Buried in Flowers Their Peculiar Motions in Remembrance
A detailed portrait of the Harmonite or Economite death rites in Economy, showing their flower-decked graves, simple interment in an orchard cemetery, ancestral customs from Ipttingen, and the strict obedience under Father Henrici. The article notes their denial of eternal punishment and focus on resurrection and joy.
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New Ie
Heariet
Father Rapp
Father Ebapp
Harmonists
Christ
Harmonista
Henrici
Germany
Why Our Hour Is Divided Into Sixty Minutes
The article explains that time’s 60 minute hour and 60 second minute stem from Babylonian sexagesimal math. It notes Babylonian astronomy divided day into 24 parasangs and hours into 60 minutes, later spreading to Europe via Ptolemy, and that French revolutionaries kept clocks Babylonian in a decimal era.
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Babylon
Nes
Tes ‘Tipper
Tes ‘Tipper, Tan Goer Resks, the Hipparchus
Europe
Ptolemy
Child’s Prayer Interlude in A Mild Bedtime Tale
A San Francisco Chronicle excerpt notes a mother punishes a daughter for mischief by sending her to bed early. The child prays aloud asking God to take her mother to heaven tomorrow, a wistful, humorous line reflecting parental discipline and childlike faith.
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Mammia
A Strange Method for Finding a Collar Button
A comic fragment advises a heavy search in Daneville with the bureau moved aside and shoes on, then a curious plan to smash everything to locate a lost collar button. The piece reads as a humorous blurb from a local column.
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Daneville
Religious bodies report large totals across church work and missions
The Sunday School Year Book notes 26 005 schools with 2 scholars. Irish Church contributions for 1588 total £148 000, up £11 400 from last year. Anglicans see more ordained members than retirements. 389 new churches built, 734 clergy fired, and numbers rise from 10 000 to an unspecified level. United Brethren at York Pa report quadrennial growth of 40 000 members, 143 organ societies, and over $500 000 in property value. Latter Day Saints at Salt Lake City conference list 12 apostles and 70 patriarchs among 153 911 total members. American Bible Society notes libraries and aid, with 2 libraries given and 14 600 items shipped, totalling near £?000 in books. First Presbyterian Warrington City moved to Four-and-a-half Street in 1838. Rev Hyron Sunderland D D now in 37th year. East Indiaman voyage from Liverpool to Rangoon brings painted images from hold.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
The
United Brethren Church
York
Weaver
We — Ee
Burney Sclient Aiventanes
Tabernacle
Salt Lake City
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Ranute
Poe
Emilies
Besmen's Friend Society
First Presbyterian Church
Warrington City
Earlies
Republic
Hyron Sunderland
Liverpool
Red Sea
Simai
Madras
Calcutta
Rangoon
Phenomenally Successful Works and Famous Authoress Careers
The article recalls Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe and Mrs. F. H. Burnett as models of literary rise without initial pay, tracing Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Burnett’s early magazine work to later fame and wealth. It notes Stowe’s serialized National Era impact and Burnett’s contract milestones, plus the broader circle of abolition and literary contributors in 19th century Washington. It also highlights journalist Gath Townsend and the lure of book success beyond newspaper fame.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
Bailey
Electricity Aims to Annihilate Space in Rapid Transit
The New York Commercial Advertiser reports a novel electric system using magnetic coils to propel cars, claiming Boston to New York in about an hour and New York to Albany in 45 minutes. Experts see potential for passenger and parcel service, with low costs and less smoke, cinders, and noise than rail travel, surpassing existing speeds and redefining travel.
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New York Commercial Advertiser
Boston
New York
Albany
Nelson
Battle of the Nile
London
Caroly
Perth
Paris
Great Northern
Where Vanity Displays Itself Scottish Americar
A critique of self vanity arguing that bold claims expose flaws in a person. The piece cites examples of pretentious talk such as misnaming common acts and misdescribing natural phenomena to illustrate how vanity reveals weaknesses in otherwise shrewd men.
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Phoebus
His Mark in the Corner Mortgage Tale
A stranger questions a man with long hair and a heavy mustache, noting he has “made his mark” in the world. The citizen confirms, referencing a mortgage and a line reading “Bill Jones-his mark” written over it, implying a symbolic signature.
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Detroit Free
Bill Jones
Population projections and the 1990 century forecast debate
T. J. Chapainan argues that Barham Zincke’s 800,000,000 US population in a century is absurd. He cites past censuses, growth rates, and natural limits, contending immigration, land absorption, and economic factors will curb growth, estimating around 250,000,000 by 1990.
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Europe
United States
Ancient papyrus from priest tomb sent to Cornell
Ex President Andrew D White sent to Cornell a papyrus from a Ptolemaic priest tomb with hieroglyphic inscriptions. Also sent a collection of 140 large sheets illustrating Egyptian art. The report notes debates on death proof and fears of burial or premature interment.
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Andrew D. White
Cornell University
Splizka
Bishop
A Syllabic Slip at Harpers Magazine
A humorous note recalls Dr Carpenter famed for quick wit in his town. He was once introduced as Dr Carter and corrected himself with a quip about a slip of the pen. The exchange shows the doctor’s ready repartee and humorous approach to misprints.
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Harper's Magazine
Carpenter
Dr. Carter
Harper's Magazine excerpt on school and Madame Francais
Dialogue shows Edwin visiting Madame Francais and asking about her suitability for children. The reply claims she provides proper discipline and devotes the morning to preserving order during the visit.
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Angelina
Edwin
Madame Francais
Madame
Spalding Tour Results and Shocking Home Run Call
Report from the Spalding Tour notes excitement over a shipwreck survivor and a tense base hit rule cited. An unnamed sailor washed ashore prompts urgent chatter as baseball action unfolds with late first base touches and an unclear home run call drawing attention from spectators.
