Ascension Day Sermon Lifts Gates To Glory On Olivet
Rev T DeWitt delivers a Brooklyn Academy of Music discourse on Ascension Day. He recalls Olivet, the crucifixion, and Christ’s ascent as law bending, humanly shared in mercy. He urges open palm benevolence and faith driven healing through prayer.
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T. DeWitte
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Congo
David
Christ
Heaven
Hell
Palestine
Mount Olivet
Jerusalem
Olivet
Jericho
Dead Sea
Jordan
Mary
Martha
Lazarus
Pompey
Tenth Legion
Gethsemane
Jesus
Bethany
Earth
Raphael
Mendelssohn
Phidias
James
Strauss
Woolston
Spinoza
Hume
Schleiermacher
Ascension
Satan
Bethlehem
Calvary
Oliver
England
God
Butler’s Analogy Ordination Tale And Heliograph Tests
A dull candidate was ordained after promising to study Butler's Analogy, gifting five shillings to Butler. The heliograph flashes signals between New Mexico and Arizona stations seventy five miles apart, with tests planned for a hundred mile range. A refined young lady expressed great fondness for Shakespeare when it first appeared.
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England
Butler
Brown
New Mexico
Arizona
Seventy Sent to Preach the Kingdom
Jesus dispatches seventy disciples before Him to preach the Kingdom of God and heal the sick. They return joyful at devils being subject to them, but He rebukes them to find joy in their names being written in heaven. The note urges workers to prioritize eternal rewards over earthly power and to study their field for Gospel outreach.
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Mount Olivet
Jesus
Galilee
David
Christ
Earth
Lake Galilee
Olivet
Bethlehem
Jordan
Golgotha
Heaven
Samaria
Perea
Mount of Transfiguration
Tabernacles
Jerusalem
Chorazin
Capernaum
Judas
God
Rev
A. F. Schauffler
Oddities From Around the World in a Curious 1900s Missive
The text surveys improbable bargains in Samoa 100 acres for $1.37 with taxes at 39 cents a year, prison classes in Bertin, no Sunday mail in Loxpon, and a late post office closure. It mentions a proposed Eiffel tower in Germany, a Bavarian observatory near Starenberg, flower-girl beautification, and a new French identification system reducing false names. Odessa’s centennial prep, Richelieu’s 179 plan, London leather fashion, and Parisian horse riding customs are noted.
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Samoa
Bertin
Loxpon
Germany
Starenberg Lake
Bismarck
France
Odessa
Duke de Richelieu
London
Paris
Last Voyage of the Jessie Breck Ends in Tragedy
Kingston reports seven crewmen lost when the schooner Jessie Breck wrecked off Nine Mile Point in Lake Ontario during a fierce gale. The ship, owned by Breck & Booth of Kingston, carried oak timber from Wolfe Island. no insurance was carried.
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Jesse Breck
Lake Ontario
Kingston
Ont
Jessie Breck
Toledo
Nine Mile Point
Nine Mile Point Light
Thomas Mackie
Joseph Mackie
W. Mackie
Mary Mackie
William Mullen
G. Davidson
Frank George
Mackies
Cook
Wolfe Island
Breck
Messrs. Breck & Booth
Boston
City of
Mason
Savannah
Cook Polaski
Hattie Clark
Gloucester
London
Harold
Bilboa
Glasgow
Explosion at Havana hardware store kills many and injures hundred
Fire at Ysasi’s hardware store in Havana ignites a barrel of gunpowder causing a massive explosion. At least thirty four people are dead and over a hundred injured. Authorities praise the response and the proprietor Ysasi is arrested amid fears of more victims in the ruins.
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Havana
Cuba
Ysasi
Senors Musset Xensoviech
Oscar Conili
Francesco Ordenez
Senor
Francesco Silva
Carlisle Wins Kentucky Senate Seat in Joint Session
In Frankfort on May 19 the Kentucky legislature elected John G Carlisle to succeed the late Senator James B Beck. Carlisle received 107 votes to 15 for Silas Adams, and he left for Washington that night to await credentials after the tariff vote.
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Frankfort
Smith Cook
Kentucky House
Senate of Kentucky
House
Bryan
Legislature
Kentucky
Congress of the United States
James B. Beck
William Lindsay
John G. Carlisle
John W. Langley
Silas Adams
Carlisle
Adams
Mr. Carlisle
Senator Carlisle
Washington
Senate
Death of Captain D P Mapes Founding Republican Party Writer
Captain D P Mapes died at Winneconne Wisconsin after a brief illness. He helped found Ripon city and Ripon College plans. Born in New York in 1708 he served in the New York Legislature in 1830. Mapes was active in the birth of the Republican party with Major Bovay Horace Greeley involvement in Ripon.
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Winneconnne
Wis
D. P. Mapes
Republican Party
Osakasa
Winneconne
Mapes
Ripon
New York
Wilderness
Wisconsin
Ripon College
A. E. Bovay
Horace Greeley
Ceresco
Explosion Terrifies Empire Mine Colliery in Pennsylvania
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on Saturday evening a gas explosion at No 3 slope of the Empire mine killed William Thomas and another man. The mine caught fire and an army of men labored to fight the flames as fears grew for other workers trapped behind the blaze.
