Making of Hymnals Reflects Demands of Doctrine and Taste
A Chicago Evening Post piece notes hymnals face tension between traditional doctrinal accuracy and evolving public taste. Compilers must balance old favorites with modern reverence, Hymn tunes rise with European and American composers, while literature shifts toward intimate divine immanence.
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Charles M. Stuart
Chicago Evening Post
Pratt
Jesus
Geiger
God
Watts
Faber
Inquisitive Mr Wu at Kansas City Club
The Chinese minister Mr Wu conducted a playful cross examination at the Commercial Club banquet in Kansas City. He questioned guests about wealth, marriages, children, and residences, eliciting laughter as he teased a range of attendees from young women in sealskin to Sec. Clendening and his wife.
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Kansas City Journal
Li Hung Chang
Commercial Club
Hobson
Mr. Wu
Atlantic City
Exe
Ahr
Atlantic
Chevalier Fedeli
Mr. Fedeli
Ah-h-h
Clendening
Colorado
Kansas
Pfrienus
Queer Trails of Locomotives in Galveston News
A Galveston News excerpt notes a railroad man reflecting on the quirks of machinery. He emphasizes that the most puzzling aspect is how various locomotives and engines behave under differing conditions, hinting at oddities in early rail operations.
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Galveston
Uniform Locomotives Show Individuality In Operation
The passage compares locomotives built to identical specifications to people, noting that despite uniform design twenty engines in a class will differ in performance. Some steam well while others are cranky or stiff, and some may be unlucky while others operate perfectly.
The Time to Milk in Cold Weather
Detroit residents recall a bitter spell when hydrants froze cows and a calf in ice. Neighbors sought help from stables, warmed water, and chopped ice. A Jersey jacket on the calf and whisky for the cows were tried before an Episcopal clergyman arrived to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Edwin Booth
Lessons of Longevity From Sir Henry Thompson
Sir Henry Thompson, eighty two, advocates a lean, vegetable rich diet and total abstinence from alcohol. He credits stopping alcohol with renewed joint flexibility and long vigor, while urging three fourths of food be plant based to sustain energy and health in old age.
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London Chronicle
Henry Thompson
Calverley
Paris
Sir Henry Thompson
Miss Braddon
Cassius
Sir Henry
Shylock
Lancelot Gobob
Animal Kingdom
War Office
Mr. Gladstone
The Cold Season and Its Ailments
An English doctor notes that colds are common and stubborn, often treated as minor but persistent illnesses. He critiques the advice to stay indoors and keep even temperatures, arguing many people ignore it unless they are at leisure or feel unwell, making recovery uneven.
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Jesus Christ
Galilee
Deane
Bonar
Matheson
la Stanley
London Chronicle
Ping-Pong Takes London by Storm in Pearson’s Tale
An Englishman recounts a Christmas ping-pong episode, detailing a disastrous first game hosted by Lady Eva. The narrator endures table mishaps, bruised pride, and a running joke about the sport’s chaos, concluding that he will not play ping-pong again.
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Pearson's Magazine
England
Eva
Westminster Bridge
Paris
Paillard’s
Mr. Mountford
Paid For Doing Nothing In Government Offices
The St James Gazette laments idle government workers kept on payrolls amid departmental reorganizations and outdated positions. It cites officials paid after duties vanish, listing pensioned staff from registrar, Home Office, Foreign Office, and others drawing salaries despite no current tasks.
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St. James Gazette
Treasury
Home Office
Wormwood Scrubbs
Foreign Office
Dartmoor
Chelsea Bridge
United Kingdom
Broadmoor
Board of Works
Colonial Office
St. Helena
Yokohama
St. Petersburg
The Golden River of Wages Flows Through British Posts
A historical critique notes repeated royal and civil salaries, from £104 6s 6d to £503, for duties, tolls, and obsolete offices. It recalls the abolition of consuls, indefence, and chaplaincies abroad, a £6,000 cost to taxpayers, and debt costs rising after reorganizing ice and staff cuts. The piece mocks ongoing pensions, the Duchy of Lancaster tolls, and a centuries-old pipe officer salary of £629 yearly, suggesting these wages persist beyond reason.
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Patent Office
Duchy of Lancaster
Prince of Wales
Cornwall
Crown Office
House of Lords
England
Charles II
Charleston's Buzzards in Charleston Market
A Knoxville Sentinel reporter visits Charleston to chronicle its famed market buzzards. He describes the birds as long-standing city residents, noting their odd acts, dignified poses, and perceived humanlike behaviors while praising their role in keeping the market area clean and their protected status by locals.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Charleston
Mr. Buzzard
United States Custom House
Church of St. Michael's
United States Supreme Court
America
Nester
Social Rules in Washington Letter on Capital Etiquette
The Washington society piece explains that a Congresswoman’s wife must master etiquette and calls, visiting wives of old and new members, Cabinet officials, and the Supreme Court, and leave cards for all family members. A tale recalls a family with six daughters and another with nine, where card etiquette required dozens of cards to be exchanged.
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Washington
Congress
Cabinet
Supreme Court
White House
Aga Teta
Calendar for Indianapolis Journal subscribers sale offer
A marginal calendar offer notes 6000 copies available at 5 cents each, cheaper than 50 cents in stores. Order by calendar type and quantity, with delivery to any address. It promises beauty without gaudiness and mentions telephone or mail orders for Indianapolis subscribers with charges added to subscription bills.
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Indianapolis
Largest city question stumps pupil in Canada class
A New York boy on his first day in a Canadian school is asked in geography which is the largest city in the world. He answers New York, and after protest from the teacher he repeats that London is larger, insisting on the world’s largest city.
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New York Tribune
Canada
New York
United States
York
London
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Viola Allen
Indianapolis Journal
Handbook of
Indiana
the Journal Newspaper Co
Indianapolis, Ind
Rendship
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