Wealth, armies, and local pride in a 1898 Ledger issue
The Ledger notes world powers Spain and Portugal with armies around 181 400 and 32 120 respectively, and observes no increases in armament. It highlights the Live Oak Lodge of Oakland as a wealthy Knight of Pythias chapter with assets in the millions and a bequest worth 300 000 after the passing of elder members. It cites a Boston study on purchasing power showing today’s dollar buys less than in 1825 through 1875. Randolph County West Virginia is praised for geography and mining, with Mount Bayard the state’s highest peak and the Wilson coal vein noted as the world's richest. The Scott family of Roaring Creek boasts historic weight, and Winchester Park is cited as the Rockies’ largest game preserve list.
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Pythias Lodge
Live Oak Lodge
Oakland
Cal
Boston
Randolph County
West Virginia
Rhode Island
Mount Bayard
Wilson
Scott
Roaring Creek
United States
Winchester Park
Oak lumber trade turns despised wood into luxury English oak
The Chicago Herald notes a profitable market for US red oak once deemed worthless. American dealers buy up the timber, ship it to Liverpool for furniture making, then export finished pieces back to New York as English oak sold at high prices.
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Chicago Herald
Liverpool
New York
Pension Commissioner report on Union soldiers aid October 1837
Commissioner Black reports 35 9353 soldiers supported in government and private charitable institutions in October 1837 excluding 82 counties with no data. Of these, 15 152 in soldiers homes and 21 801 in state and county institutions or aided by charity in towns.
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Black
German Army Commander tests minor mobilization near Metz
The German Army Commander ran a small mobilization drill near Metz arranging coffee for 2,800 men at 4 and dinner at 6:30. At 1 o'clock 2,500 men arrived for coffee and departed to another station, then 2,800 reappeared at 6:30 for dinner before continuing. The exercise was highly successful.
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Metz
Texas State Capitol Claims and Lands Note
The piece discusses Texas large scale governance with praise for a new state Capitol allegedly free of cost, built on 3,000,000 acres granted by a syndicate. It contrasts with Albany and notes Texas has about 170 million acres remaining plus a Treasury balance around 20 million in cash and securities.
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Texas
New York
Washington
Albany
Reclamation Drive Aims To Transform The Zuyder Zee
The St James Gazette notes Holland gains two million acres of dry land since the sixteenth century through active reclamation. Dutch engineers push a plan to drain the Zuyder Zee using strong dykes and pumps. If successful, a new province would join the kingdom of Holland.
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Holland
St. Jamess
Zuyder Zee
Lake of
Harlem
Kingdom of
Return from evil habits praised by a revival preacher
A sermon urges sinners to wake and seek God to overcome moral gravity and strong tobacco and drinking habits. It frames habit as a force pulling downward, warns of social repulsion for returning sinners, and calls for immediate prayer, cutting bad ties, and seeking Christian counsel to reclaim a hopeful path back to heaven.
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Tameka
Solomon
Iniq Bub
Addres
Btuis House
Heaven
Niagara
Niagara Falls
Paris
Bacchus
Princeton
Coumen Sens
Gol
Perhps
St Aman
House of God
Christ
Hannibal
Alps
God
Antietam
Masta Street
Philadelphia
Oregon
Massachusetts
Minnesota
New York
Amin
Christian Council
Rum traffic in the Congo sparks moral outcry abroad
The Observer cites Mr Hornaday claiming in 1885 over 10 million gallons of alcohol were shipped to the Congo by the United States and several nations. It argues Germany and the Netherlands led the export, with Britain and New England contributing, and calls for a new conference of powers to curb the rum trade amid a civilizational critique.
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Africa
Hornaday
United States
Netherlands
Germany
France
Great Britain
Congo
England
New England
Folland
America
Congo Basin
Italy
Belgium
T U Notes and Mixed Liquor Statistics Across Regions
A collection of brief notes reports Congregational college demographics in England and Wales, a Dakota Supreme Court ruling on local option, royal prohibitions on People's Palace premises, and London saloon density. It cites beer production waste in Britain, hunger amid rioting, and Switzer's stats on liquor use in the US including per capita costs and industrial usage.