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Penonslyvania
Wilkesbarre
Empire Mine
William Thomas
Murder of Farm Superintendent Affects Local Inmate
Fremfort reports J J Reisinger, a poor farm superintendent, was killed Saturday morning by William Wilhelm, an inmate deemed insane. Wilhelm struck him with an axe and fled into the woods as a posse led by the sheriff hunts him. Also, Wirt Dexter, Chicago lawyer, died after a sudden illness, possibly heart disease, at his home on Prairie Avenue.
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Fremfort
J. J. Reisinger
William Wilhelm
Reisinger
Wilhelm
ChicaGo
Wirt Dexter
Prarie Avenue
Dexter
Johnson
Hiram
Catharine Mikulecky
Racine County
Wis
Cleveland's Prospects for 1892 Nominated Hope in Doubt
The Chicago Inter Ocean analyzes Cleveland and the Democratic Party's 1892 prospects, noting free trade waning and no clear northern or southern bloc backing Cleveland. It argues the solid South will back a Northern nominee, listing Mills, Breckinridge, and Eustis as possible leaders, while Indiana and Illinois prefer other figures. The piece also mentions Isaac P Gray as a bold, tricky candidate.
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Grover Cleveland
America
Virginia
Louisiana
East
England
Cleveland
Democratic Party
Palmer
Indiana
General Palmer
Ilinois
Palmer-Sheridan
Dana
Pulitzer
Hill
Chicago
Tie
Isaac P. Gray
Illinois
New York
North
South
Mills
Texas
Breckinridge
Arkansas
Eustis
Colonel Gray
Governor Hill
Gray
Chicago Inter Ocean
Quay Fights Back Against Slanders Without Responding
Des Moines Register notes Senator Quay ignores mudslinging from mugwumps and Democrats. The piece praises his restraint after 1888 election victory and argues libel suits are unnecessary. It lauds his calm, steady leadership and questions the benefit of replying to every accusation.
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Senator Quay
Quay
Des Moines
Observations on Federal Election Bill Move
Senator Chandler warned that Democratic threats to obstruct a federal election bill could push Republicans to pursue the measure anyway. He said such threats might backfire and spur passage of a bill to secure free federal elections, while Democrats outline a program guiding both parties in contingency.
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Congress
Chandler
Chicago Journal
United States
Senate
Crawford Accuses Ex President of Willful Prevarication
Chicago Tribune reports Reporter Crawford accuses ex president Grover Cleveland of willful prevarication regarding an interview printed in the New York World. The World allegedly softened quotes, Crawford defends his honesty, and Cleveland’s conduct is debated as a political issue within the Democratic party ahead of 1892.
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Crawford
Grover Cleveland
New York World
Whitney
World
The
Sun
Cleveland
Mugwump
Godkin
New York Times
Mr. Crawford
Mr. Cleveland
Chicago Tribune
What Ad Valorem Means in Tariff Discussion
Explains ad valorem as duties charged according to value, contrasts with specific duties, and notes how value manipulation by exporters can lower duties. Cites McKinley speech and Dingley comment, and compares ease of collection, evasion, and fraud between ad valorem and specific tariffs.
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McKinley
Dingley
Maine
Indianapolis Journal
Cleveland nomination seen as likely under original package ruling
The Chicago Journal notes Cleveland's third nomination may be attained under the Supreme Court's late original package decision. The New York Independent comments on Harrison's administration showing strength in Samoa treaty extradi tion with Great Britain and Pan American arbitration. A colored Chal mers Morgan witness cites party loyalties with a remark about the devil being a Democrat.
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Cleveland
Supreme Court
Chicago Journal S
Harrison
Great Britain
Pan- American Congress
N. Y
Chalmers-Morgan
Horso
St. Louis
Democrat
The Small Courtesies and Everyday Politeness
A Chicago Inter-Ocean column laments rude habits in daily life and calls for genuine courtesy. It warns that neglect of small manners harms health and social harmony, urging women to maintain dignity and cultivate gentleness despite wealth or intellect.
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Solomon
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Men of Many Years and Longevity Notes
A collection of anecdotes on centenarians and near centenarians including Michael Solis claimed to be 136 in San Salvador, Peter Barlow who died at 1835 in Damariscotta after service in the Revolutionary War, and others in Lynn and Norwich. Also mentions physicians, scholars, and public figures aged 80 to 92, with remarks on longevity and occupations. Includes a note on the printing of the letter W in 17th century Constantinople and a statement about underground Parisian electric wires and municipal controls.
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Michael Solis
San Salvador
Bogota
Peter Barlow
Damariscotta
George Washington
Lynn
Mass
Seth Perkins
Norwich
Conn
Chevreul
Union
William
Germany
Simon Cameron
Dr. Dollinger
Bancroft
Cardinal Newman End
Marshal von. Moltke
Carlyle
Bryant
Sir Richard Owen
John G. Whittier
Robert C. Winthrop
William E. Gladstone
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Alfred Tennyson
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