Irish immigration to rise with extra steamers promised
The Ledger notes anticipated growth in Irish immigration for the coming season with English steamship lines planning additional sailings. J T Campbell U S Consul at Auckland reports twelve million dollars spent in eight years in New Zealand to combat the rabbit plague. A Paris shopkeeper advertising goods at cost is subject to government price inspection and penalties for fraud. If mail carriage costs were paid directly by citizens, the average annual cost would be about eighty five cents per person.
Coal palace planned in Oskaloosa amid ice dream
The latest Towa idea is a coal palace built from large coal blocks in Oskaloosa to be finished by mid August. Meanwhile tenor Manuel Garcia, robbed by brigands in Mexico of 330,000, sang to win his release and later sailed to Paris after the surprising rescue.
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Oskaloosa
Manuel Garcia
Mexico
Paris
From one thousand graduates none and many in life
The Puelfic Record notes that about seventy five gain prominence in their calling, around two hundred become rich through practice and investments, four hundred switch to more lucrative work, and the remainder struggle to subsist while maintaining appearances before the public.
Rare 180 silver dollar fetches high price at New York sale
At a New York coin sale the premier item from the late Dr. Linderman collection, head of the U S Mint, drew strong bids. The 180- silver dollar, one of about a dozen or so struck, last commanded $1020 three years ago. Linderman's coin was a pristine uncirculated piece, yet another example sold for $470, a comparatively low figure given prior sales.
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New York
Dr. Linderman
United States Mints
Electricity as a power transfer not a source claims in Leriier piece
A writer argues electricity is not a primary energy source but a convenient form to transfer mechanical power from a prime motor such as a steam engine or water wheel to a secondary motor. He warns against predicting electricity will replace steam or propel ships without a true power source.
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Leriier
Atlantic
World population and area figures from Statesman's Year Book
Comparative tables show the British Empire leading in area with about 9 839 thousand square miles, Russia at 8 644, and China vast in population. The Empire remains largest by population, with Russia and others close behind. UK growth and world totals for 1910 to 1874 imply world population doubling.
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Statesman
British Empire
Russia
China
France
United States
United Kingdom
Consider the lilies and the science of botany
A sermon on flowers as God’s providential care and symbols. The lily and rose stand for faith, resurrection, and comfort. Flowers accompany weddings and funerals, teaching about divine provision, enduring memory, and Easter hope through biblical imagery and personal recollection.
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Cassia
Spikenard
Esther
Solomon
Christ
Casey
Lily
John Bunyan
Nile
Japan
Washington
Sierras
Nepaul
Cape of
Goo Hope
Martin Luther
Picciola
Mungo Park
Todd
Bureau
Resurrection and Freedom in Church Night Prayers
A stirring passage proclaims Resurrection and binds the festal church to Christendom, invoking God of peace to bring again from the dead Jesus Christ the great Shepherd. The speaker wishes to unite church towers into one chain and calls for perfect deeds to do His will.
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Christendom
Sis
Leri Jesus
Land of Rest referenced in devotional verse
A devotional poem reflecting longing for the Land of Rest beyond life. The speaker imagines a peaceful inheritance described by prophets, with imagery of hills, valleys, and loved ones already there. It celebrates a quiet, hopeful voyage to the blessed land beyond.
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Bourne
Helen A. Manvill
What Christianity Bors.
President Carter of Williams College argues against declaring Christianity a lie and urges agnostics to admit its power to cultivate saintliness. He cites Christian doctrine as uniquely strengthening will, purifying affections, and shaping a noble, selfmastered character.
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Carter
Williams College
A Shepherd Boy Prays in Alphabetic Simplicity
A shepherd lad, unable to recite a formal prayer, prays by saying the alphabet while tending sheep. A passerby asks what he is doing. the boy explains he wants God to care for him and his sheep, believing the letters will form a true prayer when spoken from a pure heart. The message. prayer comes from the heart.
Christlike Life Emphasized in Read Sermon at Holyoke
Rev Dr E A Read argues true Christianity must be lived not creeds alone urging the living example over words. Creeds without embodied truth fail while faith in action and holy lives empower conversion and progress through devoted Christians.
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E. A. Read
Holyoke
Jesus
Christ
Reed
Dr. Reel
Personal Invitation Sparks Village Revival
Rev Elijah Buck recalls a college student visiting a New York village with one professing Christian. Five praying men went door to door inviting Jesus to visit the town. They prayed in every home and found conviction rising, yielding a sweeping grace through personal, individual work.