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T. U
Congregational Colleges
England and Wales
Supreme Court of Dakota
People’s Palace
Jondon
Denmiler Station
Penn
London
United States
Kirksville
Great Britain
Switzer
National Bureau of Statistics
National Druggists’ Association
Change of residence ends Grumble Corner gloom
A New York Independent tale follows Horner a habitual grumbler on Grumble Corner who finds happiness after moving to Thanksgiving street. The narrator notes many discontented faces on Grumble Corner and urges them to relocate for brighter days.
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Horner
Grumble Corner
Cross Patch Town
Mr. Horner
Aaid Horner
Thanksgiving Street
New York Independent
Pursuits and Pleasures and the Call to Reform
A sermon excerpt admonishes against worldly amusements that hinder religious duties. It urges detachment from pleasures that distract devotion, keep conscience clear, and avoid places or actions that would fail moral scrutiny or invite judgment. The speaker cites strict restraint as a path to spiritual renewal.
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Dr. Guthrie
The Call to Live Christ in Daily Life
Rev Dr James Cullross argues that modern need is not louder sermons but Christians living the gospel. He urges believers to embody Bible truth in every role from artisan to magistrate, so society sees Christ in daily conduct and work.
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Jesus Christ
Church
Christ
James Culross
The Saloon Arrogance and a Push to Suppress
A Chicago Courier editorial argues the saloon harms industry and prosperity and urges government action to suppress it. It claims the liquor trade has no public rights and only burdens taxpayers while opposing self-protection for citizens.
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Une Sa Joon
Iself
Chicago
Desperate Temperance Lecture Triggers Tragedy in Bowmanstown
A drunk father in Bowmanstown Penn was confronted by his daughter for harassing her music lessons. After a heated scene he expelled the instructor and students. The daughter, distressed by years of harsh remarks, penned sorrowful letters and drank laudanum, planning an apparent death.
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Bowmanstown
Penn
Chicago Times
Curious Facts From A Bygone Era Collect Sizable Tidbits
A collage of 18th and 19th century curiosities features the Seven Years' War dates, the Pyrenees' famed equestrian tale, a 133 year old baptismal garment in Pekin, Rome's Adrian era landmark, a 13 year old Atlanta violin prodigy, and a Kansas blacksmith’s bellows in the family. It notes unusual customs in Spain, early slave labor in St Augustine, a Baltimore tramp, a Vermont threshing machine shipped to Africa, and inventions sparked by glass making and lens work. The miscellany also mentions a Liverpool penal sentence, quartz variegated kalcedony, the oldest violin in the U.S., Paris’s normal school origin, a St Louis man praising Mark’s birth month, Captain Baldry’s whale hunt, a rattlesnake fatally attacking two dogs, and tea drinking habits across Russia with women farmers like Mrs. Phillips in Cypress Township.
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America
Pyrenees
Pekin
Rome
Adrian
Amadey von der Hoya
Atlanta
Ottawa
Kansas
Chicago
Brooklyn
Spain
United States
St. Augustine
Baltimore
A. WL. Gray's Sons
Middletown Springs
Africa
Liverpool
Eng
Augustus
W. M. Beauchamp
Caldwinsville
N.Y
Glastonbury Abbey
Paris
St. Louis
Mark
Europe
Baldry
Orea
San Francisco
Willukeenah
Fla
Trenchiman
Phillips
Cypress Township
Barnwell County
Land of Politeness Noted In Honduran Citizens
A Chicago Herald correspondent extols Honduran politeness and gentleness across social classes and races. He praises the pure Honduran type, the non rude behavior of both men and women, clean newspapers, and cautions against excessive alcohol.
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Chicago
Zdeal
Ollo
Secon
United States
A Maiden's Epitaph Noted in Dorchester Here
In Dorchester Massachusetts a queer epitaph on a young woman is observed. It reads On the 21st of March God's angels made a sarche Around the door they stood They took a maid It is said And cut her down like wood. The verse is noted by the Boston Journal.
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Dorchester
Mass
God's Angels
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