cherokee written form under the title A Half Breed’s Feat. It discusses his sign-based syllabary, his motivation, and the claim he wrote and taught Cherokee swiftly. It also references the broader impact on writing, and reflects on the significance in linguistic history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Pilling
National Bureau of Ethnology
Pilling
Sequoyah
George Gist
Mississippi
California
Sleep and Dreams Study by University of Dorpat
Mr F Heerwagen of the University of Dorpat, Russia, summarizes a survey on sleep and dreams. From 400 replies of 500 distributed questionnaires, findings show 15 rarely dream, 216 have vivid dreams, half remember dreams on waking, 75 percent of frequent dreamers are women, and age lowers dream frequency while sleep lightens. Students and males show differing dream patterns. most dream between ages 20 and 25. Additionally, many sleep through the night, while a minority are light sleepers or daytime sleepers. Mental labor favors forenoon hours, headaches are common, and overall good sleep correlates with better work. The piece urges physiological study to quantify labor capacity versus sleep power.
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F. Heerwagen
University of Dorpat
Russia
Senate Eyes Electrical Execution in Ohio Bill
The Ohio Senate passes a bill to replace hanging with electric execution, with doubts raised about reliability and public certainty of death. Critics fear residual life signs and rumors of partial paralysis or resuscitation, amid calls to study New York experiments before wider adoption.
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Senate
Ohio
New York
Aerial Photography by Balloon for Sealing High Views
An American inventor offers a balloon lifted camera system for high altitude shots. The device uses a small tethered balloon to elevate the camera, exposing on a revolving cylinder by an electric trigger. Up to 48 exposures occur in one ascent, reducing need for a human operator.
Engraving on Glass by Electric Method
M Plante, a noted French electrician, has invented a glass engraving process using electricity. The surface coated with nitrate of potash is traced with a platinum point while connected to a battery. The resulting outline is claimed to be exquisitely delicate, illustrating rapid electric applications to practical arts.
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Pasteur
Russia
Italy
Roumania
Austria
Brazil
Cuba
Argentine Republic
Chicago
Malta
Pasteur Inatitu
M. Plante
Shales
Slave Trade Of Africa Described By English Missionary
An English missionary's letter to the Chronicle recounts the African slave trade from interior warfare to the coast. He cites monthly and yearly slave flows, brutal marches, crowded dhows, and brutal treatment by Arab traders. He notes famine and debt schemes feed slave networks and the coast is a staging ground for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
England
Arabia
Madagascar
Africa
Will They Consent Engraving by Keokuk Wax Starch Co
An 19x24 inch engraving titled Will They Consent copies a painting by Kwhll and sold for 5000 dollars. The scene shows a young woman in a luxurious room near a half open door as her lover pleads for parental consent in the next room. The seller markets it with wax starch laundry uses claiming it outshines any prior methods. Keokuk Iowa Wax Starch Co offers the engraving free with purchase of the starch product.
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Kwhll
Matt
Wax Starch Co
Keokuk
Iowa
Waah Goods Department Finds New Style Arrivals
Advertises 100 new styles from Anderson and American ginghams with novelty combinations in imported fabrics. Mentions fire parlor items, bronzes and goods at 295 Fifth Avenue. Public health claim offers free cure for liver complaints at 1102 Carson Street, Southside.
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Waah Goods Department
Anderson
Accent
Fifth Avenue
Carson St
Southside
Connemara Amazons and Nap Mills In Ireland’s West
An American observer describes Connemara women weaving, knitting, and napping frieze while earning meager pay. He visits a nap mill tucked into a cliff beside Ballana heights, witnesses rough hospitality and a rough justice from the mountain people, and notes the widespread illicit poteen trade and wary gaugers. The tale unfolds with a dramatic escape and a vivid portrait of life in rural Galway.
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Connemara
West of Ireland
Ballanahindi
Toomboola
Ireland
Sisy
Boreen
Giiby
Ager
Roundstone
Larry
Michael Lavin
Winter flies trap in crowded city, judge notes
Mr. Kit James of Saugerties complains of an open winter and thick flies in the city, addressing a judge. The remark reflects local street chatter about conditions and frustrations in urban life.
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Kit James
Saugerties
Brandreth’s Pills Advertised As Safe Treatment
An advertisement touts Brandreth’s Pills as the safest and most effective remedy for indigestion constipation and related ailments. It claims three thousand users and ongoing sales prove they work, noting the pills are purely vegetal and harmless for any time. Available in drug stores plain or sugar coated.
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Brandreth
Constanta
All the latest flannels and fabrics offered
The advertisement lists French English and American flannels in stripes figures and checks priced from 35 to 100 per yard A new line of oo ee oO ae po and es fabrics is available from 65 cents to 1 yard Vases Huous HackE appear in the catalog.
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Huous & Hacke
Konights Templar Emblems Offered at Reduced Prices
Jas McKee, jeweler, advertises Knights Templar chains and secret society emblems at greatly reduced prices. The sale moves from No 13 Fifth Avenue to 420 Smithfield Street, effective April 1.
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Konights
Templar
Secret Society
Fifth Avenue
Smithfield St
Jas. McKee
Jeweler
Bargains in Portieres and Portraits by Dabbs
Bargains in portieres priced from $3 to $850 a pair with extra uses $10 to $12 advertised by Rosen Baum & Co. Dabbs, the celebrated Pittsburg photographer, claims unmatched ability to make a person look their best and preserve likeness.
