Education and Mission Work Across Churches
The piece surveys church financials from the British Church Missionary Society and the English Wesleyan Missionary Society, noting incomes and membership. It also reports on the Southern Baptist Convention in Baltimore, missionary labor, and school funds. A Columbus missionary anecdote highlights cross-cultural preaching and temperance efforts in South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Church Missionary Society
Philadelphia
Delaware
Iowa
English Wesleyan Missionary Society
Southern Baptist Convention
Baltimore
Wesleyan Society
London
Colombo
Nathanaels
Dack
England
South Africa
Marttxburg
Detroit
Fragmented Humor and Snappy Snippets Collage
A mosaic of quips and cartoons from various papers includes biting lines about hate as poison, social taxation of married women, a Philadelphia umpire incident, and playful wordplay from Chicago Times and Puck. It mixes quotes from Boston Transcript and Philadelphia Call with Irish and biblical allusions and a guitar of miscellany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansan Traceler
Jones
Philadelphia
Chicago Times
Smiler
Nannie
Mr. Smiler
L. A
Mamma Sail
Philadelpia
Puck
Preach
Bass
Own
Boston Transcript
Hubby
Tooney
Genevieve
P.S
Charles
Gordon
Ireland
Salmon
Toll gate astonishes traveler on road to Little Rock
An old negro with an ox team is astonished to learn a toll is charged for riding on the road to Little Rock. He protests as the officials insist the road is under corporate control and tolls apply to wagons and teams, while he argues it is a free country. An exchange follows about the law and charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Weil
A Year Without a Summer in Onondaga County
Mrs. Sarah B. Wadsworth recalls 1816 as a severe winter and a wet summer in Jamesville Onondaga County New York. She notes cold, frost every month except August, scarce fruit, abundant maple sugar, lean pork, and hardship from bread made with improvised methods. An 1817 season followed with heavy rains, frosts, and fragile harvests, while sunspot theories were not widely discussed at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah B. Wadsworth
Chile
Atlers
New York
Massachusetts
James Ville
Onondaga County
Noborg
Father
Mother
Democrat and Chronicle
Rochester
Chronicle
The Noble Iroquois and the Rule of Women
A Hartford Courant excerpt discusses Wendell Phillips and a Peabody Museum paper on Huron Iroquois social life. It argues women held ultimate authority, governing despotically in the home and gens, controlling land, marriage, war, and succession, while men served under female rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Phillips
Peabody Museum of Cambridge
Lucian Carr
Museam
Mississippi
Cumberland
Marria
Wourta
Hartford Courant
Notable Readings and Personal Notices Parade
A digest of literary figures and public notices. Rev. William B. Afflee billed as The Mark Twain of ingmea has connections named John and Greve at 8 500 addresses mentioned. Henry Greville's real name cited as Mme Alice. A daughter of Senator Dawes writes on The Modern Jew for the American Hebrew. Dr. Tanner noted for long dental perseverance. Mrs Elizabeth A. Thornton of Hackensack celebrated her 100th birthday recalling Lafayette’s visit to Camden. George Augustus Sala earns 10 000 yearly from the London Illustrated News plus 10 000 from the Daily Telegraph for editorials. Early U S presidents and children brief genealogy. Julian Hawthorne on tales with witches burned for lacking moral truth. Mrs Ivy Grace Hughes, famed in Montreal and New York society, died recently in New York after a life of luxury with two marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Afflee
Mark Twain
Gough
John
Greve
Henry Greville
Mme
Alice
Dawes
Soston Herald
Elizabeth A. Thornton
Hackensack
N. J
Lafayette
Camden
DeKalb Monument
Sun
George Augustus Sala
London Illustrated News
Daily Telegraph
Washington
Adams
Monroe
Madison
van Buren
Pierce
Polk
Johnson
Tribune
Julian Hawthorne
Ivy Grace Hughes
New York
Montreal
Cande
Melbourne
Australia
England
Humorous quips and gags sweep early gossip pages
A collage of jokes from New York and elsewhere notes invisible lip balm with honey flavors, a mountain trek joke about boots, a one winged rooster in Georgia, a Chicago reporter chasing pistol calibers, a photographer's smile cue, and a Texas editor lamenting the need for constant newspaper excitement after a bullet incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dooly County
Norristown Herald
Chicago
Detroit Post
Texas
Market Reports from St Louis and Chicago Cereal and Livestock
Provisions and grains show mixed movements with no major gains. Wheat futures ease while corn and oats see cash strength and slow options. pork and lard prices edge lower. Hog market softens with steady to weak tone. cattle demand light with increased supplies in Chicago notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mags
Rais
Bakley
Uricago
Gornfed
Tweste
Joly
Ss Choice Creamery
Bod
Cleas Carra
Charcoal as Animal Food and Other Notes
Charcoal is recommended to boost fattening and digestion in livestock, with dosing guidelines for sheep cattle horses pigs and calves. It should be mixed with bran and food, kept dry, and used two to three times weekly as health fortification. The article also mentions a Rio de Janeiro festival for Ceara emancipation and various miscellaneous notes on remedies, anecdotes, and curiosities from different publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Science Monthly
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Ceara
Rio
Watsonville
Santa Ceuz Co
Cal
Braxprets
BranpRery
Stage Coach Pioneer Fayette Haskell Remembered From Lewiston
A reminiscence profiles Fayette Haskell of Lockport New York once a trailblazing stage driver between Lewiston Niagara Falls and Buffalo. His dramatic near disaster with General Scott aboard a runaway coach ends in skillful recovery and a purse from Scott. Haskell later suffers health decline from constant jolting, but recovers after treating with Warner's Safe Cure. the piece condemns neglect of health and touts tonics and remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette Haskell
Lockport
N. Y
Haskell
Lewiston
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
General Scott
Frm
Warner
Mr. Haskell
Niagara
Falls
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Wilmington & Northern Railroad
Market Reports
Rai
St. Lous
Eqen Peer Oem
Dull and
Susainally
Bassas City
J. Hirsch
College Point Brewery
St. Jacobs
Iris
Eves
Fike
Tron
N.Y
Oil City
Faely
Boston Globe
Esas Ees
United States Treasury
Jons A. Suita
Gainesville
A Wells
Richardson
Burlington
Axy Man
Diruggaists
Tris
Prso
ConalBlag & Fin
E. E. Menges & CO
Fisch St
Kansas City
Price Luk
Frre A. C A
Bhockett
Raneee
Bryant & Stratton’s
Yu Lgaerthene ‘Threshers
Skj
Lcasetm
J. C. Burrows
Nowhaif
Pape Mion
JC Bencows
Congress
Wolf Manson
Martindale
Brock
Stetters
Clebrater
Lydia E. Pinkham
Tamale
Silieel
Albany
SWIFT
St. K
Portas
William Mess
Ron
Warren
Lipe
Blaine
Jean Mee
Cameros Aw
Us Jones
Ted
Ata Cass
Lee
Chicago Street
Cewen
Jay Bea i. Dereorr
Wobaah
Crazy Ash Agena
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