Conference debates ministerial transfers and reform
A long disputed meeting discusses curtailing bishop authority and ministerial transfers within a conference. Rev G L Thompson proposes reforms to limit new admissions and refine how pulpits are filled, aiming to avert crowding and improve transfers ahead of the general conference next year.
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Anc
Walden
New York
G. L. Thompson
St Ton, Conn
Thompsor
Thompson
The Big Meteorite and Arctic Cruise Plans
A report from the Brooklyn Navy Yards describes the meteorite retrieved by H. E. Peary’s steam whaling vessel. The meteorite, collected during the cruise, will be removed, studied, and reoutfitted aboard the ship for an extended Arctic voyage. Lieutenant Peary plans the expedition.
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Hielda
Eeesah Bowe
H. E. Peary
Brooklyn Navy Yards
Academy of Natural Hi
Brookd
Arctic
Peary
Primitive fishing device and potato air probe ideas arise
The report details an Indian using a comb like knife to entangle fish, a method described with care and odd terminology. It also mentions Zinbert Cornwell of Golden City researching a potato hot air propulsion idea aimed at avoiding potato beetle damage and boosting yields.
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Zinbert Cornwell
Garton County
Golden City
Garnwell Hoper
The Colonel's Story and a Northern Southern Split
The tale follows Captain Holliday and Felicita De Vere as tensions rise between North and South on a plantation. Genero Flores’s death, a wedding, and a looming political divide frame the crossing of loyalties. Holliday chooses to remain with his father’s people while Felicita stays with her family, and old friendships endure as the era’s strife deepens.
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Cithe
Holliday
Dave
Holiday
Lisson
Khim Te Wener
Tienis
Bern Forge
Sather de Vere
Gereral Flores
Father de Vere
Gener
Flores
Wei
Captain Holiday
Felicita
Venus
Jocue
Aunt Venus
Progress bicycle contest seeks extended voting period
The Progress reports strong demand to keep the bicycle contest open longer to let more people participate. Encampment and yellow fever fears have kept many from voting, but residents are urged to vote for their favorite rider and to visit 205 Milam Street to buy coupons or see the prize wheel offered by The Progress and Louisiana Cele Company.
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Louisiana Cele Company
Caddo
Milam Street
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