First Hungarian Reformed Church Dedicated in United States
The first Hungarians Reformed Protestant Church in the U S was dedicated on Bates Street near Second Avenue. Rev. John Kovacs led a Hungarian service with 390 attendees, mostly men, and a parsonage included with four bedrooms. The building cost 000 funded by Grace Reformed Church.
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Kovacs
Grace Reformed Church
East End
John Kovacs
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Brooklyn
University of Budapesth
Ludwig Iessak Benevolent Societies
Johnstown
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Homestead
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Sion
Ieveland
God’s Hand in Our History: How America Was Opened to Discovery
A sermon at Eighth Street Reformed Presbyterian Church argues God guided Europe’s preparations and later English, Scandinavian, Puritan, and Covenanter settlement to found America. It portrays natives as premodern inhabitants and credits divine timing for Columbus’s discovery and colonial success.
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Derid McAlister
Eighth Street Reformed Presbyterian
America
Revie
McAllister
Europe
Amerca
Constantinople
Inspiration of the Bible Lecture at New Jerusalem Church
Rev. John Whitehead opened an evening course on Biblical Interpretation at the New Jerusalem Church in Allegheny. He contrasted literal, higher criticism, and doctrinal methods, and explained Emanuel Swedenborg’s view of an internal sense that confirms divine inspiration and restores faith in the Word.
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John Whitehead
New Jerusalem
Sandusky and
Isabella Streets
Allegheny
Briggs
Union Theological Seminary
Futhorshin
New Church
Emanuel Swedenborg
Columbus Sermon Reframes Discovery As Moral Action
Rev. T. Mitchell preached Columbus Day as a lesson from Psalm 16 about a chosen homeland. He noted Columbus born in Genoa, lived in Lisbon, died at Valladolid, and that his voyage opened a new world though mercenary motives may have driven him. The sermon urged honoring exploration as national achievement.
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T. Mitchell
D.D
Main Street
M. E
David
Genoa
Lisbon
Valladolid
Lostoriaus
Amer
Prosperity Message from Columbia Leader
A speaker urges national prosperity rooted in good soil, intelligent core, and correct religion. He asserts Columbia's land holds all three and proclaims the nation the most prosperous, intelligent, and religious on earth.
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Ica
Columbia
Columbia's Future The World Looking Toward Higher Ideals
Rev. S B McCormick of Central Presbyterian Allegheny preached on Columbia for Christ citing Psalms 23 12. He urged Exposition to prove national strength rests on character devotion to truth and devotion to Christ warning that without spiritual ideals the nation cannot gain true liberty or blessedness.
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S. B. McCormick
Central Presbyterian Church
Allegheny
Columbia
Jehovah
Armorica
Evangels Visit IHS Jail With Two Notable Preachers
Two evangelists spoke at the Allegheny county jail yesterday. C P Nimo, the Drummer Evangelist from Boston, shared prison experiences to encourage inmates. A H Buck of Toledo, the Crippled Evangelist, walked slowly with a cane yet preached with gentle, respectful tone and published pamphlet songs and poems.
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Boston
A. H. Buck
Toledo
Nimm
Buck
Evangelist
Acrotch
Beck
Allegheny County
Simian
Holding Up a Pastor's Hands Lesson from Exodus
Dr. F P S Merrill transferred to Tarentum after leading First M E Omaha. His sermon on Exodus describes Moses’s uplifted hands as Israel’s victory and urges ministers and congregations to support each other with prayer care for the sick and aged, and to avoid fault finding.
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M. E
Omaha
Neb
Pittsburg
Tarentum
Merrill
Moses
Agron
Hur
Israel
Amalek
Aaron
Memorial services honor Colonel John Lincoln at church
One hundred Knights of Pythias from the First Regiment attended memorial services for Colonel John Lincoln at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church on Wylie avenue. Rev Montgomery eulogized the memory as Prof J R Burke led a musical program and a lecture on the deceased life followed the ceremony.
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Knights of Pythias
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Wylie Avenue
John @. Lincoln
Pennsylvania Knights
J. R. Burke
Famine and Flood Ravage China as Yellow River Breaks
Letters from China describe a river flood known as China’s Sorrow. About 50 000 people drowned as a 150 by 30 mile floodplain inundated villages. With the government slow to aid, starvation looms for many until next spring and roofs become refuge for survivors.
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San Francisco
China
Joss
Hfe
Johnstown
Pittsburgers Registered in New York City Listings
A list from New York on October 23 shows Pittsburg residents registered at various hotels and addresses including W. M. Conway K. Pitcairn E. House and wife Miss B House Fifth Avenue J Bowman St Denis J S Brown G W Ferns and others. The notice notes an army order and a need for short notice at a Pippatina street address.