Ocean-Gone Gamblers Target Passengers Across Atlantic Ships
A Boston Globe report warns that professional gamblers travel on sea routes to fleece travelers. Steamship men acknowledge widespread gambling aboard transatlantic crossings, with incidents of large losses between Queenstown and New York and on ships catering to first class and steerage alike.
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Joe Howard
Boston Globe
Europe
Atlantic
Queenstown
New York
Sandy Hook
Gibson
Aite
Free Text Book System in Maine and Massachusetts
The five year trial of the free text book system in Maine follows Massachusetts experience. The Boston School Board reports total five year costs of 27223955 with 7610955 in books on hand, averaging 30226 per year or about 63 cents per pupil for 62000 pupils. Lewiston shows about 70 cents per capita annually. Lost books are less than one in eighty one. The committee estimates five year experience implies a loan duration of five years and replacement cost about 50 cents per scholar.
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Maine
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Committee of Supplies
Boston School Board
Lewiston
The Invention of Hash in Richmond State
The article ponders who invented hash and its chief artificer, suggesting accidental origins after a tropical hurricane wrecked cattle. It traces hash’s spread globally from Ireland to Mexico, noting its wholesale nature suited for feeding large crowds beyond family meals.
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Richmond State
Tropics
Ireland
Mexico
Slick thief poses as tailor to steal clothes
A boarder in a fashionable uptown house arrives home to find a slick man posing as a tailor, collecting coats belonging to residents. The impostor claims to press and repair garments, and the boarder unwittingly entrusts his coat to the crook. The scene shifts as the thief disappears with a trove of spring apparel.
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New York Sun
The Impatient Potato Bug Arrives Across States
The voracious potato bug has appeared in immense numbers due to hot weather. Farmers in Delaware Valley areas, including New Jersey and Pennsylvania, have begun efforts to combat the pest with destroyers and measures.
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Burt
Philadelphia
New Jersey
A Fortunate Farm of Senator McPherson at Belle Mead
Trenton correspondent describes John R. McPherson’s Mead farm in Somerset County New Jersey. The 1,300 acre estate features top Holstein and Jersey cows led by De Bless, with 12,500 to 25,000 pounds of annual milk, and a full staff maintaining meticulous records. The property includes numerous barns, fruit trees and game preserves, with advanced cattle care and Kentucky bluegrass pastures.
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Trenton
N. J
John R. McPherson
United States
America
Mead
Kentucky
Philadelphia and
Reading Road
New York
Philadelphia
Somerset County
Princeton College
Belle Mead
Jacob Klotz
Frese
United States Senate
Kilotzin
de Bless
Belle Mead Holsteins
Strangest Paris Swindle by Industrial Knight Ends in Arrest
A London Telegraph Paris report describes a supposed British pickpocket posing as a hotelier. He bought a Paris lodging near the exhibition, collected 30,000 francs from tenants, then fled but was caught in the act of pickpocketing a visitor. He now awaits police detention.
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Paris
London Telegraph
Paria
Avenue Bosquet
Voral
Erran
Champ de
Woman Eats Slate Pencils and Gravel in Odd Diet
In Auburn a matronly woman bought ten cents worth of slate pencils and ate them, biting off quarter inch pieces and swallowing them with relish. She described gravel and other fine stones as staple foods, claiming to enjoy oysters, clams and sand stone similarly.
Petrified Bible Found in Indiana Valley Home Ruins
An old Indiana home yard yielded a stone Bible dated 1778 buried beneath leaves and muck. Local residents report the limestone book was unearthed by Mr. Martin Flush while clearing a shed area near ee Valley, and experts say it shows petrification from long burial.
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Indianagolis Journal
Martin Flush
Ee' Valley
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Economites Decoration Day
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Harmony Society
Bouiety
Baden
Iptingen
Wartemberg
Faderland
Jacob Henrigs
Jonathan Lenz
Father Henrici
Beaver County
Orehard
Father Bapp
Tee
Jacob Menrici
San Francisco Chronicle
Usuil Way
Chace Ware
England
Writing For
Dispatch
Washington
National Library
National Capital
Jones
Georgetown
G. Bailey
John G. Whittier
Buena Vista
Ohio
Alice
Phoebe
Patty Lee
Grace Greenwood
M. L. Bailey
Robert Dale Owen
L. Maria Child
Lucy Lacorm
E. D. E. N. Southworth
H. B. Stowe
Rrs
Southworth
Baltimore Visitor
Great Britain
Lovejoy
Phillips
Harper's Ferry
F. H. Burnett
Peterson
Charles J. Peterson
Tim
Century
Scribner's Magazine
Dr. Holland
Gath
Alfred Townsend
Sameera Re
Browning
Maryland
South Mountain
Ben Franklin
Gathes
Minton T
Whitten
William E. Gladstone
Barham Zincke
Zincke
Jedidiah Mores
Morse
de. von Duheing
Philadelphia Record
British Medical Journal
Austria
Vienna School Board
Lewiman Journal
Senator McPherson
Central Park
Klots
McPherson
Colorado
Far West
Eere E Remy
Jersey
Auburn
Gazette
Tam
Jonx Dowsery
Careo
Epwakap Dooley
Lyman Street
Springfield
Burdock
Fane
Flackville, N.Y
Burdock Hlood
E. Ransom St
Kalamazoo
Mich
Hickman
Neweraiteville
Parro Parry Co
H. Schuleth
Covert, Mich
U. S
Rockies
Donald McKay
Oregon
Donald Moa
Ro “i
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