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Rosen Baum & Co
Dabbs
Pittsburg
Five and six and eighty eight Panis at Wood Street
At 44 Wood Street Piteairn's offers items priced five six and eighty eight Panis made to order. A brief shop listing item with price examples and location.
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Piteairn’'s
Wood Street
Morals and Manners in Christian Love
Ishope Feasee recounts a sermon about a parson who spoke of the love of God. A parish tradesman, leader of atheists, hears him and says if argued he would fight, but the preacher spoke of love, touching him. The piece urges gentle conviction by love over dogmatic display and praises a Christian life over mere rhetoric.
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Ishop Feasee
God
Christ
Cowper
Mrs Booth as Apostle to New York Society
A column praising Mrs Ballington Booth wife of General Booth of the Salvation Army as a gifted evangelist whose presence in elite drawing rooms draws converts among wealthy, cultured women. The piece questions high society excess and urges devotion and religious influence over luxury and fashionable entertainment.
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Ballington Booth
General Booth
Salvation Army
Booth
New York
Washington
Cincinnati
Bible studies through Mark outline vivid settings and figures
The passage praises Bible study on Mark's first ten chapters, highlighting John the Baptist's rise and fall, and the apostles Peter James and John. It lauds the Jordan River’s symbolic and geographic prominence, calling the sequence a profound display of Jesus, his followers, and the sacred landscape surrounding Galilee and Judea.
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International Bible Studies
John the Baptist
Bartimeus
Titian
Raphael
Jesus
Jean Paul Stter
Nee
Bertrand
St Iasona
St. James
Valley of the Jordan
Lebanon
The Golden Casket Lesson On Household Trusts
A tale from German lore tells of a father who gifts his daughter a golden casket with a home keeping command. She must carry it through every room for three years, then the key reveals a warning that the mistress eyes are worth more than a hundred servants. The story cautions that habit and diligence shape a home.
Darwin on critics of foreign missions in faded quote
The text presents a garbled quotation attributed to Charles Darwin criticizing mission critics for misunderstanding human sacrifice, idolatrous priesthood, and social ills. The fragmentary wording includes references to infanticide bloody wars and vice, with many illegible portions.
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Charles Darwin
Arnold Thomas Reflects on Communion and Sacrifice
A reflective remark by Arnold Thomas contemplates joining Christ at the table, receiving the sacramental bread, and offering personal sacrifices as a devout act. He muses on crumbs from his table and small acts of giving as atonement for the cross and Gethsemane.
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Arnold Thomas
The King’s Daughters Reach Sixty Thousand Members
A religious organization note highlights The King’s Daughters growing from a fledgling group to over 60 000 members within a year or two, reflecting rapid expansion. The passage also laments empty pews in churches and criticizes Gamble era vice, contrasting religious activity with secular challenges.
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Bourgeon
London
Smd
Oc Re Os
King's Daughters
Two Sisters Learn Faith Through Action
A brief tale shows two sisters racing to Bam day school. One prays to arrive on time while the other combines prayer with practical effort. Their combined faith and effort keep them from being late, illustrating the moral that faith without works is dead.
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forBam
Fragmented religious quotes and travel reminiscence paragons
A garbled compilation of quotations from Coleridge Moore Rushnell Collier Goethe and Spurgeon interweaves reflections on faith prayer and spiritual journeying. The prose shifts from heavenward assurances to travel imagery through Mont Cenis tunnel and Kegenra pyran with notes on light air breeze and eternal solace.
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Coleridge
Moore
Rushnell
Collier
Goethe
Savier
Christ
Savior
Lord
Ryle
Italy
Mont Cenis
SISTER SUE BUDGET MARKS THIRD ANNIVERSARY AT PROTESTANT HOME
The Protestant Home for Boys in Allegheny celebrated its third anniversary on Friday February 22 from 3 PM to midnight at 33 Anderson Street. The home houses needy boys ages 6 to 28, with room for up to 2350 but operates on a weekly board system based on income. A night school is run by teacher H P Maxwell, and a tutor staff supports the boys’ welfare. Donations are welcomed via a charity estate among the ladies who manage the home, with numerous officers listed including Mrs Reba Crears and Mrs A Cord among others.
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Anderson Street
Allegheny
Atev
Gehen
Tanzhtin Common School
H. P. Maxwell
Eleanal
Reba Crears
James T. Patterson
A Geers
J. A
James Boyd
Bee
RD. McGontcle
Stra
WA Lewin
B. H. Gillivord
Ma L. Easton
H. Meee
Selon
A. E McCord
D. ML Riggs
J.S. Slagle
Henry
Join McClurz
SG. Butler
C. Dickinson
Charles Bowman
Terson
Bandage party at Allegheny Hospital aids patients
Miss Tilliedsley oversees the training school bandage party at Allegheny Hospital, providing care and a cheerful time for late patients. The Sick Die Kitchen staff postponed their reception and donation event to Monday, March, amid rising demand and 200 extra side dish orders last month.
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Allegheny Hospital
Tilliedsley
B.C. James
King's Daughters
St. Peter's Church
Sunday School Association
Trinity Church
Pitwuburg
BR. R. Swope
D. DD
St. Matthew's Church
Wheeling
W. Va
Young People's Christian League of
Legheny County
UT. P. Church
Allegheny
David
Nedy
Thomas J. Garland
Ada Scandrett
Caet
Ohtaea Cael
Samuel Hamiltewbecca
Butler Street
Ton
Shady Avenue
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Waed
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Gateway of Death
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Polk
Rran Island
Connaught
Jael Dences
Phatan
Murther
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