Religious and Educational Outlook Mixed In 19th Century Faith
The piece surveys Archbishop Purcell of Cincinnati, Dr. Cumming of London, and a Methodist Episcopal annual report noting extensive missionary activity. It also covers Pennsylvania school hymn protests, state endowment opinions, Tennessee literacy gains, and shifts in American church growth from colonial times to the Revolutionary era, with broader educational impacts and religious diversification.
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Purcell
Cincinnati
Cumming
London
Zion
Methodists‘Episcopal’ Church
Goa
United States
Willidaisfort
Pennsylvania
Northwestern Christian Advocate
Tennessee
St. Louis Journal of Education
Nhc
Popular Science Monthly
How Anthracite Coal Is Formed In Interesting Discovery
A Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company shaft shows a wooden pipe clogged with reddish brown sediment. After four months without water, the pipe was removed and the sediment revealed gradual transformation into stages of coal within the pipe and surrounding sediment. The find suggests natural metamorphosis from sediment to coal under environmental exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keely Motor Business
Gen. Pleasants
Pottsville
Shenandoah (Pa
Indian Ridge
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Fortune Teller Mrs Lambert Trial Highlights New England Gullibility
The Massachusetts trial of Mrs. Lambert exposes her as a two month imprisoned fortune teller who used simple card readings to predict affairs from lovers to deaths. Tales include a blonde servant warned of a lawsuit, a death in a family, and a sheep heart ritual with thirteen pins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Massachusetts
New England
Lambert
Jones
Chairs and Desks of Distinguished Dead Senators
The Senate furniture preserves seats of famous dead lawmakers like Webster Calhoun and Clay. Captain Bassett, veteran doorkeeper, recalls forty five years of service and notes many chairs and desks remain in use though positions shift. He keeps careful memory of locations, with Ferry's floor seat tracing to Buckner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Issac Bassett
Senate
Bowett
Daniel Webster
Joan C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
Thomas Bentom
Stephen A. Douglas
Benate
House of Representatives
Cass
Calhoun
Webster
Clay
Douglas
Benton
Capt
Bassett
Ferry
Senator Bumner
Washington Star
Georgia tax exemption boosts Augusta mill with 22 000 spindles
The state grants cotton and woolen mills a ten year tax exemption from startup. One Augusta mill is now operating with 22 000 spindles and has distributed a twenty percent dividend to stockholders.
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State of
Georgia
Augusta
Mechanical And Scientific Dispatches From The Era
The article reports on wood strength improvement by oil heating, a frog species laying eggs in jelly then releasing them into water, a belt fastening method using a belt patch and tools, Plateau's digestion study noting alkalinity and malpighian tube function, and Alt Joseph Wilcox's Colorado observations of grasshoppers reacting to weather with repeated descents and sudden rain.
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Herr Fern
Peters
Africa
Scientific American
Felix Plateau
Royal Academy of Science
Brussels
Alt. Joseph Wilcox
Colorado
King Louis II of Bavaria in Tissot’s Romantic Portrait
A review excerpt describes Victor Tissot’s Voyage du Pays des Millards second series focusing on King Louis II of Bavaria. It highlights a chapter on six royal castles, notably Hohenschwangau, with fanciful scenes of swans, Lohengrin, and mocked volcanoes. The piece paints the king as a musical dreamer, restless without piano or moon, and out of step with his era. An anecdote follows about his stay at Chateau de Derg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Tissot
Germany
Louis
Bavaria
Rte-Troubadour
Munich
Hohenschwangau
Berg
Lindenhof
Providence
Lous II
Orpheus
Chateau de Derg
Prize of guard and jest in a royal Munich tale
In Paris letters a tale recounts a Swiss student at Munich University who, while strolling near the king’s park, is challenged by the monarch. The king teases the student, invites him to dine and visit the castle, and the two end up exchanging quips about William Tell as the student recites Schiller. Over three days the playful encounter ends with the king sending the student back to Munich in a royal carriage and gifting a gold watch engraved with Grütli.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Munich University
Swiset
sSchiller
William Tell
William
Munich
Louis LI
Schiller
Uey J. Hooper
Paris
Applton
Grassy Pond In Lowndes County Dries Up Leaving Millions Of Fish
Reports from Valdasta Times describe Grassy Pond and nearby lakes in Lowndes County draining over six months through subterranean passages. Grassy Pond emptied last Friday, over 100 residents gathered with nets. millions of fish died or were hauled away as farmland spread the carcasses. Other lakes did not fully dry, though fish were lost in Grassy Pond and nearby areas.
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Lowndes County
Lowndes
Jenuary
Grassy Pond
Elne
Lawl
Ibove
St Sa Marvelous
Valdaats
Timas
Not a Successful Venture on West Lake Street
A romantic designer on West Lake Street proposed to a Congress Street woman and was refused. He drank hydrocyanic acid of cold tea after a second refusal, but the woman subdued him and dragged him to the kitchen. The bottle was found to hold cold tea, and he and his hat and coat were ejected into the air as the incident ended. He vows to marry only when he finds a woman with more heart than muscle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Street
Congress Street
Alakeo
Ohteaga Tribune
Police Insolence. A awkward gathering and social exile
A narrator attends a house party to find polite society turn hostile and aloof. Cheerful chatter fades into condescending indifference as strangers discuss private matters, leaving the guest feeling dumbstricken and judged a dull, unworthy observer. The piece critiques casual insult masquerading as civility.
First Great Tipple on Manhattan Island
A historical anecdote recalls the first great tipple on New York Island. Indians gather as Henry Hudson arrives. brandy is offered and tasted in turn. A young brave drinks first, faints, revives, then the chiefs join in, leading to a boozy spectacle. The island earns a name meaning the place of the big drunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lut
Iwudson
Wadson
Wrave
Jenyth
New York Island
Ealing
Larper
Insane Sea-Captain Stuart Mutinied Crew on Mary Hassell
The Lennie mutiny recalls the 18th century case of Captain Stuart who murdered his crew aboard the brig Mary Hassell trading Cork Barbadoes. He lured sailors to the cabin and killed them with a dolphin harpoon, then fired on those in the rigging. Acquitted for insanity, he spent years in Cork asylum, later Dublin, where he died.
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Lennie
Stuart
Mary Hassell
Cork
Barbadoes
West Indies
Kinsale
Queenstown
Biwart
Dublin
Pall Salt Gazette
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Mechanical and Scientific
Manhattan Island
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