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New Yoak
R. Cc. Elliott
T. D
W. Keller
Isses Mckay
W. Beymer
Westminster
G. W. G. Ferns
Everett
L. Fielsiman
Normandie
E . Goodman
Brunswick
BM. Hunsiker
F. L. Stocum
Hotland House
A. Kuntz
Morton House
J. E. Keirn
New York Hotel
Thabe
Pippatina
Old Civil War Veteran Seeks Divorce Over Wife’s Fair Trip
George V. Payton, a 63 year old Allegheny resident and veteran of the Rebellion, reports his truant wife who left with $300 two years ago and now travels country fairs in an Indian costume. He fears she aims to claim $2,000 prize money and plans to divorce after legal steps.
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George V. Payton
Muth
Payton
Robinson Street
Allegheny
Esid
Admiral Porter
Wae
Mr. Payton
Pittsburg and Western Railroad
Warereine River Water Levels And Local Activities
Rivers show One foot fall on Warereine and three feet seven inches at Cincinnati with stationary levels. Charles Jutte to test boilers tomorrow. Dowell goes on the Diamond as mate. Portia and Valle scene on pleasure boats as tides move coal barges to and from Morgantown. Captain Penix travels to Louisville seeking to establish a local lodge of a fraternal order.
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Charles Jutte
Dowelt
Davis Island
Hiver
Mack Bearo
John F. Walton
New Orleans
ATACE
Valle
God Portis
Portia
Morgantown
B. F. Penxix
Louieville
Pome Bor Brotherhood of Dots
Motions Used by North American Indians Taught in Deaf Mute Schools
A discussion examines how sign language used by North American Indians mirrors that of deaf mutes. The piece notes signs shared between a New York school pupil and an Indian friend, and between an American deaf woman and a French colleague. It warns that relying too much on sign language may hinder English progress and broader literacy.
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North America
Scriber
New York Institution
France
New York Learns Boston Lobster and Scrod Delights
New York City has become an adept pupil in Boston cuisine as two famed dishes reach local grills. Broiled live lobster, first served in a Boston chophouse, wowed a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals agent, who found no cruelty after kitchen demonstration. The scrod, imported from Boston, appears in at least one New York club grill room and is best when four to five pounds, yielding four portions.
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New York
Boston
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Last work of St Peter allegedly found in Jerusalem cave
A papyrus manuscript found near Jerusalem in 1830, long credited to St Peter, was examined by the Biblical Society of London in 1890 and deemed authentic as the apostle's final literary work. Reportedly a British literary society offered 20000 pounds for the document.
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Jerusalem
St. Peter
Christ
Biblical Society of London
Society of British Literary Voluptuaries
Fire ravages Altoona area scenes destroy homes and stalls
A major blaze swept through Altoona yesterday afternoon starting in W. E. Grover’s stable and spreading to Constable Barer’s dwelling, William Hare’s slaughter house, Duke and Arthur’s livery stable, Shaw’s brick store, boarding rise, and several residences. Total loss around 20000 with 6900 insured. Fire sparked by boys with matches amid surrounding timber fires on Mount Penn and Neversink mountain threatening Sands Point Hotel and George Ebret’s brewery with losses estimated near 100000 insurance coverage noted.
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W. E. Grover
Constable Barer
William Hare
Duke & Arthur
Shaw
Samuel Baker
John Maize
Augustus Deloster
Quandt & Cherry
Tailors
Grover
Reading
Mount Penn
Neversink Mountain
Noes. L. L
Sands Point
George Ebret
Heads of Shakespeare and Scott Compared in Death Masks
Mr. Lawrence Hutton notes an odd fact about death masks of Shakespeare and Sir Walter Scott. Chantrey measured Scott's head and Shakespeare's Stratford monument head and found eye level heights nearly identical, a surprising resemblance.
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Scott
Lawrence Hutton
Sir Walter Scott
Chantrey
Stratford
Pioneer Peak climb surpasses Schiagintweit height record
Calcutta correspondent reports Mr. Conway and his mountain exploring party in Hindoo Khoosh claim Pioneer Peak reaches at least 1000 feet higher than Schiagintweit’s 22230 feet in Nepal. This would exceed the previously authenticated record.
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Calcutta
London Times
Conway
Hindoo Khoosh
Lee’s Joking Remark on Pope Headquarters Quip
The Confederates credited Robert E Lee with the only joke of his life after General John Pope’s dated order phrase. Interpreted as a humor fragment, Lee’s reaction centered on a garbled battlefield headquarters remark, illustrating a rare moment of levity during the conflict.
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John Pope
Anddie
Robert E Lee
Seal Garments and Maflour Mantles Displayed in Prices
The ad touts REEFER jackets in multiple lengths with finished collars and satin lining. It highlights Alaska seal capes and mantles 22 to 44 inches long with brown marten edge and full width for warmth. It suggests smart savings by examining the extensive assortments and warns a seal purchase could pay off in dimes and dollars.
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