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Finney
Elijah Buck
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Northwestern Life Insurance Refuses Policies to Brewery Workers
Statistics show that beer makers die younger, yet the Northwestern Life Insurance Company will not issue policies to any mother or employee of these brewing firms. The piece notes health claims and a moral stance, referencing temperance and life expectancy concerns reported by a Minnesota or Chicago era publication.
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Mywaukee
Beer &Son
Theorthwestern Life Insurance Company
Missionaries in Ceylon spread temperance through Tamil lectures
Leiten and American missionaries in Ceylon continue their work with temperance efforts. A collection of temperance songs and several of John B. Gough's lectures have been translated into Tamil, spoken by 14 million in Southern India and Ceylon.
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Leiten
Ceylon
Tom Nee
John B. Gough
India
Temperance Song of Ten Cents and Rye Parody
A light verse mocking temperance culture titled A Song of Ten Cents. It makes a playful rhyme about buying ten cents worth of whiskey, soaking through, and a rigid judge in a humorous court scene. The piece reads like a satirical social skit, reflecting period attitudes toward temperance.
The Black Bottle and a Christmas Redemption Tale
A Macon couple shares how a five year vow to quit whisky began on a Christmas morning. The husband, moved by their son's empty stocking and family heartache, vows to stop drinking, hosts a five dollar weekly bottle fund, and ends with a thousand dollar bottle saved and a new bottle-bank.
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Loy
Santa Claus
Tie
Gal
Earvest
Macon
Rum Trade Costs Toledo and Its Lawful Businesses
A Toledo Blade piece argues the rum traffic drains millions yearly from the city, reducing spending on food, clothing, and housing. It cites over six hundred saloons and estimates daily retail turnover around $2,000,000 annually, with broader losses to legitimate commerce and family welfare. It frames the issue as a national pattern affecting towns proportional to population and saloon count. A Recorder Smyth temperance scene condemns liquor as the root of domestic violence, urging clemency to the husband while noting liquor’s societal harm.
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Toledo
Internal Revenue Office
Toledo Blade
Recorder Smyth
New York
James Wood
Wood
Brooklyn
Rum
Alcohol and Blood Nerves Effects Tied to Respiration
The Medical Record discusses alcohol acting as an asphyxiant by impairing blood's oxygen absorption and carbon dioxide exhalation. It cites Harley’s finding that even five percent alcohol deranges respiration, paralyzing nervous activity and explaining neurotic symptoms, with fatal outcomes. The Floating Church Temperance Society in New York marks its seventeenth anniversary as 247 seamen pledge, totaling Tod names on their books.
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Harley
Floating Church Temperance Society
New York City
Moral maxims on virtue and knowledge through folly
A lengthy collection of aphorisms on conscience cheerfulness patience law virtue happiness and progress. It ponders misfortune courage opportunity and the value of honest speech and simple frank company while praising rationality and compassionate governance.
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Rdin
Pment
Fife
Feathered giants in mangrove marsh near Hone
A Field note from Popular Science Monthly describes observing large pinkish flamingo like birds in a muddy lagoon, with males about five feet tall and hens seated on nests. The author details nest height, leg posture, and seating behavior to argue about how birds sit on nests.
Pay of the Worlds Statesmen Across Nations
A survey detailing parliamentary compensation in multiple countries. France pays deputies 4f a day, Belgium 20f a month during sessions, Sweden 1762 for a four month session with per day absence fees, Switzerland offers 1 271 5c a day, and the United States provides 500s per annum plus mileage. Italy has unpaid Senators and Deputies with rail passes, Britain pays no salary or privileges to MPs, and other nations show varied stipends.
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France
Belgium
Chamber of Representatives
Denmark
Portugal
Sweden
Diet
Switzerland
National Council
Councils of State
United States
Italy
Spain
Cortes
Greece
Chamber l of Representatives
Germany
Austria
Great Britain
Czar’s Library Roars with Books and Popular Tales
A fragment from Chicago News notes a vast royal library in the Czar’s domain with English French German texts and poems by Longfellow Whittier and Tinwell. The Hamburg print of Franklin Brock’s Lady and the Tiger is cited as a favorite. The tale The Ting Away of Mrs Ayleshine and Mrs Leeks is said to have captivated the court and dinner guests in Russia.
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Longfellow
Whuittier
Tinwell
Hanburg
Itong
Lathrop
Ayleshine
Leeks
Russia
Chicago
sVeios
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Warren, PA
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Heaver
Earth
Potter's Field
Job
Isaiah
James the Apostle
Sharon
Lord Nelson
St. Paul's Cathedral
London
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Chrish Jends
God
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Woros
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