Prominent Early Camp Meetings Shaped Pioneer Life
A detailed retrospective on old-time camp meetings and their preachers John Strange Calvin Ritter Edwin Ray Allan Wylie John P. Durbin James B Finley James Havens and William Cravens. It describes rough tents a large woods setting a week to ten days sessions with intense preaching and rowdy interruptions. It contrasts past worship with modern leisure and notes the enduring appeal of these gatherings.
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John Strange
Calvin Ritter
Edwin Ray
Allan Wylie
John P. Durbin
James B. Finley
James Havens
William Cravens
Cravens
Havens
Our Pinay is Hard Work
One of the evils of the day is thorough wave applied to sports and recreations. to no game, however diMecult or how simple, but it is hedged about by diffu ition which actually turn pleasure into pain. Time was when a game at whist, for pie, was a genuine diversion, now I' ve become so scientific that it is distinctly.
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Times
Boston Transcript
Odors and Scents Across History and Life
The piece traces perfume use among historic figures like Victoria Cleopatra and Semiramis, notes on skin odor influenced by age race and emotions, and contrasts musk and ottos with modern scents. It blends anecdotal observations from hunting lore to early perfume origins, ending with a dramatic Transvaal hunt памяти tale and the danger of a lion encounter.
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New York Press
Queen Victoria
Cleopatra
Semiramis
Babylon
Sheba
France
Louis XV
Rider Haggard
Allan Quatermain
Umsilopogous
Quaterroain
Hammond
Miss Stone
Russia
Spain
Per
Lion Stalking in Africa Ends in Tense Jungle Chase
In the Era story A Tale of Several Lions by Hercules D. Viljoen, Van Aardt plans a bold stalk on a wounded lion seeking vengeance for a murdered mate. Kristmansen backs away as the king of beasts watches from twenty yards, the Kaffir urging a safe retreat rather than a fatal first shot.
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Hercules D. Viljoen
van Aardt
Kristmansen
Baas
Death
The West Stood the Test in Drought and Growth
A Western United States drought tested farmers and investors yet proved durable. Farmers maintained income through dairy, alfalfa, and cattle, while finance held steady with rising loans and deposits. The article argues modern Western planning and diversified farming avert future crises, inviting capital for continued development and immigration.
Pension Office Finds Pensioner in Ohio Insane
Pension Commissioner Ware recalls a bizarre pension abuse case from early in his tenure. A man in Ohio reported receiving zero dollars a month yet the pension roll listed him as a recipient. An investigation followed and a special agent located the pensioner in an asylum, described as hopelessly insane.
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Congress
Ware
Ohio
Protection for song birds spurs calls for laws
The Springfield Republican reports 1500 mocking birds will be shipped from New Orleans north this month. The New Orleans Times Democrat notes the dwindling numbers across the South and urges concerted protective and prohibitory laws in every state to conserve song birds. It contrasts southern laxity with rare protections, noting the turkey buzzard is the only bird with such a law.
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Springfield
New Orleans
Preservation of bird life in agricultural society
The text argues that the South must elevate civilization to protect song birds and all avian species valuable to farmers and gardeners. It notes even the buzzard, though useful in its niche, is less deserving as a representative bird amid an era needing bird preservation.
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Altee
As To Co-education. Butler Supports Sensible Remarks
The New President of Columbia favors full access to higher education for women. He cites statistics showing better health and family outcomes for educated women, argues co educations works nationwide, and criticizes separate women colleges as provincial. He notes recent high co educational rates in schools and colleges and endorses Columbia’s plan separating undergrad and uniting grads for equal opportunity.
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Nicholas Murray Butler
Collier's Weekly
Swift
Dooley
United States
Atlantic Seaboard
Honduras
Thomas
Bryn Mawr
Fifth Avenue
Sis
Oxford as a City of Dreamlike History and Monastic Echoes
A reflection on Oxford New York Mail and Express praises the university town as timeless and noble. It notes the Rhodes scholarships may bring new world energy into a royalist medieval atmosphere while preserving the old town’s stone, gray towers and winding High Street.
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New York Mail and Express
Oxford
Cecil Rhodes
England
High Street
Market Place
London Road
Wordsworth
Oxford Monastic Gardens Shape Timeless Academic Spirit
A reflective portrait of Oxford’s ancient charms, where high walls and ivy cloisters frame quiet gardens and towers. The Isis flows beneath red-tiled streets as bells chamber the day, embodying a tradition that anchors education beyond mere instruction and elevates moral and spiritual inquiry.
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Oxford
Wistoria
Virginia
Five families fail to shelter girl until stockman adopts
New York Evening Post recounts how a persistent child welfare effort placed a difficult little girl with a Western stockman and his wife. After five families declined, the man offered to take her, promising to manage her like a colt. The plan succeeded. the couple adopted and gave her their name.
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New York Evening Post
Bok attacks religious papers as weak journalism
Edward Bok denounces religious papers in a Northwestern communication, claiming they lack vigor and journalism. The editors of Western Christian Advocate question which journals Bok targets and debate whether Outlook, Independent, Congregationalist, Churchman, Interior, Observer, Advance, or Christian Advocate meet his criteria.
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Western Christian Advocate
Edward Bok
Ladies’ Home Journal
Northwestern
Bok
Outlook
Independent
Congregationalist
Churchman
The
Interior
Observer
Advance
Christian Advocate
Stradivarius Restored to Mrs Bott in New York Court
After an eight year legal saga and her husband’s death, Mrs Matilda Bott—aged and grieving—was granted possession of the famous Stradivarius violin. Recorder Goff ordered the instrument handed to her, praising its return as a comfort in her old age while the Fletcher indictment dismissal decision was reserved.
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New York Commercial Advertiser
Matilda Bott
Recorder Goff's
Victor
Fletcher
Sing Sing
Court of Appeals
Goff
Springer
Jay Street
Brooklyn
Mr. Bott
Fletchers
How to Breathe by William Flaskie in Christian Endeavor World
The essay extols fuller breathing for health and energy, citing Edward Checkley. It describes a simple practice: inhale deeply with chest free, hold briefly, exhale slowly, then gradually increase breath frequency to form a habit. Regular long breaths strengthen lungs, slow breathing, and improve circulation.
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William Flaskie
Christian Endeavor World
America
Edward Checkley
Checkley
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