California Missions Remembered On 126th Anniversary
The article reflects on California’s Spanish missions as enduring memorials to Franciscan founders and their role in uniting California with the United States. It traces missions from San Diego to Sonoma, noting Junipero Serra's influence, Galvez’s plans, and the shifts from Spain to Mexico to U S control, with praise for preservation efforts and the historical significance of the missions.
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California
Italy
Germany
Rhine
France
Touraine
Normandy
Spain
Alta
Alaska
Republic of Mexico
United States
San Francisco
Russia
Charles III
Lower
Father Junipero Serra—na
Golden State
Alta California
Don Jose Galvez
San Diego
Monterey
Galvez
Father Serra
Serra
Tal
Golden Gate
San Carlos
San Gabriel
San Antonio
San Luis Obispo
Sani Juan Capistrano
Santa Clara
San Buena Ventura
Santa Barbara
la Purisima Concepcion
la Soledad
San Fernando
San Miguel
San Juan Bautista
Santa Gras
San Jose
San Luis Rey
Santa Inez
San Rafael
San Francisco Solano
Sonoma
Mystery Congressman Accuses Theft in House Office
A new congressman, elected to fill a vacancy, arrived in Washington in December and found his desk missing a brand-new typewriter stand. He shouted police, murder, and demanded a detective to trace the alleged crime as others searched the office building.
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Washington
House
Saturday Evening Post
Tramp Rescued From Burning Hotel Train Ride
A tramp who stole a train ride leapt to safety as the locomotive passed a burning hotel, waking sleeping lodgers. After his rescue, he mounted the bumpers again before the yards cleared and the train departed, prompting wide comment on American human nature.
Cold Storage Chicks Take Blunt View of Nature Takers
A Washington newspaper correspondent notes that the “nature takers” are obvious fakes, with one observer calling them plainly deceptive and praising their honesty in a sharp, terse critique.
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Washington
Foolish Wallet Toss In Greeley Square
A laborer from Austria named Mikolaf Rojkow threw $260 in bills into the air in Greeley Square New York while shouting that newsboys should take their share. At the Tenderloin station $80 remained. he claimed to have worked long to save the money.
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Greeley Square
New York
Tenderloin Station
Mikolaf Rojkow
Austria
Stick to Your Beliefs and Tested Convictions
The Sunday School Times argues that steady beliefs and fixed convictions guide progress. It likens a ship pilot who relies on proven doctrines to a growing man who embraces dogmatic ideas that prove powerful and glorious, warning against abandoning them without superior proof.
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Lfe
Sunday School Times
American inventor sued over Japan patent licensing deal
American inventor F. H. Clergue devised a machine for manipulating heavy guns. A license was granted to work the patent in the United States for 48 600 with a royalty to Messrs Vickers. Japan later paid 146 800 and Vickers sue Clergue for 21 870 in commissions.
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F. H. Clergue
Vickers, Ltd
Japan
Messrs. Vickers
Hen hatches 172 fur coated chicks from 17 cold storage eggs
A man reported that a setting of 17 eggs produced 172 fur coated chicks, claiming they illustrate nature's adaptation to cold environments. He described the feathers as flea like, and cited the chilling storage of the eggs as part of the process.
Infant Mortality as a Measure of Social Welfare
A concise note from Neusholme in the National Food Magazine explains infant mortality as the most sensitive index of social welfare and sanitary administration, noting higher child death rates in districts with elevated infant mortality and continuing effects up to adulthood.
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Neusholme
National Food Magazine
Banana Curiosity Defies Plant Diseases
A Banana is noted as highly immune to common fruit diseases due to a peculiar insect interaction. Scientists call it one of the vegetable kingdom's oddities as the fruit remains largely unaffected by ailments that plague others.
Siege and skirmishes mark Civil War updates 1862
The report covers Union and Confederate actions from January 22 to 27, 1862 including expeditions for intelligence, enlistment figures for Missouri, Port Royal gun reports, Halleck’s jailing of dissenters in St Louis, Blandville records theft by Confederates, Calhoun capture, and Charleston harbor blockades. It notes presidential orders, provisional North Carolina elections, and prisoner releases.
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Harding
Missouri
Ammen
United States
Seneca
Dupont
Port Poyal
South
Marble Nash -Taylor
North Carolina
General Burnside
Hatteras
Halleck
Department of the Missouri
St. Louis
Samuel Engler
Blandville
Kentucky
Calhoun
Mississippi River
Charlestown
Zollicoffer
Mill Springe
St Charlies Hotel
New Orleans
Felix K Zot
Pas A l'Outre
Mississippi
Middle Ground
Chesapeake
Pleasure House Beach
Cape Henry
William HH. Seward
District of Columbia
Pierpont
Virginia
Hindman
Horse Cave
Bishop Ames
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hamilton Mish
New York
Norfolk Day Book
Edwin M. Stanton
Cameron
King Lincoln
Stanton
Lincoln
Provie
WG. Chapmans
Doan's Kidney Pills Cure Kidney Trouble
A testimonial claims loss of 61 pounds after starting Doan's Kidney Pills led to passing multiple gravel stones and finally a cure. The narrator says no kidney trouble since and urges remembering Doan's for backache. Published ad copy from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Pretty Big Hat Bill Exposes High Price
A playful exchange notes a new hat being large and costly. The speaker remarks the bill was so steep it made the other hat seem tiny by comparison. Roséleaf is referenced in the quote.
Iowa Woman Well Again
Ottumwa, Iowa resident Harriet E. Wampler reports dramatic recovery after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for long term female troubles. The testimonial promotes the tonic rooted in native herbs and offers confidential advice from the Pinkham company.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
United States
Lydia E. Pinkham
Harriet E. Wampler
S. Ransom Street
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